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No. 86
BAHA‘[ YEAR T31
Insert to The American Baha'i published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States for Baha'fs only.
112 Linden Av., Wilmette, Ill. 60091
March 1975
Land purchased near Guardian’s resting place
ANNOUNCE PURCHASE STRIP LAND GREAT NORTHERN LONDON CEMETERY FACING BELO VED GUARDIANS RESTING PLACE ENSURING PROTECTION SACRED PLOT. PRAYERS GRATITUDE OFFERED DIVINE THRESHOLD
UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
National Assembly outlines New York’s tasks
To the Baha’is of the State of New York
Dear Baha’i Friends:
Six decades and two years have passed since a small band of early American believers gathered in New York to receive ‘Abdu’ l-Baha on the first leg of His epic journey to the United States. Establishing New York City as His base, the beloved Master traveled throughout the land on a prodigious teaching campaign. It was in that City that He explained for the first time the weighty implications of His unique office as Center of the Covenant of Baha’u lah, an act which led Him to bestow upon it the title ““City of the Covenant.” It was here too that His Tablets of the Divine Plan, the charter of Baha’i teaching, were unveiled in 1919.
Now, largely as a result of such momentous happenings, the Baha’i world community is embarked on a Five Year Plan, the third global enterprise derived from those portentous Tablets. And New York is to attain in this period a fuller measure of the distinctive potentialities with which the Center of the Covenant endowed it. Your state is joined with California and Illinois in concert with a major objective of the Plan for the American Baha’i community, namely, the development of “‘intensive teaching and consolidation plans in at least 3 states, chosen from among those visited by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, designed to attract great numbers to the Cause of Baha’u’llah thereby initiating a process leading to the entry into the Faith by troops alluded to by the Master.”
Thus, in the spirit of New York’s distinguished history in the Cause, we are confident and joyful in
the expectation that the friends in this blessed State ©
will arise with eagerness and sustained vigor to ac complish the following tasks by Ridvan 1979.
e Raise the number of localities where Baha’is reside in New York to 360;
e Open to the Faith all counties where Baha’ is do not now exist;
e Maintain existing Local Spiritual Assemblies, ensuring that a minimum of 15 adults reside in each Baha’i community;
e Raise the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies to 56, including 2 on Indian Reservations;
e Increase the number of incorporated Assemblies
to 20; Take determined steps in each local community to expand the teaching work among those representing at least one of the minority groups — American Indian, Armenian, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Spanish-speaking -— designated in the Five Year Plan;
e Expand the use of radio and television for Baha’i broadcasts aimed at proclamation of the Faith to greater numbers of listeners on a regular basis; at the same time the regular use of the press should be increased;
e Encourage and organize regular Baha’i activities and classes for adults, youth and children;
e Organize regular classes to educate Baha’i chil-’ dren in the teachings of the Faith;
e Foster and encourage youth activities, including
firesides, study classes, teaching institutes, local
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youth clubs, college clubs, circuit teaching projects, and pioneering;
e Strive toward universal participation in support of the Baha’i Funds. ;
Properly viewed, these tasks are only stepping stones toward the distinctive goal called for in the Five Year Plan, namely, “entry into the Faith by troops.” Its attainment depends solely upon the wholehearted response of each believer in New York, who must be constantly teaching, constantly studying the Holy Texts and their authentic interpretations, constantly exercising the discipline of en _ lightened souls whose thoughts and deeds are guided by the standards of Baha’u’llah. We ask each of you to strive earnestly to attract at least one person to the Faith each year.
Your immediate supporters and helpers in these strivings are the diligent members of the Institution of the Continental Counsellors and Local Spiritual Assemblies; in addition, agencies have been established for stimulating and coordinating your activities: a Regional Teaching Committee aided by District Teaching Committees, and a Regional Information Committee. We further ask that each of
you offer a portion of his or her time and talents to the endeavors of these agencies of the New York teaching program.
From New York to California, the beloved Master courageously proclaimed the advent of the Most Great Peace. Later, in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, He recalled to the friends in New York and the other Northeastern states that He had sown “pure seeds | and planted blessed trees” in their states and called upon them “‘to become heavenly farmers.’ “Now,” He wrote, “‘the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must irrigate these fields and with the utmost power engage themselves in the cultivation of these heavenly plantations so that the seeds may grow and develop, prosperity and blessing be realized and many rich and great harvests be gathered in.”
May the Lord of Hosts confirm you in your endeavors to achieve these glorious ends.
