Better Roads Recovery

The BRRM program is strictly a voluntary program to which one freely chooses to submit.  The BRRM reserves the right to control one’s schedule, clothing, and finances and to monitor medications, as prescribed by a doctor, in order to help achieve the goal of victory over addictive behavior.

The staff of the BRRM is here to serve the residents. The staff works together to keep the atmosphere comfortable and friendly.  The purpose of establishing policies and procedures is to provide a safe and structured home environment with maximum accountability. The BRRM home is a place where staff and residents work together to meet the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical needs of each resident.

RU Ten Principles

1. If God’s against it, so am I!
2. Every sin has its origin in our hearts.
3. It is easier to keep the heart clean than to clean it after it has been defiled.
4. We cannot fight a fleshly appetite by indulging in it.
5. Small compromises lead to great disasters.
6. Those who do not love the Lord will not help you serve the Lord.
7. Our sinful habits hurt those who follow us.
8. It is not possible to fight a fleshly temptation with fleshly weapons.
9. We lose our freedom to choose when we give into temptation.  Our consequences are inevitable and incalculable and up to God.
10. God balances guilt with blame. Accept the blame for your actions, and God, through confession and forgiveness, will remove the guilt.

Admission Requirements

1. Prior to admittance, a potential resident must be willing to make a commitment to complete the BRRM program, which at minimum will be six months.
2. Prior to admittance, a potential resident must read and be willing to adhere to all the policies and procedures of the BRRM home.
3. An entrance interview will be held with any potential residents to determine the final decision of acceptance into the BRRM program.
4. Prior to admittance, a potential resident must read and sign the policy- acknowledgement form.
5. Accepted residents to the BRRM home will be required to apply for food stamps.
6. Prior to admittance, a potential resident must contribute a one-time $1,500 admission fee.

Graduation Requirements

1. A minimum of six consecutive months in the program
2. Completion of the Reformers Unanimous (RU) curriculum
3. A minimum of 90 consecutive days, immediately preceding graduation, of clean time
4. Completion of Levels 1 and 2 of the Foundations of Our Faith Discipleship Program
5. All outstanding debts to BRRM are paid in full

Addictions

1. The BRRM is a NON-NICOTINE program.
2. Gambling of any kind (including, but not limited to: Lottery tickets, wagering, betting, card playing for money, etc.) is strictly prohibited.
3. Random drug, alcohol, and nicotine tests may be given at any time

Procedure

1. There is to be no cursing, taking the Lord’s name in vain, vulgar language, offensive slang, name-calling, or bullying of any form.
2. Do not glory in past addictions.
3. There is to be no talking during chapel, RU class, or church.
4. There should never be need to physically touch anyone else; keep your hands to yourself.
5. Other than a cordial greeting of “Hello,” there may be no communication with any ladies.  This includes communication in the form of letters, phone calls, texts, and social media.
6. Residents are not permitted to date unless they have completed at least one year in the program.
7. Keep feet off furniture and walls.
8. Residents are responsible to cover the cost of restoring damaged property caused intentionally or unintentionally and are also subject to a $200 fine for vandalism.
9. BRRM home residents may not take pre-workout weight-lifting supplements.
10. Personal televisions, computer monitors, tablets, DVD players, etc. are not allowed in resident rooms.  Laptops are only permitted for third floor residents with prior director approval and must remain in their room at all times.
11. The director must approve of all music, reading materials, and entertainment. Any unapproved materials that are deemed not to be in harmony with the purpose of the BRRM program will be confiscated and destroyed.
12. No headphones, earbuds, or cell phone earpieces may be worn in the BRRM home common areas or any of its facilities (van, thrift store, etc.).
13. Music or preaching recordings should be played at a volume that is not audible outside of the room.
14. No one may leave a chapel service for any reason.
15. Inform team leaders as soon as you think you are sick. If a resident is sick but intends to go to breakfast, he must also go to chapel and spend the rest of the day in bed.
16. Residents are not permitted to use a digital Bible of any kind (i.e. on a cell phone, tablet or other electronic device) in chapel.
17. No resident is allowed back into their room after morning chapel until 3:00 p.m. other than to retrieve something he needs from the room.
18. Any resident coming in after 7:00 p.m. must contact a team leader to enter the building.
19. Lights out means all men are in their rooms, unless they are going directly to the washroom to use the facilities and going directly back to their room. (This excludes washing dishes, brushing teeth, showering, filling water bottles, emptying trash cans, etc.)
20. No one is allowed back into the BRRM home between Sunday school and Sunday morning church services.
21. Residents are not allowed to “hang out” in front of the BRRM home for an hour after any church service.
22. Passes should be turned in for approval at least one full day in advance. Saturday through Monday passes should be turned in by Thursday.

