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‘The real treasury of man is his knowledge. ’—Bahá’u’lláh

Volume 19, No. 9

September 1988

As this picture shows, the weather ranged from hot to cold and wet

Fifth Continental Indigenous

to dry during the fifth Continental Indigenous Council held August

1-5 near the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.

Council is held

300 or more from nearly 60 tribes meet to consult on spiritual destiny, prophecy

By LAURA HILDRETH and JACQUELINE DELAHUNT

The winds blew steadily from north, south, east and west August 1 welcoming Indian people from all parts of the Americas to the fifth Continental Indigenous Council at Indian Memorial Park on the edge of the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.

The days were blessed with rain, bringing to an end a long drought in the northern plains.

These seemed to be physical manifestations of the spiritual refreshment brought to the area by the gathering of more than 400 people including 300 or more from nearly 60 tribes who met to consult on the spiritual well-being. and unity of their peoples and the long-awaited fulfillment of their prophecies.

The Continental Indigenous Councils, sponsored by the Baha’fs, are held every 2-3 years with the meeting-place rotating among Alaska, Canada and the U.S.

This year’s Council was sponsored by the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly and held August 1-5 in the approximate geographical center of the North American

Genocide study group newsletter discusses persecutions in Iran

The persecution of Baha’is in Iran is among the topics discussed in the Spring 1988 issue of ‘‘The ISG Newsletter,”’ a quarterly publication of the Institute for the Study of Genocide.

The front-page article, which deals with recent cases of genocide Or potential genocide in several countries, is headlined ‘‘Afghans and Baha’is: The Fire This Time.”

Major Objectives RUT IP ala)

Calls for ‘Fourth-Epoch thinking’

Florida conference proposes far-reaching plan to proclaim Faith, disseminate peace statement

“Our clear task is to take ‘The Promise of World Peace’ to the peoples of the world,’’ read a report generated from the Florida Statewide Conference for District Teaching Committee members and assistants to the Auxiliary Board, held June 25-26 in Orlando.

Consultation at the conference, inspired by the Ridvan 1988 message from the Universal House of Justice, produced a number of ideas to help achieve this and several other teaching goals in a spirit of unified action:

“A new system of communication will help unify our efforts. A statewide newsletter, electronic bulletin board and annual calendar of events will be developed. We will find new ways to use the Florida Bahdé’{ phone... as a proclamation and teaching tool.

“The Auxiliary Board member will meet with the assistants and DTC members semi-annually to ensure forward motion of these efforts.

“The assistants and DTC members coordinate and communicate the teaching efforts; the Assemblies provide the authority and direction; but it is the individual believers who provide the power that must be released to bring about the Most Great Peace.

“Each of us must make a renewed effort to open our hearts to the spiritual energy that can flow through us. We can do this by:

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in our daily lives

and confirming the believers

“‘As the power of the individual believers is released, it will be channeled through the various teaching projects already in progress. “This will enable Assemblies to become the facilitators for these projects, thus lightening the burden of the few who are presently trying to ‘do it all.’

“With ‘Fourth-Epoch thinking’ we can unleash the full force of Florida’s spiritual energy and watch these projects flourish.”

continent.

Indian communities around the world were represented as tribal members came from Greenland, Canada (including the Yukon territories north of the Arctic Circle), Alaska, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Mexico, the U.S. and even Australia.

A roll call underscored the great diversity of tribes present with everyone from Athabasquin and Aztec to Yaqui and Yuchi and many tribes in between among those who identified themselves.

In traditional American Indian style there were no keynote speakers; instead, there was a format in which participation by all those attending was encouraged.

Consultation was held on the spiritual destiny of the Indian people, and thanks were given to Baha’u’ll4h for having “‘brought brothers from all four directions together finally.’’

An address was made by a special guest, Hooper Dunbar, a member of the Universal House of Justice who was welcomed as a long-lost brother by many of those present who remembered his many teaching trips to their native lands.

Mr. Dunbar pointed out that Indians have the largest population of all races in the Baha’i Faith, but that the North American Indians represent only a small percentage of that population.

In our quest to spread the Message of Bahá’u’lláh, he said, must be ‘‘warriors of the spirit against our lower selves.

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A dedication ceremony was to be held September 17 for the newly completed Martha Root Hall at the Bosch Bahd’{ School near San ta Cruz, California. Over the past six months, as the exterior of the hall was being completed, the school experienced an increase in

the use of the facility, both by Bahá’ís and through rental to other groups. (Article, more photographs on page 4) �[Page 2]2 / The American Baha’i / September 1988

San Diego presents Peace Essay Awards to high school students at Center brunch

The San Diego High School Peace Essay Awards brunch was held April 30 at the San Diego Baha’i Center.

More than 150 people were present as the top four prizewinners and 10 honorable mention winners received their awards.

One hundred ninety-one entries from 25 San Diego area schools were submitted as students responded to the question, ‘‘How can we help build a peaceful world?’’

Baha’i’s top score earns law school berth

Richard Reid Lewellen, a Baha’i from Carlsbad, California, entered Harvard Law School in September.

Mr. Lewellen’s score of 45 on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) ranked him in the top one percent of those taking the test.

An article about his achievement in National University’s weekly ‘“‘Alumni Alert’’ bulletin said that instead of seeking a highsalaried position in law, Mr. Lewellen ‘‘plans on committing himself to a life of public service.”’

The contest was sponsored by San Diegans for a Peaceful World, a group of organizations that includes Baha’i communities in the San Diego area, the Sweetwater Education Association, Peace Resource Center, Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft, and San Diego chapters of the Alliance for Survival, Educators for Social Responsibility, SANE/FREEZE, the United Nations Association, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the World Federalists Association.

First prize was awarded to Ray Fabros, a student at Montgomery High School.

The second prize winner was Chris Knowlton of Helix High School, third prize went to Josef James Gulick of Hoover High School, and fourth prize to Dawn Varyan of Diegueno Junior High.

The keynote address was given by Bob Filner, a member of the San Diego City Council.

A highlight of the program was a stirring presentation of dances, skits and songs by the San Diego Baha’i Youth Workshop.

For the fourth year in a row, the Bahá’ís of Santa Cruz, California, served on the committee that arranged the city’s annual Peace Day observance on May 15. This

year the Bahá’ís were asked to organize the evening interfaith service that closed the day’s activities. They also had a colorful

booth (pictured here) at a local park which they plan to use as a traveling peace exhibit in libraries and other public places.

Ex-Costa Rica head at House of Worship

On June 19, Rodrigo Carazo, the former president of Costa Rica, and his wife visited the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, and attended a noonday devotional service.

Sr. Carazo, a founder of the United Nations University for Peace, was given a copy of The Dawning Place, Bruce Whitmore’s history of the House of Worship, and his wife was given a copy of “The Baha’i Peace Program,” a reprint from the World Encyclopedia of Peace, in which she had shown an interest while visiting the House of Worship’s bookstore.

Baha’is attend Esperanto classes in Michigan

Charles Donoghue of Kingstree, South Carolina; David Earl of Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Darlene Evans of Wilmette, Illinois, attended a week of classes for advanced students of Esperanto taught by Dr. Douglas Swett prior to the Midwest Esperanto Conference held June 24-25 in Portage and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Sherry Wells, a lawyer from Royal Oak, Michigan, organized the conference and taught the class for beginners.

Janet Bixby, who remained in Chicago to attend her daughter’s graduation, sent a taped message

More than 100 people (including about 20 Bahá’ís) attended the 3Ist annual Race Unity Day observance June 29 at the University of Colorado/Boulder. The speaker was Prof. Glenn Morris (left), a Shawnee Indian who is an assis tant professor and director of the Fourth World Center at the University of Colorado/Denver. His topic was ‘Racial Equality: The Path to Peace,’ and many of the views he expressed complemented those of the Faith.

the U.S.A.

The American Bahd’ (USPS 042-430) is published monthly by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, $36 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, IL 60091. Postmaster: Send address changes to Management Information Systems, Ba‘hd’( National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Editor: Jack Bowers. Associate editor: Laura E. Hildreth. The American Baha’ welcomes news, letters and other items of interest from individuals and the various institutions of the Faith. Articles should be written in a clear and concise manner; color or black-and-white glossy photographs should be included whenever possible. Please address all materials to The Editor, The American Bahá’í, Wilmette, 1L 60091. Copyright © 1988 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. World rights reserved. Printed in

in Esperanto describing the collaboration between Baha’is and Esperantists.

Lidia, the daughter of Ludwig Zamenhof, who founded Esperanto, became a Baha’i, seeing in the teachings of Bahd’u’ll4h the

unity of people through the language invented by her father.

In the banquet room of The Great Wall of China restaurant, Ms. Evans read the statement from ‘‘The Promise of World Peace’’ concerning the need for

an international auxiliary language and reported to the 24 Esperantists at the conference that one million copies of the peace statement had been distributed to people all over the world including 198 to heads of state.

Pictured are many of those who attended the first International Bahá’ís in Recovery Conference which was held July 1-4 in Haines,

Alaska. Thirty Bahá’ís were present—three from Canada, two From the U.S. and 25 from Alaska—including blacks, whites and

American Indians. The conference was dedicated to the memory of the late Counsellor from Car ada, Angus Cowan.

Pasadena Baha’is are guests on TV, radio

Bahá’ís from Pasadena, California, were among the guests on two recent interview programs.

On April 18, Margaret and Oliver Moore were featured on “California Couples’? on KHJTV in Los Angeles.

The topic was interracial marriage (of which the Moores are a successful example). Also taking part in the half-hour program were a social worker and a graduate student who is studying this social phenomenon.

The program was re-broadcast the following Sunday morning.

On April 20, Stephen Licata was a guest on a late-night talk show, ‘‘Karl Koren Live,’’ on

KIEV-AM radio in Glendale. The announced topic was the Baha’i perspective on social issues, but the many questions from the host and the call-in format led quickly to a three-hour ‘‘fireside’’ for an audience of about 40,000. The host was impressed with the

interview programs

Faith, complimented his guest, and took great care to pronounce and spell the word ‘“Baha’i’’ throughout the program.

He also promoted the accessibility of reading material at local libraries and at the Baha’i Center in Los Angeles.

- You must attach great importance to the Indians, the original

inhabitants of America. For these souls may be likened unto the ancient inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, who, prior to the Revelation of Muhammad, were like savages. When the Muhammadan Light shone forth in their midst, they became so enkindled that they shed illumination upon the world. Likewise, should these Indians be educated and properly guided, there can be no doubt that through the Divine teachings they will become so enlightened that the whole earth will be illumined.”’ —‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, pp. 31-32

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LETTERS

“The shining spark of truth cometh Sorth only after the clash of differing opinions. ”’—‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The American Bahá’í welcomes letters to the editor on any topic of general interest. The purpose of the ‘‘letters’’ column is to allow a free and ‘open exchange of ideas and opinions, never to denigrate another’s views or to attack anyone on a personal level. Opinions expressed in these columns are not necessarily those of the Natonal Spiritual Assembly or the edi Les should be as brief as possible (@ 250-word maximum is suggested) and are subject to editing for length and style. Please address all letters to the Editor, The American Bahá’í, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

‘Peace Award’ response

To the Editor:

For the second year the Bahá’ís of the Delta communities in California have presented what we call “The Baha’i Peace Award” to a graduating senior at our local high school.

The award consists of a framed certificate, a monetary college scholarship, and a ‘‘gift’’ copy of “The Promise of World Peace.”

We also include a letter to the recipient explaining the method and criteria by which he/she was chosen.

Last year The American Bahd’( printed an article about the peace award in which we offered to share our information on the topic.

As a result, we heard from three Baha’i communities who have all gone ahead with similar projects and have given peace awards at their schools this year.

A member of one of these communities said that since they had offered the award there had been a marked improvement in the attitude at the school toward Baha’is.

We have also had a favorable response. Since we chose to have the faculty at the high school choose the winner based on the criteria we furnished, we are assured that they will, of nec learn a lot about what the Faith stands for.

But the letter we have just received from this year’s winner really puts the icing on the cake! It reads in part:

- ... Your award has really made

me feel good about myself. I have read the publication ‘The Promise of World Peace to the Peoples of the World’ and thoroughly enjoyed it. Its message is profound and true.

“The ideas of the Baha’ Faith have made a lasting impression on me. Thank you for the enlightenment. And thank you very much for the very nice award!’”

Lucy Tennant Byron, California

Puerto Rican ‘adventure’

To the Editor:

Imagine attending a pioneering course in a real pioneer setting. Picture yourself learning Spanish with a hundred frogs sounding off in the softly falling rain while a flashy bird tries to attract your attention with his preening, or waking up to the crowing of bantam roosters and eating small, sweet bananas picked from a nearby

tree.

This adventure can be yours! It was just mine.

We have a wonderful resource for Baha’i education in the Amoz Gibson Training Center in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

This June, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, the Gibson Center offered its first two-week course in International Bahd’{ Service, which I was fortunate enough to attend.

Operating under the auspices of the International Baha’ AudioVisual Committee, the Amoz Gibson Center has offered courses in media and radio technology for the past six years. It has now expanded to serve pioneers and youth year of service volunteers.

Our class proved that one doesn’t have to be an official pioneering candidate to benefit from the instruction.

All new ventures begin modestly, and our class was small. Of the four, two were planning to pioneer within two years and two were homefront pioneers with work to finish there. All are now interested in international pioneering at some time.

We returned home determined to spread the word to all Baha’is that the course is extremely worthwhile. It is professionally conducted in simple but comfortable facilities on a lush tropical mountainside in the interior of Puerto Rico.

I was impressed with the caliber of instruction as the teaching staff either had their Ph.D or were working toward a doctorate in the subjects they were teaching.

Indeed, they were Baha’i pioneers in that location, but their credentials were worthy of any university. In fact, two of them are professors at the Inter-American University in Puerto Rico.

We were in class six hours a day for a total of 66 hours of Tablets of the Divine Plan, language instruction, cross-cultural studies, pre-pioneering details, and actual pioneering experiences.

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We slept in comfortable dorms, ate in an open-sided dining gazebo, studied in a modern solarpowered classroom and said prayers under the breadfruit and banana trees.

We felt as though we were already pioneering when we ventured alone into Arecibo to test our Spanish, or took a ride on a “jungle queen’? type vessel.

It seemed that we were always laughing and always eating. Julita Stephens’ cooking is destined to become world-famous as more students pass through. We sampled all sorts of great Puerto Rican dishes over the two weeks.

The cost of all this is quite reasonable. The entire two-week session is $280 if reservations are made at least two weeks in advance; it’s $50 more for late bookings. Where else can one spend a vacation in a foreign country for $140 per week? Rates on the threeweek classes are a comparable value.

I would encourage anyone who is interested in pioneering, the year of service, or Baha’i media training to consider attending the Amoz Gibson Training Center’s summer sessions.

For more information, contact Dr. Randie Gottlieb, Amoz Gibson Training Center, HC-O2, Box 14765, Arecibo, PR 00612, or phone 809-878-4189. She’ll be happy to talk to you about next summer’s courses.

Linda J. Brown Aspen, Colorado Raising kids: any ideas? To the Editor:

At this year’s National Convention much concern was expressed for the education of children, both in children’s classes and in the home.

I would like to encourage all Baha’i parents to use this column to exchange ideas about how they teach their children the Faith.

What do you do, besides living the life, to teach your precious gems? I’m willing to share what I

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do and would like to learn from others.

My children are now 7 and 10. From the beginning, we encouraged bedtime prayer. Then we began to use this prayer of the Bab at mealtimes:

“Our Father! Help us to realize Thy substance in all things. May this food strengthen and nourish our bodies that we may use them in Thy service.”

Along with drilling the children on math, English and geography this summer, we begin with the study of one of the Hidden Words.

Then we do activities designed to teach them about various cultures and countries from a wonderful book called ‘‘Children Are Children Are Children’ by Ann S. Cole.

I gave my 10-year-old the Baha’i DayBook at Naw-Riz. It is about her level, and she loves the questions, which she asks me! We do this together at bedtime.

Meanwhile, my 7-year-old and I wrote a story together and submitted it to Brilliant Star magazine.

When the children asked for an allowance, I agreed on the condition that it be used in three ways:

Each week they put some money in a piggy bank to save, have some to spend, and contribute some to the Fund. They decided how much would go to each area.

I would be most interested to learn what other parents are doing for their children, and am sure I could use many of their ideas as my two grow. I look forward to seeing many useful ideas in these pages.

Shari Meyer Clearfield, Utah

Thank you, Green Acre

To the Editor:

This is to say a heartfelt ‘‘thank you”’ to the Green Acre Baha’i School in Eliot, Maine, for its uplifting and educational programs and its beautiful, serene environ ment.

This weekend (June 11-12) more than 30 men and several women attended a Bahd’{ Men’s Conference at Green Acre, the first of its kind, as far as we know.

It was stimulating, soul-searching, challenging, enriching and, I

believe, will have a long-term inTae on all who attended.

The speakers/facilitators were dynamic; the content as well as the process of learning and Weed together on common goals and problems in a Baha’i atmosphere really demonstrated the power of coming together in unity.

The overwhelming consensus was to have many more such conferences.

Asa final note, I think it should be emphasized that Green Acre is planning a major restoration of the historic Sarah Farmer Inn, where ‘Abdu’ l-Baha visited for an entire week in 1912. The project is costly, but not really, as a few dollars given from the heart by many individuals will go a long way.

In any case, if you can come to Green Acre this summer you'll certainly be the richer for it.

Larry Hosack South Berwick, Maine

Try saying ‘I Should...’

To the Editor:

I would like to offer an exercise for all Baha’is who say, ‘‘We Baha’fs should ...”’ or “‘The Baha’is should ...””

Try saying: ‘‘I should ...””

When I can be open and honest with my feelings when I say, ‘The Baha’is should ...,’’ I find that I am expressing my own doubts and shortcomings. Then I can go to the next place and say: ‘‘I want to...”

So instead of saying, ‘The Baha’is should pray at dawn every day,” if I say, ‘‘I should pray at dawn every day,”’ I am now ina position to do something powerful about my frustration, and that is

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Bosch School dedicates new Martha Root Hall

STORIES OF THE MARTYRS

MAHMUD FARUHAR

In the last issue of The American Bahd’{ we mentioned that after the Islamic Revolution took place in Iran in 1979, a number of Bahd’{ couples were martyred by the new regime.

Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Farthar. In the last issue we printed Mrs. Farthar’s profile; in this issue we include her husband’s.

Mahmid Farthar was born into a Baha’i family in 1917. His parents were dedicated Baha’is.

He spent his early years in Shiraz. After graduating from high school he moved to Abddan, a city in western Iran, where he studied English for a short time—since some knowledge of English could help him find a better job—and after a while he moved to Tehran.

There he was employed by the Royal Bank. In 1945 Mr. Fardhar married Ishragqfyyih, a dedicated young Bahd4’f. Their marriage was a good example of how Bahda’{ marital life should be.