With loving Baha’i greetings,
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE BAHA’{S OF THE UNITED STATES
GLENFORD E. MITCHELL, SECRETARY
January 11, 1975
Capital city believers assigned goals
To the Baha’is of Washington, D. C.
Dear Baha’i Friends:
Within ten days after arriving in New York on His epic journey to America, the beloved Center of the - Covenant, ‘Abdu’l-Baha, visited Washington, D.C. This was the first of three memorable visits which
have left deepening traces of His energetic efforts to
proclaim the oneness of mankind in the nation’s capital. In reflecting on the Master’s momentous activities in your city, we recall that the services of those who were touched by Him then — Louis Gregory, Mariam Haney, Agnes Parsons, to name a few — have illumined the pages of Baha’i history. And thus we have ample evidence of the as yet unfathomed potentialities with which He endowed the citizens of Washington. Sixty-two years have passed since your city was blessed by ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s vitalizing presence. Although the banner of the Faith has remained aloft ever since, the mighty hopes which He cherished for you have not barely been realized. It is time, therefore, to make an’ earnest, systematic attempt to achieve them. Echoes of His express wishes reach us now as the Baha’i world community pursues the Five Year Plan, the third global enterprise derived from
the Tablets of the Divine Plan:
May the people of Washington become the cause of the spiritual freedom of the people of the world. . . . May the people of Washington become the cause of uniting all the nations under the Standard of God!
With confidence in the potency of the Master’s hopes, we call upon the friends in Washington to gird themselves for heroic action and arise with determination to achieve the following tasks as their contribution to the success of the Five Year Plan. e Raise the number of believers in Washington,
D.C. to at least thrice the current Baha’ i member ship, ensuring that a minimum of 9 active believ ers reside in each residential postal zone;
e Conduct regular weekly firesides with the objective of holding at least 10 each Baha’i month;
e Expand the teaching work among those representing at least one of the minority groups designated in the Five Year Plan: American Indian, Armenian, Basque, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Spanish-speaking;
e Expand the use of radio and television for Baha’i
broadcasts aimed at proclamation of the Faith to
greater numbers of listeners;
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e Utilize the press more widely and frequently to proclaim the Cause, and in this regard publicize Bahai activities regularly in neighborhood, minority, college, and foreign-language newspapers in your city;
e Encourage and organize regular Baha'i activities and classes for adults, youth, and children;
e Provide the means of taking new and veteran believers through the Comprehensive Deepening Program;
e Establish a local Baha’i youth club;
e Institute and maintain a Baha’i club on any college campus on which there are 2 or more Baha’is;
e Develop regular, graded Baha'i classes for the benefit of Baha’i and non-Baha’i children;
e Publish regularly a local Baha’i newsletter;
e Contribute to the National Baha’i Fund each Baha’i month; :
e Initiate steps to establish a full-time secretariat so as to increase the executive ability of the Local Spiritual Assembly;
e Open to the Faith 5 localities in Maryland;
e Collaborate with the District Teaching Committee
in raising up 2 Local Spiritual Assemblies in.
Maryland;
e Send travelling teachers to various parts of the continental United States to assist in the homefront teaching program;
e Participate in the international teaching work by dispatching no less than 9 pioneers to foreign posts
3
and by providing travelling teachers to various parts of the world
These goals will undoubtedly be achieved by the wholehearted response of every believer, who must be constantly engaged in teaching the Cause, in studying the Holy Texts and their authentic interpretations, and in exercising the discipline of enlightened souls whose thoughts and deeds are guided by . the standards of Baha’u’llah. May each of you strive earnestly to attract at least one person to the Faith each year.
As an encouragement to your devoted endeavors, we recite the Master’s parting words to the friends in Washington:
May the favors of the Blessed Beauty Baha’u’llah encompass you and may the lights of the Sun of Reality be your illumination. May you all become united and assured. May you serve the Cause of God as one single, united force. I give you the glad tidings that the confirmations of God will descend upon you. Be ye assured of this. Ye will become illumined. Ye will become conquerors.