23. Residents will be assigned duties and required work from 9 AM to 3 PM. Assignments will be posted on the man-power list daily.
24. Work will be done willingly and cheerfully, as unto the Lord, and without complaining. A good spirit and attitude is expected at all times.

1. All non-emergency medical appointments must be scheduled outside of normal working hours.  Appointments not able to be scheduled outside of working hours must be approved by BRRM staff.
2. Men are not authorized to leave their work duty for any reason unless given permission by their supervisor.
3. Those desiring time to look for work must arrange that time in advance with BRRM staff.
4. Residents must consult the director before quitting a job.

Probation

1. The probationary period is the first three months from the date of admission.
2. While on probation a resident is not allowed to go anywhere except on a work detail, to church services, an approved group activity, or to RU on Friday night.  Residents must go directly to church or class and directly back to the BRRM home without delay.
3. With the exception of the Lighthouse Ministry, a resident desiring to join an outreach ministry must be off probation and have prior director approval.
4. After the probationary period, residents may still not start a job unless they are current on their curriculum.
5. No one is granted admittance to the library until after the probationary period.  No one is allowed to use the computers at the library without BRRM staff permission.

Restriction

1. Restriction is a loss of privileges due to policy violations.

1. Men on restriction are not permitted to go anywhere outside the BRRM home other than to work, church, and RU class on Friday night.
2. While on restriction residents must remain indoors unless given permission by BRRM staff to go outdoors.  If no BRRM staff is available, the resident must remain indoors until he is able to obtain permission to go outside.

Money

1. All residents must turn in a budget sheet weekly to track any and all money.
2. Residents must turn in receipts to show their purchases match their budget.
3. When a resident begins to earn an income, he is required to contribute 20% of his earnings to the BRRM home as rent.
4. There may be no borrowing, giving, or lending money without director’s approval.
5. There may be no buying, selling, trading, or bartering of personal property among BRRM residents without director approval.
6. No BRRM resident may pay wages for labor performed by a fellow resident without director approval.
7. Residents who own a cell phone are responsible to purchase their own toiletries.

Cleanliness

Rooms will be checked for cleanliness Monday through Friday before chapel. Rooms not found in order will receive a notice indicating what needs to be corrected by the following day.

1. Beds must be made crisply with a maximum of two pillows.
2. Unoccupied beds should be left clean and free of any items.
3. Shoes should be lined up neatly under the bed or stored out of sight.
4. There should be no loose items of any kind stored on the floor.
5. Dirty clothes must fit inside one laundry basket.  If they do not, they must be washed.  Bedding should be washed at least once a month.
6. With the exception of one container for personal food items, nothing should be stored on top of armoires
7. Residents are responsible to empty their own trash can each day.
8. There may be no collecting scrap or compiling extra items/furniture in rooms.
9. Nothing shall be hung on or adhered to the walls or dressers in the rooms.
10. Please clean up any messes you make or see.
11. Each resident is responsible to clean up behind himself, including in the TV room, billiard room, game room, lobby, chapel, restrooms, and all other common areas in the home.
12. Any items left in common areas will be assumed abandoned and will be donated or discarded after three days.
13. Name and date all personal items placed in the refrigerator or snack room.  Refrigerated items will be discarded if not labeled or after one week.