After a while Mr. Fardhar changed jobs, becoming an employee of the National Iranian Oil Company. Meanwhile he continued his education, and after a few years obtained a degree in accounting.

In 1961 Mr. Farthar resigned from his job and, with his wife, decided to go homefront pioneering. The Faruhars pioneered to Gawhar Dasht, a small town about 30 miles west of the capital city.

For a time they were the only Bahda’{s in the town, but they encouraged a number of other Baha’is from Tehran to join them, and as a result, the following Ridvan, the first local Spiritual Assembly of Gawhar Dasht was formed.

In Gawhar Dasht the Farthars devoted nearly all of their time to serving the Faith by attending to the needs of the Bahd’{ youth, conducting Baha’i classes for the children, visiting the friends in nearby villages, and serving on the local Assembly and its committees. In August 1981 a number of Revolutionary Guards went to the Farthars’ home, confiscated their belongings, arrested them and took them to prison.

In prison, they were tortured and put under pressure to recant their faith. They did not bend or shake, and endured the hardship and torture as their brave brothers and sisters had done.

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A dedication ceremony for the new Martha Root Hall at the Bosch Baha’i School near Santa Cruz, California, was to be held September 17.

Over the past six months, as the exterior of the hall was being completed, the Bosch School has experienced an increased use of the facility, both by Baha’is and through rental to other groups.

“‘For the period, all of the Baha’i sessions have been at near capacity,’’ says Bosch School administrator Jim Kelly. ‘‘And we continue to receive two or three calls a week inquiring about rental of the facility.”

In February, Women for International Peace and Arbitration (WIPA) held its first large West Coast conference at the school.

Other groups that have used the school in recent months include the Unity Temple of Santa Cruz; Teaching for the Inner Christ; and Continuing the Peace Dialogue: USA-USSR, an international women’s conference that drew women from the Soviet Union, Sweden, Finland and 19 states in the U.S.

In early June, the Baha’i Justice Society held its annual meeting at Bosch.

Interspersed with these conferences have been the ongoing

Above: Installing exterior building paper. Below: Landscaping, an important part of any new architectural endeavor.

Elderhostel programs.

“The summer programs,’’ says Mr. Kelly, ‘‘are all much higher in attendance than we had anticipated.

“In our over-all plan for improvement, the new hall has allowed for the expansion of our dining area into the space previously used for the main assembly.

“This fall,”’ he says, ‘we'll be reviewing with the national Properties Office what changes can be made to improve the kitchen area.”

Since the inception of the project to build Martha Root Hall, it has been the intention of the Bosch School Council to have it completely funded on a pay-asyou-build basis.

From the initial gift of $105,000 with which the effort was begun, the Council, through generous contributions from the friends, Groups and Assemblies, has almost reached the final goal of $340,000.

Fund-raising was begun more than four years ago and has averaged slightly more than $4,000 a month.

“The friends have responded with great interest throughout the time of plans, adjustments and construction,’’ says Mr. Kelly.

“And I think the key, the thing they really take pride in, is that they paid for the building; we didn’t have to take any money from the National Fund.”

Only recently, he says, more than 100 adults, youth and children attending a session at Bosch organized a number of activities which together raised more than $2,000 for the Martha Root Hall project.

Contributions reached their highest level in August 1987 when more than $14,500 was contributed. As of August 1988, less than $8,000 was needed to reach the $340,000 goal.

Martha Root Hall, of course, honors the memory of one of the foremost Baha’i teachers of the Formative Age of the Faith.

When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said (in God Passes By, p. 389), ‘‘O that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of ‘Ya Bahd’u’l-Abhda’ in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans, promote the Divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it,’’ it was Martha Root who first answered the call.

Although she was a small, frail middle-aged woman of modest means, she spent the rest of her life traveling around the world (three times), teaching in many

Above: In the beginning ... pouring cement for the steps from the lodge to Martha Root Hall. Be countries and telling everyone she met about the Baha’i Faith. When considering a name for the new building at Bosch, the School Council considered a number of names and decided that the name ‘‘Martha Root” stood alone as an example of the spirit

low: Putting on roofing paper before adding the actual roofing materials themselves.

desired for use of the hall.

It is the hope of the Bosch Council that Martha Root Hall will serve as a teaching center where the friends can become deepened and inspired and go forth to teach the Faith in the spirit of Martha Root.

TO THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

JOYOUSLY SHARE NEWS EXCITING RECENT DEVELOPMENT. YOUTH AMBASSADORS OF AMERICA, WITH HEAD OFFICE IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, U.S. MAINLAND, SPONSORED YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM ON MAUI PAST TWO WEEKS. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED ELEVEN YOUTH, FOUR ADULTS FROM SOVIET UNION INCLUDING WIFE, CHILDREN OF MINISTER OF SCIENCE VELIKOV, PLUS FIVE YOUTH FROM CALIFORNIA, ABOUT FIFTEEN MAUI YOUTH AND OTHER LOCAL PEOPLE.

LSA MAKAWAO (MAUI) VOLUNTEERED BAHA'I ASSISTANCE WITH COOKING INCLUDING ORGANIZING, SEEKING FOOD DONATIONS, PLANNING MENUS, ALL COOKING AND GENERAL CLEANUP. TWO BAHA’iS FROM KAUAI, ONE YOUTH AND ONE ADULT, FLEW TO MAUI TO SERVE AS FULL-TIME KITCHEN CREW AND ASSIST MAUI BAHA’{S, ALL WERE INTRODUCED EARLY ON AND WERE KNOWN AS BAHA’{S AND REFERRED TO AS THE BAHA'I YOUTH THROUGHOUT TWO-WEEK PROGRAM.

WONDERFUL RAPPORT ESTABLISHED, BONDING AND FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOPED, LEADING TO TEARFUL FAREWELLS, ENTHUSIASM TO REMAIN FRIENDS AND VISIT EACH OTHER’S COUNTRY. LAST NIGHT (JULY 28) DURING EVENING FAREWELL SOCIAL, BAHA'I YOUTH WERE INTRODUCED AND AS THEIR FAREWELL THEY PRESENTED COPIES OF ‘THE PROMISE OF WORLD PEACE’ TO EACH PARTICIPANT. EACH PEACE STATEMENT WAS INSCRIBED WITH FOLLOWING: ‘TO THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS OF THE WORLD: WE BELIEVE WORLD PEACE IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT INEVITABLE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU, CO-WORKERS, IN YOUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. WITH LOVE FROM YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE BAHA'I YOUTH.’

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA’[S OF HAWAII JULY 29, 1988

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rates lower than those charged by commercial financial institutions.

In 1986-87, the National Assembly paid an average of 3.5 percent interest for these loans while the bank lending rate during that same period was between 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent.

In addition, this alternative source of working capital enables the National Spiritual Assembly to avoid the high cost of leasing and term financing. Often, these loans are either totally or partially forgiven, resulting in an even greater savings to the Faith.

The loan program, says Geoff Wilson, the National Assembly’s controller, is actually quite simple.

The National Assembly asks that the individuals and local Spiritual Assemblies that are interested in helping in this way plan to lend at least $5,000 for a minimum of one year. The interest rate, if any, is negotiated through the Office of the Treasurer.

All loans are on demand so that lenders may recall them at any time should their circumstances

Many Bahda’is contact the National Center eager to share their material resources but knowing they will need the funds at a later date for such things as retirement, a college education, a Baha’i Center, or pioneering.

If you or your community would like more information about the loan program, please contact the Office of the Treasurer at the Baha’i National Center (phone 312-869-9039).

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“The problem that faces you is not material, but spiritual. In your national Community which enjoys the great prosperity that has been bestowed on your nation as a whole, it seems clear that if every believer contributed to the National Fund it would be possible for you to meet the needs of your budgets even without sacrifice on the part of the friends. This, however, even though it would provide the funds immediately required, is not enough. The spirit of sacrifice and of wholehearted devotion to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh is far more important, for this will enable the friends to overcome, not only their financial problems, but all the other obstacles that stand in the way of the advance of the redeeming purpose of God.’’ (From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the

United States, dated March 31, 1970)

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Gateway Institute set

The Gateway Baha’j Institute, a scholarly course on Baha’i theology co-sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of University City, Missouri, and the North Central Regional Committee of the Association for Baha’i Studies, was to begin September 24 at Washington University in St. Louis and continue to meet one Saturday per month for nine months.

To register (a $60 fee covers course materials and site fees but excludes the Holy Texts which will be used extensively), please contact Dr. Barbara McEntire,

___ Chesterfield, MO 63017 (phone 314-391-8017). No child care is offered. �[Page 6]6 / The American Baha’i / September 1988

‘Legend of Snow Owl’ expresses spirit of teaching

all the tribes came together, amd accepted and held close to the caution. In pulling a feather from truth. from the circle of unity of the heart to become a part of the peo- your own heart, this sacrifice will You must not be sad or shamood PIONEERING i feathers. i

the message of unity and hope of | ed to fire, ice or air returned to The feathers which turn to air turn to the Great Circle naked, ‘The Uni Higuse Gf aati all tribes. Heke Clete wah tears chsemices. and blow with the wind are those with only the love of those who niversal House ice They told of the events with people whose spirit is wavering accepted your feathers to clothe assures us in its 1988 Ridvan letter ___, Nine people were chosen By te shame and said that now they had and whose loyalty rests inno mea- you, you will find great honor, that “teaching is the food of the Cy and © feather to return to the sacred dow. When you pull a feather and all the sons and daughters of spirit; it brings life to unawakened feathers, to go to all peoples circle. from your own spirit, your sacri- humankind will remember your souls and raises the mew heaven Pring them the message. TRS The old men of the tribes said, fice will calm their souls and they name and praise your deeds in the and the new earth; it uplifts the brave people ° “YOU ARE THE EAGLES... can again walk with you on the sight of the Great Spirit. banner of a unified world; it en- World of men to deliver the mes- yoy ARE THE EAGLES... Spirit Path. “Let us scatter to the uttenmost sures the victory of the Covenant S@8°- YOU ARE THE EAGLES. It is not only the great and wise corners of the earth; sacrifice our and brings those who give their Some found that when they — “‘When your feather turns to who know of this secret of sacri- personal interests, comforts, lives to it the supernal happiness gave the feather, it was immedi- fire, you must pluck one from _ fice, of giving of one’s own being tastes and pleasures ...”” ai of attainment to the good pleasure ately consumed by fire and went your self and continue. When in the service of the Great Spirit. Effendi, in Bahd'Y Administreof their Lord.” , to ashes and fell to the ground. your feather crumbles with the Every feather bearer learns this tion, p. 69) The following legend, reprinted Others found that their feather, ice, you must take one from your = 7 from the August 1988 issue of Ba- when given, turned to ice and own heart and continue. When YOuth beckon family to ‘new home’ hd’{ Canada, beautifully expresses broke into pieces and fell to the your feather turns to air, you must « . . the spirit of teaching in the lan- earth. pull one from your spirit and con- in Argentina for service to Cause guage of the traditions of our stil others found that their tinue. native brothers and sisters. feather turned into air and was _““The feathers you were given in A Vision of Snow Owl carried away on the wind. Very the Great Circle were only a symA great council was held where few found that their feather was _ bol; they are not the only ones you = = have. For when you give the feathConference to discuss teaching Chinese ers of your own selves, this great The National Spiritual Assembly of Singapore is sponsoring a | “*tifice will do these things. conference on Chinese teaching December 18-21. Speakers have The feathers which turn to fire

been invited from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. are those people so caught in the Participants will learn of the exciting teaching and proclamation successes in those countries.

The conference will begin with a ‘Grand Fireside” and will include discussions on such topics as ““How teaching the Chinese in the Asia-Pacific region will contribute to the building of the Arc,”’ “Facets of Chinese teaching,”” and “‘Success of Taiwan’s

Muhájir Project.”” ent i ) For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i are those people whose hearts and asked Bahá’u’lláh to guide us learned the language (Spanish) National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039. have been so burdened by hurt where we were supposed to go. and the culture quickly, and we that they have frozen in the ice of We knew it was going to be some-_felt very much at home. ES: R —-RIDVAN us how we liked it here. As it tunnU.S. INTERNATIONAL PIONEER CALL / RIDVAN 1987-RIDVAN 1989 ed out, they d Sd yur , ‘TOTAL GOALS ASSIGNED 77 PA ‘L country to join us in Chaco. 2 family, pa ar or TOTAL PIONEERS SENT 163 Ploncers to nor-geele 17] | we are together and have decided 7 aa eae TOTAL GOALS FILLED 22 Pioneers filling goals to make Chaco our new home. 2 fe 2 ‘TOTAL OPEN GOALS 55 for other countries ‘ As for that home, Chaco is a aaa small city but quite different from 2 ° 2 sesal diss aencadto on Sea ee eel ee people are so warm and friendly. , 2 ; AMERICAS (continueD) Goals Pioneers Open We have many friends, and life 2 ° 2 Assigned Sent ___ Goals ems to go by as it always has. 2 1 1 2 s 2 Our efforts have been mainly in 2 , 2 2 ° 2 teaching the Faith to the imdig: z . enous people of the area, the Skills in community consolidation. 4 1 3 Tobas. We have begun weekly One to teach the Faith in the © si vixee : crmanes, Sass ecpeanne. 2 ° 2 fe Benrin Tee beac fio es Z Z a Preferably Persten.........ceee00s 2 0 2 rn soe we ay ao Total AFRICA Bs i. a: (®) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO : - ‘ group of women, 2 3 2 (Saturday) we usually have one or oes os = two i The are Total AMERICAS ue 9 30 AMERICAS Coals Pioneers Open eK - vee ee Re igned Sen Goal: i. joneers " PIONEERS page (®) BAHAMAS = 5 7 Assigned Sent Goals Re scien TS. na 2 = Berth Abece, Eleuthera, Astros, : 3 _ : am Resource file planned Bmploysent opportunities for « 1 ° 5 to monitor U.S.-Soviet ay mab gttttEssssseese ees cceeteecenes 1 o 1 2 ° 2 efforts to cooperate ze = = (8) Por radio, consolidation, SL B : esIN There has been an increase im development projects; skills Total ASIA & 8 6 opportunities for citizens of the for National Secretariat........ 1 2 o U.S. and the Soviet Union to coreese a ae operate and communicate on is'y for Amazon project, that are i to the fiei, possibly of Persian background.. 1 ? ° AUSTRALASIA Goals Pioneers Open om of Seakied Bee Juan Fernandes Islands, preferably (x) wansualt, 15005 festgeed = Sent__ Goals Many grassroots peace imitinBe = » 2 To help with sdministration..... 1 1 re tives and citizen ambassador pro2 2 ® ee eeresiacra ae os 1 grams have been established to 3 o 3 build bonds of friendship between ordinary people in these two coun2 2 o tries. The Office of Pioneering is EUROPE Goals Pioneera Open setting up a resource file of this jeachers 2 o 2 a) rem Assigned — Sent Goals kind of activity. (®) GUYANA Couples for goal areas outside If you are involved im any of Preferably East Indians and greater Lisbon, preferably these initiatives, are presontly 2 o 2 Portuguese or Spanish-speaking 2 o 2 working with citizens of the Sowict sca Rey inne? Yoro, Colon Total EUROPE "ae ie, 0 Union, or would like to be, please Preferably self-supporting....... 2 7 2 contact the Office of Pioneering (@) Jamaica LANGUAGE KEY for information that will help in Preferably self-supporting for your efforts. oats work in ville “ ¥ ; (®) micLISH 00 MANDARIN The address is Office of Pio(®) MARTINIQUE z (>) puTcH (P) PorTucuEsE neering, ae = Prench-epeaking youth to enroll ta FRENCH ‘SPANISH ‘Wilmette, (phone university or Pichinisical teleat. a 1 o i, e 869-9039).

�[Page 7]As the school year begins we can reflect on the opportunities that Baha’i College Clubs have to teach the Faith and to make the world aware of the solutions that Baha’u’ll4h has brought.

During the past few years the clubs have made some major contributions to the worldwide progress of the Faith. Some have held large events, others have helped to establish a course on the Faith at their school, while still others have taken part in an effort to make the peace statement available to officials at their university or col Recently, in the 1988 Ridvan message of the Universal House of Justice, the Bahá’ís of the world were given a call to action. At one point the message states:

“*.,,the paramount purpose of all Baha’i activity is teaching. All that has been done or will be done revolves around this central activity, the ‘head cornerstone of the foundation itself,’ to which all progress in the Cause is due.

“‘The present challenge calls for teaching on a scale and of a quality, a variety, and intensity outstripping all current efforts. The time is now, lest opportunity be lost in the swiftly changing moods of a frenetic world.

“Let it not be imagined that ex pedience is the essential motive arousing this sense of urgency. There is an overarching reason: it is the pitiful plight of masses of humanity, suffering and in turmoil, hungering after righteousness, but ‘bereft of discernment to see God with their own eyes, or hear His melody with their own ears.” “They must be fed. Vision must be restored where hope is lost, confidence built where doubt and confusion are rife. ...””

The need to arise, to move now, could not have been more clearly stated. How, we wonder, can we arise to so challenging a call? How can we bring the Message of Baha’u’ll4h to the generality of mankind, as we are called upon to do in the Six Year Plan? The Universal House of Justice, in the concluding part of the above passage, has given us an answer:

««_,.In these and other respects, ‘The Promise of World Peace’ is designed to open the way. Its delivery to national governmental leaders having been virtually completed, its contents must now be conveyed, by all possible means, to peoples everywhere from all walks of life. This is a necessary part of the teaching work in our time and must be pursued with unabated vigor.””

Now is the time to pray, meditate and consult, to develop strategies for bringing ‘The Promise of World Peace’ to all people. And where better to start than on your campus?

Let’s get together and take the message of peace to every student at every school where there is a Baha’i College Club! The Na

See CAMPUS page 9

The Bahá’ís of White Plains, New York, recently completed a direct mail campaign whose goal was to increase the dissemination of information about the Faith by letting every resident know that there is a Bahá’í community in that city.

The vehicle was a ‘‘Dear Neighbor’’ letter introducing the name Bahda’i and a few of its beliefs and letting the recipients know where to obtain more information.

The campaign was carried out systematically:

1. An application was filed with the postmaster for a bulk mail permit. It took about four weeks for approval.

The National Teaching Committee provided the necessary taxexempt number and instructions for filling out the application for a permit which enabled the Baha’is to mail the letters at 5.3 cents per piece.

And because they adhered to postal requirements for organizing the mailing in trays provided by the post office, the bulk of it was processed as first-class mail.

As a result, mail returns are returned to the Baha’i post office box as if they were first-class mail.

2. Pressure-sensitive labels were purchased from Election Computer Services in New York City, which told the Baha’is how many labels (13,500) they would need to reach every household in White Plains and organized them by “carrier routes.””

3. A local printer was contacted and gave a quote for 14,000 pieces which were delivered cameraready in a week.

4. A ‘mailing party’’ was held at which 13 of the friends worked one afternoon sticking 13,293 labels on the gold-colored letters.

5. Forty-six postal trays were delivered and weighed in at the post office.

6. For people who responded to the mailing, 50 copies of Gloria Faizi’s book, ‘‘The Baha’i Faith,” were purchased. They are sent with a personal note after a tele Baha’ is first black to earn criminal justice doctorate at Rutgers

Harvey L. McMurray, a Baha’i from Washington, D.C., became the first black to complete a Ph.D degree in criminal justice at Rutgers University when he received his degree last May.

Dr. McMurray, who completed his undergraduate work at the University of Maryland, earned a masters degree and later taught at Howard University in Washington, the University of the District of Columbia, and Rutgers, was the first Baha’i to receive a Ralph Bunche Fellowship at Rutgers.

His outstanding work led to further recognition when he was given a period of internship with the United Nations, serving in its Criminal Justice branch.

During all this time he has remained active in Baha’i programs on campus while finding the time to write a number of articles and monographs relating to family needs, the development of the family, and programs needed for children in foster care.

Dr. McMurray is presently an associate professor of criminal justice at North Carolina Central University.

phone follow-up to the response. 7. Firesides and ‘ings are being held regularly in White Plains. 8. The cost of the mailing project: mailing permit, $100; postage, $704.53; labels, $276.14;

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White Plains residents learn that Faith is there

printing, $646, for a total of $1,726.67.

Besides completing the goal of presenting the Message to every resident, the Baha’is found a pleasant side effect: the local treasury, which they had thought would be

empty, had a surplus of $700! “We have been busier than ever,’’ they said in a report to the National Spiritual Assembly, “with the manifold work and interactions inspired by the spirit that was released by this project.’’

Leonard Braun, chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Glenview, Mlinois, stands beside a Bahá’í exhibit that was displayed for a month recently at the Glenview public library in conjunction with the Assembly’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of its formation. The exhibit was commended by several of the librarians for its excellence, and the Assembly received telephone inquiries from people who had seen the exhibit and wanted more information about the Faith.

principles in action.

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Louhelen holds fifth Teacher Training Conference

= EDUCATION

The fifth annual Teacher Training Conference held July 5-10 at the Louhelen Bahd’{ School brought together more than 100 participants to consult frankly on the most vital and challenging issue: race prejudice between blacks and whites in the United States.

Several of those at the conference summed up the experience by saying that ‘‘it was the beginning of a healing process’’ and that it produced ‘‘renewed confidence in the capacity we share for love and for action.””

The conference was co-sponsor

It marked the first time that outside agencies had been invited to be presenters at a national Baha’i conference.

Presenters who were guests of the conference represented the Council on Interracial Books for Children, the Children’s Defense

Green Acre School Fall-Winter Schedule

The Green Acre Baha’ School is pleased to announce its fall and winter schedule. We look forward to seeing you all.

Session 11 (October 21-23): Hispanic Conference with presentations in Spanish by Counselor Arturo Serrano and Pablo Lucas, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Mexico. English translations available.

Session 12 (November 4-6): The Three Charters of the Baha’i Faith. Exploring the Tablet of Carmel, the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá guided by scholar/author Rob Stockman,

Session 13 (November 25-27): Circle of Unity (Native American Conference}. Speakers to include Milagros Negron, Paul Tamburro, Tom Garland, Robert Blackbull and Counselor Jacqueline Delahunt. Included will be a pow-wow with pipe ceremony, dancing and Native American food.

Session 14 (December 25-30): “It's a Family Affair” with Linda and De Popov presenting classes on ‘Raising Children of the Kingdom,” “The Care and Maintenance of a Spiritual Marriage,” and “How to Have a Family Conference.””

Session 15 (December 30-January 1): “Make Me a Teacher in Thy Cause” gives top priority to “teaching ona scale and of a quality, a variety and an intensity outstripping all current efforts’ with Nat Rutstein as keynote speaker. Sponsored by the New Hampshire District Teaching Committee.

Please note that space may not be available without advance registration, For more information or to register, please contact the registrar, Green Acre Baha’i School, Eliot, ME 03903 (phone 207-439-7200).

Any Baha'i interested in teaching the Faith in MEXICO? Contact: National Teaching Committee Baha'i National Center Wilmette, IL 60091 Phone (312) 869-9039

Fund, and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith.

At the core of the conference was study of the Writings on race prejudice, particularly those that are specifically addressed to American Baha’is.

The objectives of touching the hearts and helping individuals with personal transformation was greatly assisted by keynote pe ers each morning who sessions by setting the theme re the day.

Ben Davis of the Urban Coalition of Flint began the conference with a presentation on the nature and history of race prejudice in the U.S., reading a paper written by Mrs. Olive Beasley.

The second day’s theme was explored by. Nat Rutstein who spoke on the history of race relations in the American Baha’i community.

Next, Auxiliary Board member June Thomas spoke on color, culture and self-concept, sharing the extent to which color prejudice exists within the black community.

She also presented slides that illustrated to what degree the white standard of ‘‘beauty”’ pervades all advertising, and its devastating effects on those who don’t fit that narrow standard.

Auxiliary Board member Jack Guillebeaux spoke about how the

family can be an agency for combating prejudice and racism. The last morning’s session featured a panel discussion on models for pursuing race unity.

The panelists included Jeanette Taborn, representing the Michigan-based Council for Interracial Unity; Deborah Bley, a Baha’i from Chattanooga, Tennessee, who is editor of Brilliant Star magazine; and Charles Nolley, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Chicago.

Another unique aspect of the conference was the integration of the arts into the program. Participants could choose an “‘artshop”’ to be part of for the week. These were offered in the areas of drama and mime, music, poetry, and movement.

The presentations offered to the conference on the last evening electrified the group and solidified the feelings of unity that had been fostered during the week.

The week was an emotional one, and a time for frank selfassessment.

One participant said afterward, “I feel greatly inspired to act, and I feel a humility about my (white) ignorance of my own racism.”

Said another: ‘‘I am no longer feeling afraid or burdened by racism, knowing the necessity for change to happen.’”’

Bahá’ís at the Louhelen Bahá’í School’s fifth annual Teacher Training Conference take part ina consultation session on learning

Consultation at the end of the week was focused on how the week’s experiences could be translated into activities for children to address this vital issue.

More than 80 ideas were generated for various age groups, which can be developed into lesson plans.

Participants also took home with them materials shared by

styles. The conference was devoted to the ‘most vital and challenging issue’ of race prejudice among whites and blacks in the U.S.

other participants and resource guides from the guest agencies about what is available through them on the topic of prejudice and the appreciation of diversity.

The Teacher Training Conference program is being evaluated and revised, and will likely be piloted in several more places before reaching its final form.

—Deborah Bley

Green Acre School hosts July arts conference and festival

Following a long tradition, an arts conference and festival was held July 17-24 at the Green Acre Baha’i School. Classes, workshops, exhibits and performances were presented by a variety of artists from many disciplines.

“The Purpose of the Arts from a Bahd’{ Perspective’ was taught by Anne Atkinson. Participants explored various Baha’i concepts of the use and purpose of the arts, the obligation of Baha’is to develop their talents and to produce works of art that reflect the spirit of Baha’u’llah, and the role of the arts in serving the goals of the Six Year Plan.

Music workshops included presentations by Randy Armstrong of Do’a World Music Ensemble on “‘The Baha’i Faith and the Artist,”” “The Emergence of World Music,” “The Business of Being Professional,”’ and ‘World Music Workshop,” and by Donna Kime on “Improvisational Chanting’’ and ‘‘Composing and Performing Music—All Kinds.”

In the graphic arts, participants learned to think differently in a workshop by Inger Gregory called “‘Drawing—The Right Brain Perspective.””

The opportunity to enlarge one’s visual perspective was the

focus of a workshop/exhibit by Stephen Brandon entitled ‘‘The Vision in Art.’”

Leona Hosack taught a class in calligraphy and exhibited her work while Manuel Rodriguez, from the Philippines, shared his vision of forming a Baha’i International Arts Institute. His unique paintings incorporated Baha’i quotations, symbols and motifs.

Dance and movement were represented by Erika Batdorf, Susan Cardwell and Holly Heyman who taught classes in international folk dancing and movement.

Video production was the topic of a workshop by Brian Taraz, who presented his video, ‘‘The Baha’i Faith—An Introduction.”

Workshops in drama_ were taught by a non-Baha’i, Phillip Walker of the African-American Drama Company in ‘‘Characterization,”’ ‘‘Linklater Voice Production Techniques,’’ and “Creating a One-Person Show.’”’

Mr. Walker also presented a stunning play depicting black leaders entitled ‘Can I Speak for You Brother?”’ the performance of which drew a number of guests to Green Acre.

A musical fireside was given by singers/musicians Suzanne and Kingsley Swan.

Pioneers

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only a little about the Faith and they embrace the Cause.

We have also decided to help them socially and economically. We are going to teach them to knit and to cook more healthful meals.

We also have a Baha’i property (Tirol), which was donated by our beloved Hand of the Cause of God Ruthiyyih Khanum many years ago. The goal of our community (Resistencia) is to turn it into a teaching institute, to train

Baha’is how to teach and deepen other Baha’is.

Since there is quite a bit of land, we also want to turn it into an agricultural center and raise food for the Tobas and possibly animals too.

As there is so much to write about, I will do so at a later time. For now I would just like to say that we will keep you all in our prayers, as I am sure you will keep us in yours. As all pioneers know, that’s what keeps us going!

On behalf of the Lopez family,

Bahá’í Love Lizette Lopez

In addition to an art exhibit and crafts display, attendees enjoyed the talents of musicians Lekan Parsons and Rose Paulson, Janine Staniszewski, Larry and Leona Hosack, Donna Kime, Jay Corre, John Dimartino, Ray LaBelle and Chris Hill (who declared his belief in Baha’u’ll4h during the week).

Also performing were dramatic artists Anne Atkinson and Philip Cantor; dancers Cindy Mathieson Gretchen Nutting; and storyteller Susan Cardwell.

The week ended on Sunday with a talk by Robin Chandler entitled ‘‘Building a Bahd’{ World Civilization of the Arts’’ followed by a panel of artists exploring the question, ‘‘How Can Artists Make a Difference?”’

Green Acre plans to use the arts extensively in future programs. If you wish to offer your ideas or talents, please write to ‘‘Creative Connection,”’ Green Acre Baha’i School, 188 Main St., Eliot, ME 03903, or phone 207-439-7200.

PHILLIP WALKER

Alaska’s Hazel Lovelace to conduct two nine-day institutes in Manitoba

Two nine-day Teaching Institutes conducted by Hazel Lovelace of Anchorage, Alaska, will be held September 30-October 9 and October 14-23 at Dr. Jamshid Aidun’s farm near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

The institutes are co-sponsored by the National Teaching Committee of Canada and the National Spiritual Assembly’s Native Desk.

There is room for only 20 participants per institute, 10 accommodated on-site and 10 housed nearby. All meals will be provided, as will daily transportation to and from for those to be housed nearby.

Registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrange your own transpor tation.

Register by contacting the Native Desk (7200 Leslie St., Thornhill, Ontario L3T 6L8, Canada; phone 613-889-8168), or by phoning Carolyne Dowdell, 807-5776047.

Martyrdom of Bab

observed at campout

On July 9-10, an overnight campout was held at Lake Selmac near Cave Junction, Oregon, to commemorate the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab.

More than 30 Baha’is heard talks on the life of the Bab, the Covenant, Peace, and Effective Teaching. Among the speakers was Dr. Hoda Mahmoudi, chairman of the National Teaching Committee. �[Page 9]

EDUCATION

When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá blessed Green Acre with His presence in 1912, He directed the friends to come back year after year to this favored spot and to show forth such love for one another that all the surrounding country would be astonished.

The years that immediately followed His visit, however, proved to be ones of great challenge, upheaval and growth at Green Acre, years in which opposition and hardship were matched by historymaking events; years when crisis and victory strode almost hand in hand.

Sarah Farmer became too ill to continue as the head and motivating spirit of Green Acre, and it passed into the hands of the Green Acre Fellowship.

Harry and Ruth Randall of Boston gave generously of their own resources to further its interests in every way, and it is documented that they ‘‘built wisely and well around the Principle of the Investigation of Reality.””

For a decade or so, such devoted servants as these weathered grievous storms that would have undone any undertaking other than one so destined by God to serve the needs of a sore-tried humanity.

Service and sacrifice, the watchwords through which the Cause of God seemed to triumph and endure at Green Acre, were again followed by an event of great his Martyr

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On May 8, 1982, Mr. Fardhar was executed. In his will he states

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“T, -Mahmid Faruhar ... have been sentenced to death based on false and unfair accusations. ...

“I declare and affirm my belief in God and in the validity of the mission of His Messengers: that the Bab was the Qá’im, the Herald; that Bahá’u’lláh was the Manifestation of God. ...”

torical significance when it was resolved that the 17th annual Convention of the Bahá’ís of the U.S. and Canada should be held there.

Ironically, it was at the recommendation of Dr. M.A. Cohn, who was not a Baha’, during the Fellowship’s annual meeting in 1924 that the resolution to hold the following year’s Convention at Green Acre was made.

As always, in those days, the first consideration was to assure the Guardian’s approval. Shoghi Effendi followed the affairs of the Cause of God closely, guiding the friends carefully along to new levels of maturity and responsibility.

He verified his support for the proposal when he wrote:

“As to the suggestion of the Annual Convention being held next summer at Green Acre, I believe it to be both wise and helpful, and trust that it will forge another link between the Bahá’ís as a body and its founders and trustees, and will serve to draw them closer and closer to the outward form as well as to the spirit of the activities of the friends in America.””

The resolution was approved, and the Spiritual Assembly of Montreal, Canada, graciously set aside its own plans to host the Convention.

An invitation of uprecedented magnitude was issued to the Baha’is of the U.S. and Canada to gather in love and harmony in that place which the Master’s footsteps had blessed.

The advancement of the 1925 Convention’s date from the usual festive season of Ridvan to the warm Maine summer of the first week of July allowed many more believers to use their vacation time to attend.

Their numbers created one of the largest such gatherings seen to that time, one in which the many races and nationalities represented demonstrated what the Bahd’{ Revelation had already accomplished.

In that gathering, the universal fellowship that had always been associated with the name of Green Acre found its truest expression in the World Order of Baha’u’ll4h.

The Convention’s greatest significance lay in the fact that it in

In July, more than 75 people attended the Great Plains Bahá’í Summer School at the Halsey 4-H Camp in Nebraska. The friends from the heartland states were joined by others from Arizona, Ohio and Samoa, Adults had sessions on parenting, the Huqu’qu’Uh, pioneering with one’s child ren, and community development. Other activities including canoeing, hiking, swimming, singing around a campfire, an international costume party, and a Native American circle dance led by Indian drummer Chester Kahn, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly.

cluded the first election of the National Spiritual Assembly to be conducted according to the principles laid down by Baha’u’llah.

The Guardian’s specific instructions called for one delegate to be elected for every nine recognized believers enrolled in a given community.

The friends received instructions via letters from Shoghi Effendi which made clear that such an undertaking should bear no resemblance to a political system— that in all elections, whether of local Spiritual Assembly, of delegates, or of the National Spiritual Assembly, ‘‘the believers must be entirely free from personality, basing their choice on the spiritual qualifications of those whom they elect according to the explicit instructions of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. ...””

A report of the National Spiritual Assembly for the year 192425 was read by the secretary, Horace Holley, the first such report to be made in this way, and it drew much appreciation, indicating as it did the great strides made by the Faith in that time.

At an observance of the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab, Mirza Abu’l-Fadl explored the mystery of sacrifice and said that martyrdom is found not only in being killed, but in so losing oneself in God as to find selflessness.

Many speakers, such as Keith Ransom-Kehler, May Maxwell and Juliet Thompson, shared words of the Guardian or related the affairs of the Cause in the country and in the world.

Others, such as Ali-Kuli Khan and George Latimer, drew a picture of a new and greater Green Acre, one where Divine Civilization would appear as a model for the world.

The future of Green Acre was assured when a resolution of that Convention proposed to join the school to the Cause of God by placing it under the control of the National Spiritual Assembly.

The resolution was joyously adopted by a large majority of those present and unanimously ratified at the Convention the following year.

In his impressions of the Convention, the Hand of the Cause of God Louis Gregory cited a loving frankness and unity among the believers gathered there, which, he said, set a new standard in the history of such events.

The new maturity in the affairs of the Cause and among its followers was further evidenced when the first Plan for Unified Action to Spread the Baha’ Faith was released at the close of 1925, a plan that had been born in the allimportant Convention held at Green Acre the previous year.

The plan stipulated specific commitment and action designed to elevate the financial situation of the Cause while delineating the establishment of Green Acre as a great center for the study and teaching of the Faith, and a unified approach to the spread of the Cause over a three-year period.

The words of Harry Randall, chairman of the Board of Trustees, addressed to the assembled believers in 1924, are as applicable to Green Acre today as they were more than half a century ago:

“*.,.Green Acre has survived

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In 1925, Green Acre hosted historic National Convention

Staples, which now serves as the office of Green Acre, was the administrative headquarters of the National Spiritual Assembly of

and grown through its spirit of unity and service, and through its spirit of love. ...I think that Green Acre is approaching another period of its growth; it must be apparent to all that new life is coming to this center and is bringing to it a vision of new resources and of great growth.

“Therefore we should be ready to take the next step forward in the life of Green Acre. ...We grow by uniting ourselves to the larger needs. Man passes from one level of consciousness to another, and as growth toward the higher consciousness comes, he sees the higher world, and that this vision unfolds before him the plan of God.

“*And so Green Acre must pass, in spirit anyway, from a center in itself to a greater center, and go forward in the unity of its own greater work. ...””

The fund-raising goal for the present restoration of Green Acre

the Bahá’ís of the U.S. and Canada following the election 1925.

is $1.1 million which is needed by September 30 to begin construction.

While for the first time in the history of the Faith, fund-raising for such a project has been assigned to a region (the Northeast), all who love Green Acre are invited and encouraged to contribute to this noble cause. We especially appreciate the prayers of the friends around the world.

Contributions earmarked for the Green Acre restoration can be sent to the National Treasurer’s Office or directly to the Restoration Fund, Green Acre Bahda’{ School, 188 Main St., Eliot, ME 03903.

Should you wish to know more about any work being done at Green Acre or receive program information, please contact us and we'll be happy to add your name to our mailing list. The phone number at Green Acre is 207-4397200.

