AA Service,
our Third Legacy
What is Service Sponsorship?
Service sponsorship helps members understand A.A. service, Traditions, Concepts, group conscience, and how we carry the message beyond the home group.
A Service Sponsor can help explain:
- What a GSR does
- How General Service works
- How Intergroup works
- How to participate in business meetings
- How to understand the Traditions and Concepts
What Is a Group Inventory?
A Group Inventory is a loving and honest look at how well a group is carrying the A.A. message.
It may help a group ask:
- Are we welcoming newcomers?
- Are we practicing the Traditions?
- Are we supporting service?
- Are we carrying the message effectively?
Third Legacy Service Signup
A.A.’s Legacy of Service
by Bill W.
Our Twelfth Step — carrying the message — is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die.
Hence, an A.A. service is anything whatever that helps us to reach a fellow sufferer — ranging all the way from the Twelfth Step itself to a ten-cent phone call and a cup of coffee, and to A.A.’s General Service Office for national and international action.The sum total of all these services is our Third Legacy of Service.
Services include meeting places, hospital cooperation, and intergroup offices; they mean pamphlets, books, and good publicity of almost every description. They call for committees, delegates, trustees, and conferences. And, not to be forgotten, they need voluntary money contributions from within the Fellowship.
Reprinted from A.A.’s Legacy of Service, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Service is an important part of recovery!
It can help keep us sober.
There are many great ways to get involved with service in SIA and in our area:
- learn about the many service opportunities with our Committees (Archives, Corrections, Hotline, Schools & Public Information, Special Events, Web Committee)
- check the Events Calendar for service workshops and other special events
- attend the next SIA Business Meeting to have your group’s voice heard and jump into service
SIA Committee Meeting Schedule
| COMMITTEE | WHEN | WHERE |
|---|---|---|
| Archives | 2nd Tuesday 7pm | SIA Virtual Space |
| Big Meeting | TBA | SIA Virtual Space |
| Bridging The Gap | 2nd Friday 6pm | SIA Office AND SIA Virtual Space |
| Bridging The Gap Outreach | 1st & 3rd Thursday 6pm | SIA Virtual Space |
| Bylaws | 1st Tuesday 7pm | SIA Office |
| Corrections | TBA | TBA |
| Public Information | TBA | TBA |
| Schools | 1st Mon 7pm (Sept 2nd Mon) | SIA Virtual Space |
| Share-A-Thon | TBA | True North Church AND SIA Virtual Space |
| Special Events | 1st Tuesday 6pm | SIA Office |
| Third Legacy | TBA | TBA |
| Treatment Facilities | last Tuesday 6:30pm | True North Church AND SIA Virtual Space |
| Web Committee | 2nd Tuesday 6pm | SIA Virtual Space |