SHare time limit reduction
AUGUST 11, 2024
Proposed reducing time for individual shares to allow more couples to share.
AUGUST 25, 2024
We are reducing share time for individuals down to 3 minutes, with no warning. The timer goes off at 3 minutes and the person wraps it up. Revise the script for the chair to read.
Current Script:
The leaders will share for 5 minutes each, and the remaining couples in the group will share for 4 minutes each. The timer will go off at 3 minutes leaving you 1 minute to finish up.
Revised Script:
The leaders will share for 5 minutes each, and the remaining couples in the group will share for 3 minutes each. Please observe the timer.
22 in Attendance 22 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
SHare time limits
JULY 21, 2024
Group conscience was called to change the time a person in a coupleship has to share. Currently the rules are 3 / 1. 4 minutes to share, the timer goes off at 3 minutes and again at 4 minutes. the Proposal would be to limit the total time down to three minutes.
AUGUST 1, 2024
The person that requested the group conscience was not in person to move forward with the GC.
24 in Attendance 0 Yes - 0 No - 24 No Vote
RETREAT DONATION
JULY 21, 2024
Group conscience was called to donate 7th tradition funds to the Houston Area RCA Retreat for 2024.
AUGUST 1, 2024
The request for $1500 was approved to donate from Restoring Hope RCA to the Houston Area retreat.
24 in Attendance 24 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
LENGTH OF MEETING
JULY 7, 2024
Group conscience was called to lengthen the meeting from 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes to allow for more sharing.
JULY 21, 2024
The proposal for 15 minute extension on the meeting did not pass.
18 in Attendance 2 Yes - 16 No - 0 No Vote
READINGS
MARCH 3, 2024
Group Conscience was called to have a default of readings by the week using Recovering Couples Anonymous: A Twelve Step Program. Chapter VI: 52 Daily Reflections for Couple Recovery. The week of the calendar year is the default reading. If a lead for the week wants to use their own preferred reading from the Recovering Couples Anonymous book or their own personal topic, that is allowed and ok.
MARCH 17, 2024
The group conscience voted for the weekly reading proposal. Recovering Couples Anonymous: A Twelve Step Program. Chapter VI: 52 Daily Reflections for Couple Recovery Pages 233 - 296. The daily reading number will correlate to the week of the calendar year. If a lead for the week wants to use their own preferred reading from the Recovering Couples Anonymous book or their own personal topic, that is allowed and ok.
19 in Attendance 16 Yes - 1 No - 2 No Vote
IN PERSON MEETING
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
Group conscience was called to motion having the in-person portion of Restoring Hope RCA’s hybrid meeting changed from weekly to once per month, followed by fellowship dinner, and that meeting will be fully separate from the online meeting. The monthly in-person meeting will be held at Grace Presbyterian at 5 pm Sundays, where Restoring Hope RCA currently meets.
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The group conscience voted for Restoring Hope RCA to stay a hybrid meeting. Restoring Hope RCA will reduce the in-person meetings to once per month and still be part of the Zoom meetings. The 2nd Sunday of the month was the preferred day presented. A group member volunteered to formalize the date for the in-person portion of the meeting after gathering people’s preferences. That new schedule will be posted on the website once finalized.
26 in Attendance 21 Yes - 0 No - 5 No Vote
CHANGE IN SCRIPT
JANUARY 15, 2022
Group conscience was called to discuss changing the script to recommend a donation amount. Also to add a second mention towards the end of the meeting about donating.
JANUARY 29, 2022
The group conscience was presented to add the verbiage of a recommended donation amount of $2-$5. Also, it was recommended and approved to mention donating a second time. The revised script will be updated online and for the in-person meeting.
9 in Attendance 9 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
DONATIONS
DEC 18, 2022
Group conscience was called to discuss donating to Grace Presbyterian Church for the meeting space. It was requested to be 3 weeks from today on Jan 8 meeting because of the holidays.
JAN 8, 2023
Group conscience was narrowed down to donating once per quarter for a sum of $100 each quarter. January, April, July, and October. This will change the previous donation period of annually.
7 in Attendance 7 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
The treasurer has made this donation as of 2-5-23
DONATIONS
JULY 17, 2022
Group conscience was called for discussing when, how much, and if we will be spending Restoring Hope RCA’s treasury balance. No specifics were given in the group conscience request.
JULY 31, 2022
The group conscience scope was narrowed down to vote on two items.
Donating $250 to the WSO of Recovering Couple Anonymous.
10 In Attendance 10 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
Donating $250 to the Grace Presbyterian Church for the meeting space. Annual Donation.
10 In Attendance 10 Yes - 0 No - 0 No Vote
The treasurer has made these donations as of 8-2-22.
Hybrid Meeting and Relocation
MAY 8, 2022
Group conscience was called for moving the meeting from online only to a hybrid meeting with a new physical location. Locations will be presented at the time of the group conscience in 2 weeks.
MAY 22, 2022
We held a group conscience to move this meeting to a hybrid meeting starting next week on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 5 pm CST. The hybrid meeting in-person portion is at Grace Presbyterian Church 10221 Ella Lee Lane, Houston, TX 77042, and the online portion will remain the same login.
14 In Attendance 9 Yes - 5 No - 0 No Vote
Back to In person
OCTOBER 2, 2021
Group conscience was called for moving the meeting back in person.
OCTOBER 16, 2021
The group conscience was never completed. We were unable to get clear information on room availability at St Stephen’s.
Back to In Person
MAY 15, 2021
Group conscience was called for returning to St Stephen’s.
MAY 29, 2021
A group conscience was put forth to a vote for returning to St Stephen’s. With all information made available, the group decided to not return to St Stephen’s at this time because of the restrictions in place. Generally speaking, things that detoured the group were a list of people submitted to St Stephen’s and a restriction on the # of people allowed in the room at one time restricting the possibility of people recovering.
18 In Attendance 4 Yes - 12 No - 2 No Vote
Website
APRIL 26, 2020
Group conscience was called for creating a website for Restoring Hope RCA.
MAY 1, 2020
A group conscience was made to create a website for Restoring Hope RCA to create and pay for a website along with a domain name. The first year was donated by a couple.
18 in attendance. 16 Yes - 0 No - 2 No vote
Move to Online
MARCH 1, 2020
An emergency group conscience was made to move the group to online only during the pandemic from St Stephen church. St Stephens closed its doors both to its congregation and the public due to the pandemic.
The voting record was not recorded. It passed unanimously.
Relocation
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
A group conscience was made to move from Inner Loop Counseling to St Stephen’s church because the ILC location was not available moving forward. Several locations were presented. St Stephens was chosen.
The voting record was not recorded. It passed unanimously.