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Trusted Servants Where to Send

Contributions

The following is a suggested guideline of how to divide your group’s donations and where to send.

50% Lake-Sumter Central Office

2113 Citrus Blvd, Suite AA

Leesburg, FL 34748

Please include group name on check

10% District 7 Treasurer

1576 Bella Cruz Dr, Suite 321

The Villages, FL 32159

10% NFAC—Area 14

PO Box 10094

Jacksonville, FL 32247

Please include Group Service Number

and “District 7” on check

30% GSO

PO Box 459

New York, NY 10163

Pin Can Donations

Lake-Sumter Corrections

c/o Patti D.

2113 Citrus Blvd, Suite AA

Leesburg FL 34748

Self-Support: Where money and

Spirituality Mix

LSCO STEERING COMMITTEE

Chairperson Vacant

Vice Chair Nancy S.

Past Chair Joe H.

Secretary Vacant

Treasurer Vacant

Members at Large Catherine R. & John S.

Special Worker Teresa J.

LSCO COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

12 Step Chair/ Speaker Exchange Mark H.

Merchandise Vacant

Newsletter Colleen L.

Birthday Renee W.

Service Kim D.

Web Chair Carolyn U.

Unity Chair Vacant

CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE

Chair Jim M.

Secretary Kate F.

Treasurer Patti D.

DISTRICT 7

DCM 7a Julia H.

DCM 7b Lee C.

Registrar Lisa S.

Secretary Pam B.

Treasurer Bill C.

DISTRICT 7 CHAIRS

Accessibilities Alicia R.

Archive Staci S.

CPC/PI Holly F.

District Liaison Kim D.

Finance Vacant

Literature Rhonda H.

Treatment Vacant

Webmaster Ron O.

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Serenity News November 2019

Alcoholics Anonymous

Lake-Sumter Central Office

2113 Citrus Blvd, Suite AA Leesburg, Florida 34748

www.aalakesumter.com aalakesumter@gmail.com

Phone: 352-360-0960

Inside this issue:

Special Events 2

Resources 3

Birthdays 4

Central Office Financial Report

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Corrections Committee Report

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November Thoughts: Gratitude

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Inside Story: About Anonymity

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For Fun: Cartoons 9

Reader’s Contributions

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Announcements 11

Where to Send Contributions

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Trusted Servants 12

is a fellowship of men and women who share their expe-

rience, strength and hope with each other, that they

may solve their common problem and help others to

recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for

membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no

dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting

through our own contributions. AA is not allied with

any sect, denomination, politics, organization or in-

stitution; does not wish to engage in any controversy;

neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary

purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to

achieve sobriety.

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Register online at aa.org

December 15, 2019 Life Enrichment Center

50/50 Raffle

Doors open @ 4:30pm

CHRISTMAS GALA

Get Your

Tickets Early! Tickets $18

Special Events

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW MEETINGS: Tuesday, 7PM, Little Red Book Study, LHOB, 1339 Neely Dr. Leesburg 34748 Friday, 5PM, It’s 5 O'clock Somewhere, Christ Lutheran Church, 15699 SE 80th Ave. Summerfield 34491 *Begins 12/6 MEETING LOCATION CHANGED: Monday, 7PM, 11 Step Meditation Meeting moved from Eustis St. Thomas Episcopal Church is moved to Mount Dora 4295 West Old Hwy 441, Suite 3. Tuesday, 3PM, Hope 4 Recovery, United Methodist Church 300 Mason Street, Wildwood 34785 (C,M)

THE AA WORLD SERVICE

Meeting Guide App A free mobile app for iOS and Android.

Designed to be fast, simple, and to help you find AA meetings wherever you are.

Download from AA.org, Google Play Store, or the App Store-Apple

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Do you have content you want to be shared in the newsletter??? This is your page,

but without your contributions, it will remain sparse! Please feel free to share

content that you would like others to know about that is related to AA.

This is intentionally left blank…. Awaiting reader’s contributions. Please forward your suggestions/ideas to lscoassistant@gmail.com.

Thank you.

Fall is a Season of Letting Go…

Every season is a reminder that nothing lasts forever. Everything has a moment of creation and destruction, but we are all equally majestic in nature. All seasons have their reasons and if one season decided to stop happen-ing, the rest of the world would go out of sync. Honoring change is vital for the understanding of ourselves. We, too, must change and let things fall off and regrow in order to help us evolve as humans.

The beauty of the fall season is that it is the beginning of the end of this earth cycle. Although we live in Florida and our areas does not have much of an environmental change, the shift is felt. The crispness in the air begins to blossom. Breathe in this chilly air and exhale anything that has become stale this year.

May this fall season bring an intention to allow something to fall away that has been needing to shift in your life. Embrace that change is inevitable and allow some letting go to occur. Let go of something that no longer serves you to make room for what does.

-Contributed by one of our members, D.G. 3

RESOURCES ….

Are you interested in Telephone Meetings??

These do NOT replace face to face meet-ings, but are a good alternative if you are trying to squeeze in a little serenity:

aa-intergroup.org/directory_telephone.php

Are you interested in Online Meetings?

aa-intergroup.org/directory.php

For details on any of these listed to the left without numbers, please visit aalakesumter.com

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Novem

ber Birthdays

Respectfully Subm

itted by Renee W

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Just For Fun….

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Lake County Central Office Corrected Financial Report September 2019

Respectfully submitted by Teresa J.

This Month YTD

NET INCOME -488.25 2786.85

INCOME This Month YTD

Intuit Merch Adjust-ment 0.00 34.71

Income-Sales tax disc. 4.23 42.86

Group Donations 1668.92 25625.05

Private Donation 480.00 284.09

Prudent Reserve Int. 0.00 8.00

Merchandise Sales 2270.46 25144.18

Meeting Room In-come 30.00 51.75

Misc Income 0.00 133.98

Special Events 0.00 3144.42

Total Income 4437.66 52164.35

Cost of Goods Sold -1507.87 -14928.81

Gross Profit 2929.79 37181.54

EXPENSES This Month YTD

Intuit Expense Adustj 0.00 165.70

Postage/Mailing 0.00 5.66

BSC-Credit Card Fees 21.24 372.44

Merchant Deposit Fees 0.00 151.16

Business Registration Fees 0.00 106.25

Interest Expenses 0.00 151.74

Facilities, Equipment & Operations 1742.71 13925.67

Fundraiser Expenses 0.00 2160.08

Balancing Adjust-ments 0.00 56.18

Insurance 237.61 1829.99

Payroll Expens-es/Taxes 1158.31 17635.44

Conference, Conv, Mtg 48.20 78.20

Travel Exp 209.97 685.97

Total Expenses 3418.04 37324.48

Assets This Month Last month

Cash Box 28.97 40.21

Petty Cash 50.03 12.03

Bank -Checking 3617.39 3888.87

Prudent Reserve 30034.24 30034.24

Inventory Assets 14190.70 13484.58

Security Deposit 575.00 575.00

Group Donations Sept. 2019 Yr. to date

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Corrections Committee October Financial Report

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Gratitude Month NOVEMBER IS ….