Clothing and Hygiene

1. Daytime dress is casual, clean, and neat.
2. Clothing may not have any skull images.
3. Other than a wedding ring, one dress ring, and a necklace that is tucked inside their shirt, residents may not wear jewelry.
4. Residents are to be clean shaven and wear dress shoes, dress pants, a collared shirt, and a tie to all church services.  Suits are acceptable and encouraged.
5. Residents are to be fully dressed outside of their rooms at all times, including socks, shoes, and a shirt.
6. Shorts are not allowed unless the resident is on the second and third floor or going directly to and from the gym.
7. Sleeveless shirts or pajamas are not acceptable daytime apparel.
8. All residents must shower daily.
9. All residents must have a tapered haircut.
10. Hats may not be worn in any church building and must always be front facing.
11. White or principally white T-shirts without a pocket or logo may be worn upstairs after 8:00 p.m. but are not appropriate for daily apparel or to be worn on the first floor at any time.
12. No sandals or flip-flops are allowed between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  Sandals or flip-flops are never to be worn on the first floor.

Off-Limits Areas

Outside the BRRM home:

1. There may be no hanging out in front or back of the BRRM home or the Administrative Office Building (AOB).
2. The AOB, unless escorted by a BRRM staff member.
3. At RU on Friday nights, anywhere outside of Building Q.
4. The alley behind the BRRM home and the parking lot west of the BRRM home.
5. No BRRM resident should be on Willow Court after 3:00 p.m.
6. The west side of the auditorium except when attending discipleship.
7. Past Building Q on State Street or Sohl on State Street.
8. Residents must be able to be seen from the front of the BRRM home when walking on State Street.

Inside the BRRM home:

1.  No one is allowed in anyone else’s room at any time for any reason.
2. Unless on kitchen detail, the main kitchen and store room (bat cave).
3. Non-third-floor residents may not go to the third floor without first receiving permission from BRRM staff.
4. No non-resident is allowed upstairs from the dining area without permission from the director or a team leader.
5. Except in the event of a fire emergency, the fire escape or fire escape landing.

Driving

Vehicles are for transportation directly to work and back.  Any other travel purpose or destination must have prior approval by BRRM staff.

1. Personal vehicle keys will be held by the BRRM home staff until after the probationary period.
2. BRRM home residents may not transport anyone or ride with anyone, including other BRRM home residents, in a personal vehicle without prior approval by BRRM staff.

Cellular Phones

1. No one may have a phone while on probation. If a cell phone is found in possession of a resident on probation it will be confiscated to not be returned.
2. During the probationary period, cell phones will be held by the BRRM staff.
3. All cell phones must be shut off during church, chapel, and RU class.
4. Cell phones may not be loaned to anyone on probation.  Phone privilege will be forfeited for two weeks for this infraction.
5. Content of cell phones will be regularly checked. If any unapproved content is found, privileges will be lost.
6. To restore lost Cell Phone privileges, residents must arrange a Covenant Eyes account through the BRRM home.

Phone Calls

1. Personal phone calls will generally only be approved to family members, pastors, and RU directors. A girlfriend or fiancé must have approval from the director.
2. There is a seven-day waiting period after admittance to the home before being allowed to make phone calls.
3. Phone calls are limited to five minutes per day from a TL office with a TL present. The call must be on speakerphone for the first 30 seconds.
4. Business phone calls to probation/parole officers, lawyers, and doctors may be made on an as-needed basis.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

TL 1 and 2                             6:00 – 6:45 P.M.

8:00 – 9:15 P.M.

Sunday

TL 2                                        1:00 – 3:00 P.M.

TL 1                                        3:00 – 5:00 P.M.

Medications

All medications (prescribed and over-the-counter) outside of ibuprofen, Tylenol, Aspirin and decongestants will be held by BRRM staff.  Prescription medications will be dispensed as listed in the below schedule.  Over-the-counter medications will be dispensed on an as-needed basis as BRRM staff is available.

Monday – Saturday (TL 2)   6:00 – 7:00 A.M.

8:00 – 9:15 P.M.

Sunday (TL 2)                         7:15 – 7:45 A.M.

8:30 – 9:15 P.M.

Television

The television is only available during the scheduled times listed below and must never be tuned into programming that would not be in harmony with the BRRM program (PG rated or below). If the television is found to be tuned into programming that would be detrimental to the purpose of the BRRM home, the television will not be available for use for 2 weeks’ time.

Monday – Saturday              3:00 – 9:30 P.M.

Sunday                                   2:00 – 5:00 P.M. & 7:30 – 9:30 P.M.

