Meetings

Meeting Schedule

Bulletproof Strong has a variety of meetings available to approved members: in-person, online and telephone conference. Meeting times and dates are subject to change without notice. Check back often for updates.

 

 

 

Sandals Church MSF (Men’s Sexual Freedom) Recovery Meeting Schedule

Sandals Church (one of our ally partners) has a variety of meetings available to men struggling with addiction: in-person, online and telephone conference. Meeting times and dates subject to change without notice. Check back often for updates.

 

Meeting Standards & Guidelines

 

WHO IS WELCOME: Any male struggling with addiction, i.e. substances (alcohol, prescriptions drugs, illicit drugs, marijuana, etc.), behavioral (gambling, over-eating, outbursts of anger, etc. and especially those of a sexual nature (porn, sex, masturbation, massage parlors, strip clubs, homosexuality, et. al.).

 

PURPOSE OF OUR MEETINGS:  To provide a SAFE community where men can experience ENCOURAGEMENT, GUIDANCE and INSTRUCTION in learning to trust Jesus as their Lord (discipleship) particularly in pursuit of freedom from addiction.

 

GOAL OF OUR MEETINGS: To help our members…

    1. BECOME THE MAN GOD DESIGNED YOU TO BE BY LEARNING TO FOLLOW JESUS
    2. LEARN & LIVE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 12 STEPS so you can eventually SPONSOR AND GUIDE OTHERS in the same process
    3. AS A RESULT, ACHIEVE SOBRIETY FROM ADDICTION(S), A RESTORED LIFE AND SENSE OF SELF

 

TENETS OF OUR MEETINGS:

    1. BRUTAL HONESTY with ourselves, God and others regarding our addiction and sin
    2. RESPONSIBILITY for and ACCEPTANCE of the negative consequences we have created through our addiction
    3. REPENTANCE – willingly doing the things God suggests in turning away from our sinful behaviors
    4. WILLINGNESS to do whatever it takes to achieve sobriety and follow Jesus
    5. FRANK, SPIRIT-LED DISCUSSION – God’s word and his Holy Spirit provides the guidelines and framework for our meetings
    6. BIG BOOK of AA – we use the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and it’s outline of the 12 Steps of Recovery to guide us in our pursuit of intimacy with Jesus and recovery from addiction
    7. GROUP MEETINGS

 

METHODS, STRATEGIES AND TOOLS WE ENCOURAGE, RECOMMEND AND/OR OFTEN UTILIZE

  • Weekly church attendance
  • Daily, consistent personal time with Jesus and God’s word
  • Personal spiritual development (scripture memory, prayer memory, fasting, etc.)
  • Personal and couples counseling (if married)
  • Attendance of Every Man’s Battle Conference
  • Other workshop attendance
  • Soul Care
  • Deep-healing prayer/Spiritual Warfare
  • Group meeting attendance (as many as possible each week)
  • Activity within community (frequent calls and/or meetings with other men)
  • Service – helping others in any way possible without expecting anything in return
  • Enlist a Sponsor/Mentor to guide you
  • Work the 12 Steps of Recovery
  • Upon completion of the steps and approval of your sponsor, sponsor one or more men in a similar fashion by sharing your experience, strength and hope

 

GENERAL MEETING FORMAT

Our meetings are typically led by one to three approved leaders (generally men who have achieved at least six months of sobriety from their addiction and are active in sponsoring other men).  The format is open but led by the leader(s).  We find having more than one leader brings a valuable balance to the tone and tenor of the meetings. 

 

Our structure is intentionally “unstructured.”  We don’t follow a schedule or an outline.  We may or may not pray at the beginning or end of a meeting but most often do both because we desire to hear from the Lord and we anticipate his presence.  We typically do not have specific times of “reading” or “prayer” although someone will often read or pray spontaneously for someone in need.  We are flexible and open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.  In this sense, our meetings tend to be very “organic.”  They simply just…happen.

 

The leader(s) will typically ask someone to start the sharing or ask if anyone is in crisis and needs to share.  Sometimes the leader might suggest we go around the room in a circle (assuming the meeting is small, 1 to 8 or so men) and have each person give a brief update on how they are doing, what they are struggling with and where they are in their own journey of recovery. 

 

Once the attendee has shared, one or more of the leaders and/or other members that are led by the Lord will typically respond with encouragement, counsel, a shared insight, a question or sometimes a challenge or even a rebuke.  Most of our stories intersect with others and there is always a lesson or nugget of wisdom to be gleaned by simply listening in as these moments of vulnerability and counsel unfold.  It is through the transparent sharing of our members stories and the ensuing encouragement, counsel or rebuke that the Holy Spirit ministers deeply to each person willing to hear from him. 

 

We often have meetings when only one person who is in crisis shares their situation and the entire group of men will join together and lay hands on him and pray.  This person may use most of the time for the meeting and if they are in crisis and the leader allows it, that is totally OK.  These times are deeply healing, encouraging and inspiring to all present.  There is nothing quite like these moments of holy intimacy with God and our community.  These miraculous moments occur often and they are what make our group meetings so rich, valuable and intimate.

 

  • FOR LARGER GROUPS:

Many of our group meetings have upwards of 35 or more men. It is obviously impossible for all to share in these instances.  In this case, the leader might call out a couple of specific men to share or ask if anyone is in crisis and needs to share.  In these larger group meetings, we will typically have an earlier cutoff time for the large group and then break into small groups of 3 to 4 men only.  Within these groups, each person should take the time to share and the small group should pray together for each other.  We try to include one “leader” or more experienced member in each of these smaller groups if possible.

 

  • FOR NEW ATTENDEES:

If there is one or more NEW attendees, leadership will typically ask one of the more experienced attendees to share their story.  We do this to show the new attendee(s) that we are all very broken, unashamed to share the harsh reality of our own journeys, that this is a safe place to share and that there is hope for recovery, redemption and restoration.  It is in the power of our stories that God so often works to move the hearts of the men in our groups from a posture of stubborn, miserable pride to open, hopeful and humble willingness.  The perfect spiritual position to be in anticipation of God’s miracle.  After one of more of our more experienced members share, we’ll ask the newcomer to share however much of his own story that he is comfortable in sharing.

 

 

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