' Phone number: 1-667-770-1484, pin 109 244#.  (*6 unmutes and mutes your line)   

Arrive 5 minutes before the meeting starts to volunteer to do "love and service."  There are no abstinent requirements to read, pray or sing.

MEETING FORMAT

Hello and welcome to the 2nd Saturday of the month Step Meeting. Today's focus is Step _________.

My name is_______________________.   Whether you are a seasoned old-timer in your faith in Jesus or not sure how you feel about your relationship with God, we are here to love and support you.  There will be ups and downs, but we pray that you don't leave before the miracle happens for you.

____________(name of volunteer) will read our Preamble.  You can find the Meeting Format at our website: www.fulloffaith.com. *6 unmutes and mutes your phone lines. If you are wondering how to do "love and service" here, you could come early and volunteer to read, sing or pray.

PREAMBLE: Full of Faith is a Christian support group for food addicts in recovery. We apply Biblical principles in working the 12-steps, and we do not eat sugar, flour, sweeteners (natural or artificial), and volume one day at a time. We plan what we eat and eat what we plan. For more information about the ministry, go to fulloffaith.com.

PRAYER:   ____________(name of the volunteer) will open our meeting by leading us in The Serenity Prayer.

God, grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change...

the courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it.

Trusting that You will make all things right

if I surrender to Your will.

so that I may be reasonably happy in this life,

​and supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.     ​

_____________has volunteered to read the steps:

The Twelve Steps

Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our food addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.

Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 

Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to food addicts and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Today's meeting is focused on Step _________.  I will be reading a devotional from The Life Recovery Bible (_________________), then __________will share her experiences in applying this step to her recovery journey (OR if no one is assigned) then the floor will be open to share personal experiences in applying this step to our recovery journeys.

 After the share:

Thank you_______for sharing.  

Here are the guidelines for sharing:

Everyone is welcomed to share their experience, strength and hope, however, we ask that you limit your shares to 2 to 3 minutes in order to give others an opportunity to share. As a gentle reminder, __________(name of person who volunteered to time) will say “time” at 2 and 1/2 minutes, allowing additional time to wrap up your thoughts.  If the room is quiet, please allow some moments of silence before sharing a second time.   

​We refrain from mentioning specific foods by name, as it could trigger food thoughts in others, and there is no cross-talk, which is commenting on another person's share (positive or negative) or giving advice.  

Using "for me" or "I" statements enables everyone to feel safe and protected in the rooms of Full of Faith. 

There are no abstinent requirements to participate at our meetings.

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CLOSING:  (When the time is over, ask the assigned person(s) to sing a verse or two of a song, not the whole song, and pray Paul's Prayer for Spiritual Growth, Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT.)

​Please mute your phones during the singing, so that we can hear the leader. 

Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth from Ephesians 3:14-21

When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.  I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.  And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him.  May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.  And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is.  May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it.  Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.  Now glory be to God!  By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.  May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.

CLAIM SEATS:  It is time to claim seats.  Tell us your first name and where you are calling from.

GUIDELINES FOR THE PARKING LOT:

We now move into what we call the “Parking Lot” until ________ (time) where we welcome newcomers, ask questions, leave or ask for phone numbers, share availability to sponsor, and continue to share. Though it's a more informal time, please continue to use “for me” and “I” statements and refrain from commenting directly on another person’s share, giving advice and mentioning specific foods by name. If there’s a topic for which you’d like to receive the experience of others, please leave your phone number so members may contact you outside the meeting. We will continue to time the shares.

We want to welcome newcomers first and ask if you’d like to be contacted by a newcomer greeter who can help you get acquainted with Full of Faith?   Are there any newcomers here today?

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Would anyone like to ask a question or share?

NOTE: for basic food questions, the facilitator will respond with the general guidelines. For complicated questions, refer people to Pam or Hilary.

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