Visitation

1. All visitors, family members, or non-family members must be approved.
2. Any other visitation time must have prior approval by the director.
3. All visitors must dress appropriately and modestly.
4. There is a maximum of three visits per week on non-consecutive days.
5. Before accepting visitors, a resident must have completed one month in the program.

Visitors Welcome                             12:00 – 3:00 P.M.

No Visitors (Mon. – Thurs.)            3:00 – 5:00 P.M.

Visitors Welcome                             5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

Reformers Unanimous (RU) Class

1. Each resident is required to complete seven challenges per week.
2. If curriculum is not complete by Wednesday, residents will be required to attend an additional class on Thursday.  If curriculum is still not complete by Thursday, residents will be required to attend an additional class on Saturday.
3. If curriculum for a given week is not completed after Sunday, the resident will be placed on restriction for one week.
4.  All residents are required to attend the daily RU class.
5. There may be no writing letters or personal notes during RU class.
6. If a resident has already completed the required seven challenges for that given week, he must work on another spiritually edifying book or biblical memorization.
7. There may be no sleeping or “prayer time” during RU class.  RU study time is specifically for working on RU curriculum.
8. Journaling daily is required for ALL residents.
9. Being “on time” to RU class means being seated with your Bible, writing instrument, and curriculum materials ready at the start.  Once the class has begun, you will not be allowed to leave for any reason.

Daily Schedule

Monday – Saturday

6:00 A.M.                               Wake Up

7:00 – 7:15 A.M.                    Breakfast Served

7:30 – 8:30 A.M.                    Bible Study and Chapel

9:00 A.M.                               Downstairs for Work

12:00 – 12:15 P.M.                Lunch Served

4:00 – 4:45 P.M.                    RU Class (Monday – Wednesday)

5:00 – 5:15 P.M.                    Dinner Served

6:45 – 7:45 P.M.                    BRRM meeting (Monday Only)

7:00 – 8:00 P.M.                    Chapel (Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday)

7:00 – 8:15 P.M.                    Bible Study (Wednesday Only)

7:00 – 8:30 P.M.                    RU Meeting (Friday Only)

9:30 P.M.                               Lights Out (10:00 P.M. on Friday and Saturday)

Sunday

7:30 A.M.                               Breakfast Served in Building T

9:30 A.M.                               BRRM Home Empty

9:45 – 10:30 A.M.                  BRRM Sunday School

10:45 A.M – 12:30 P.M.        Sunday Morning Church Service

1:00 – 1:30 P.M.                    Lunch Served in Building T

4:45 – 5:00 P.M.                    Dinner Served

5:00 – 5:45 P.M.                    Discipleship Class

6:00 – 7:30 P.M.                    Sunday Evening Church

9:30 P.M.                               Lights Out

Discipline

Minor Offense:  Violation of any of the general rules of the program, resulting in a written notice and a corrective report assigned.  Other infractions not listed in the general rules may also result in a write-up at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

Corrective Report Requirements:

Complete a hand-written, one page report, using a non-fiction reference on any edifying subject. The report should cite information from the chosen reference and should evidence a good faith effort to complete the task well.  Reports should not be biographical, journaling or plagiarism. Reports not done to the satisfaction of the BRRM staff will not be counted.

• Upon receipt of a written notice, the resident is placed on restriction until his corrective report has been completed.
• If the corrective report is not completed after 24 hours of receiving notice, a 2^nd write up will be issued and a 2^nd report due the following 24 hours. Each remaining day the corrective report is not completed an additional report will be assigned.
• If the corrective reports are not completed for 7 consecutive days, this will constitute a major infraction.

Major Offenses:  Possession or use of any drugs, alcohol, pornography, or intentional destruction of God’s property.  Other violations not listed below can also be classified as major at the discretion of the BRRM staff.  All major offenses come with up to a $200 fine.

• 1^st Offense: Restriction for two weeks and one corrective report to be completed.
• 2^nd Offense: Restriction for two weeks, an additional 30 days in the program (seven-month program) and two corrective reports to be completed.
• 3^rd Offense: Restriction for two weeks, an additional 60 days in the program (eight-month program) and four corrective reports to be completed.
• 4^th Offense: Restriction for two weeks, recommitment plan to be completed, and return to Day 1, Phase 1 (return to the beginning of the program)
• 5^th Offense: Immediate program termination.