Bosch School’s Elderhostel programs show steady growth in size, popularity

“They’re all so impressed with the facility, the program, the staff, and especially the Martha Root Hall, that the demand for our sessions exceeded our capacity by more than 25 per cent for the season just completed,’’ said Molly King, program director at the Bosch Baha’i School near Santa Cruz, California.

Mrs. King was-referring to the Elderhostel programs presented throughout the spring and fall at the Bosch School.

Elderhostel is an international group that uses college campuses and conference facilities to present college-level courses to senior citizens who enroll and live at the facility for a week.

Bosch has been associated with the program for more than four years and during that time has presented more than 30 weeks of programs.

“The hall has added greatly to our programming ability,” said Mrs. King, ‘‘allowing for the needed flexibility in program and classroom space while making a clear statement about our concern for beauty and order in the physical environment.’’

The course offerings at Bosch reflect the need for social and economic justice, world peace, the elimination of racial prejudices, the equality of men and women,

the basic unity of religions, and for spiritual (human) values in building a peaceful world.

“We respond to the participants’ wide range of questions about the Baha’is and the Faith,” said Mrs. King, ‘‘since many of those attending Bosch have visited either the House of Worship in Wilmette or the Shrines in Haifa and have enrolled here to learn more.””

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tional Youth Committee is here to help. If you are interested in hosting a traveling teacher who ment, race unity and the equality of men and women, please contact the Youth Committee office.

We leave you with these inspiring words of the Universal House of Justice from that same Ridvan 1988 message:

“«... Teaching is the food of the spirit; it brings life to unawakened souls and raises the new heaven and the new earth; it uplifts the banner of a unified world; it ensures the victory of the Covenant and brings those who give their lives to it the supernal happiness of attainment to the good pleasure of their Lord.”

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Fireside a simple way to introduce

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So important is this kind of teaching that it is considered the responsibility of every Baha’i to hold a fireside in his or her home at least once every 19 days.

A fireside is a simple gathering planned by an individual believer or Baha’i family—often with the help of a few other Bahá’ís—for the purpose of introducing friends and acquaintances to the Faith.

Many Baha’fs think of the fireside as a structured occasion in which a guest speaker delivers the Message of Bahd’u’ll4h, questions are answered, and then refreshments are served. It is not necessary, however, that a fireside follow that or any other pattern:

“There is no standard technique for carrying on such an undertaking. Every Baha’i teaches in his own home in a way that is most natural for him.

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confidence, serenity, poise and deep faith expressed by the believer than he is by the number of persons present at the fireside and the eloquence of the talk.

On the map (above) are listed the ongoing and upcoming teaching projects in the United States that have been reported to the National Teaching Committee as of August 10. If your community is sponsoring a teaching project that does not appear on the map, please write or phone

the National Teaching Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 312-869-9039). Best wishes for a successful project—we look forward to hearing from you!

“Curiosity about the source of that inner peace and confidence usually stimulates questions and at that point real teaching begins.”—U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, 1966

Perhaps the most important aspect of holding a fireside is to create a warm, loving, spiritual environment where guests are made to feel welcome.

Here they will feel free to ask questions in a comfortable atmosphere in which their views will be respected—an atmosphere to which they will wish to return.

The Universal House of Justice, in its Ridvan message this year, summoned every individual believer to the field of teaching. Baha’fs often wonder what we, as individuals, can do for the worldencompassing Cause of Baha’w'llah.

Inviting acquaintances to our homes for informal discussions of the Faith is perhaps the most simple approach to teaching, and yet we are told that it is the most effective.

In answer to this summons, the most fundamental activity in which we can engage is to hold a fireside in our homes once every 19 days.

Arise! To Teach

Pre-youth in vanguard as Atlanta gears up for teaching effort

The greater Atlanta area has been chosen by the National Spiritual Assembly to be one of the four major teaching sites in its National Teaching Plan.

The local Assemblies in that area have already appointed a coordinating task force that began immediately to plan a strategy and focus for teaching.

During one of its first meetings, the task force was surprised to learn that the Baha’ pre-youth in

the area had already advanced to the vanguard in initiating intensive teaching efforts, launching a 19-day teaching campaign on August 3 with a two-day deepening institute.

Sponsored by the District Teaching Committee of GeorgiaNorthwest and working with several Assemblies in the state, the group of about 30 young Baha’is with an average age of 12-13 years began to visit several communi

Santa Monica Assembly makes effort to involve entire community in Plan

The Universal House of Justice has summoned each individual believer to the teaching field, and it is on the individual that the entire Baha’i community must depend.

Although it is the decisions and actions of individuals that will bring ultimate victory for the Cause, the institutions of the Faith are responsible ‘‘for planning the goals and activities of the Cause, for stimulating and encouraging the believers to arise, and for supporting and unifying them in their services.”’ (The Universal House of Justice, 1986)

The Spiritual Assembly of San

in His Day.

Bahd'u'llah has enjoined upon the Baha'is the sacred obligation of teaching. We have no priests, therefore the service-rendered by priests to their religions is the service every single Baha’i is expected to render individually to his religion. He must be the one who enlightens new souls, confirms them, heals the wounded and the weary upon the road of life, and gives them to quaff from the chalice of everlasting life—the knowledge of the Manifestation of God

From a letter written on

behalf of Shoghi Effendi

ta Monica, California, aware of the role it must play in helping the believers to arise, recently sent letters to all members of its community asking them to study prayerfully an enclosed copy of the Six Year Plan and to make individual commitments toward fulfilling the goals of the Plan.

A worksheet was included to help community members establish personal plans of action.

The worksheet listed the major goals of the Plan, and beneath each one suggested activities on the local level in which the believers could pledge to take part during the Six Year Plan.

Additional space was included for them to indicate an interest in serving on local committees. It was asked that the worksheet be returned, along with other ideas for activities, by a specific date.

Although the response to the Assembly’s request cannot yet be measured, the National Teaching Committee is confident in the success of this effort, and offers it as a suggestion to other Assemblies

ties, engaging in direct teaching and service projects, inviting old friends and new to firesides, slide shows and peace forums.

As the campaign progressed, the average age of the participants began to rise as others joined the teaching teams.

Not only are the pre-youth lead ing the way for the Baha’fs in this major teaching site, they are inspiring others to arise audaciously and showing them a variety of teaching methods to employ while

doing so. The rest of the Baha’i com munity is now running to catch up with them.

Music hath charm in Strongsville

A jazzy saxophone, haunting melodies from a flute, the gentle guitar sounds of Liberia, the majesty of a grand piano: these sounds and many more are heard at the home of Darryl and Margaret Greene, Bahd’{s who live in Strongsville, Ohio.

In an effort to serve the community, these musical evenings, held quarterly, have not only given musicians the bounty of sharing their talent but have afforded the audience an evening of diverse and distinctive Baha’i hospitality.

In this warm and friendly home, Baha’is and their guests of varied backgrounds gather for music and lively conversation. An average of 10-20 people who are not Baha’is attend the concerts.

On July 24, the Spiritual Assembly of Schenectady, New York, held a reception to celebrate the formation of that city’s first Spiritual Assembly. About 35 Bahá’ís and a reporter from the Schenectady Gazette attended the program which consisted of prayers, music, a keynote speaker and two brief addresses by Assembly mem bers. As a result, an article and photograph of Assembly officers appeared the next day on the front page of the paper’s third section. Pictured (left to right) are Assembly members Jack Bush, Irene Bush, Walter Hatke, Frank Whitson, Joyce Whitson and Koorosh Motahar.

�[Page 11]Van Manens spend a part of every summer traveling, teaching, making music together

Hour’’ performed by the Van Manens one afternoon in Winfield, Kansas, a town of about 12,000, less than 25 of whom are Baha’ is.

Later that evening, 50-60 people attended a musical “Peace Workshop” they led, which was inspired by “The Promise of World Peace.””

“Music and story-telling,” says Mrs. Van Manen, ‘‘open hearts in a way that speaking may not be able to. But once the hearts are open, the speaking can begin.’”

Music is only one of the many contributions that traveling teach ers can make to local teaching efforts.

Besides carrying the Message of Baha’u’llah to many people, traveling teachers might bring fresh new ideas, new perspectives, deepened knowledge or administrative experience to bear on the process of consolidation.

Anyone who is interested in traveling teaching and needs help in planning an itinerary may contact Sam Williams, the National Teaching Committee’s traveling teaching coordinator, at P.O. Box 971, Yadkinville, NC 27055; phone 919-679-2133.

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Dave) from Beulah, Colorado, teach Bahá’í principles to au

ences large and small as they travel and teach the Faith each summer.

Peace statement

must be taken to

everyone in world “The Promise of World Peace”

strides im presenting ‘‘The Promise of World Peace’’ to prominent persoms such as governors, may Im its Riḍván 1988 message to the Bald"is of the world, the Uni These South Carolina cities also need homefront pioneers

In last month’s issue of The American Bahá’í, several cities in South Carolina that need homefront pioneers to help with consolidation in nearby communities were listed. Although assistance is needed throughout the state, the National Teaching Committee would like to highlight a few more cities in which the nurturing and guidance of mature believers would be especially helpful:

ROCK HILL Population: 40,794 Employment: Food and kindred products, lumber and wood

Administration), York Technical College, Clinton Junior College, Miller-Motte Business College.

Transportation: Trailways bus system. Railroad—passenger service in Charlotte, North Carolina. Airport—Charlotte.

Housing: Current information available from the homefront pioneer coordinator (see below).

CHARLESTON

Population: 80,900

Employment: Charleston Naval Base, Medical University, Wesvaco Corp.; City of Charleston, S.C. Public Service Authority, Robert Bosch, Santee Cooper, Southern Bell, Kiawah Island Company, The Citadel, Sears Roebuck, Braswell Shipyard, Alumax of S.C., Ruscon Corp.

Education: Several elementary and secondary public and private schools. Also Medical University

‘Teaching wave’ to sweep Long Island

A wew idea for an intercommunity traveling teaching project has come from Long Island, New York.

‘Om October 22, a wave of teaching will sweep over the island froma east to west as Baha’i communities send a traveling teacher to a community to the west of them and receive a traveling teacher from: the east to take part in a teaching event on that day.

‘The times of the events and the teaching methods may vary, but tthe traveling teachers and host communities are meeting before that day to consult on the best way to use the abilities of the travclimg teachers and to meet-the needs of the host communities.

‘The project, called ‘‘Project Teaching Wave,” culmination of a surge of intensive teaching efforts begun ij in July. In fwtwre months the ‘“‘wave”” may return—this time sweeping across Long Island from the west to the east.

will mark the

of South Carolina, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Baptist College, Rutledge College, Webster University, Trident College, Johnson & Wales College. _

Transportation: Amtrak, Charleston International Airport, local transit and Intercity.

Housing: Current information available from the homefront pioneer coordinator.

BEAUFORT CITY Population: 10,760

Employment: Current information available from the homefront Pioneer coordinator.

Education: Public schools, Beaufort Academy (college prep co-ed day school, kindergarten through 12th grade), Montessori

College.

School, Technical

Transportation: Information available from the homefront piomeer coordinator.

Housing: 60 mobile home villages in the county. Average rental housing prices in Beaufort City,

$300-$350 per month. Average price of pre-owned homes, $70,000.

For more information about these and other areas of South Carolina where homefront pioneers are needed, please contact Moses Richardson, the South Carolina Bahá’í Coordinating Committee’s traveling teacher and homefront pepneer coordinator. His address Darlington, SC 29532 (phone 803393-6649).

Children of Baha’i couples should be considered Baha’is and registered formally as members of national community

The future builders of Baha'i

society will be our children. The progress of the Cause of Baha’u’ll4h will depend to a great degree on their education and spiritual growth. Shaping our children’s identity as Bahda’is is of great importance to the development of their role in the Baha’i community.

It was with this goal in mind that the National Spiritual Assembly initiated in 1985 the formal registration of children, according to a request from the Universal House of Justice.

A child is considered to be a Baha’i and should be registered at birth if born to a Baha’i couple. If only one of the parents is a Baha’i, the child should also be registered unless the non-Baha’i parent objects.

When a child is living exclusively with one parent, registration can be completed with the consent of that parent. A primary guardian may also give consent, although an effort should be made to secure the consent of natural parents.

In regard to children whose parents have become Baha’is, the Universal House of Justice has said that ‘‘...much depends upon the ages and reactions of the children concerned. They will require great love and understanding, and each case must be judged on its own merits.

“This applies to an added degree, of course, if only one of the parents has accepted the Faith, in which case the attitude of ed other Parent is an tor; the aim of the Baha’ is shoal

register him or her as a Baha’i See

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ed to the national computer records. He will then receive a welcom acknowledging the registration. ‘The letter will include the child’s Bahai identification number which parents should retain for use when making address changes

"Teaching the Cause of God is not only through the tongue; it is through deeds, a good disposition, happiness of nature, kindness and sympathy, good fellowship, trustworthiness, holiness, virtue, purity of ideals, and lastly, speech.”

—Abdu’l-Bahá

for the child.

Before a registered child’s 15th birthday, he/she will receive a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly explaining the importance of attaining the age of maturity and enclosing his Baha’i identification card.

The registered child, therefore, on reaching the age of 15 years continues to be regarded as a Bahá’í. He does not need to sign a declaration card at that time.

If the young person does not wish to be considered a Baha'i, he, the parents, or the local Assembly should inform the Baha’i National Center so the individual’s name can be removed from the Baha’i membership rolls.

Baha’i group makes Nashville video, eyes agreement to record

Watters and Daughters, a vocal/instrumental group from Ohio, recently returned from Nashville, Tennessee, where they did a live video tape at the request of the director of The Nashville Network’s popular show, ‘You Can Be a Star.””

While there they had an ap pointment with a Music Row studio that agreed to handle the group after hearing one of its tapes. Watters and Daughters consists of four Baha’is: Cora Watters and her daughters, Lisa Iezzi-Blessing, Lora and Patrice Yezzi The group has appeared at a number of conferences including the International Youth Conference in Columbus and the Association for Baha’i Studies Conference in London, Ontario.

Watters and Daughters were asked to perform at the dedication ceremony for the House of Worship in India but were unable to attend. �[Page 12]12 / The American Baha’i / ‘September 1988

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FOR NEW BAHA'IS

Poignant stories reveal suffering, Station of Baha’u’llah

The following stories, taken from various sources, concern themselves with the childhood ana early life of Bahá’u’lláh, tne Manifestation of God for this Day. In the first of them, Bahd’u’lith says:

When I was a child ... one of my brothers intended to marry. ... The program for the last day of the entertainment for the guests was the play of Sultan Salim. ...

They raised a great tent in the middle of the court. Representatives of human forms only a few inches in height would come out of the tent and cry: ‘‘The king 1s coming. ...”” Then other figures came oul, sweeping the ground while a number were sprinkling the streets with water. Then another figure was presented whc was supposed to be the herald bidding the people to be ready for review before His Majesty, the Sultan.

The ministers came ... while a number of others were garbed as chamberlains, aides-de-camp, ferrashes and executioners. ...All these lined up according to their

ly a thief, captured by the police, was brought before the king and a royal order was issued to behead him. Then tne chief executioners took the captive and beheaded him.

While the Sultan was consulting with some of his ministers the

Sultan issued orders that several regiments of soldiers be sent to the scene to quell the disturbance.

After a few minutes the thunderous noise of guns and artiliery was heard. ...1 became astonished and bewildered at all these affairs. Then the review ended and the curtain descended.

After 20 minutes a man came out from behind the tent with a box under his arm. I asked him, “‘What is this box? Where are the king and all the men?”

station and class.

At last the king appeared with sovereign power and shining diadem upon his head. ...Immediate

From the Writings .. .

“‘O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made manifest unto you. Deal with Me as ve wish, for I have vowed to lay down My life in the path of God. ...Followers of the Gospel! If ye cherish the desire to slay Muhammad, the Apostle of God, seize Me and put an end to My life, for | am He, and My Self is His Self. Do unto Me as ye like, for the deepest longing of Mine heart is to attain the presence of My Best-Beloved in His Kingdom of Glory. ...Followers of Muhammad! If it be your wish to riddle with your shafts the breast of Him Who hath caused His Book the Bayan to be sent down unto you, lay hands on Me and persecute Me, for I am His Well-Beloved, the revelation of His own Self, though My name be not His name. I have come in the shadows of the clouds of glory, and am invested by God with invincible sovereignty. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. ...O people of the Bayan! If ye have resolved to shed the blood of Him Whose coming the Bab hath proclaimed, Whose advent Muhammad hath prophesied, and Whose Revelation Jesus Christ Himself hath announced, behold Me standing, ready and defenseless, before you. Deal with Me after your own desires.’’

“Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His cyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. When He contemplates, however, the bright effulgences He hath been empowered to manifest, lo, that self is transfigured before Him into a sovereign Potency permeating the essence of ali things visible and invisible. Glory be to Him Who, through the power of truth, hath sent down the Manifestation of His own Self and entrusted Him with His message unto all mankind.’"—Baha’u’ll4h, Gleanings, pp. 101-2

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Discuss the preceding passages with the Baha’i who taught you the Faith, or with another believer. Together consider the following questions:

What is Bahd’u’lih’s relationship to other Manifestations of

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the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, with stories of His life interspersed.

before my eyes. It has not nor will it ever have the weight of a mustard seed.

1 wondered greatly that the people should glorify themselves ir these affairs. Notwitnstanding this, the peopie of insight will discern with the eye of ceriain.v the end of the glory of every great one before beholding it. (Baha’u’ll4h, quoted in Star of the West, Vol. 8, No. 13)

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Bahá’u’ll4h, now that the Bab was no more, appeared in their (the divines and leaders of the government) eves to be the archfoe whom they deemed it their first duty to seize and imprison.

To them He was the reincarnation of the Spirit the Bab had so powerfully manifested, the spirit through which He had been able to accomplish so complete a transformation in the lives and habits of his countrymen. The precautions the Russian minister had taken, and the warnings he had uttered, failed to stay the hand that had been outstretched with such

determination against that precious Life. From Shimir4n to Tihran,

Baha'u'llah was several times stripped of His garments, and was overwhelmed with abuse and ridicule. On foot and exposed to the fierce rays of the midsummer sun, He was compelled to cover, barefooted and bareheaded, the whole distance ... to the dungeon. ... All along the route, He was pelted and vilified by the crowds whom His enemies had succeeded im convincing that He was the sworn enemy of their sovereign and the wrecker of his realm. Words fail me to portray the horror of the treatment which was meted out to Him as He was being taken to the Siy4h-Chal of Tihran. As He was approaching that dungeon, an old and decrepit woman was seen to emerge from the midst of the crowd, with a stone in her hand, eager to cast it at the face of Baha'u'llah. Her eyes glowed with a determination and fanaticism of which few women of her age were

ible.

Her whole frame shook with Tage as she stepped forward and raised her hand to hurl her missile at Him. ‘‘...1 adjure you,” she pleaded, as she ran to overtake those into whose hands Bahd’u’ll4h had been delivered, ‘‘give me a chance to fling my stone in His face!””

