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  • Unity Day – Area 56 Assembly

  • Area 56 Needs YOU

  • Is Your Group Listed With G.S.O.?

    Huatulco Coastline

    Box 459 August/September 2006 Issue A.A. “has been called an upside-down organization because the groups are on top and the trustees on the bottom” of the service structure. Singly, each of the nearly 61,000 groups in the United States and Canada is autonomous. Yet paradoxically, when linked together all these groups “hold ultimate responsibility and…

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  • Group Business Meeting: Where A.A. Service Begins

      Reprinted from Feb./Mar. 1990 issue of Box 4-5-9. The 85,000 groups comprising A.A. today [108,000 in 2011] hold what co-founder Bill W. called “the ultimate responsibility and final authority for our world services.” But where does this ever-lengthening chain of responsibility begin? Who has the authority to make it happen? The entire structure of…

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  • Box 459 12 Concepts Article Fall 2011

    A.A.’s Twelve Concepts for World Service Looking back from the vantage point of over 75 years, it can be difficult to imagine how uncertain A.A.’s existence was in its early days. Difficult problems related to money, property and prestige plagued the early members and the question of how this group of alcoholics could best get…

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  • Service is not work – Service is an opportunity

      I recently heard a great analogy about being in A.A; it is like having a RV trailer.  In the trailer, you’ve got your home group, your sponsor and sponsees, A.A. meetings, the Grapevine and all the A.A. events you regularly attend.  Life is good.  In the back of the trailer is a door that…

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Upcoming Events

Jun
2
Sun
Area 56 Committee Meeting @ St John's Lutheran Church
Jun 2 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Jun
7
Fri
East Central Regional Conference @ Calvin University
Jun 7 @ 3:00 PM – Jun 9 @ 12:00 PM
Jun
29
Sat
Area 56 Assembly @ St John's Lutheran Church
Jun 29 @ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Unity Day – Delegate Report

Jul
14
Sun
Area 56 Committee Meeting @ St John;s Lutheran Church
Jul 14 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Aug
11
Sun
Area 56 Committee Meeting @ St John's Lutheran Church
Aug 11 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Aug
23
Fri
68th Ohio State Convention @ Double Tree Hotel
Aug 23 @ 3:00 PM – Aug 25 @ 12:00 PM
Sep
8
Sun
Area 56 Committee Meeting @ St John's Lutheran Church
Sep 8 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Sep
21
Sat
Area 56 Assembly @ St John's Lutheran Church
Sep 21 @ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

INVENTORY TIME:)

Oct
6
Sun
Area 56 Committee Meeting @ St John's Lutheran Church
Oct 6 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Nov
2
Sat
69th State Convention Planning Meeting @ TBD
Nov 2 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM