The April issue of the 2024 NoVAtions is available online now.
Click here to download a copy.
April 2024 NoVAtions Available. The April issue of the 2024 NoVAtions is available online now.
The April issue of the 2024 NoVAtions is available online now.
Click here to download a copy.
Region 7’s April 12-13 Spring Assembly is virtual and open to both Intergroup delegates and visitors! This is a great opportunity to do service and a strong source of experience, strength, and hope
Region 7’s April 12-13 Spring Assembly is virtual and open to both Intergroup delegates and visitors! This is a great opportunity to do service and a strong source of experience, strength, and hope. Register here by March 31, 2024. If you’ve attended two previous assemblies, please consider the service of being an assembly “green dot” mentor!
April 26-28. Join the Diamond State Intergroup in Ocean City, MD for their 45th Annual Retreat, “Finding the Power Within the Steps.” Hotel reservation cutoff date is March 26. Email dsigbeachretreat@gmail.com for more information or download the flyer here.
Have you visited the OA.org or OA Virtual Region sites lately? There are an amazing number of virtual workshops going on all over the world at any time!
March 2024 NoVAtions Available. The March issue of the 2024 NoVAtions is available online now.
The March issue of the 2024 NoVAtions is available online now.
Click here to download a copy.
The December 2, 2023 Two-Way Prayer Workshop is available in podcast form on our website.
The December 2, 2023 Two-Way Prayer Workshop is available in podcast form on our website at https://oanova.org/resources/podcasts/.
Slides available here
There are phone meetings for every major holiday! The schedule is available here.
There are phone meetings for every major holiday! The schedule is available here.
Is your group or service body in need of a refresher on the gifts of OA service, a deep dive into the meaning of our Traditions, or a return to Concepts basics?
Is your group or service body in need of a refresher on the gifts of OA service, a deep dive into the meaning of our Traditions, or a return to Concepts basics?
The revised Service, Traditions, and Concepts Workshop Manual suggests workshop formats and schedules, includes inventories for groups and service bodies, and answers frequently asked questions. Workshop topics can be presented as a whole or individually, with a focus just on service, Traditions, or Concepts.
For your workshop, use the engaging slide presentation (also newly revised) to illustrate the Manual’s concepts. The presentation is available at oa.org in two formats:
The refreshed Manual and accompanying presentation are both available as free digital downloads at oa.org in the Document Library under “Service Body Resources” and “Workshop and Fellowship Ideas.” The PPTX slide deck is also available for workshop presentation and translation. Additionally, all files are available for download from the Workshop’s product page in the OA bookstore.
Also updated in the Manual and posted at oa.org for free download: OA’s Intergroup or Service Board Inventory, OA’s Group Inventory, and our Strong Meeting Checklist.
The OA Board of Trustees recognizes that many OA groups continue to meet virtually and seek ways to carry the message by using our literature. With this in mind, the board has updated its guidelines and issued a revised instructive letter, establishing clearer protocols for how OA literature may be shared on various electronic platforms.
If your group meets virtually, use these guidelines to share limited OA literature appropriately, while protecting OA’s copyrights for the good of the Fellowship as a whole. We ask that you download this letter and share it with your group as soon as possible.
As approved by majority group conscience at WSBC 2022, our popular newcomer pamphlet Where Do I Start? has been updated and made available as a free download from the oa.org Document Library under the category “New to OA.”
Where Do I Start? pulls vital wisdom from varied OA literature sources, including A New Plan of Eating, in order to give a concise and compassionate introduction to the OA program. As the Fellowship knows, beginning the journey out of compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors towards recovery can be difficult, but Where Do I Start? aims to help, giving direction, advice, and answers to frequently asked questions in its brief pages.
Direct newcomers in your meetings to this link, and see how our membership grows!
Print copies of Where Do I Start? can still be purchased for US$1 each at bookstore.oa.org. E-book copies of the updated version of Where Do I Start? are available and can be purchased for US$1. OA receives a royalty share from purchases made from these vendors
OA’s beloved Brown Book is now an audiobook! Using readings by OA members for the book’s CD set, our first audiobook includes the entire text of Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition-from the forewords to the appendices. During daily activities or when you need a recovery boost, listen to more than forty stories by OA members sharing their experience, strength, and hope, including our founder’s share: “Keep Coming Back: Rozanne’s Story.”
OA receives a royalty share for audiobook purchases made through these third-party vendors (links open to external websites):
Audible: https://adbl.co/34hlF25
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ooLR1e
Apple Books: https://apple.co/33k5SPi
More OA audiobooks? Yes! OA has already started our next one: The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition.
Since many meetings are now operating via Zoom, we no longer have a “literature table” where we can peruse and purchase OA-approved literature that supports our recovery journey. To make sure newcomers and old timers know about the latest literature, you can now download this PDF document, which highlights useful OA-approved literature and directly links to the website where individuals can learn more or purchase the materials. Simply attach this document in “chat” in your Zoom meeting if you want to share it as part of your meeting. It’s a virtual literature table!
Unwelcomed visitors, or zoom intruders, into meetings can be unsettling to say the least. That’s why OA NOVA wants to make sure you have the tools you need to navigate these emergency situations. Please take a moment to download the document here and review it to ensure our meetings remain safe and secure.
How do we continue to support our meetings, Region 7, and OA World these days? Discussions among our local virtual experts and current and past treasurers indicate that the best way of managing this may be for each meeting to set up its own Paypal account. See the Electronic 7th Tradition flyer for more information.
Take a look at some of these great new resources for sponsors and everyone on the OA journey.