With loving Baha’i greetings, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA’{s OF THE UNITED STATES Glenford E. Mitchell, Secretary
2 February 1975
Revised pioneer goals for the United States
Assigned Filled Open
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Ocean dem = sa, hee 2 -— 2 (E)=-South Afriga®: 05.3. aaae 2 — 2 (Bs Ang olate es sae i ase 2, — z (EysStoHelena? 93 ccc: ia ta 1 — 1 (P)GS) = Mozambiques) = .8,< ico 2: 1 1
(EB) Ranzania=,.25<ees acne 4 1 3 (EB) 2 Gambian. ¢.]) ncnaeeee 2 — 2 (P) Guinea-Bissau (Port. Guinea)* ............ 2 —— 2 (B)= Wiberial -c..is. renee 4 4 0 GE) Sierra Leone: ==. se 3 a 1 (BE) SZaite ano eee a — 7 66 25 41
Asia
(B)@)*Bangladesh*— 52s: 2 a= 2
(G)@2Wieaue a ee ee 2, — 2
Gyr dapan® =. 552. eet ee 3 2 iS
(BE). Gindiag ss aera le eae 5 — 5
(F) Khmer Republic (Cambodia) .2 -= 2
(KE) Ghoteat 25 oS eee 3 — 3
(sites. 5G ae ee pes oe
CGB) Bebanon=.c ee ee 2 1 1
(EE) SNeépal-sa ieee ee 2 — 2
(E) Philippine Islands .......... a 1 1
(E) Sri Lanka (Ceylon)* —. 4... 3 1 2
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Review IAL AN yoyo wie ayn cater ia a act 2 1 1 (E) Trinidad/Tobago ........... 4 0 4 (Bybee hailatids.t. cheese nieces 2 2 0 (S)e Wray sa oa ee 2 5 2: GRC) (B) Turkeys ine ian aro. 2 = 2 (S)\enMenemelac. <=. o ee 7 2 5 GE) Bo We TaN 75 eps etre 1 — 1 (E) Windward Islands .......... 6 2 4 Assigned Filled Open Assigned Filled Open Australasia Europe eat ye lslands® - Colombia ss ee ees ey 8 4 4 POR DA Read, to ci.5, aliadas Sale cha 35 | (S)(E) St. Andrés Island* ....... 1 = 1 ADISURAMASIA. co. a cae osauk 17 3 14 fs) Costa Rica. 2945 cose ss. kes 4 2 2 EUROREY SS, 0. enti rc nseas 372 Ae 25 (S) Dominican Republic ........ 5 — 5 305 86. «219 (SS) BCUAd OR ie oe eo ne tame ee eG i i 6 5 oe eee te ao é “3 ; Se aniened countries ec Guyana sy acvseiun cee 0s 5c hon ees 4 peUinsttnces Perna ing (H)(E)(D) Surinam ............. 3 — 3 (ee rrerich Guiana” 14% 5. 2. coe Be — 2 mai 2 ee Aone Ga MARR E ey (S)-Honduras... «80505 28.0353 6 a 6 A—Arabic Gr—Greek (Eyevaniaa asin pec reo ks hes 4 2 2 B—Bengali H—Hindi (F) French Antilles ............ 4 2 2 C—Chinese I—Icelandic (E) Leeward/Virgin Islands (Southern Dialect) It—Italian Montserrat, St. Kitts........ 9 3 6 D—Danish J—Japanese (Se Nicaragua cia cee na pero § 6 B 4 Dt—Dutch K—Korean (S) Panama ........... et bt 4 3 2 E—English N—Norwegian (S)— Paraguay ac... 0. Peas we Bee 4 2 2 F—French P—Portuguese (S) Peru (Cuczo & Puno)....... 4 a 4 Fn—Finnish _ §—Spanish (S) Puerto Rico ........... cua 4 4 G—German T—Turkish Directory Chan Assembly Secretaries Arizona Hard Rock Chapter: Mr. Thomas J. Begay, c/o AuAlabama drie Reynolds, Secretary Navajo-Hopi Teaching Jefferson County: Mrs. Sonya B. Henderson, Committee, P.O. Box 448, Fort Wingate, New , Birmingham, 35226 Mexico, 87316. Bagpon: Mrs. Mattie Ragland, General Delivery, Kjagetoh: c/o Audrie Reynolds, Secretary,
Navajo-Hope Teaching Committee, P.O. Box
New Jerusalem: Mr. Lester McKinney, Rt. 4, Box 448, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 87316
643-K, Tuscaloosa, 35401
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Peoria: Miss Linda L. Martin, P.O. Box 1021, 85345
Red Lake Chapter: c/o Audrie Reynolds, Secretary, Navajo-Hope Teaching Committee, P.O. Box 448, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 87316
San Carlos: Mrs. Ruth Chatlin, P.O. Box 415, San Carlos, 85550