Tobacco Offenses:  Possession or use of tobacco products of any kind.  All tobacco offenses come with up to a $200 fine. The BRRM home has no tolerance for tobacco use. Residents found to be using or in possession of nicotine will be subject to the following protocol.  Failure to comply with any of the below will result in a major offense.

1. Once in the nicotine protocol, a resident must be able to pass 3 consecutive nicotine tests in one week to be removed from protocol. If any of these tests are failed, the resident will continue in the protocol.
2. Once removed from protocol, a future nicotine offense will start the protocol from the beginning.

If found using or in possession of tobacco or not able to pass a nicotine test:

• 1 corrective report is assigned.
• A full room and person search to be completed.
• A nicotine test will be scheduled five days from offense.
• Fines may be issued at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

If the 1^st nicotine test is failed:

• 2 additional corrective reports are assigned.
• A full room and person search to be completed.
• A 2^nd nicotine test will be scheduled five days from the failed test.
• Fines may be issued at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

If the 2nd nicotine test is failed:

• 4 additional corrective reports are assigned.
• A full room and person search to be completed.
• A 3^rd nicotine test will be scheduled five days from the failed test.
• Fines may be issued at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

If the 3^rd nicotine test is failed:

• 8 additional corrective reports are assigned.
• A full room and person search to be completed.
• A 4^th nicotine test will be scheduled five days from the failed test.
• Fines may be issued at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

If the 4^th nicotine test is failed:

• 8 additional corrective reports are assigned.
• A full room and person search to be completed.
• A 5^th nicotine test will be scheduled five days from the failed test.
• Resident will be required to quit any outside job to focus on this addiction.
• Fines may be issued at the BRRM staff’s discretion.

If the 5^th nicotine test is failed:

• Immediate program termination.

Admission process

Contact Better Roads Recovery home by phone or email.

Conduct an admission interview with the home director to determine admission eligibility.

Review the Better Roads Recovery home’s handbook & policies on the website.

Deposit a one-time $1,100 admission fee.

Get here; start recovery.

Things to bring

Clothing: ONLY about a two week supply

(2) Dress shirts          (1) Dress slacks          Suit (optional)          Dress shoes          (2) Ties          Socks          Under garments          Work clothing          Casual clothing          Sneakers          Winter hat/gloves          Boots          (2) Bath Towels

Bedding:

(2) Pillows          Twin comforter          Twin bottom & flat sheet

Identification:

Driver’s License          Picture ID          Birth Certificate          SS card

Financial items:

Any credit/debit cards          SNAP (Food stamp) card

Resources:

Bible          Pen and paper          Edifying reading materials

Toiletries:

Razor & shaving cream          Shampoo/conditioner          Deodorant          Toothbrush/toothpaste           Body soap          Shower shoes          SMALL laundry basket

Medications:

Prescription medications (with medication list including dosages and schedule)

Over the counter medications (Tums, ibuprofen etc.)

 Things NOT to bring

• Drugs or drug paraphernalia, including alcohol and nicotine products
• Firearms, explosives, or weapons of any kind
• Valuables not necessary for your stay
• Wall decorations
• Lighters
• Animals

The Better Roads Recovery Home program is strictly a voluntary program to which one freely chooses to submit. The Ladies’ BRRM Home reserves the right to control one’s schedule, clothing, and finances and to monitor medications, per doctor’s prescription, in order to help achieve the goal of victory over addictive behavior.

The staff of the BRRM Home is here to serve the residents. We work together to keep the atmosphere comfortable and friendly. The purpose of establishing policies and procedures is to provide a safe and structured home environment with maximum accountability. The BRRM Home is a home where we will strive together to meet the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical needs of each resident.

Admission

1. The Ladies’ BRRM Home program is a six-month minimum commitment.
2. Anyone desiring to enter the BRRM Home program must go through a preliminary interview process. The director will conduct the final interview and determine whether a lady is accepted into the program.