“Suffer not this woman to be disappointed,’’ were Bahá’u’lláh’s words to His guards, as He saw her hastening behind Him. “Deny her not what she regards as a meritorious act in the sight of God." (The Dawn-breakers, pp. 606-8)

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We were in no wise connected with that evil deed (an attempt on the life of the Shah), and Our innocence was indisputably estab Nevertheless, they apprehended Us, and ... conducted Us, on foot and in chains, with bared head and bare feet, to the dungeon of Ṭihrán. .

We were consigned for four months to a place foul beyond Sessa a ees areas

others similarly wronged were confined, a dark and narrow pit were preferable.

Upon Our arrival We were first conducted along a pitch-black corridor, from whence We descended’ three steep flights of Stairs to the place of confinement assigned to Us.

The dungeon was wrapped in thick darkness, and Our fellowprisoners numbered nearly a hundred and fifty souls: thieves,*assassins and highwaymen. Though crowded, it had no other outlet than the passage by which We entered.

No pen can depict that place, nor any tongue describe its loathsome smell. Most of these men had neither clothes nor bedding to he on. God alone knoweth what befell Us in that most foul-smelling and gloomy place!

Day and night, while confined in that dungeon, We meditated upon the deeds, the condition, and the conduct of the Babis, wondering what could have led a people so high-minded, so noble, and of such intelligence, to perpetrate such an audacious and outrageous act against the person of His Majesty.

This Wronged One, thereupon, decided to arise, after His release from prison, and undertake, with the utmost vigor, the task of regenerating this people.

One night, in a dream, these ex prison of Ṭihrán, though the galling weight of the chains and the stench-filled air allowed Me but

The Mansion of Bahjí where Bahd'u'lláh spent His last days.

no man could bear to hear. (Bahd’u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, pp. 21-22)

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Bahá’u’lláh loved the beauty

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UNITED NATIONS

UN QandA

The three basic responsibilities of the National Spiritual Assembly’s United Nations representative are to (1) represent the Assembly to U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the UN; (2) inform the Bahá’ís of the U.S. about UN-related issues and the work of the Baha’i International Community; and (3) encourage American Bahd’{s to take part in UN activities at various levels.

Q: Does the U.S./UN representative actually sit in on sessions of the General Assembly, Security Council, etc.?

A: Like the general public, representatives of non-governmental organizations are entitled to attend all open meetings of the General Assembly and other organs of the UN. However, the Baha’i U.S./UN representative rarely attends these meetings since most of the work of the representative takes place at the non-governmental organization level.

Q: How does the U.S./UN representative keep informed about events taking place at the United Nations and about current issues?

A: Weekly briefings for NGOs are given by the UN’s Department of Public Information. At these meetings information about current UN activities is shared with NGO representatives. The speakers are frequently Under-Secretary-Generals or heads of departments concerned with specific issues.

Recent topics have included a discussion of the UN’s financial crisis, refugees, women in development, apartheid, and disarmament.

Each briefing includes a question-and-answer session. Usually, about 100 NGO representatives attend.

Monthly briefings are also held at the U.S. Mission to which NGO representatives of U.S. organizations are invited.

For example, at one session Maureen Reagan gave a presentation on the status of women; at another, Herbert. S. Okun, deputy permanent U.S. Representative at the United Nations, and Dr. Lynn M. Hansen, assistant director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, presented the U.S. position on disarmament. Questions from the audience are encouraged.

Q: Besides regularly scheduled meetings, what other activities does the representative attend?

A; There are often special events held by NGOs which the Bahd’{ U.S./UN representative attends. B’Nai B’Rith recently sponsored a luncheon featuring as speaker Ken Keyes Jr., co-author of “‘Planethood.”’ It was here that the Baha’i representative had an opportunity to offer him the peace statement during a conversation.

The representative also attends receptions, social events, workshops and seminars sponsored by other organizations.

These events afford many opportunities to forge new friendships for the Faith, to extend support to worthy endeavors, and to make known the Baha’i principles on various issues.

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The National Spiritual Assembly sent three delegates to participate in the 10th National Convention of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) which was held July 10-12 in New York City.

The Baha’i delegates were Shirley Lee, Baha’i representative to the United Nations; Wallace Carter III, national liaison in the Office of External Affairs; and a youth delegate, Riaz Jurney of New York City, former administrative assistant at the U.S. Baha’i UN Office.

The convention attracted a gathering of international statesmen and Association leaders from across the country to discuss the future role of the UN and to celebrate its past achievements.

Sounding the opening note of the convention was former Attorney General and Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson, who is now chairman of UNAUSA.

The convention’s theme, ‘‘The UN: Making a World of Difference,’’ was the topic of an address by UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.

Also featured was a series of seminars spotlighting the 40th anniversary of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Ambassadors from the Soviet Union, Austria and Costa Rica offered their views of “‘A Successor Vision,”’ the influential report on the reform and strengthening of the UN issued by a distinguished international panel assembled by the UNA.

A “world issues’? seminar led by the ambassadors of Canada and Singapore and the UN UnderSecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs ended the convention’s formal sessions on July 12.

UNA-USA is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening the UN system and the U.S. role in it. The Association achieves nationwide public outreach through its unique network of chapters, divisions and affiliated groups and through the special information and education services it offers to Congress, the executive branch, students and the media.

The National Spiritual Assembly is a member of the Council of

The American Baha’i / September 1988 / 13 /13

Baha’is take part in annual UNA- USA Convention

Pictured with Bahd’{ Florence Kelley of Hawaii at the Bahá’í booth at the 10th National Convention of the United Nations As Organizations of UNA-USA. Mrs. Lee was recently elected a member-at-large of the Council’s Executive Board.

A display of Baha’i books was

a0 > sociation of the U.S. in New York

City are Bahá’í delegates Shirley

Lee (left) and Riaz Jurney.

exhibited at the Convention by the Baha’i Publishing Trust, and its marketing manager, Robert Blum, was at the booth to respond to inquiries.

And pays tribute to early Baha’i Laura Dreyfus-Barney

Baha’i-sponsored luncheon in D.C. marks ICW centennial

On Sunday, June 26, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) and the National Spiritual Assembly, assisted by the National Committee on Women, sponsored a luncheon at the Smithsonian Institute’s Barney House in Washington, D.C.

The luncheon was held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Council of Women (ICW) and in honor of Laura Dreyfus-Barney, a Bahd’{ who was an early outstanding supporter of the ICW.

About 55 guests attended the luncheon, which was one of the first of a wide range of events scheduled for the more than 700 participants from nearly 50 countries attending the Centennial.

Mary S. Power, BIC representative to the United Nations, introduced speakers Dr. Wilma Ellis Brady, administrator-general of

the BIC; Dr. Sookja Hong, president of ICW; and Merrinelle Sullivan, president of the National Council of Women.

In their remarks, Ms. Sullivan and Dr. Hong were particularly appreciative of Baha’i hospitality. Dr. Hong said that such hospitality was now almost a tradition at ICW gatherings.

Three years ago, the Baha’ is of the United Kingdom were hosts at a luncheon for board members.

At June’s event Hugh Locke, deputy director of the Baha’i International Office of Public Information, announced the establishment of a Laura Dreyfus-Barney Commemorative Project to be sponsored jointly by the ICW and the BIC.

Madame Dreyfus-Barney was also honored at a reception at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, which was sponsored by

the ICW and the U.S. National Council of Women.

Many of those attending the Centennial later traveled to New York City for further activities, one of which was a reception cosponsored by UNICEF and the BIC.

More than 250 women and a few men were received at the reception, held July 6 at UNICEF House. Welcoming the guests were Suzanne Bischoff, director of UNICEF’s Programme Funding Office; Djibril Diallo, director of Social Mobilization for UNICEF; Dr. Brady; and from the BIC, Ms. Power and Dr. Victor de Araujo.

Representatives of the Baha’i National Committee on Women attending Centennial events in Washington and New York were Mrs. Farfar Guillebeaux and Ms.

Pictured are Bahá’ís from Meridian, Philadelphia, Vicksburg, Jackson, Hattiesburg, Hines

ethety and Madison County, Mississippi, who came together June 12 in Meridian for a Unity

eS es Picnic at which the delegate’s report from the Bahá’í National Convention was shared.

Katharine Bigelow.

Also present were a number of Baha’is from the New York Baha’i offices and the local Baha’i community.

In New ‘york, the president of the New Zealand Council of ‘Women and members of the Australian delegation enthusiastically recounted stories of Baha’i involvement in women’s activities.

Women from India, the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Cameroon, Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Korea, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Indonesia, Peru, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and other countries shared stories, renewed friendships and enjoyed the convivial atmosphere.

Brief remarks were made by the president of the U.S. Council; the newly elected president of the ICW, Lily Boeykens of Belgium; and Ms. Power.

The U.S. Bahá’í Committee on Women was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the U.S. National Council of Women for its support of the Centennial celebration.

Other Bahd’{s attending Centennial events included Lois Hainsworth, a member of the National Council of Women’s delegation from the United Kingdom, and Florence Kelley from Hawaii.

The luncheon and reception increased the prestige of the Baha’i International Community and the U.S. Bahd’{ community in the eyes of outstanding women from many parts of the world.

REMINDER!

UN days to celebrate:

October 3: Universal Children’s Day

October 6: World Food Day

October 24: United Nations Day

October ment Week

December 10: Human Rights Day (40th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights)

24-30: Disarma

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Teaching

New teaching book for youth and adults

Nothing In Common

By Cindy Savage

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This is an intriguing story about a young woman’s search for truth and her discovery of the beauty and challenge of the Baha'i message. Katie's search becomes an adventure that brings her from feeling slightly out of sync with the crowd to realizing that it is her differentness that shows strength. Katie finds a niche in this new religion and learns how she can help show others that all people have a lot in common. While Nothing in Common is especially appealing to young people, adults will find the issues challenging, and will relive their own search for and acceptance of the Faith. This story “teaches” by offering practical applications of Baha’ principles to everyday situations.

Published by the U.S. Baha’ Publishing Trust

Materials

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Peace... The Promise

Acelebration of unity and diversity in song, dance and word opens this powerful 28-minute video. Capturing the spirit of the San Francisco Baha'i Peace Conference, it is a pleasure to watch and a unique tool for teaching. Used in conjunction with the Peace Statement or by itself, it will set the mood for a lively, attention-getting presentation on peace and the Baha'i Faith. Peace .. . The Promise includes extracts from the keynote address of Ervin Laszlo, from the closing address of Robert Henderson, and some of the sympathetic statements of the many non-Baha’i ‘speakers and participants who were moved by the diversity, sincerity and love that permeated this historic event. VHS and Beta

Produced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’'s of the United States

Informative introductory booklets with four-color photographs for teaching.

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This illustrated booklet provides a brief, basic introduction to the Faith, Illustrated with color photographs of diverse Baha'is and Baha'i Houses of Worship, it gives information about the Baha'i teachings, the history of the Faith, its Central Figures, its administration, its impact on the social and economic development of local communities, and its international character. Developed by the Public Information Office of the Baha'i International Community, this booklet is especially suited for teaching the Faith during the initial stages of the Fourth Epoch.

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The test of true religion lies in its ability to transform the lives of its believers, both inwardly and outwardly. This booklet shows the involvement of the Baha'i Faith and its international community in issues of human concern. Addressing such issues as group decision-making, community development, children’s education, the encouragement of women, the development of tutorial schools, agriculture, health care, Baha’i radio projects, and international collaboration, this booklet will be of interest to civic leaders and other like-minded people who are concerned about improving the condition of humanity.

Published by the Public Information Office of the Baha’ International Community

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Published by the U.S. Baha'i Publishing Trust

Some Answered

Questions By ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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Between 1904 and 1906 Laura Clifford Barney had many opportunities to pose questions to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a variety of topics. His answers were collected into this book. Warm and personal, they cover a wide range of topics of concern to people today. Some of these are the relationship of the Manifestation of God to the development of humanity; the interpretation of Christian subjects; the powers of the Manifestation, and the nature of human beings. Some Answered Questions is an indispensable aid to developing a deeper understanding of the Baha’i Faith.

Published by the U.S. Baha'i Publishing Trust

Available in November

Secret of Divine Civilization By ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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What do Baha’is have to say about politics and government? ‘Abdu’l-Bahá expresses His views in this 1875 mes‘sage to the rulers and people of Persia. What qualities may we expect of our statesmen? What is the purpose of education? In providing answers to questions such as these, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá sets forth the idea that civilization is an organism sustained by unity—not the false unity of egalitarianism, but a unity of inte where all parts are essential to the functioning of the whole. Such a spirit of unity is expressive of God's love for humanity and will, in turn, lead to a truly divine civilization. Although written more than 100 years ago, the principles discussed in this treatise are timeless.

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�[Page 15]Teaching Christians OGG E New book for teaching Christian friends

The Gospels

And The Christs

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The Gospels and the Christs unravels some of the mystery of the life of Jesus Christ, the historical Man with His tests and difficulties, and provides insight into the role and history of each of the Gospels. “Some of us need to think of, and reverence more clearly the man Jesus; the humanity of Jesus; the vehicle through Whom God manifested Himself to humanity. . . .It is my sincere desire to awaken the reader to the knowledge that both Jesus and Baha'u'llah were Manifestations of and from God.”—Eric Bowes

Published by Bahá’í Publications Australia

Reprint, formerly published as Great Themes of Life

The New Gospel

By Eric Bowes

HC $11.95 SC $8.95

The New Gospels is a unique introduction to the Baha'i Faith for Christians. Eric Bowes, a former seminary student, explains some of the major principles of the Baha'i Faith through the words of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Gospels. He begins each of the five chapters with some of the most familiar and beloved Bible texts and then goes on to explain how Baháa’u'llah fulfills Jesus’ revelation. In addition to a brief overview chapter on the Faith, Mr. Bowes addresses such issues as why we were created, what is our true nature, what is our relationship to God, and what is our true relationship to our fellow beings. This book and The Gospels and the Christs will be valuable reading for anyone who is interested in learning about the relationship of Christianity to the Baha’i Faith.

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Baha’i Feasts

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“God hath verily purposed to bring the hearts of men together, though it require every means on earth and in the heavens.” So writes Baha'u'llah in ordaining the Feast in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. This brief booklet is packed full of information about how the Nineteen Day Feast can help to achieve the goal of unity. The first part of the booklet describes the power of Baha'i meetings where the focus is on the Word of God and the achievement of unity. This compilation from the Baha’i writings is not only quite interesting reading, but contains specific guidance that will enhance our teaching work and help to create stronger communities.

Published by the U.K. Baha'i Publishing Trust

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Children’s Materials

New book for children

Top Of The Hill

By Morris Taylor

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On an Indian Reservation somewhere in the beautiful Southwest, a young boy had never conceived of life without his great-grandfather. “Animals die. Strangers die before you know them. But people you know don’t die!” His family and even his best friend are no solace. His greatgrandfather, however, the ancient, ailing medicine man, is very wise. He leads his great-grandson, by stories and ultimately by the.“vision quest,” to begin to grasp the purpose of this life as well as the life to come. This story will help children and adults to find a more positive and even joyous attitude toward death.

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Acquiring Virtues

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A fun-filled, noncompetitive educational card game for children and adults which promotes principles for peace. It helps children develop their innate inquisitiveness,

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Curriculum for Baha'i education of children

Baha’i Education For Peace

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This wonderfully detailed curriculum will enthrall the teacher and the child as it brings into balance the letter and the spirit of education. It includes lesson plans and addresses such topics as the ocean resource, the practice of the presence of God, the beauty of God reflected in other souls, and the independent investigation of reality. Baha’ Education for Peace comes in a three-ring binder and is the first in a series on education.

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Principles For World Unity

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Though this card game is fun to play, the concepts in it are ‘serious and important to everyone’s personal development. Playing it will help children to remember some distinctive good virtues, and to realize what are some undesirable traits. Can be played with three to six players.

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Cassettes

Music for children Can You Sound Just Like Me?

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Not a new tape but new to the Baha’i Distribution Service is. this delightful collection of songs from Red Grammer. Here are songs, finger plays, and imagination games that touch the hearts and the funnybones of folks from ages 2-6 and their families. Though the Baha’ Faith is not directly mentioned, its spirit is evident in this loving cassette. Anyone young at heart who likes Teaching Peace will like this as well.

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“Baha'u'llah, in this glorious period has revealed in Holy Tablets that singing and music are the spiritual food of the hearts and souls.” “Therefore . . . set to music the verses and the divine words so that they may be sung with soulstirring melody in the Assemblies and gatherings, and that the hearts of the listeners may become tumultuous and rise toward the Kingdom of Abha in supplication and prayer.”* Donna Kime has done just that. /nspirational Music, a re-release of the album, The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, contains 13 Hidden Words set to music plus two new songs, Oh, Sweet Lord, a powerful gospel song, and Queen of Carmel.

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1988 District Convention information

The following list of District Convention sites includes dates, times, an address to which mailed ballots can be sent, and a telePhone number to call for more information.

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Birmingham Bab Cott, 60 40th Street South, t

i 2, 10:00 a.m.

