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Rally Lock-In: click here. w March print-friendly
announcements: click here. w AWSC Committee
meeting-help needed: click here. w Michigan Al-Anon State
Convention-help needed: click here
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Al-Anon Announcements
If your group has information you would like to announce on this
web site or pass along through the District 5 Newsletter - please call
or e-mail us.
Contact: Mary Lou
L. Phone:
734-645-3012.
E-Mail: afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
In
keeping with our 5th, 6th and 10th Traditions – we can post only
Al-Anon-related announcements.
(When
we delete outdated items from this page, we will post a record on the News/Event Archives page.)
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The
2010 District 5 business meetings are scheduled for Saturday March 27, 2010,
Saturday August 28, 2010 and Saturday November 20, 2010 from 11:00 am to 1:00
pm. The meeting will be held at King of Kings Lutheran Church, 2685 Packard Road, Ann Arbor. ALL
Al-Anon members are welcome to attend!
Have you been to a District meeting before? Please consider checking
this one out – new faces and new ideas are needed and will be welcome!
District
5 Monthly Announcements:
The monthly announcements that are
e-mailed to District 5 group representatives are posted each month in a
print-friendly PDF file, here. Group representatives and meeting members are
encouraged to print this announcement list to bring to their meeting and inform
their members of Al-Anon news and events.
Al-Anon Service Opportunities:
Our Seventh
Tradition
states that Al-Anon is a self-supporting program. We
are supported not only by member contributions, but also by member
service! And, member service helps the
individual who serves as well as the Al-Anon members and program. There are
service opportunities at all levels of Al-Anon/Alateen. Here are a few!
The Seventh
Tradition Suggests (S-21) is
reprinted with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc.,
District Level (District
5) Service Opportunities:
District 5 is hosting the Michigan AWSC (Area
World Service Committee) Meeting on
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the St. Louis Church of Christ, St. Louis,
Michigan. If you can help, please E-Mail
Maggie S: afgdistrict5@gmail.com or call Mary
Lou L: 734-645-3012. Help is needed to serve potluck dishes provided by
attending members, clean up and make coffee. Car pool available.
Michigan Al-Anon/Alateen State Convention:
Friday May 14 through Sunday May 16, 2010. Al-Anon members are needed to
monitor the closed meetings (Friday late, Saturday afternoon and Saturday
late). If you can help, please E-Mail Maggie S: afgdistrict5@gmail.com or call: Mary
Lou L.: 734-645-3012
Alateen
Sponsors and Alateen Service Support Needed: Our area Alateen program needs adult Al-Anon member(s) to sponsor Alateen
groups and support Alateen activities. Alateen sponsorship is extremely
rewarding for the Alateen sponsor and extremely helpful for the Alateen
members. Have YOU ever thought of becoming involved with Alateen service? The Al-Anon publication, “Alateen Sponsorship--Is
It For You?” (S-27) provides an overview of the
requirements to be an Alateen sponsor. For information on how you can sponsor
an Alateen group or help support Alateen activities, please click here!
“Alateen Sponsorship--Is It For You?” (S-27) is reprinted with permission of ©Al-Anon
Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia
Beach, VA.
Web site service opportunities! District 5 web
site people are asking for help:
w From ALL
members to add short messages or writings for our District 5 Bulletin Board/Member Sharing page.
w From any/all
members to write YOUR story (anonymously) to be shared on the District 5 Stories page.
If you would like to contribute -
please contact
District 5!
Does YOUR District 5 Al-Anon
Meeting Have A Group Representative? If not,
your meeting members are missing out on the opportunity to learn about district
news, participate in district functions, and vote on district issues. At your next meeting, why not find out if
someone is representing your group? You can find out more about becoming a
group representative by contacting Mary Lou at afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
District-level Business: Would you like to become involved at the
district level? Would you like to help out at the district level in some way –
e.g. helping with planning, organizing, or outreach? You can find out more by
contacting Mary Lou at
afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
These District 5
Al-Anon Meetings Need YOUR support: Our Al-Anon Declaration states
in part, “When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, let the hand of Al-Anon
and Alateen always be there ...” You can help support the only Al-Anon meeting
in Belleville by committing
to attend one or more times. If you’d like more information or
have other ideas on how to support this meeting, please contact afgdistrict5@gmail.com.
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Spanish speaking meetings are being held at 5:30 pm on Monday’s and Wednesday’s at 2430 E. Michigan
Ave. in Ypsilanti. They need your support.
Para mayores informes, favor de pulsar aquí.
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The “Wednesday Noon AFG”
meeting at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor needs further support to grow and to thrive.
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The Thursday 7:30 pm “Saline Serenity”
meeting at Saint Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital needs
support to continue. Please consider attending.
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The Thursday 8:00 pm
“Serenity Through Recovery” Al-Anon meeting held at the
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The 8:30 pm “Friday Nighters” meeting at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor requests support!
This Al-Anon meeting has been running for over 20 years, and recently moved to
King of Kings from the Washtenaw Alano Club. Their attendance has dwindled
since the move, and they would like help to build the meeting back up. Please consider attending this meeting; it is
a great way to start the weekend with serenity!
These groups need member
support to thrive! Please consider lending your support to help keep Al-Anon available in these
communities!
Service
Opportunities outside of District 5
Service
Opportunities will be posted here.
Meeting News, including new meetings and meeting changes in
the District 5 area:
w Second Chance AFG Saturday 10:15am at the Washtenaw Alano Club
in Ann Arbor
has changed meeting rooms. They are now
in room 2.
w Saline Serenity AFG Thursday 7:30pm at the St. Joseph Mercy
Saline Hospital Thursday 7:30pm has changed meeting rooms. They are now meeting in the class room near the cafeteria. Use
the back entrance of the hospital.
Please
see the District
5 meeting minutes and our monthly announcements file
for details about district news and activities.
Elections for District 5 officers
were held at the November 15, 2008 District 5 business meeting. Please click here for a list of
our 2009/2011 officers!!
Michigan Area Al-Anon News:
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO
ALL GROUPS: Michigan
Al-Anon Family Groups Incorporated (MI AFG) is in the process of reconstructing
and clarifying all of the state group records.
In order to accomplish this, the Michigan Group Records Coordinator
needs to acquire an “Al-Anon Registration/Group Records Change Form” for every
group in the state. MI AFG has adapted
the World Service Office (WSO) registration/change form in order to implement
standardization and consistency. The
form has been adapted into an Excel Template so the MI AFG Group Records
coordinator can receive it electronically and avoid having to re-key data –
thus keeping errors to a minimum.
HERE’S WHAT
IS NEEDED:
w For groups in District 5 - each Group Rep or CMA should e-mail
(District 5 Group Records Coordinator) at afgdistrict5@gmail.com or call Mary
Lou L with any group changes. District 5
has been reregistered with the state. It is now very important to let us know
of any changes made in the group.
w For groups outside of District 5 – please e-mail miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com to
request an E-File Registration Form Template from the Group Records Coordinator.
If your Group Rep or another group member is not able or does not wish to
complete the form in the above manner, please e-mail miafg.grouprecords@yahoo.com for
help, or contact your local district Group Records person or District
Representative. They (or another
volunteer) will assist you.
The new
Michigan-area Group Records coordinator has been working VERY HARD on this
important information-gathering. Thank you, Kay, for your service!
Besides book marking this page, another way to keep up with Al-Anon activities in Michigan is
through the Serenity Sentinel, a quarterly newsletter for Michigan Al-Anon
Family Group members. The Serenity
Sentinel has articles from
Al-Anon World
Services Office (WSO) News:
Al-Anon
Faces Alcoholism 2010 magazine is now available. It has been suggest that each
group receive copies and have their members leave behind at least one
copy in the offices of health care professionals and elsewhere. Georgia D.
our literature chairperson will be ordering the copies that can be picked up
sometime in April. She is ordering copies that will be divided up
among our 25 registered groups.
Will the Forum grow - or
fade away? Readers are needed and Sharings are wanted. The Forum has an important role to play in
Al-Anon. It is called “A Meeting in My
Pocket.” The Forum is affordable at $11 per year. Each registered Al-Anon group is now
receiving a free copy of the Forum. It has been suggested that if each group bought
one or two copies of the magazine it would once again become a focal point for
Al-Anon unity and a bridge to the future.
The Forum will fade away unless we, as a fellowship, decide that it is
worth our support. Please click here to print a
subscription form.
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