World Service Business Conference// Recovery Workshops – everyone can attend
Delegates and visitors who would like to attend the Board Meetings should email Sandy Zimmerman at szimmerman@oa.org by Friday, April 18. Please indicate your name, status (delegate or visitor), email address, and which board meetings you wish to attend.
Consensus Meeting, April 29 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. mountain daylight time (this meeting allows the board to review which motions they would like to debate in the formal board meetings on April 30 and May 10; all other motions are placed on the Consent Agenda)
Board Meeting, April 30 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. mountain daylight time
Board Meeting, May 10 from 2:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. mountain daylight time
Join us for three days of serenity, spirituality, fun and fellowship at an OA retreat at Christmount Retreat Center (222 Fern Way, Black Mountain, North Carolina) on September 19th-21st, 2025. Hosted by the Piedmont Intergroup (serving the greater Charlotte area in the Carolinas and Western North Carolina), our purpose in coming together is to strengthen your recovery. Our theme of “Unity with Diversity” will focus on Steps 10, 11, 12!
Workshops will discuss differing approaches to Prayer, Meditation, and Personal inventory as we hear from long-time recovery OA speakers and share our own experience, strength and hope. Now picture this all in a beautiful mountain setting near Asheville, North Carolina.
Arrive at the retreat Friday, September 19th anytime after 3 PM, and unwind before dinner. Have a wonderful stay until noon on Sunday, September 21st. Savor five delicious and abstinent meals and comfortable motel style rooms. ( proposed menu) Costs vary depending on room and meal selections but range from $290 – $400 for the entire weekend event.
Contacts
If you have questions about the retreat or would like to volunteer or have any other needs we can address please email registrar@piedmontintergroup.org or call:
Registrar: Melinda 817-727-3331 (CT)
Questions: Alice 919-247-1338 (ET)
Registration opens May 1st, 2025.
Cancellations / Refunds and Covid Requirements
Cancellations received before August 15, 2025 will receive a full refund. Cancellations between August 15th, 2025 and August 31st, 2025 will receive a refund IF a replacement is found. No refunds after August 31, 2025 unless the retreat center cancels the retreat due to an emergency.
The retreat center and hosts expect that anyone attending the retreat will abide by the laws enacted in the jurisdiction of retreat center, including any mask mandates that may be in effect at the time.
The retreat hosts will distribute any money refunded by Christmount among the people registered if the retreat is cancelled by Christmount because of an emergency. Refunds are limited by the money returned to the committee. Any money that is not refunded to the committee, such as money already spent on food will not be returned. We thank you for your understanding and look forward to seeing many of you at this Event in September.
“December 12 (12/12) each year is designated as OA’s International Twelfth Step Within Day. The purpose is to encourage OA service bodies, meetings, and individual members to reach out to those within the Fellowship who are still suffering from compulsive eating behaviors.”
Join us at 12:00 noon on December 12, 2024 to focus on those within our fellowship that are still suffering from compulsive eating behaviors.
If you are an OA member and have writings on your experience, strength and hope on your OA recovery, please send your writings to journal@piedmontintergroup.org for our semi-annual newsletter.