Attitude

Work will be done willingly and cheerfully, as unto the Lord, and without complaining. A good spirit and attitude is expected at all times.

Addictions

1. The Ladies’ BRRM Home is a non-nicotine program.
2. Random drug and nicotine tests may be given at any time.

Honor Code

1. I will love God supremely.
2. I will love others as I would have them love me.
3. I will respect and protect the person and property of all peoples.
4. I will respect the positions of those who are in authority. Specifically, I will respect the institutions of the home, civil government, and the local church.
5. I will respect the truth and will not lie, cheat, or steal; nor will I tolerate those who do.
6. I will respect the right to individual opinions without malice and without compromising my own integrity.
7. I will esteem God’s kingdom and His works above my own personal conveniences.
8. I confess that my greatest needs are for wisdom, understanding, and love.
9. As a Christian, my life’s mission is the Great Commission: Go! Win! Baptize! Teach!
10. I accept that all of my decisions are ultimately my own choice, and I accept full responsibility for the consequences of my decisions.

Schedule

Phone Schedule

Phone calls are limited to ten minutes per day from the team leader’s office with a team leader present. The call may be made only to an approved family member.

Bookstore Schedule

Cellular Phones

1. No one may have a phone until she has been in the program for six months. (graduate)
2. All cell phones must be shut off during church, chapel, and RU class.
3. Laptops are not permitted in the RU Home.
4. Cell phones will be held by the RU Home staff during the first six months.
5. No resident may have any Internet on her phone at any time.
6. Cell phones may not be used after 9:30 p.m. or before 6:00 a.m.
7. Ladies are never allowed to use any other phone in any other building.
8. Ladies are forbidden to use the phones or the Internet at the AOB for any reason. Internet use is not allowed on any device in any way without the director’s approval. This includes social networking and e-mailing.
9. Cell phones may not be loaned to anyone on probation, lest the privilege of using a cell phone be forfeited for one month.
10. Phone calls are limited to ten minutes per day from the team leader’s office with a team leader present. The call may be made only to an approved family member.

Procedures

1. No one may leave chapel for any reason.
2. Lights out is from 9:30 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. Lights out means all ladies are in their rooms unless they are going directly to the washroom to use the facilities and going right back to their room.
3. There should be no loud noise before 7:30 a.m. or after 8:30 p.m.
4. Ladies are not allowed to use the showers after 9:15 p.m. All ladies need to have their teeth brushed, face washed, etc., by 9:30 p.m.
5. All ladies must leave the LRU for work in the morning no later than 9:00 a.m. Punctuality at all times of the day is expected.
6. The penalty for being tardy or violating any other policy three times in a week is the loss of phone privileges for one week.
7. No one should be touching anyone else; keep your hands to yourself. Ladies are not allowed to sit on each other’s laps, play with each other’s hair, hold hands, give each other massages, or touch each other in any other way.
8. Please inform a team leader if you are working early or late.
9. Please inform one of the team leaders to answer the BRRM Home door before or after hours. Residents may not open the door for anyone after hours (after 7:00 p.m. or dark).
10. Residents may not let a non-resident into the home for any reason without the director’s approval.
11. Any contact between Rescue Mission and BRRM Men residents must be approved.
12. Anyone leaving the premises before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. will be out of the program for 30 days or longer, at the discretion of the director.
13. Please print your name to sign out before leaving, and sign back in after a work detail or personal business.
14. Keep your feet off the furniture and walls.
15. Residents are liable to cover the cost of restoring damaged property caused intentionally or by horseplay, plus pay a $200 fine for vandalism.
16. Other than a cordial “hello,” there may be no communication with any males until after graduation and only with the director’s approval. This includes letters, phone calls, and texting.
17. There may be no talking during chapel, RU class, or preaching.
18. There may be no cursing, no taking the name of the Lord in vain, no vulgar language or slang, and no name calling.
19. Do not glorify past addictions.
20. There is a $25 fine for open food or drink in the non-designated eating areas.
21. Inform the team leader as soon as you think you are sick. If a lady is sick but intends to go to breakfast, she must also go to chapel. Other than meal times and chapel times, a lady who is sick must stay in bed all day until the next morning.
22. No one is allowed back into the LRU Home after Sunday school.
23. Passes should be turned in for approval at least one full day in advance. Saturday passes should be turned in by Thursday.
24. A lady may not quit a job without the permission of the director.
25. Saturdays will be considered full work days.
26. Being counted present for church mean that you are in your seat at the beginning of the opening chorus.
27. A lady leaving church during the invitation will be counted absent. Those going forward during an invitation at church must be back in their seats during the closing prayer, or they will be counted absent. No one is dismissed from church until the closing prayer.
28. The director must approve all music and reading materials. Any unapproved music that is not in harmony with the purpose of the LRU program is not allowed.
29. Recordings of music or preaching in rooms should not be audible outside the room.
30. Any unacceptable or unapproved music will be confiscated and discarded.
31. No headphones or cell phone earpieces may be worn in the common areas of the LRU Home.

