Think About It  2/3 of all Americans are touched by addiction  50% of all US marriages end in divorce  Porn is a multi-billion dollar industry world wide  About 38,000 Americans commit suicide in each year

The World Needs CR Now  There are 20 million untreated addicted Americans  There are 23 million Americans in long term recovery !!!

What sets CR apart from other 12 Step groups?  CHRIST is the one and only higher power  We have a set curriculum and Bible.  We require leadership training  We have gender specific groups - Always  We have the 5 Group Guidelines  We are accountable to Christ, our Church, and the model of CR from Saddleback.

Be Proactive about Quality  No children in Open Share Group - especially babies.  No Phones!  No Food!  Have a plan in place for “Under the Influence” Meltdowns, Suicide Threats, Safety Issues, Obvious Mental Health Conditions

Recommended for Effective Meetings Open Share Group Leaders  Recovery from – hurt, habit, hang up they are facilitating  1 year recovery  Leadership training  12 step completion.

Lessons  Teacher: 1 year of recovery, knows Bible, has time to prepare  Must at least do acrostic  A lot of CR lessons are on YouTube  Balance – sermon vs lesson (know your audience)  Not everyone can teach  Find and use your gifted communicators

Volunteers  Give them a little time to get settled in  Have Sign up for Name Tag  Have a variety of jobs  Rotate – don’t burn people out  Encourage people to use their gifts

Children’s Program  Do you have trained and dedicated volunteers?  Do back ground checks.  Don’t’ do it if you don’t have enough resources.

Low attendance  Assess your meeting quality  Meeting  Small Groups  Step Studies  Make yourself known in the community  Website  Bulletin Inserts  Testimonies  Pray

General Issues  13 th Step  Court Proof Cards (when is a meeting a meeting)  Funding & Financial Accountability  Support (church, ministry etc)  Fund raising, grants  Collections

CR Rule of Thumb  The good of the group comes before one individual - however ----  We can save one at a time