Chairperson's Guidelines (Daily / BEGINNERS / SUNDAY)

DAILY:

**When chairing a meeting do not share after a person’s share as this takes up time during the meeting for others. Please refrain from commenting on shares, providing your own experience after each share, cross talking, or giving advise after each share. A simple "thanks for sharing" is sufficient and provides consistency to everyone. The meeting is meant for everyone attending**

7:00AM – My name is _______ and I am an alcoholic. Welcome to the Sunshine 7am meeting, a closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We welcome everyone who is attending today, especially the newcomer. May we have a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.

(Lead the Serenity Prayer)

Secretary's Report - Ask for a Volunteer to read.

More About Alcoholism or How it Works - Ask for Volunteer to read.

This is a Daily Reflection Meeting – Can we have a Volunteer to read the DR and share for three minutes on their thoughts of the reading.

(out of respect for everyone’s time we hard stop at 7:55am)

7:55AM - We have reached the 55 minute mark can I get a volunteer to do the chips?

(Host will share their screen with chips and the volunteer will go through the chips including anniversary’s.)

Promises or A Vision for You- Ask for Volunteer to do service

Tradition 7 states: "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." Want to make a voluntary contribution? Please visit https://sunshine7am.com/tradition-7 for more information. Thank You!

Sponsorship - It is suggested that you get a sponsor. A sponsor will assist you in discovering the AA program. 

Please visit our literature page for more information or request a sponsor list from the contact us page. If you are available to sponsor, please let our secretary know to add you to the sponsor list. 

If you have a burning desire to drink or were not able to share please stick around after the meeting as the room stays open.

Read Tradition Twelve: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. What you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here

Closing - The meeting is now over we would like to thank everyone who attended.  Can we have someone take us out with the Lord’s Prayer, for those who care to join.  Ask for Volunteer

(Host will leave the room open for anyone who wants to talk/exchange numbers after the meeting)

BEGINNERS:

When chairing a meeting do not share after a person’s share as this takes up time during the meeting for others. Please refrain from commenting on shares, providing your own experience after each share, cross talking, or giving advise after each share. A simple "thanks for sharing" is sufficient and provides consistency to everyone. The meeting is meant for everyone attending**

7:00AM – Good morning, my name is _________and I am an alcoholic. Welcome to the Beginners Meeting, a Closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We welcome everyone who is attending today especially the newcomer. May we have a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.

Chair leads in the Serenity Prayer

Chair: This is a beginner’s meeting and here at Sunshine, and we ask for those with under one year of sobriety if you would like to do service to volunteer for the readings at this meeting. Can I have a volunteer with under a year of sobriety, to read the Secretary's Report for us this morning?

Next, we need a beginner to read How it Works - Ask for a Volunteer

·  Chairperson picks a reading revolving around the first three steps and notifies the Host of the meeting before the meeting starts. Host puts it on the screen.

The chair can read the reading, or they can ask the beginners to participate in the reading. (be mindful that the reading is not too long)

Then the Chair can suggest a focus point, or start the meeting with a lead from the reading and open the meeting up to Beginners.

After the beginners share, open the meeting to the group.

At end of Shares: We reached the 55-minute mark. Can I get a volunteer to do the chips? 

(Host will share their screen with chips and the volunteer will go through the chips including anniversary’s.

Ask for a Volunteer to read The Promises or a Vision for You.

Tradition 7 states: "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." Want to make a voluntary contribution? Please visit https://sunshine7am.com/tradition-7 for more information. Thank You!

Sponsorship - It is suggested that you get a sponsor. A sponsor will assist you in discovering the AA program. 

Please visit our literature page for more information or request a sponsor list from the contact us page. If you are available to sponsor, please let our secretary know to add you to  the sponsor list. 

If you have a burning desire to drink or could not share, please stick around after the meeting as the room stays open.

Read Tradition Twelve: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Who you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here.

Closing - The meeting is now over we would like to thank everyone who attended. 

We have a nice way of closing...

Lords Prayer – Can we have a volunteer to take us out with the Lords Prayer 

(Host will leave the room open for anyone who wants to talk/exchange numbers after the meeting)

SUNDAY SPEAKER:

**When chairing a meeting do not share after a person’s share as this takes up time during the meeting for others. Please refrain from commenting on shares, providing your own experience after each share, cross talking, or giving advise after each share. A simple "thanks for sharing" is sufficient and provides consistency to everyone. The meeting is meant for everyone attending**

7:00AM – Good morning, my name is _____________, and I am an alcoholic. Welcome to our Sunday morning Speaker meeting. This is closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, and we welcome everyone who is attending today, especially the newcomer. May we have a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer.

(Lead the Serenity Prayer)

Secretary's Report - Ask for a Volunteer to do service and read the report.

More About Alcoholism or How it works - Ask for Volunteer to do service.

For the last SUNDAY of the month, our Anniversary Meeting. Chair will read the following:

*** If Anniversary Celebration: 

Chairperson - Today is our Anniversary meeting and I would like to now turn it over to our Secretary, Andrea, who will introduce the celebrants.

Secretary will commence with the giving out of medallions.  Once all celebrants have received their medallions, and shared a little of their story, the Secretary turns the meeting back over to the Chairperson.

If there are many celebrants there may not be time for a speaker so the Chair can choose someone attending the meeting to read the Daily Reflection, and share three minutes and open it up to the room, for three minute shares.

*** Chair Guidelines for the Speaker Meeting (not the anniversary meeting)

Chairperson will introduce their speaker and explain the format of the meeting. The speaker will read the Daily Reflection first, and then share their experience, strength and hope of what it was like, what happened and what it is like now.

Speaker shares for the time they need to share and then if there is time, open shares to those in attendance. 

7:55AM – Thanks everyone for being here. We have reached the 55 minute mark. Can I get a volunteer to do the chips for us?

(Host will share their screen with chips and the volunteer will go through the chips including anniversary’s.)

Ask for a volunteer to read the Promises or A Vision for You (Host will share reading)

Tradition 7 states: "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." Want to make a voluntary contribution? Please visit https://sunshine7am.com/tradition-7 for more information. Thank You!

Sponsorship - It is suggested that you get a sponsor. A sponsor will assist you in discovering the AA program. 

Please visit our literature page for more information or request a sponsor list from the contact us page.

If you are available to sponsor, please let our secretary know to add you to the sponsor list.

If you have a burning desire to drink or were not able to share, please stick around after the meeting as the room stays open.

Read Tradition Twelve: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. What you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here

Closing - The meeting is now over we would like to thank everyone who attended. 

We have a nice way of closing...

Can someone take us out with the Lord’s Prayer? - Ask for Volunteer

(Host will leave the room open for anyone who wants to talk/exchange numbers after the meeting)