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Cordial invitation to District 22 Gratitude Dinner, October 12th

Got gratitude? If you are recovering from alcoholism thanks to the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Harrisonburg area, that is a rhetorical question: “We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to captain’s table. There exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful…”

Everyone is welcome to attend AA District 22’s upcoming Gratitude Dinner. There will be door prizes and abundant food for all. We have a guest speaker, Matt G. from Maryland, who will be telling his story after the dinner at 7:00 pm. Please bring a covered dish or dessert to share. Meats & Drinks will be provided by District 22.

Doors open at 4:45pm at Muhlenberg Lutheran Church (281 East Market St), Harrisonburg, VA. For directions or to add to your personal calendar, visit the event page here: https://harrisonburgaa.org/event/district-22-gratitude-dinner/. What are you grateful for? How about our new District website?

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Harrisonburg Group cancels Friday 7pm Big Book meeting

FYI – Effectively immediately, the Harrisonburg Group is no longer sponsoring a Friday 7 pm Big Book study meeting due to chronic low meeting attendance on Friday nights.

The Harrisonburg Group now meets 4 times a week all at The Club (120 Waterman Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22802):

  • Wednesday, Noon
  • Thursday, 7:00 pm
  • Friday, Noon
  • Saturday, Noon
  • Monthly business meeting follows the last Thursday of the month. Need a service position? The Harrisonburg Group needs you!

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District 22 business meeting time change

Heads up on a major change at our District: We voted at our last meeting to change our meeting time from 3:30 pm to 2:00 pm beginning on August 25. All future meetings will begin at 2:00 pm. Please pass this on to others in your home group and please make sure your GSR knows this.

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First Things First: New AA Morning Meeting in Harrisonburg Starts this Week!

First Things First is the name of a new morning AA meeting in Harrisonburg and it starts this week (on Wednesday, July 24, at 7:00 am) at St. Stephen’s church downtown. See the flyer below for details (which was beautifully designed by Susan G—thanks Susan!)

Come create the fellowship you crave and start the day right, every day, one day at a time in Harrisonburg, Virginia. First things first!

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New Harrisonburg AA Website Rolling Out…

A new AA website is going live in the Shenandoah Valley, serving District 22 of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Virginia Area. The website features an updated local Harrisonburg AA Meetings Schedule, a posting board for official AA announcements, and an Events calendar for District 22. To access it all, simply type or search for harrisonburgaa.org in your browser.

The new District 22 website is secure, simple, and mobile-friendly, yet also includes some powerful bells and whistles to make it easier than ever for the newcomer to find a local AA meeting, even showing the meetings closest to their location in the Shenandoah Valley. The local, live Meeting Schedule will be interactive and seamlessly integrated with Google Maps, enabling first-timers to find accurate directions.

Hosted by WordPress, the website is also compatible with A.A.W.S.’s first mobile application, the Meeting Guide app, now owned by A.A. members as a way to update local meeting lists digitally and instantly put that information at your fingertips.