Sierra's Sanctuary conducts 2 Support Group Meetings each month.
"Healing Hearts" (HH)
ALL Encompassing Spiritual Support, Education and Understanding for 'healing' hearts from trauma, affliction, addiction, grief--any life challenging hurts & trials people want/need help & support getting through.
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"HH Meetings" are held on the 1st & 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 P.M.
(Downtown Warren, OH)
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1st floor of "I.O.O.F. Historical Building" 367 High St Warren, OH 44481 (corner of High & Vine St. )
Sierra’s Sanctuary
Healing Hearts (HH) HH Meeting Guidelines
1. All meetings Open in prayer (promptly) at meeting’s official start time.
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2. Weekly Meeting Discussions (mainly) derive from the Leader’s prepared discussion, but may be adapted to address individual needs or experiences of that week.
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3. If meeting attendees have had addiction/affliction problems, they are NOT to introduce themselves as “addicts” or any other label given for their affliction. HH believes people with affliction & addiction problems are so much more than a label. Attendees are not to be defined by their addiction/afflictions. Their addiction/affliction is NOT their identity. Addiction/affliction is a characteristic of a person, not “who” the person is.
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4. Individuals will NOT be pressured into sharing more than they are comfortable sharing. Some will be comfortable sharing ALL details, while others won’t be comfortable sharing anything. Both levels of sharing are acceptable and welcome (without judgement or pressure of ANY type).
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5. Confidentiality: Anything shared in meetings MUST stay within the meetings. HH provides a safe environment for sharing. Exception: ONLY time confidentiality can be broken is if people CLEARLY indicate (actually verbalize) they are going to cause harm to themselves or others.
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6. Anyone who wants to ask a question or comment about his/her own thoughts, personal experience, strength, hope, testimony or revelation during meeting is encouraged to do so. These comments must be relevant and non-judgmental.
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7. We WILL take as much time as needed (during the meeting) for ALL to feel understood and to understand.
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8. Prepared material is not rigid. Q & A's about lessons will be part of the discussion. Stopping to open up discussion about insights, personal experiences and lessons learned that coincide/pertain to these Q & A's to delve deep into the root of the life message and spirituality is accepted and welcomed.
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9. There will be NO shaming or disrespecting of others for ANY reason.
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10. HH meetings do combine Faith based principles with self-accountability, understanding and support, with some of the 12-steps for understanding and demonstration of how "Faith-in-Action" can work for comprehensive healing.
11. All attendees are expected to respect the HH premises rules.
—Amy Jo Giovannone