Soham) Malblg: LSA LSA of Mountain

for info: (205) 879-9115 Unit 2. Southern Alabama/Northwestern Florida Mocroere Cammy Coe Coke, PO. P.O. Boril3i. Montgomery AL. 36 Phone for info: (205) 575-4361

3. Arkansas Per Inn International, U.S. Hwy 71 and 62 West, stteville, October 2, 10:00 a.m. CRosicretian’ 5: a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Rogers, "72756, Phone for info: (501) 636-4230

Unit 4. Northern Arizona

Da Eae Creestence Cones verona Accord

University, Flagstaff, October 2, 9:30am,

Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of staff, P.O. Box 2533, Flagstaff, AZ 86003,

for info: (602) 774-4178

Unit 5. Memorial Onion Building University, Te: 11:30am), P.O. Box 17540, info: (602) 837-1

Unit 6, Northern Arizona -C Phoenix Baha’i Center, pen eee

Fina Room, Arizona State 2,Noon

Gee ro Don Hoes Soe Vin AZ 85635, Phone for info: (602) 458-5280 Unit 8. Central California #1- A San Francisco Bahd'{ Center, ada eels Sees San Francisco, October 2, 9:00. 8:30am), Mail ballot: LSA of San Francisco,

San Francisco, CA 94132, Phone for

info: (415) 333-2157

Unit 9. Central California #1-B

Road, Li (0am),

89, Livermore, CA e380, Phone for info: (415) 449-0540

eee Central California #1-D

Chur, CA 98080, Phone fot info: (408) obser Unit 12. Central California #1-E

CA 95031, Phone for info: (408) 395- 5351

Unit 13. Central California

Carmel Middle School, Carmel alle Road,

October 2, 10:00 a.m. 30 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Monte: .O. Box 1131, ae CA 93940, Phone for info: (408) 647-9862

Unit 14. California #1-G

Soledad, Pret Cenrd aac cays ‘CA 95030, Bhone for ino: (408) 395-5951 cae Central California #2 Resort Hotel, 2550 W. Clinton Avenue, Fresn, Oashe,9 9:30 a.m. pa

Mail ballot: LSA of Fresno, (CA 93744, Phone for info: ¢ (209) 435-8889

0. Box: Phone for info: (916) 646-3327

Unit 18. Northern California #2 Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin Street,

Brook, Mountain Brook, AL 35123, Phone rc;

Ee aa ieee 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Lakeport, P.O. Box 1643, Lakeport, CA 95453, Phone for info: (707) 279-9090

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Spree ‘Southern California Lakeshore Club House, 24316 Venturi Drive, Valencia, eaters 10:00 a.m. (Ri am, llot: LSA. ta, P.O. Box 3141,

Mal of Santa ‘Caen Cony CA 91351, Phone for info: (805) 253-3 3

LnGienegs Park Comm Ca P 8400 Gi unity Center, iregory ‘Way, Beverly scm ae 1:00 ‘akan (regarain 1230 1230, pea Mail ballot: LSA of Santa lonica, P.O. Box 1046, , Santa ce yen. CA 90406, Phone of info: (213) 394-6909

Unit 21. Southern California #1 NOTE: 3 DELEGATES, Los les Baha'i Center,

5755 Rodeo Road, Los t 2, 2:00 p.m. LSA of Los

‘egistration: 1:00 p.m. Sreeten 3755 Rodeo PRG: Loe Angeles CA S006, Prone for infor (213) SISLIBT1

Unit 23. Southern California #1-E

Unit 24. Southern California #1-F Tarnell Park, 10711 Scott Avenue, Whittier, October 2, 2:00 p.m., Mail ballot: LSA of Long Beach, P.O. Box 4150, Long Beach, CA 90804, Phone for info: (213) 431-1141

Unit 2S. Southern California #2-A.

Unit 26. Southern California #2-B

Delmarva Atlantic Budget Inn/Stateline Convention Center, Route 13 North, Delmar, Maryland, October 2, 9:00 am (Registration: 800m), Mail bala: LSAof 21801, Phone for info: oe

Sstr ec ema oe Orlando,

FL 52803, Phone far nto: (407) 898-9432

Unit 38. Northern

Baha't Center of Greater Jacksonville, 2140 St. John's

Bluff Road South, Jacksonville, October 2, 10:00 a.m. tion: 9:60 am.) Mail ballot: LSA of

jacksonville, FL 32207, Phone for info: (904) 396-2261"

tee Spare Tan, 1859 bake Worth Rd, Lake Worth, FL: October 29:30 am, (Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Phone for info: (407)

Unit 40. Southeastern Florida - B

David Park Facility, 510 N. 33rd Court, Hollywood, October 9, 9:00 a.m. Sah an

LSA of Fort eat Lauderdale, FL35335 Phone for infos (305) 581-0839

P.O, Box 560584, Miami, (305) 271-9317 Unit 42. Southwestern Florida ‘Community Center, 1845-34th St., Sarasota, tion: 8:30 a.m.), Mail

or info: (813) 955-3073

$3156 Phone for info:

‘Sarasota Sarasota FL 34326, Phone

ee cea Rictinond Coun

Hy Norte Gens A ‘or information ‘of Gwinnett County rae at (404) 923-2361

ton, 1, 92631, ‘Phone for infor ois) 990-5873

Unit 27. Southern California #2-C

Corona Del Mar High School (Lite Theatre),

Faire eee eaten ted October 2, 12:30 p.m.), Mail ballot:

92625, Phone for info: (714) 760-5360

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ECan Neighborhood Cente, 195 E. Douglas Ave,

‘Cajon, October 9, 9:00 a.m. Kode), Mail ballot: LSA of Bl Cajon, PO. Box 759, jon, CA 92022, Phone for info: (619) ‘Unit 31.

Southern California #4-C San Diego Bahá't Center, 6545 Alcala Knolls Drive, San Diego, October 2, 1:00 p.m. Noon), Mail ballot: LSA. San Diego, CA 92111, Phote for info: (619) 578-3325

pais Socriane mune Rd, e 00am), Mail ball LSA of oder

P.O. Bor 1864, Boulder, CO 80306, Phone for info: (303) 786-1435

ues cave Audioriom, Austin Buf Ue SoS ean Springs, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Reps 00am), Mail ballot: LSA of erate Springs jorado Springs, GO 80918 Pose Yor info: (719) 590-7019

Unit 34. Western Colorado

Peach Tree Kinderhaus, 3235 I-70 Business Loop, Clifton, October 2, 9:00 a.m., Mail ballot: LSA of Grand inaction, P Box 2805, Junction, CO 81502, Phone for info: (303) 245-1399

Unit 35. Connecticut University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, October 2, 9:00 a.m. (Re ition 8:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Hi

Hartford, CT 06105, Phone for info: (203) 527-6277

of. Atlanta, GA 30318, Phone for info: (404) 627-7918

‘Unit 46. Northwestern Georgia -C Fairmount ee rece een en ition: 8:00 a.m.), Mail

Salting Coun (404) 228-5185

heal ‘Apicttorl Boling, Coemerce

Cae oe 10:30 am. (Registration: (Regaraaon feOvem oa f ballots: LSA of Peach County, P.O. Box Valley, GA 31080; Phone for infos (S12) B25'5989

Unit 48. Southern | -B

Room, Ousber 2 1000 0m, Mail ballot: LSA of.

vannah, P.« Box 108 }, Savannah, GA 31402, Phone for info: (912) 352-4416

Unit 49. moe eae, Home of lla Young, Ct, Albany, October 2, 1 CO arenes oo

ballot: LSA of Albany, 31707, Phone for info: (912) 883-6929

Unit 50. Iowa

tows Sate Universiy Memorial Unioo/Grand Ballroom, Lincoln Way at Lynn Steet, Ames, October 3, 10:00 a.m. (Regictration: 9: Mat ballot LSA of Des Moines P.O, Box Moines, IA 50301, Phone for info: (515) 243-4040

‘Unit 51. Northern Idaho/Eastern W:

‘Southeast Yakima Community Center, 1211 South 7th

‘Street, Yakima, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registration: 8:30 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Yakima,

P.O. Box 9621, Yakima, WA 98902, Phone for info:

(509) 248-1648

Unit 52. Southern Idaho

Best West Burley Inn, 800 N. Overland Avenue, Burley, October 2, 9:30 a.m. (Registration:

9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Boise, P.O. Box 585, Boise, ID 83701, Phone for info: (208) 342-0390

‘Unit 53. Northern Dlinois #1 Holmes Student Center, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Ré ition: i =) Mail ballot: LSA of De Kalb,

Box 702, De Kalb, IL 60115, Phone for info: (3) ‘758-1847

Unit 54. Northern Ilinois Fore Vi econ Cent a hepana: soem), ballot: io Leh Aon ag Phone for info: (312)

‘Unit 55. Northern Mlinois #2-B Bahá’í House of Worship, Linden Avenue, Wilmette,

Canes 10-00 a.m. (Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of: ‘Stodie I

60077, Phone for info: (312) 673-0573

Unit 56. Northern Illinois #2-C

ee eae eee

Chicago, October 2, 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA. hag, ‘Chicago, IL 60816, Phone for info: (312) 483-8005

Miles Pare leet 020 § Morris A

ve, October 2, 9:30 a.m. (Registration:

LSA of

Peoria, IL 61614, Phone for

info: (309) 674-3721 Unit $8. Southern Hlinois - B Alton Jinn, 3800 Homer Adams Parkway,

Alton, October 9, 10:00 a.m. (Re 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of. P.O. Box 711, Alton, IL 62002, Phone for info: (618) 466-2466

Unit 59, Indiana Martin Center College, 2171 Avondale Place, lis, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registration:

Indianapolis, 9:00 a.m.), Mallee | eon aoa

18, Phone for info: (1216110

‘Unit 60. Kansas

Cranford Business College, 1600 N. Lorraine, Hutchinson, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registration:

9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Hutchinson,

P.O. Box 1332, Hutchinson, KS 67504, Phone for info: (316) 662-8243

Unit 61. Kentucky Frankfort Electric & Water Plant Bd. Clubhouse, Road (US, 60) at Reservoir Rd. Frankton,

-gistration:

‘October 1, 1:00 Noon), Mail ballots: LSA. LsAothrankion Frankfort, KY 40601, Phone for info! (502) 875-5962,

Pi O. Box 523, Nanbeernel MAoIOL info: (413) 586-3796

Kate Teen ‘School, Fs0 Winter St., Fr inter St. Framingham, October 2, zou (Regs stration: 8:30 a.m.)Mail

ST era

Rotary Cuenta Cols, 124 Colmbus venue, i 9, 9:30 am. (Registration: it oreoes of Boston, 0. Box 1207, Boston, MA 02108 ‘Phone for info: (617) 787-0851

‘Unit 66. Western ‘ict of Columbia - A. Robert Frost Junior 9201 Scott Drive,

Rockville, October 2, 10:00 a.m. js jon:

9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of ‘Co. NW,

P.O, Box 232, Damascus, MD 20872, for info: 963-4822

Unit 67, Western M District of Columbia - B

Rt. 108, Ellicott City, MD,

Ocaer 3 pin: Mal alr: LSA of Howard County, POBox 488, Columbia MD 21045, Phone

for info: (301) 740-7186

Unit 68.

Maine Green Acre Baht’ School, 168 Main Street. Eliot October 29:30am. (Registration: 8:30 am), Mal ballot: LSA of Eliot, P.O. Box 103, Eliot, ME 03903, Phone for info: (207) 439-7200

Unit 69, Mainland Michigan - A

Kalamazoo Valley Community Coll

Avenue, Kalamazoo, October 2, Registration: 9:30 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of

ag 6767 West "O"

iamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, Phone for info: (616) 382-3707 Unit 70. Mainland Louhelen Bahs’t School, 3208 South State Road, Davison, October 2, 9:36 a.m. i 8:30 a.m), Mail baliot: LSA of Flint,

MI 48503, Phone for info: (313) 743-7480

Unit 71. ate:

International Institute, 11 Kuve Rese October 2, Noon stration: 11:00 a.m.), ballots: LSA of Ann. P.O. Box 7078, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, Phone for info: (313) 665-8039

vod I gh uh Ah Ave, Bioams note Goud

PO. ae (612) 253-6432

Unit 73. North Star Ballroom, University of Minnesota, ‘St. Paul, October 9, Mail ballot: LSA of Coon �[Page 17]ee

$SB, Phone for ino: (612) 1584527

‘Unit 74, Missouri - A

ee y, 1514 Colorado Street, a Coperaion

Edam) Mad ballow LSA of ikances Cry, MO 6412 for info: (816) 483-0874

Unit 75. Missouri -B

1's Center, 330 N. Sore Weert Groves, October 9, 9:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m.), Mail ballots: ‘TSAof eet Groves c/o Mildred Jester Groves,

oe 63119, Phone for info: (14) 9625 -9314 or

Ramada 400 Gi Avenue, Jackson, October 2, 10:00. ee (Repiaracioe: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Warren County,

Vicksburg, MS 39180, Phone for info: (601) 636-9439

MT 59806, Phone for info: (406) 721-1425

‘Unit 78. , ee ee

ad iss Cy AZ 80845 Phos for

Serer asc Ure Sarslaeaaes

nee Se a Mail ballot: Greensboro, NC Habe, Prone tor ia iss 282) 1724

‘Unit 80. Central North Carolina - B [enema peewee Peay pe

Fayetteville, October m. (Registration:

Noon), Mail ballot: teat ae Co.,

for info: (919) 267.2001

Penge oat Eastern North Carolina - A Sberz 1250 pan. (Repatraton: Noo Pa eete

Noon),

igh, P.O. Box 51194, for info: (919) 872-6023 Cat ets acksonvile, NC, aober$. 1090am. (Resisratog: 1200am)Mal oy 27803, Phone for info: (919) 446 Carolina - A Bic Hoa Cus Hoge Roodntron& Lane 9:30am.

ey 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of

9:00 a.m.) =

Asheville, NC 28801,

Asheville,

Phone for info: rezstog

Unit 84, Western North Carolina -B

eA SNe ye i

October a.m, (Registration 9:00), Mail el eereT ».O. Box 221155, chee:

NC 28222, (704) 366.

‘Unit 85. North Dakota Rat ert ane Aastra, ‘a First Avenue et ee eaten

tion: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of. Forks, P.O. Box’ a ee Phone for info: 4 pe

Midtown Hoty In, 2503 South Locust Street,

Grand Island, October 9, 10:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Grand

P.O. Box $53, Grand Istand, NE 68802, Phone for

(308) 384-8887

87. New Hampshire Elementary School, Peterborough,

October 2, 10:00. jistration: 9:30 Mail eee a.m. (Registration: am.),

Peterborough, NH 03458, }) 924-7935,

Unit 88. New Jersey - A.

Glenfield Middle School, 25 Ave., Montclair, October 2, Mail ballot: LSA of itclair Township,

Montclair, NJ 07042, Phone for

a.m.), Mail ballot: Sof ‘Hill, P.O. Box 3054, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034, Phone for info: (609) 823-5076 paae: ‘Community Center, 2900 «, Ocober 2 ‘a.m. 30 a.m.) of

(Registration: ballot: LSA Albugueraue, P.O; Box 358 Station D, Albuquerque, NM 87176, Phone for info: (505) 298-9017

Unit 91. Southern New Mezion/Western Texas -A ‘Western Bank, Main Street at Lincoln Avenue,

Anthony, October eae

9:30 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of

ro Box 1491, Las Cruces, NM 88004, Phone for ‘info: (505) 525-8056

Unit 92. Southern New Mexico/Western Texas - B Lake Carlsbad Golf: Counre Muscatel Avenue, Carlsbad, October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registration:

9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, NM 88220, Phone for

Onmsby House B00 Caron Steet, Carson Carson Ci, October 2, 9:30 a.m. am) a ballot: LSA of Reno, P.O. Box 9028, Reno, NV 89507,

technic Institute, Communications Troy ¢ October 2, 9:00 am. Seesre PO Bor 2580 Albany, ‘Albany, NY 2 Phone f for Pretty 438-5548,

Unit 97. Eastern New York -B NOTE: 2 DELEGATES, New York City Baha'i Center, SSE. 1ith St. New York City, October 2, 10:00 a.m. 900 a.m), Mail ballot: LSA of New City, ‘New York, NY 10003, Phone for info: (718) 738-2456

fork -C Ihip Babs't Center, 6 G9 Lanson Street, Bohemia, October 2, 9:30 a.m. (Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Brookhaven, East Patchogue, NY 11772, Phone for info: (516) 277-9540

Unit 99. Western New York - A

‘State University College at Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood ‘Avenue, 2, 9:00 a.m. (Registration: 8:30 am.), Mail ballot: LSA of Buffalo,

Buffalo, NY 14213, Phone for info: (716) 885-4065

Unit 100. Western New York -B Kallet Civic Center, Main St., Oneita, October 16, 10:00 am. 9:00 a.m.), Heel ballot:

Dic-Western New York c/o Robin Be!

13215, Phone for info: (B15) 363-9959

Hindiey Fy Scho Broad 5 Findley, October 9,

Ly r 9:30 a.m. ( tion: Sain) Mal bags LSA 307; Phone for info: (419) 423-9669"

lansfield, OH Unit 102. Northern Ohio - B Treuhaft Conference Center, 26001 S. Woodland Rd., 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of ¥ akewood, OH 44107, Phone for info: (216) 221-091.

103. Southern Ohio Le Oaks Vocational Schoo, $56 Buckwheat Road Milford, October 2, 9:00 a.m. 8:30a.m.), Mail bailot: Bahs’ i Township, Loveland OF 45140, Phone for to: (513) 575-0587

baystnn Ch 1 Motel), 2600N. lote! See nearer ena” =~ ballot: LSA of Broken Box lil; Broken Arrow, OK 7a0L Phone for nfo. ‘i6) 357-3888

Potions ‘West Lindsey Road, Norman,

at West

‘October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Norman, OK 73069, Phone for info: (405) 364-6216 Unit 106. Eastern’

‘The Vert Hall, 500 St

Pendelton, OR 97801, Phone for info: (503) 276-8780

Unit 107. Western Oregon piieceon ¢ Rock Creek Cam 17707 NW Springville ca Portland October 1, 00 pm. ign PS Noon), Mail ballot: LSA of N., P.O, Box 255, Beaverton, OR ne for info: (503) 645-7260

Unit 108. Western -B Troutdale City Hall & 104 SE Kibling Street, Troutdale, Ociaber 16, 9:30 a.m. (Registration: es 45 om Mail ballot: an of Gresham,

P.O. Box 932, Gresham, OR 97030, Phone for info: (503) 665-5185

Unit 109. Western Oregon -C La Sells Stewart Center, 26th & Western, Corvallis, October 9, 10:00 a.m., (Registration: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Corvallis, P.O. Box 309, Corvailis, OR 97339, Phone for info: (503) 750-2491 or 745-5027

Unit 110. Western Oregon - D 4-H Buildit 15

97526, Phone for i

‘Unit 111. Fane a es

October 2, 9:00 a.m., (Registration: 8:30am), Mail ballot: LSA of Radnor Township, P.O. Box 16, Wayne, PA 19087, Phone for:

2 (808) 476-6697

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(215) 293-1315 Unie 112. Western Peau rants

Best Western University fan, 1545 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, October > 10:00 am.

Roam) Mal baliot ees Eee as for info: (412) 465-705

2 Pn cecpmation: 9:00 a.m.), Mail

Providence RI 05908, Phone for info: (401) 539-2028

Unit 114. Central South Carolina - A Columbia Junior '3810 Main Street, Columbia,

10:00 a.m.), Mail

SC 29210, Phone for info: (803) 731-2629

Unit 115. Central South Carolina - B.

