To receive an invitation, send an email to sberland@pacbell.net
Category: News
OA Phone and Video Meetings in the Piedmont
The following Virtual meeting be held via Zoom. Thursday 11 AM Virtual Meeting ID 848 7418 7765, Passcode: 579342 Starting August 6th
The following meetings are weekly phone meetings. Call 704-909-0028 Passcode 1212# to join.
- Tuesday, 10 am (Zoar Road Club)
- Tuesday, 11 am (Charlotte)
- Tuesday, 6:30 pm (Kings Mountain)
- Wednesday, 10:30 am (Charlotte)
- Thursday, 7 pm (Charlotte)
- Saturday, 11 am (Ft. Mill)
The following OA meetings are held via ZOOM. The ZOOM app is available for download to your smartphone or for use on your tablet, computer or PC. Go to https://zoom.us/ for more information or to sign up.
- Thursday, 11:00 AM. Meeting ID = 848 7418 7765, Passcode 579342
- Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Email sberland@pacbell.net to request an invitation.
- Friday, 12:00 NOON. Email sberland@pacbell.net to request an invitation.
- Sunday, 4:00 PM. Email rhwillis51@gmail.com to request an invitation.
Ft. Mill 11 AM Saturday meetings via phone
The 11:00 AM Saturday meeting at St. Phillip Neri Church in Ft. Mill is cancelled until further notice and is now being held via the Piedmont Intergroup phone line.
Intergroup Meeting 3/14/2020
The Piedmont Intergroup meets Saturday at 11:35 at 100 Billingsley Room G after the 10:30 OA meeting in the same place.
Unity Day Workshop
Enjoy OA Unity on Saturday, February 29th, 2020 from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm in the Spirit Center at Community in Christ Lutheran Church 7621 Norman Island Dr., Cornelius, NC 28031.
There will be two speakers, games, a basket to be raffled and a yard sale after the unity day workshop. The theme is Our Common Welfare should come first, personal recovery depends upon OA unity. Enter through the courtyard left side door. If you want to participate in the yard sale bring five items of clothes or knick knacks to donate. Items will be sold from 1-5$. Proceeds will support OA.
Proposed Bylaws Changes
Please read the proposed changes and bring your voice to the next Intergroup meeting (11:35 Saturday, 2/8) or send a message to wso@piedmontintergroup.org with your thoughts.
Every year OA members communicate to the WSO representative the topics they want discussed at the World Service Business Conference in New Mexico.
We are not voting for or against the suggestions, just yes or no, these should be discussed.Thanks
Highlights from Susan, our World Service Business Conference representative
1. To revert to the earlier version of the Statement on Abstinence and Recovery
2. Making July the month of OA service (we now have dates on abstinence, unity and sponsorship)
3. Defining a hybrid meeting
4. Adding the tool of “pause”
5. Adding the tool of “spiritual awareness”
6. Clarifying the dates for the special events (OA Birthday, Unity Day, Sponsorship Day, IDEA day)
7. Allow virtual attendance by visitors to WSBC in 2021
8. When updating and developing new literature, take into account all groups (LGBTQ2, people of color, anorexics, men, non-native speakers, etc)
9. Changing wording “Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who through shared experience, strength and hope are recovering from compulsive overeating,under eating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating or overexercising…”
10. Changes to Trustees to include at least 2 trustees from outside North America and qualifications
International Day Experiencing Abstinence 11/16/2019
Piedmont Inter group invites OA members to a walk-a-thon and IDEA day workshop on abstinence through the holidays on Saturday 11/16/2019. The walk-a-thon is from 8:30 to 10:00 at Boyce Park, 300 Boyce Road, Charlotte near the IDEA day workshop which is from 10:15 to 12:15 at St. Stephens United Methodist Church on 6800 Sardis Road, Charlotte NC, 28270.
Intergroup Meets 4/13 11:45 am
Tooling up for Recovery Day!
Join your fellow OAers on Saturday, May 11th from 1-3 pm in Cornelius, NC for a 2 hour workshop focused on the 9 OA tools. The workshop will be in Community in Christ Lutheran Church 7621 Norman Island Drive, Cornelius North Carolina, 28031. Call Alice at 919-247-1338 to volunteer with decorations and whatever else HP might need to create a recovery day. For people that want to make it a day of OA fellowship, attend the Davidson OA meeting from 10-11 at 209 Delburg Street. It’s only a 15 minute drive from Davidson to Cornelius. There’s time for lunch and fellowship. A chance to share how you use the tools and how they help your recovery.
Intergroup Meetings Start Time Now 11:45 AM
The Piedmont Intergroup is now starting at 11:45 AM on the second Saturday of the month to provide more time for fellowship after the 10:30 OA meeting at Annuvia. All OA members are welcome to attend our business meeting.