RU Class

1. Each resident is required to complete seven challenges per week. If seven challenges or the required essays are not completed by Thursday night, the resident is responsible for THE EVENING kitchen duty for the following Monday through Sunday.
2. ALL residents are to attend daily RU class.
3. There may be no writing letters or personal notes during RU class.
4. There may be no sleeping or “prayer time” during RU class. RU study time is specifically for working on the RU curriculum.
5. Journaling daily is required for ALL residents.
6. Being on time to RU class means being seated with Bible, writing instrument, and curriculum books ready at the start.
7. In order to graduate, all 170 challenges must be completed.

Cleanliness

1. Rooms will be straightened each weekday morning before chapel.
2. Beds must be made crisply and without wrinkles before morning chapel. Nothing except blankets and pillows is to be left on the beds.
3. Shoes should be lined up under the bed, hidden by the bed skirt.
4. Blinds are to be raised halfway and opened to let the light in before leaving the room for morning chapel.
5. Resident room doors will remain open during the day.
6. Coffeemakers are to be stored inside the armoires.
7. Residents are responsible to empty their own trash can each day.
8. Each lady is individually responsible to clean up behind herself, including the television room, billiard room, dining area, lobby, gym, restrooms, and all areas of the home.
9. All items left unattended in these areas will be donated or discarded.
10. Please write your name and the date on any item placed in the common refrigerator or in the snack room.
11. There may be no collecting scrap or compiling extra items in rooms.
12. Nothing shall be hung or adhered to the walls or dressers in the dorm rooms.
13. Food or drink upstairs will be securely sealed in a Tupperware-type container when carried anywhere outside the designated eating areas. There is a $25 fine for open food or drink upstairs when not inside the snack room, television lounge area, or a resident room.
14. Please clean up any messes you make or see.

Clothing and Hygiene

1. Daytime dress is casual, clean, and neat.
2. No shorts or pants are allowed inside or outside of the home at any time except pajamas after 8:00 p.m. and at the gym.
3. Ladies who wish to work out in the gym may wear shorts or sweatpants underneath their normal attire on their way to the gym. In the gym, they may remove their outer clothing to work out.
4. Clothing may not have skulls.
5. Ladies must wear dress shoes and dress clothes to all church services.
6. No sleeveless dresses or tops may be worn to work at the AOB or to church. Any sleeveless apparel must have a sleeved undershirt underneath it or a sweater over it.
7. Modest, sleeveless apparel is allowed at the home, on group outings, or out shopping.
8. Ladies are not permitted to wear spaghetti strap tops downstairs or outside of the home without proper covering.
9. Necklines may not exceed three fingers’ width below the collar bone. Plunging backlines are not permitted.
10. Skirts and dresses must cover the knees in a standing OR a sitting position.
11. Flip flops are not permitted at work, church, or Friday night RU.
12. Residents are to be fully dressed outside their rooms.
13. Pajamas are not acceptable daytime apparel.
14. All ladies MUST shower daily.
15. Changing clothes is to be done in private. It is indecent for a lady to appear in various states of undress before other ladies.
16. Clothes left lying around anywhere outside rooms are considered donated to the community clothes closet.
17. Residents may wear only one earring per ear. The earring may only be in the ear lobe.