Arkansas Arkadelphia: Mrs. Cornelia Ross, , 71923 Hot Springs: Mr. J. William Mellitt, P.O. Box 23, 71901
California Beverly Hills: Miss Margaret Naismith, a , 90210 Costa Mesa: Mrs. Gwen Janti, P.O. Box 832, 92627 Daly City: Mr. Kenneth T. Gibson, Treasurer, . , 94015 East Los Angeles J.D.: Mr. Robert Yavorski, , 90063 Fremont: Mrs. Mary L. Johnson, P.O. Box 106, 94536 Hayward: Mrs. Joanne E. DeLucchi, P.O. Box 3474, 94544 Huntington Beach: New address: P.O. Box 749, 92648 Inglewood J.D.: Mrs. Pauline K. Kenerson, . , 90304 Monterey Carmel J.D.: Mrs. Joyce Dahl, P.O. Box 429, Carmel Valley, 93924 ‘Napa: Mrs. Andrea Jaekle, Chairman, , 94558 National City: Mr. Robert K. Anderson, Chairman, P.O. Box 934, 92030 Orange: Mrs. Rosalie Hiam, P.O. Box 5441, 92667 Redondo Beach: Mrs. Margie Handley Mazu, , _ , 90277 San Bernardino: Mrs. Ruby Soto, 92410 Santa Clara: Mrs. Johanna A. Anderholm, P.O. Box 2215, 95051 . San Leandro: Mrs. Carol Henrie, . _§ 94577 Santa Paula: Mrs. Molly S. King, P.O. Box 1008, 93060 Westminster: Mrs. Elaine Calli, |
, 92683 Colorado Denver: Mrs. Kathi Jo Wyckoff, _ 5 80209 Delaware
Newark: Mr. Gilbert K. Nichols, Chairman,
5; 1971
Florida Broward County: Mrs. Mary S. Duckworth, , Fort Lauderdale, 33309 Jacksonville: Mrs. Judith Ann Harrington, . hold
Leon County: Mrs. Merry Cathleen Smith, P.O.
Box 3442, Tallahassee, 32303 Pinelles County: Mr. William E. Hauck, Chairman,
_, East, Clearwater, 33515
Tampa: Mrs. M. Marjory Tucker, ;
33616
Georgia Athens: Miss Ann Marie Wasilewski, Alps Road Station, P.O. Box 6123, 30604 Cobb County South: Mrs. Monirih Saunders, _ , Marbleton, 30059
Illinois
Arlington Heights: Mr. Ronald J. Cutaia, P.O. Box 5, 60005
DeKalb: Mr. Dennis Bakula, fs 60115
Edwardsville Township: Mr. Jacques Von Frasunkiewicz, | 62025
Glenview: Mrs. Beatrice Somerhalder, , 60025 Highland Park: Mrs. Ruth L. Randle, , 60035
Morton Grove: Miss Jacqueline M. Blanchard, P.O. Box 523, 60053
Rock Island: Mrs. Barbara Gimm, 5
61201 Waukegan: Mrs. Annabel Whittier, ; ~ , 60085
Indiana $ Columbus: ,Miss Charlene McAllister, P.O. Box 1472, 47201 Terre Haute: Mrs. Merrie Stradtner, ., 47807
Kansas Manhattan: Mr. Richard L. Vore, P.O. Box 933, 66502
Louisiana Bossier City: Mrs. Elaine E. Wright, Box 5498, 71010
Maine ‘
South Portland: Mrs. Sherilee E. Baker,
, 04106
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Massachusetts
Brockton: Mr. Frank W. Mann, ~, 02401
Gloucester: Mrs. Laurel Cutler, Magnolia Station, P:O: Box 3, 01930. _,
Greenfield: Mr. Douglas F. Ruhe, Chairman, P.O. Box 465, 01301
Salem: Miss Lisa D. Turner, P.O. Box 185, Salem, 01970
South Hadley: Mrs. Lillian Brows, Treasurer, P.O. Box 241, 01075
Minnesota
Roseville: Mrs. Lea Iverson, P.O. Box 8191, S113;
Virginia: Mrs. Margaret M. Kent, P.O. Box 1173, 55792
Nebraska Aurora: Mrs. Lynda Ann Ochsner, P.O. Box 74, 68818 Crete: Mr. Charles Novak, Treasurer, , 68333 Lincoln: Miss Marcia Ann Mather, P.O. Box 80601, 68501
New Jersey Montclair: Mr. Hassan Tarafdar, 4 07042 Peterborough: Miss Karen B. Wines, . 3 , 03458
New Mexico
Hobbs: Miss Doreethea Gardner, , 88240
Roswell: Mr. Robert W. Mitchell, Treasurer, c/o M. Piotrowski, . , 88201
Santa Fe County: Miss Helen Tapia, Rt. 6, Box 109 No. D, 87501
New York Albany: Mrs. Irma Betts, 12203 Beacon: Mr. Frank Post, Jr., P.O. Box 63, 12508 Brighton Township: Mrs. Mary L. Mickelson, 59 Idle Lane, Rochester, 14623 Hamburg, Town of: Mrs. May Gotthelf, >
, 14075 Jamestown: Mrs. Etta M. Williams, ; 14701 Rochester: Dr. Floyd C. Tucker, ; 14607 Ohio Cleveland Heights: Mr. Neil K. Krandall,
, 44106 Columbus: Miss Elizabeth A. Carter,
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, 43202 East Cleveland: Mr. Robert W. Horn,
- , 44118
Oklahoma Ada: Mrs. Mary G. Watson, Chairman, P.O. Box
952, 74820 Norman: Mr. Nader Vargha, P.O. Box 2212,
73069 Oklahoma City: Miss Cynthia Tarbill,
P7318
Oregon Klamath County: Jeri Marguello, David (talk) , Klamath Falls, 97601
Pennsylvania
Middletown Township: Miss Lorraine Appelbaum, P.O. Box 494, Langhorne, 19047
West Chester: Miss Elyce Stolp, P.O. Box 745, 19380
South Carolina
Columbia: Mr. Ben Hendricks, 29250
Folly Grove: Mr. Bransford H. Watson, Chairman, Chairman, L. Gregory Baha’i Institute, Rt. 2, Box 123, Hemingway, 29554 |
Georgetown: Miss Carolyn Hall Austin, c/o Mrs. Caswell Ellis, 29440
Orangeburg Municipal District: Mrs. Kathy Jean Daniel, P.O. Box 1545, 29115
St. Andrews Parish: Mr. Henry Wigfall, Chairman,
, Charleston, 29407
St. Helena Island: Mr. Elting B. Smalls, Chairman,
P.O. Box 305, Frogmore, 29920
P.O. Box 5973,
Tennessee.
Memphis: Mrs. Betty Hickerson, i 38116
Texas
San Antonia: Mrs. Margaret E. Londos, P.O. Box 12280, 78212
‘San Marcos: Mrs. Rhea Schuring Kester, P.O. Box
1341, 78666
Virginia Staunton: Mrs. Claytee M. Blackwell, — , 24401 Suffolk: Mrs. Margaret B. Tilley, 5 23403 Virginia Beach: Mr. Dana L. Munden, ~ . Fort Store, 23459 Washington Bellevue: Mr. Loring Newport, ___ §
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98004
Cowlitz County Commissioner’s District No. 3:
Mrs. Paula C. Warme,
Longview, 98632
King County Commissioner’s District No. 8: Mrs. Coralee B. McDonald, P.O. Box 78378, Seattle, 98178
Kitsap County Commissioner's District No. 1: Mrs. Kathleen T. Roberts, Rt. 8, Box 8963, Bainbridge Island, 98110
Mason County Commissioner’s District No. 3: Mrs. Gloria Jean Watson, Box 133, Matlock, 98560
Whatcom County Commissioner's District No. 3: Mrs. Dorothy S. Jacobs,
, Custer, 98240
Yakima: Mr. Randall B. Reneau, P.O. Box 2581,
98902
Wisconsin
Delafield: Mrs. Kathryn Firnrohr, _, Hartland, 53029 :
Kenosha: Mr. Paul D. Voelz, Chairman, | , 93140
Wausau: Mr. Steven P. Myers, P.O. Box 123; 54401
District Teaching Committee Secretaries
Central States Western Iowa: Miss Jo Ann Flowers, , Ames, 50010
Northeastern States
Eastern New York: Mr. Robert S. McComb (District Teaching Committee Address) P.O. Box 333, Glenwood Landing, 11547
Southern States Southern Alabama: Miss Belle Smith, __, Montgomery, 36111 Central Florida: Mrs. Anita Marie Jester, _ _, Largo, 33540 Northern Georgia: Mrs. Carolyn Murphy, ___, Decatur 30032 Eastern Oklahoma: Mr. Philip Michael Walker, | , Tahlequah, 74464 Northern Texas: Mrs. Barbara Parker, i Abernathy, 79311 Southern Texas: Mrs. Irene Friday, , Brownsville, 78520 Northern Virginia: Mrs. Katharyn G. Balter, , Falls Church, 22042
Western States Utah: Miss Nancy Kirkpatrick, , Salt Lake City, 84102
Job opportunities at National Baha’i Center
The National Baha’i Center in Wilmette, Illinois is presently seeking several individuals to fill important positions. In addition to a sincere desire to serve the Faith, individuals will require extensive clerical skills, the ability to prepare their own correspondence, some administrative experience within the Faith, ability to coordinate a variety of functions and to work with others.