Home of Pertell McLeod, 521 James Street, Rembert,

October 9, 4:00 p.m., Mail ballot: Heloise Herbert, Columbia, SC 29210,

Phone for info: (803) 776-4596

‘Unit 116. Central South Carolina -C

Home of Hattie Mae Oliver, P.O. Box 604, Summerton, October 2, 2:00 p.m., Mail ballot: Doris Morris, Columbia, SC 29210, Phone for info: (803) 772-6757

Unit 117. Central South Carolina - D_

Best Western Hotel, 301, Orangebur Ociober?, 10:00 an, fal ailog Sanda Sig

orth, SC 29112, Phone for (803) 2erss7t

Unit 118. en Soe Caner A Home of Preston Pouncey, 309

Reese Street, Benet, Ouch’ 1 ee 29512, Phone for info: (803) 479-7657 Unit 119. oe pe Let Phone fo ito: (803) 332-2411

Home of Cenuy & Yons arey Cy Re 24-7 jome

Heme orgy kee tc "4 Hoey Gaeeraton: 400 ee,

for infor (03) 74 (803) 774-3043

‘1. Eastern South Carolina #1-D

Phone

Unit 122. Eastern South Carolina #1-E Home of Ethel Smith, P.O. Box 61, (off Old Kemp Road behind church), Lake View, 16, 4:00 p.m,, Mail ballot: LSA of Lake Vi

P.O. Box 61, Lake View, SC-29563, Phone for info: (803) 759-2678

Unit 123. Eastern South Carolina #1-F

Home of David & Delores Mcleod, 48 Savannah Grove Road, Savannah October 2, 11:00am,

Mail ballot: LSA of Timmonsville, P.O. Box 396,

Timmonsville, SC 29161, Phone for info:

(803) 346-3622

Unit 124, Eastern South Carolina #1-G

Bahd'{ Center Property,

forint: (603) 667.1340

Grimey aire Soe in ee -H

ims} ractic Clinic, 118 Dansi am take ip, Oudber2 1600 am, Mal bal ESA a epee acne anaicny) 2027360)

Kingstree, SC 29556, Phone for info: (603) 382-3509 i

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Poors exh (803) 397-9224

Unit 128. Eastern South Carolina #2-C For information contact: South Carolina Paar Commits at (809) 767.8755 Uni 129, Eastern South Carolia #2-D Geober2 «Bop: Pm Mail ba n-altao Acke a (803) 248-5903, aR

Unit 130, Eastern South Carolina #2-E

Home of Mrs. Lue Wilson, Interfaith Apartments #4B, Kiteraee, October 2.2:00 p.m, Mall bales, Snot Perec tals (803) 354-5229 .

Unit 131. Eastern South Carolina #2 -F

fie epee rews a tree, 4

Mail ballot: The Jordans, PO. Box 581, Kit a

SC 29556, Phone for info: (803) 382-3509

Unit 152. Eastern Sooth Carlinn $20.” Bahá’í Institute, Rt. Hemingway Oetober2 1:00 pam, Mai baler: LSA

Hemagegyse O24 Pow rn:

Unit 133. Ramada meas US. 196 Sper Spa am. eestor: 3h 06 Scaler CSA

c/o Patricia P.O Bor | MSC 55903, Phone for

info: (803) 579:

apes, Northern South Carolina - B Eicies of Mekeiet aie Se eee pa Occber ZS ee LSA of! Tit SC 29730, Phone

1, Charleston, SC 29403, Phone for info: (803) 762-1469

Davis Ble School, Dale, Osober 2, 1:00 1 (Regoraton 1230] Mai balloe LSA ofS Island, P.O.Box 97, St Helena Island, SC Phone for info: (803) 838-5453

info: (803) 271-2199

Unit 140. South Dakota - A

Toaine (Repisraton Box 19, Wanblee, ‘October 2, as

DTCc/o

57551, for info: (605) 685-1 054"

‘Unit 141. South Dakota - re For information contact: of Mission, 895, Mission, SD 57555, ‘ae

heer Baia Comers 5311 Cassandra-Smith Fitson, Oucber? 10300 am 2d Mel tn En ee (615) 870-8326

‘Unit 143, Western Tennessee Oucbe 2850em Reguron: #80.) Mad "TN 37214, Phone for info: (615) 298-6619

‘Unit 144. Central Texas - A Georgetown Community Center, St. Gabriel Park,

9:30 a.m. §30am),

P.O. Box

October 2, ballot: LSA of Box 433, Round Rock, TX 78680, Phone for info: Guys seo

‘Unit 145. Central Texas - B S.W. Texas State University ‘LBJ Smdent Gener (Chataqua Room), San

a Mareas, October, of San Muicos P.O, Bor 1341 San Marcos TK:

of: ‘San Marcos, TX 78667, Phone for info: (512) 392-9816 oF 353-2339 Unit 146. Eastern Texas #1-A

Recreation

)), Bri tration: Sees BL BO. Box 142, balese TX 76059, Phone for info: (817) 540-0127

Unit 147. Eastern Texas #1-B Masel Ci Ceneet 2504 Eas Ed Birds Manipal October 2, 10:00 a.m. (Registra jon: 9:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Tyler, 7613, Tyler,

‘S711, Phone for info: (214) $81-8222

bat = Eastern Texas #1-C

lls Community Center, 3204 Diana Drive, October 9, 9:30 a.m. (Registration: 8:45 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Euless, P.O. Box 284, Euless, TX 76039, Phone for info: (817) 40-1339

Unit 149. Eastern Texas #1-D

Providence Towers East LB19, 5001 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, October 2, 9:30 a.m. ation: Sect LSA of Ri

1794, Richardson, TX 75083, Phone for info: olay Bie

Unit 150. Eastern Texas #2-A

Richland

P.O. Box: College Station, info: (a8) 1643160

Unit 151. Eastern Texas #2-B Houston Bahá’ Center, 2121 Oakdale Avenue,

Houston, October 2, 9:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m.), Mail ballot: LSA of Houston, See DISTRICTS page 30 �[Page 18]18 / The American Baha’i / September 1988

CLASSIFIEDS

Classified notices in The American Baha’i are published free of charge as a service to the Bahá’í community. Because of this, notices are limited to items relating to the Faith; no personal or'commercial messages can be accepted Sor publication. The opportunities referred to have not been approved by the National Spiritual Assembly; the friends should exercise their own judgment in responding to them.

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

THE BAHA'I World Center has an ‘ongoing need for interested and qualified persons to serve in a variety of capacities including janitorial staff, gardeners, security and secretarialclerical. Most specifically, there is an immediate need to fill the two positions listed here. Custodians of Holy Places: A married couple is needed to assume the position of custodians of ‘one of the Holy Places. They should preferably be between the ages of 40 and 5S, in excellent health with no responsibilities or dependent children. The custodians of a Holy Place bear over-all responsibility for the housekeeping, maintenance and security of the building and its contents. Some of this work they carry out themselves; in other aspects they receive help from various departments of the World Center. The custodians are also responsible for welcoming pilgrims and visitors and for ensuring that they are properly cared for. From time to time they are asked to receive and provide refreshments for prominent visitors to the World Center. Such a couple should, therefore, be devoted Baha’is with high standards, able to cope with mundane work on the one hand, and, on the other, to interact with a variety

of visitors including tourists from many nations. They must be patient and flexible. Since the Holy Place cannot be left unattended, only a limited amount of free time is available. Baha’i administrative experience would be valuable, and the ability to consult and carry out committee decisions is essential. The couple must have valid passports from a country other than Iran. Housekeeper for Holy Places: A mature person (or, preferably, a married couple) is needed to undertake the skilled and careful cleaning work at the Holy Places. This includes both heavy-duty cleaning and the cleaning and care of delicate fixtures, furnishings and ornaments, many of which are historic objects of museum quality. Previous experience in cleaning — kinds of objects is necessary. 'y and the ability to work with a rary of people are also essential. A working knowledge of the English language is required for both positions. Those who are interested may contact the Department of Human Resources, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-8699039, for an application or further information.

THE DEPARTMENT of Human Resources at the Bahd’{ National Center is accepting applications for the following positions: Minority development cooordinator (National Teaching Committee): responsible for stimulating and developing all efforts related to minority teaching projects and issues in accordance with the Six Year Plan. Experience working with minority groups is essential. A college degree is preferred; some typing skills are necessary, and a willingness to learn computer skills is required. This person should be well-deepened in the principles of the Faith and possess some Bahd’{ administrative experience. Administrative consultant (Community Administration): responds to letters and phone calls from his/her assigned geographical area and prepares background data on personal status cases. Qualifications include a sharp and discriminating

World Center has number of positions

Bahá’ís are invited to offer their services to the Personnel Office at the Baha’i World Center in any of the positions listed below.

Bahá’ís who serve at the World Center have the privilege of access to the Holy Shrines and the bounty of associating with believers from more than 30 countries who form part of the World Center community.

Service at the World Center differs from that in the non-Baha’i

Bahá’ís whose qualifications do not suit the available positions. A basic knowledge of English is a requirement for most positions. Gardens, Janitorial, Security Includes gardens, gardens mechanic, professional gardening

staff, arborist, soil technologist/compost specialist, pest control epecally janitorial and security personnel.

Office Positions

Includes accountants/bookkeepers, investments, quality control, finance records analyst, assistants to the comptroller, administrative development office assistant, administrative assistant, Arabic/Persian/English research assistant, Persian research assistant, ‘Arabic/English translator, archives intern, reference assistant, conservation assistant, indexer, records analyst, reference librarian, executive secretaries, general office staff, typist/quality control, summer worker, statistician, storekeeper, purchasing assistant, computer programmers, Persian user assistants, mail analyst, mail messenger, custodians, pilgrimage guide, it operator, assistant cook. Technical Positions

Includes building monitor, works office manager, construction site supervisor, auto mechanic, metal worker, maintenance mechanics, electricians, handyman, carpet restorer, driver, store/warehouse assistant.

Those who are qualified and interested in applying for any of these positions should contact Karen Crenshaw, World Center staffing representative, Bahda’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039 for applications or further information.

mind, an eye for detail, an ability to ‘organize one’s work efficiently and to turn over a high volume of work on a timely basis. The position requires excellent typing skills, sound judgment, a strong understanding of the principle of confidentiality, a compassionate personality, psychological stability, a deep knowledge of the Baha’i teachings, and the ability to apply Bahd’{ principles to individual cases. Several years’ experience in local Baha’i administration would be beneficial; typing ability on a word processor or computer is helpful. Marketing manager (Baha’i Publishing Trust/Distribution Service): responsible for stimulating and inspiring the friends in their love for and use of the Creative Word and other Baha’(-related materials; planning and executing marketing activities; ordering all books and materials from other vendors; overseeing customer service activities; and taking part in discussions relating to the Publishing Trust’s publishing program. Must be thoroughly familiar with Baha’i literature, particularly the Creative Word, and have some Bahá’{ administrative experience. Administrative aide (Office of the Secretary): to provide administrative and clerical support to the executive assistant to the National Spiritual Assembly. A pleasant phone manner, typing of 55 wpm and strong oral and written communication skills are necessary, and word processing skills are desirable. This person must have or be willing to obtain a valid Illinois driver’s license. A solid knowledge of and respect for the Administrative Order and the institutions of the Faith is essential, as is some Baha’i administrative experience. Secretary (Persian/American Affairs Committee office): position calls for a well-organized, patient individual who can provide clerical support to the office and help for the Refugee Program coordinator. An excellent understanding of Persian etiquette and experience in daily living and communication with those of Persian background is necessary. Must be fluent in English, type at least 45 wpm and be able to work well under pressure. A knowledge of the principles and institutions of the Faith is required. Those who are interested in serving at the National Center are ‘encouraged to contact the Department of Human Resources, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or to phone 312-869-9039 for more information or an application.

NETWORK coordinator (National Youth Committee): responsible for the development and coordination of the Baha’i Youth Network including Bahd’{ College Clubs and Associations and local Youth Clubs and to ensure monthly publication of the ‘Youth Hotline.”” The position requires good letter writing and organizational skills, typing of at least 40 wpm, computer literacy or willingness to learn computer skills. Must also have a good understanding of the Bahd’{ Youth Movement and its role in America’s Spiritual Destiny. Contact the De it of Human Resources, Ba+ha’f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

PIONEERING (HOMEFRONT)

ALTAMONTE Springs (Orlando), Florida, has six adult Bahá’ís and would like to be able to form an Assembly. The area has good employment opportunities, and one of the Baha’is has two rooms to rent in her home. Please phone Antoinette Bianchi, 407-788-1503.

IF YOU would like to help form the first Assembly in Yreka, California, near the Oregon border (there are no Assemblies in all of Siskiyou County), please come now. The main industries are tourism, cattle ranching, and lumber. Chance for employment for teachers and other educators as well as those in the medical profession. Retired Bahá’ís would find this area a

paradise! Lovely national forests, waterfalls and snow-capped Mt. Shasta, The air and water are pure and pesticide-free. Hoping for three Bahá’í families and some single Bahá’ís. Write to Baha’i, P.O. Box 3, Dunsmuir, CA 96025, or phone Art Griggs, 916-842-9116, or Alice Lovejoy, 916235-4709.

ARE YOU looking for a real challenge? If so, there’s a pioneer post waiting for you in West Virginia, a state that has but three functioning Assemblies with a goal of six. Jobs are scarce, unless Bahd’u'lláh favors you with one, There are a couple of good colleges, and the general populace, while not entering the Faith in masses, is not hostile. Retired persons are especially needed in college towns that have a young Bahá’{ complement. For more information, phone Doug Boren, 304-429-7450.

PIONEERING (OVERSEAS)

NEPAL: seamstress, plant ecologist, rural sociologist, physical therapists, and silver design specialist. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

BRITISH Virgin Islands: environmental planning and management expert. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

INDIA: technical adviser needed for small artisan activities relating to commercial viability. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-8699039.

JOHNSTON Atoll: recreation specialist needed. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-8699039.

JAMAICA: civil engineers needed. For m-re information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

BAHAMAS: civil engineers needed. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

TAIWAN: the National Spiritual Assembly seeks an individual with experience to serve as National Public Relations Officer. Also, teachers of English are needed. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

HONDURAS: leather industry manager. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

NIGERIA: financial controller, monitoring and evaluation specialists, chief project engineer, and workshop

sought. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-8699039.

JAMAICA: resident psychiatric registrar. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

BURUNDI: electronic audio-visual specialist. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

SIERRA LEONE: radiologist, lecturer in data processing/computing. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

SCHOOLS

NUR UNIVERSITY in Bolivia needs your help. To find out how you can help this functioning Baha’i-run university, contact Steven Kozlow, university liaison officer,

Shelby, NC 28150, or phone 704-484-1697.

RIGHT NOW, undiscovered, there are many historical letters, documents, programs, course outlines,

, tape recordings, furniture, relics and the like relating to the Green Acre Baha'i School. They are in the hands of Baha’is as well as non-Bahd’{ relatives who are unaware of their significance. As Green Acre works on its restoration, it feels the need to embark on a “treasure hi to collect historical records of the school as well as personal accounts of experiences from those who have attended sessions at Green Acre. Our goals are to help in making an accuTate restoration, to produce a commemorative book, oe of the school, and we chives for future Baha’is before tee records slip through our fingers forever. Please share with us the information, pictures, etc. you may have stored in your attic or elsewhere, or let us know if you would like to volunteer to help collect information by drop fine: Green Acre Bahá’í

School, 03903, or phone 207-439-7200. We'll be happy to copy and return any original documents, photographs, cassettes and the like on request.

WANTED

PIONEER farming family and fellow farmers in Argentina are interested in contacting any persons or businesses interested in importing such things as dry and fresh fruits, raisins, nuts, olives, leather garments, woolen sweaters, sports garments, garlic and other vegetables, honey, agricultural equipment, ceramic tiles and more. Such a business venture would do much to help the economy of this area of the world. For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

WANTED: artists, craftsmen, quilters to take part in a Continental

pleted quilt or quilts will visit the community of each participant for exhibi block. For more information about how to become a part of the project, contact E. June Youle,

Valley City, ND 58072.

THE NATIONAL Baha’i Archives

tional Bahá’í Archives, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

BAHAV’IS in Staunton, Virginia, need copies of “Prophecy Fulfilled” or similar pamphlets on Christian prophecy for a series of newspaper articles. If you have extras, please contact Margaret Huffman, secretary, Baha’is of Staunton, P.O. Box 2682, Staunton, VA 24401.

BAFA (Bahd’{ Association for Arts), a European organization sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Netherlands, is seeking to enlarge its membership to promote its universal aims which include encouragement, communication, deepening, �[Page 19]

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education and coordination of arts activities among artists and others involved with the arts, as well as the development of a Baha’i view of the arts. Members will receive four newsletters and two issues of the new magazine Global Artlife each year. They are encouraged to send news or other submissions to BAFA’s editorial office, c/o Helen Kontos, P.O. Box 17031, $4210 Thessaloniki, Greece. To become a member of BAFA, please send $25 to Anneke Buys, secretary,

The

Netherlands.

THE SPIRITUAL Assembly of Kelso, Washington, is looking for ideas based on principles from the Bahá’í writings to produce quality programs on “‘the most challenging issue.”” The programs would be an integral part of ongoing Bahá’ classes from nursery through 18 years. Do you have ideas on how to teach the unity of the black and white races? Is there something you have done to teach the topic successfully? Please share your thoughts and ideas by writing to the Spiritual Assembly of Kelso, c/o Barbara Haluapo, secretary, P.O. Box 456, Kelso, WA 98626.

THE BAHA’IS of Salt Lake, Utah, are forming a small choir and would like to sing songs written by Bahá’ís that reflect the ideals of the Faith. If you have written a song that they might use, please send the arrangement or a cassette tape of the music to the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Salt Lake County, P.O. Box 7775, Salt Lake City, UT 84107.

BAHA’S involved in educating children at home or in apprenticeshiptype arrangements, please contact Charlene Winger-Bearskin,

Holcomb, NY 14469, by postcard, or phone 716-657-7057. I am compiling interviews for a book on home schooling and would like to include Baha’i families.

WANTED: ad slicks, print ads, samples, radio and TV PSAs developed and/or used by other communities. Send to Baha’i Office of Public Affairs of the Greater Houston Area, c/o Jackie Cone,

Houston, TX 77081, or phone 713-667-2176.

MISCELLANEOUS

YOU'RE invited to ‘‘Star Search,” a pre-District Convention campout October 1 in Lakeport, California, where they make teaching a party! Included will be a watermelon feed, recreational activities, children’s fun, live entertainment, and a sing-along campfire. Great opportunity for teaching, rest and relaxation. Those interested in taking part in entertainment—we need you. For information, phone Rick Green, 707-263-1295 or 707-2631005.

LISA Alter, born June 1962, wishes to contact her mother, last name also Alter, who lived in New York at the

Texas youth honored as salutatorian of her high school class

Venous Ghaemmaghami Sahba, a Baha’i youth from Pasadena, Texas, was salutatorian of this year’s graduating class at Sam Rayburn High School.

Venous was a member of the National Honor Society, secretary of the Society for the Study of Contemporary Issues, and a member of the Society of Distinguished American High School Students.

She plans to study pharmacy at the University of How ston.

time of Lisa’s birth, Any information greatly needed and appreciated. Write to P.O. Box 340, New York, NY 10009.

WE EXTEND an invitation to all who have lived in or visited North Dakota to attend the state’s Centennial Gathering of Baha’is and Friends, to be held July 1-4, 1989, at the lovely International Peace Gardens. An excellent program awaits you. For information, contact Marian Kedrie, secretary, North Dakota Baha’i Centennial Committee, Fargo, ND 58103, or phone 701-235-3725.

