Friendsgiving – A Time To Give Thanks
When:
Saturday November 23, 2024 – Doors open at 5:00 pm – Eats at 6:00 pm – Panel at 7:00 pm.
Where:
Church of St. Andrew United Methodist
3620 Heatherdowns Blvd
Toledo, OH 43614
Venue:
Panel Topic will be “Falling Back Into Sobriety” We will have food, drinks fellowship and a contest for the best side dish brought to the meeting!
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What Is Friendsgiving?
Friendsgiving is a Thanksgiving-themed feast meal typically eaten prior to or instead of a family Thanksgiving dinner in the United States. Those gathering are typically a group of close friends, often millennials, although participation has broadened.
The meal began as an alternative to the traditional family Thanksgiving gathering for people who could not or did not want to go home for the holiday. It has since developed into an additional celebration on a separate day during the Thanksgiving season. (See more on Friendsgiving)
We Just Try
My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.
— The Best of Bill Pages 46-47 (#ad)
As long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. Before entering this program of Alcoholics Anonymous I was never able to give without demanding something in return. Little did I know that, once I began to give freely of myself, I would begin to receive, without ever expecting or demanding anything at all. What I receive today is the gift of “stability,” as Bill did: stability in my A.A. program; within myself; but most of all, in my relationship with my Higher Power, whom I choose to call God.