Probation

1. Probation is the six-month period from the date of entry.
2. While on probation a lady is not allowed to go anywhere except on a work detail, to church, on an approved group activity, or to RU on Friday night. Ladies on probation must go directly to church or class and right back to the LRU Home without delay.
3. Ladies on probation are permitted to walk Willow Court from the corner of the yard to Oakley Street and back for exercise. However, a minimum of two ladies may do so, and they must obtain permission from a team leader beforehand.
4. After four months in the BRRM Home, a lady may join an outreach ministry if she desires to do so, at the director’s discretion.
5. After your probation you may not start a job unless you are current on your curriculum.
6. After the six-month probation is completed, work-search days are half days on Monday and Wednesday.

Restriction

1. Restriction is a loss of privileges due to policy violations.
2. Ladies on restriction are not permitted to go anywhere outside the BRRM Home.
3. On Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, ladies on restriction go straight to the service or class and directly back to the LRU Home.

Visitation

1. Any other visitation time must have prior approval by the director.
2. Any non-family-member visitors must be approved.
3. The one visited and her visitors will use the front lobby area.
4. There may be no visitors out front or in back of the BRRM Home.
5. All visitors must dress appropriately and modestly.
6. There is a maximum of three visits per week on nonconsecutive days.
7. You must have completed one month in the program before you may start visitation privileges.
8. No non-resident is allowed to go upstairs without permission from the director or a team leader.

Off Limits Areas

Outside the BRRM Home

1. There may be no hanging out in front or back of the LRU Home or the Administrative Office Building (AOB).
2. At RU on Friday nights, ladies stay inside Building Q.
3. Ladies are not allowed to use the east side of the church for any reason before, during, or after church services. Ladies will use the west side of the church to use the restrooms and to enter and exit the building.
4. Residents are not allowed at the Renaissance Apartments, Blood Bank, Harrison Park, any hotel or motel, State Line, the home of any former RU resident, or in any church building unless on work detail in that building.
5. Any resident off probation must obtain permission each time before going to the library.
6. The bus depot is off limits at any time without a pass.

Inside the BRRM Home

1. No one is allowed in anyone else’s room at any time for any reason.
2. No one except the cook and the housekeeper is allowed in the back pantry without permission from a team leader.
3. The kitchen is off-limits except to the house lady and the cooks for that week. Ladies must obtain permission to be in the kitchen for any other reason.
4. Ladies may use the kitchen after Sunday night church to make a sandwich or a small dinner with leftovers.
5. Residents are never allowed to be anywhere other than their rooms or the restroom between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

Driving (for Graduates)

Vehicles are for transportation directly to work and back. Any other travel purpose or destination must have an approved pass from the director.

1. Personal vehicle keys will be held by the BRRM staff during the six-month probation period.
2. BRRM ladies may not transport anyone or ride with anyone, including other BRRM ladies, in a personal vehicle without a pass from the director.

Money

1. There may be no borrowing or lending money without the director’s approval.
2. There may be no buying or selling or trading or bartering of property to fellow BRRM ladies without the director’s approval.
3. No BRRM lady pays wages for labor performed by a fellow resident without the director’s approval.
4. A lady who owns a cell phone is also responsible to purchase her own toiletries.
5. All BRRM ladies must turn in a budget sheet to track any and all money.
6. Ladies must turn in receipts to show their purchases match their budget.

Items Needed to Bring to the Home

1. KJV Bible
2. Notebook
3. Paper
4. Pens
5. 3×5 cards
6. Highlighter
7. Pillow
8. Small night light that clips to bed
9. All bathroom items
10. Towels, washcloths
11. Robe
12. Laundry detergent
13. Watch (optional)

RU Ten Principles

1. If God’s against it, so am I!
2. Every sin has its origin in our hearts.
3. It is easier to keep the heart clean than to clean it after it has been defiled.
4. We cannot fight a fleshly appetite by indulging in it.
5. Small compromises lead to great disasters.
6. Those who do not love the Lord will not help you serve the Lord.
7. Our sinful habits hurt those who follow us.
8. It is not possible to fight a fleshly temptation with fleshly weapons.
9. We lose our freedom to choose when we give in to temptation. Our consequences are inevitable and incalculable and up to God.
10. God balances guilt with blame. Accept the blame for your actions, and God, through confession and forgiveness, will remove the guilt.