Positions include working on and developing many challenging projects designed to help the American Baha’i community successfully meet the goals of the Five Year Plan. E
If you qualify, please send your resume to: Personnel Affairs Assistant, National Baha’i Center, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette Illinois, 60091.
St. Louis lost and found
Many items that were turned into the Lost and Found at the St. Louis Conference are still available at the National Baha’i Center, such as wearing apparel, prayer books, cameras, etc. If you lost any items at the Conference, please send a complete description to the Baha’i House of Worship Activities Office, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091. Any items unclaimed after May 1, 1975, will be disposed of.
Administrative rights removed
The National Spiritual Assembly has announced that , widely known in the United States Baha’i Community as , has been deprived of his Baha’i administrative rights and privileges because of his disobedience to the Baha’i law regarding marriage.
Appeals for funds
From time to time the friends receive appeals,
either as individuals or communities, from pioneers
needing financial assistance. It is advisable when
such an appeal is received to contact the International Goals Committee so that inquiries can be
made and the true situation ascertained. The address
is: International Goals. Committee, 112 Linden
Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091. Telephone: (312)
256- 4400.
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Sustained level of contributions vital
To: All Local Spiritual Assemblies and Bahéa’i Groups
Dear Baha’ Friends: Once again we have reached that special time of
reflection and spiritual renewal in preparation for the
new year. As we consider our past endeavors, several events come to mind of which we as a national community may be proud. In an unprecedented achievement, the monthly Fund goal was exceeded for three consecutive months. The National Haziratu’1-Quds of the Bahamas was secured with a down payment of $12,500, and the higher level of contributions combined with the loans from the friends has made it possible to have the remaining $112,500 on hand to pay for this property.
It is vitally important that we sustain our present level of contributions in order to achieve our annual goal, for as we look to the coming year, we see that the challenges before us will require much greater devotion and sacrifice than ever before. Your National Spiritual Assembly and its National Committees have focused their attention on the requirements of these challenges and are developing exciting new programs to ensure that they are met. For example, the National Education Committee reports that it has been most active the last few months meeting with the various school committees in a joint project designed to develop an interesting education program for this next year, and has recently launched a series of family life conferences. However, the successful execution of our plans, no matter how exciting, is
. directly dependent upon the degree to which the
believers in this land, so blessed with material riches, pour forth their resources in support of the National Fund.
While traveling in America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha was heard to exclaim:
O Baha’u’llah! What has Thou done? O Baha’u’llah! May my life be sacrificed for Thee! O Baha'u'llah! May my soul be offered up for Thy sake! How full were Thy days with trials and tribulations! How severe, the ordeals Thou didst endure! How solid the foundation Thou hast finally laid, and how glorious the banner Thou didst hoist!
Dear friends, as we arise at dawn each morning during the coming month to thank our Creator for the privilege of having been enabled to recognize His Manifestation and assist in the unfoldment of the New World Order, let us recall these words of the Master and contemplate how we too might offer up our souls for Baha’u’llah. May the spiritual energies generated during the Fast weld us into a community wholly dedicated to the attainment of every Five Year Plan goal.
With loving Baha'i greetings, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA’{s OF THE UNITED STATES Dorothy W. Nelson, Treasurer
February 22, 1975
National Baha’s Fund
Contributions
$ 200,000
$ 150,000 a 1974. 1875 MONTHLY GoAL
ee
$2,600,000 ANNUAL
Total Number of Assemblies Contributing
750 GOAL BY RIDVAN 1975
663
§ 100,000
$ 50.000
4 * Se = Soe Ss
Um Qudrat Qaw!
Sultan Year (Sovereignty) to Date ! } Budget Goal $137,000 $2,055,000 be Contributions 137,883 17733237 aaa Overage (Shortage) $ 883 $ (281,763) |
ASSEMBLIES
Jama ‘Arama’ Quorat aw! Masi*it Sharat Suttén Mulk ‘as Bans ais
Contributions may be addressed to: National Baha'i Fund, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091;
BUDGET
Baha’i International Fund, P.O. Box 155, Haifa, Israel; and Continental Baha’i Fund, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091. �
