WALKING IN VICTORY - AC CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

The Board of Elders is excited to share that AC will be exhibiting at numerous Promise Keeper Conferences again this year. We will be at the following conferences in the next couple of months:

Columbus, OH 7/13 & 14; Auburn Hills, MI 7/20 & 21; Providence, RI 7/27 & 28;

Nashville, TN 8/24 & 25; Indianapolis, IN 9/7 & 8.

Many of our volunteers will be traveling great distances to work the conferences and we covet your prayers and financial support for this endeavor. We now are able to take contributions via credit card. (Visa, Master Card, Discover, and American Express)

The Men's 25th Anniversary Retreat was a super success and all who attended were truly blessed! The Fall Retreat is scheduled for October 5,6,&7, 2001 at Echo Grove, in Leonard, MI. The retreat committee has already held one planning meeting for this event. If you are one of the people who signed up to help with the Fall retreat and were not able to make the first meeting, but wish to attend future committee meetings, please contact Mike Riley at 1-313-865-7877 or call the AC office at 1-800-441-7877.

The Women's Spring Retreat - The retreat was held at Colombiere Retreat Center in Clarkston, MI where at total of 65 ladies received the Lord's blessings. The theme of the retreat was "God's Prescription for Healthy Relationships" and focused on Steps 8 and 9. Dr. Sue Maloney spoke on forgiveness, making amends, and anger. Many women were changed and healed during these sessions, and there was at least one salvation! Saturday evening was a blessed time in the Chapel with song and prayer. We were blesssed to have ladies from Ohio; Hamilton,Ontario, Canada, and, of course, Michigan attend the retreat. Many new friendships and relationships were made between Alcoholics for Christ and Life Share Mnistries during the retreat. We are looking forward to the Fall Retreat, which is scheduled for November 2-4, 2001 again at Colombiere.

Hello From the Family Committee- If you are a Family Table Leader and you have questions, suggestions, or need to discuss a particular problem; or if you are someone who would like more information about "family tables", or are interested in starting a family table at your group; you can e-mail the AC office at al4christ@globalbiz.net attention Family Committee and a member of the family committee will respond and try to help you out.

For those of you who may not know, AC has a separate workbook for "family members" of substance abusers, plus other helpful publications. Our recommemded book list includes such books as "Getting Them Sober" by Toby Rice Drew,and "Don't Let Jerks Get the Best of You" by Paul Meier, M.D.

In Hosea we find "my people perish for lack of knowledge". We need to learn all we can to help us live victorious lives in Christ.

Alcoholics for Christ in Texas -

Hi! We have run out of Bibles, Devotionals and workbooks again! Man things are growing! We on average this month have 12-15 people per meeting! Our group is growing very rapidly. God-sized things are happening in Texas! In Christ - Eric

AC in Florida writes -

It is awesome what God is doing behind the walls! It almost seems, in our group at least, we are being used to transform the guards as well as the prisoners. The guards are present at every meeting for the entire meeting, watching and listening to us. Two weeks ago, after one of our group leaders had a prophetic word on healing, a backslidden guard who was present received a healing in his back from our Lord. The week before that I was called out of the room by a guard who asked for help in bringing him back to the Lord. We had powerful prayer in private since he was on duty. Praise the Lord...and the story gets better! God Bless to all -. John Inverness, FL

Praise God for Eric and John who are both active in the AC prison ministry.

A Letter From India! ---

I am from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. At this time I am in Canada to acquire a diploma in Christian Broadcasting of television which I presently completed. Since I have been staying at Tony's house, (AC group in Brantford, Ontario, Canada) I have come to know about this ministry for alcoholics and their families. Tony is coming to India in November with his Pastor. I am wanting to start this AC ministry in my church. My church is presently invloved in organizing crusades and ministries for Rag pickers (street people). Since we are coming across many who are from addicted backgrounds, the Lord can perform wonders with the Alcoholics for Christ in our church too. Thank you. Vikas, India.

Please keep praying for all of our groups and leaders and for those that desire to start chapters too.

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