THE NATIONAL Spiritual Assembly of Hawaii asks that any Baha’i who plans to marry in Hawaii contact the National Assembly well in advance so that proper arrangements can be made.

THE NATIONAL Baha’i Archives has developed a mailing list of those who would like to receive copies of its duplicate book auction catalogs. The Archives hopes to have 2-3 auctions of duplicate books each year. If you would like to be placed on the mailing list, send your name and Baha’i I.D. number to the National Baha’i Archives, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

Arise!

The Bloomington, Indiana, Herald-Telephone published two front-page articles about the International Youth Conference held in July at Indiana University.

One of the articles previewed the conference and included excerpts from an interview with a representative of the Spiritual Assembly of Bloomington and statements about how the city had become involved in preparing for the event.

The other article included a full color photograph of children busy with a project in the children’s classes, a summary of the Faith, and goals of the conference. An additional article was published about the proclamation of ‘‘Baha’i Week’”’ in Bloomington by the mayor.

The Indiana Daily Student published an editorial, by a member

News from the Network

Baha’is from Florida to New Mexico make news with wide variety of activities

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PUBLIC INFORMATION

Pensacola, Florida—The Pensacola Voice published a letter to teaders and the editor from Lynda Couture, a Bahd’{ who has written a regular column for the newspaper for three and one-half years. She was invited to write the weekly column about the Baha’ Faith because of the relationship the Baha’i community had developed with the paper as a result of a Race Unity Day event.

Mrs. Couture thanked the newspaper staff for encouraging her to start the column, as she had not thought of herself as a writer. Her column, ‘‘A New Reality,”’ is now published by several newspapers in the South.

Alamosa, Colorado—The Valley Courier published an article titled ‘‘What is the Baha’i Faith?” by the Baha’is of the San Luis Valley. The article stated that many people have been introduced to the Faith through news of the persecution of Baha’is in Iran, and that some have been confused by the relationship of the Faith to Islam.

The Baha’is explained that the relationship between Islam and the Faith is similar to the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, and that all great religions have brought the same truth.

Dover, Delaware—The State News published an article about the newly formed Spiritual Assembly of Dover which included a photograph of Assembly members, information about the local Baha’i community and a background summary of the Faith.

Carlsbad, New Mexico—The Current-Argus published a commentary titled ‘‘The Common Source of All Religions’? which was submitted by the Spiritual Assembly of Carlsbad. In it, the Baha’fis explained the ‘common source’? by drawing an analogy

between newly elected public officials, who bring new ways of doing things to their job but do not change the basic laws of the land as they make reforms, and progressive revelation.

On the same page was an article about two young residents of Carlsbad who had attended the International Youth Conference in Bloomington, Indiana.

The article included statistics for the Faith worldwide, an explanation of “The Promise of World Peace,”’ and a summary of recent testimony by the National Spiritual Assembly before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations concerning the persecution of Baha’ is in Iran.

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Youth Conference, service project receive splendid coverage from media in Indiana

of its Opinion Board, which praised the Faith and its ideals.

The writer stated that “‘we could learn from the Baha’is and help to strive for unity and, ultimately, for peace.””

Before the Youth Conference, the Daily Student published two articles which summarized the Faith, previewed the conference, and included quotes from an interview with a representative of the Spiritual Assembly of Bloomington.

Meanwhile, the Spiritual Assembly of Mishawaka, Indiana, conducted a three-part teaching project in conjunction with the Youth Conference, July 5-10. Included was a Baha’i Youth Week of Service and a peace vigil.

Seventeen youth from diverse backgrounds went to Mishawaka for the Week of Service. They worked one day at the zoo, one day at a shelter and soup kitchen for transients, three days with the parks department, and one day at a senior citizens center.

Tasks included picking up litter; cleaning bathrooms, walls and windows; and clearing brush and cutting trees. The director of each organization was presented a copy of ‘The Promise of World Peace.””

The South Bend Tribune published an article and photograph about the project and its young participants. The Mishawaka Enterprise published a photograph on the front page and an article and photograph about the Week of Service in its religion section.

The peace vigil consisted of meetings, prayers and devotions. An all-night prayer vigil was held in shifts in Baha’i homes.

To demonstrate the interna tional nature of the Faith, the Spiritual Assembly of Mishawaka invited two youth from other parts of the world to take part in the service project and to appear in television interviews. Contacts with three network-affiliated channels resulted in three interviews.

One interview was a four-min

ute live community information spot on a noon news program. The interviewer was given a copy of “The Promise of World Peace”’ and later asked for more information.

The second interview, a halfhour show which was aired twice during the weekend, included the Baha’i youths’ attitudes toward the future and their daily struggles and a discussion of the concepts in “The Promise of World Peace.”

The third and final interview was a 15-minute spot about the Youth Conference, the Week of Service and St. Lucia Island (the home of the youth who was interviewed). It was broadcast on a weekday morning show.

Since the project the Baha’is have received several positive comments from neighbors, friends, co-workers and relatives in the area, many of whom were impressed with the high caliber of the Baha’i youth and the clear vision and high expectation which they hold for the future.

Area peace groups have expressed interest in developing a relationship with the Baha’is. Excellent relationships have already been established with local newspapers, radio and TV station:

Lectures on Covenant to continue in N.Y.C.

The series of lectures on the Covenant begun in September at the Baha’i Center in New York City is to continue through Febtuary with the list of speakers and topics as follows:

October 8, Dr. Robert C. Henderson (The Divine Plan for America).

November 19, Counselor William Roberts (The Covenant and the Individual).

December 10, Mrs. Mildred Mottahedeh (Remembering Shoghi Effendi).

January 14, Mrs. Mary Kay Radpour (The Covenant, Christ and Baha’u’llah).

February 25, Dr. Roy Jones (This Matter of Race ... A Baha’i View).

by Eric Bowes.

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Grandes éxitos logrados en Juarez con Conferencia

La reciente experiencia de la Conferencia Internacional de Juventud en Judrex, México, hizo relucir de nuevo la riqueza de la cultural mexicana, el calor de sus gentes, y los esfuerzos dedicados en el campo de la ensefianza para el avance de la Causa.

Muchos baha’is americanos recordaron nuestra comunidad vecina, la cual ofrece una rica diversidad en su cultura y una gran oportunidad para participar con nuestros hermanos hispanos en esparcir el Mensaje.

La Conferencia Internacional de Juventud, llevada a cabo en Juarez de julio 21 al 24 de 1988 fue un éxito.

Esta Conferencia atrajo un grupo diverso de personas de los Estados Unidos, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, y Nueva Zelandia.

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Una agrupacién de gentes internacionales caus6 una sensacién en los medios noticios mexicanos, los cuales reaccionarion con entusiastos reportes de las diferentes actividades baha’is generadas por la Conferencia y resultando en reportes diarios sobre la Fe Baha’i y las persecuciones de los baha’fs en Iran en cuatro de los periddicos principales en Juarez.

También hubo entrevistas de radio, y varias presentaciones de mas de media hora cada una en dos programas principales de television.

Los baha’{s también hicieron un esfuerzo especial para invitar dignatarios gubernamentales, y otras organizaciones para las sesiones

cuales ofrecieron entretenimiento y charlas sobre los principios de la Fe.

Prominentes personas de las Oficinas de Turismo y de Aduana y también de la prensa se unieron en estas noches sociales con los baha’is.

Entre los charlistas presentes en

viembre de 1988.

9039, extensién 220.

Escuelas ofrecen fin de semana hispano

La Escuela Baha’i Green Acre en Maine durante el fin de semana del 21 al 23 de octubre de 1988 auspiciara un fin de semana dedicado unicamente a la ensefianza hispana y a la integracién de los creyentes hispanos al resto de la comunidad americana.

También la Escuela Bahd’{ Louhelen en Michigan estar4 auspiciando un fin de semana hispano del 23 al 25 de septiembre de 1988 y la Escuela Baha’i Bosch en California del 18 al 20 de no Para mds informacién, por favor de llamar directamente a las Escuelas Baha’is o al Comité Nacional de Ensefianza al 312-869

En la foto se encuentran Ricky Martinez (Puerto Rico), Ali Benzdn (Republica Dominicana), Steve Gonzdles (Michigan), y

‘Shahrokh Bahador (México) presentdndole el Mensaje de la Pro mesa de la Paz Mundial al Juez Isidore Torres de Michigan.

la Conferencia estaban: el Dr. Arturo Serrano y el Dr. Hidayatu’lah Ahmadiyyih, miembros del Cuerpo Continental de Consejeros para las Américas; la Sra. Carmen de Burafato y el Sr. Ratl Gémez, miembros de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de México; el Sr. Jack McCants, miembro de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Estados Unidos; y jévenes representantes de otros paises.

Proyectos de ensefianza en tres areas principales siguieron la Conferencia. Mads de cien jévenes y adultos se quedaron por lo menos una semana para apoyar los proyectos gemelos de ensefianza (ocurriendo simultaneamente en los Estados Unidos y México) en Caléxico/Mexicali, El Paso/Juarez, y en Reynosa.

EI plan sencillo semanal para la ensefianza comenzaba diariamente con oraciones temprano en la mafiana, entonces ir a ensefiar, y luego invitar la gente para charlas en las noches.

Los mexicanos son muy receptivos al Mensaje y el ensefiar juntos, los hispanos y americanos, le impresioné ain mas a ellos la singularidad del Mensaje.

Este tipo de ensefianza unida dio muy buenos resultados.

Los resultados fueron de que més de 15 no-Baha’is asistieron a las reuniones por las noches y demonstraron gran interés en los principios de la Fe y en la paz mundial.

En la dltima reunién hubo més de 30 no-bahd’is. Los resultados fueron obvios; mas de 15 declaraciones en el area de Juarez, y mas

Ahora disponible cursos para consolidacion

Esta ahora disponible los ‘‘Cursos de Ensefianza’’ preparados por el Comité Nacional de Ensefianza de México para ser usados principalmente en la consolidacién de los creyentes baha’is.

El curso contiene 15 lecciones en total que cubren los siguientes temas: El propésito de nuestra vida; El amor a Dios; Breve historia de la Fe; Algunas ensefianzas baha’is; La administracién baha’i; La Fiesta de 19 Dias; La Asamblea Espiritual Nacional; La Casa Universal de Justicia; Leyes y obligaciones.

Los ‘‘Cursos de Ensefianza’’ se pueden obtener enviando $2 al Comité Nacional de Ensefianza, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, o llamando al 312-869-9039, extensién 220.

Varios jévenes estuvieron recogiendo basura por los alrededores del lugar en dénde se tuvo la Con Algunos de los participantes que asistieron a la Conferencia Inter de 40 declaraciones en una semana en diferentes partes de la frontera.

Fue muy evidente que después de la experiencia de participar en la Conferencia Internacional de Juventud en Judrez, México, y compartir con nuestros hermanos mexicanos en la ensefianza de la Causa en la area de la frontera de México y los Estados Unidos esta madura la oportunidad de entrada por tropas.

México—una cultura tan rica en

Ferencia Internacional de Juventud en Judrez, México, como un servicio a la comunidad de Judrez.

nacional de Juventud en Judrez, México.

diversidad y el calor de su gente ayuda a comprender que a través de esfuerzos integrados y de colaboraci6n podemos superarnos por encima de barreras y mover nuestros espiritus (y esfuerzos materiales) hacia esfuerzos mayores de trabajo unido.

Fue en este espiritu que la Conferencia Internacional de Juventud en Judrez se dirigid y de la cual todos debieramos de mover hacia delante con mayor {mpetu.

Participen en Conferencia en San Fernando

Hispano—no te pierdas la Cuarta Conferencia Anual de los baha’is de habla castellano que tendrd lugar del 7 al 9 de octubre de 1988 en el Centro Local de San Fernando, California.

Esta conferencia es tu oportunidad para conocer otros bahda’is latinos y compartir con ellos tus inquietudes y experiencias en la ensefianza de la Causa de Baha’u’ll4h.

La conferencia enfocard en la

consolidacién de los creyentes y las comunidades baha’is y contara con la presencia de los Consejeros el Dr. Arturo Serrano, la Sra. Isabel Pavén de Calderén, el Sr. Eloy Anello, miembros de la Asamblea Nacional de México y con muchos bahda’is de México.

Si desea mas informacién, por favor comuniquese con el Centro Local de San Fernando al 818361-6931 o llame al Comité Nacional de Ensefianza al 312-8699039, extensién 220.

Varios jovenes internacionales visitan baha’is hispanos durante

Muchos jévenes bahd’is de diferentes partes del mundo fueron invitados a la Conferencia Internacional de Juventud en Bloomington, Indiana, a visitar la comunidad americana baha’i y a ayudar con los esfuerzos de la ensefianza hispana en los Estados Unidos durante el verano.

La mayoria de estos jévenes, quienes vinieron a los Estados Unidos por primera vez, procedian de Costa Rica, la Republica Dominicana, Guyana, México, Panamé, Puerto Rico, Tobago y Trinidad.

Ali Benzan de 17 aiios de la Republica Dominicana; Shahrokh Bahador de 19 afios de México; y

Ricky Martinez y Nabil Osorio de 21 afios, ambos de Puerto Rico, vinieron no solamente como charlistas a la Conferencia Internacional de Juventud, dirigiéndose a la juventud americana baha’{ con un mensaje de la juventud de latinoamérica, sino que también para ayudar con los esfuerzos de la ensefianza hispana en el area mayor de Detroit, Michigan, y en el Valle de Salinas, California— dos areas de gran importancia en el trabajo de la ensefianza, pero Jas cuales han recibido muy poca atencién de las comunidades nacionales y de los baha’fs.

Ali, Shahrokh, Nabil y Ricky inmediatamente reconocieron la

necesidad de colaborar en la consolidacién de estas comunidades hispanas.

Dedicados en sus esfuerzos por servir la Fe, constantemente leyendo el mensaje de Ridvan de 1988 como una fuente de entendimiento y guia, y memorizando selecciones del mensaje de la Paz Mundial, Ali Benzén, Shahrokh Bahador y Ricky Martinez fueron a Michigan a consolidar algunas de las comunidades en donde residen creyentes hispanos, a presentar el mensaje de Paz Mundial a dignitarios del gobierno y corporaciones caritativas.

Ellos también recibieron una calurosa bienvenida en una reu nién en Detroit de més de 60 baha’is quienes estaban conmemorando el martirio del Bab y quienes fueron a la actividad para conocer a los maestros viajeros.

Nabil Osorio también acompafio a Ricky Martinez al Valle de Salinas. Esta es una area muy vasta, en dénde viven un gran numero de creyentes ensefiados en masa.

Ellos consultaron con el Comité de Ensefianza de Distrito y con la familia Dragna, Sergio Montenegro, y dofia Carmen Cruz (quién fue delegada del Valle de Salinas a esta pasada Convencién Nacional) corcerniente a visitar.a los bahd’is, ensefiar la Fe a través

el verano

de la radio, el periddico, y hacer presentaciones de la Promesa de la Paz Mundial, ensefiar que la comunidad baha’i es vista como una que promueve paz mundial y unidad.

El mensaje y las intenciones que estos jévenes baha’{s, quienes vinieron de otros paises a la comunidad bahd’i americana, era muy claro.

“‘Debemos dejar todos nuestras preocupaciones menores a un lado y ensefiar. Estudien el mensaje de Ridvan de la Casa Universal de Justicia y la Promesa de la Paz Mundial, y remuevan todos los obstaculos que impiden al hombre de establecer el Reino de Dios en la tierra.” �[Page 21]ws? ee ole S

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News in brief

Baha’is in forefront in school’s ‘Peace Day’ observance

Baha’is were in the forefront in June when Woodcock Valley Elementary School in McConnellstown, Pennsylvania, held a daylong “‘Peace Day’’ observance.

Included were classes on a variety of peace-related themes and

Curtis C. Wynne, secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Carlsbad, New Mexico, has been named managing editor of the city’s only daily newspaper, the Current from 1969-73 and as a mine and safety engineer from 1973-87 beSore rejoining the Current-Argus last year, will be responsible for the paper’s editorial content. Since becoming a Bahá’í eight years ago, Mr. Wynne has served on the District Teaching Committee and edited the district newsletter and a local bulletin.

“homework” assignment in which the children were asked to “‘write or draw what you thought was the most important thing or things you learned about peace today.”

The idea for ‘‘Peace Day’’ was advanced by Debra Kirchhof-Glazier, a Baha’i who teaches at nearby Juniata College and whose seven-year-old daughter, Brynda, attends the Woodcock Valley school.

To carry it out, she was helped by Baha’is George and Barb Mark of Huntingdon and John Brown of Fairfax, Virginia.

. Kathy Brown, a Baha’i youth from Cleveland, Ohio, gave the commencement address for the 1988 graduating class at Cleveland’s John Adams High School. She also presented the Welcome and Introduction speech for the Career Beginnings Program recognition ceremony on June 21.

Miss Brown is presently attending Miami University in Athens, Ohio.

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“A North American Assisi: Learning to Live Together,” a conference sponsored by the North American Inter-Faith Network, will be held October 20-November 1 in Wichita, Kansas.

The conference will bring together representatives of a dozen religions from Canada and the U.S. to discuss the religious community, peace, justice and the environment.

Judge James F. Nelson, vice chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly, will be the official Baha’i representative and will take part in a panel discussion on ‘‘The Religious Community and Justice.’”

Other speakers will include Dr. Victor Goldbloom, president of the International Council of Christians and Jews; Dr. Diane Eck of Harvard University; Dr. Beatrice Medicine, an American Indian; and Bishop Yamaoka of the Buddhist Church of America.

For more information about the conference, phone Linda Tedder, 316-838-9125, evenings or weekends.

. Some 350 people representing a variety of religions attended the recent 24th annual Interfaith Luncheon in Petaluma, California.

The program theme was ‘‘Circle of My Reach.””

Two Bahda’is, Sandy Evanger and Melissa Schmidt, were active in supporting the effort.

Father George Benigsen, a retired Russian Orthodox priest, spoke on the history of Christianity in the Soviet Union while tributes to their faiths were given by a Christian Scientist, a Jew, a Buddhist, and a Baha’i.

The program ended with Israeli and Yiddish folk songs performed with guitar accompaniment by a rabbi.

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Baha’is in Kansas have joined forces to buy a terrace on Mount Carmel to help complete the Arc.

Guardian's letters.

Wilmette, IL 60091 Phone: 312-869-9039

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" Were you or your family blessed by receiving a letter from the Guardian? Do you know someone who was?

- The Universal House of Justice refers to the writings of the Guardian

when preparing legislation and consulting on matters relating to the progress of the Baha’i Faith.

- The Baha’i World Centre Archives maintains a collection of the

THE GUARDIAN WROTE AT LEAST 21,000 LETTERS TO INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS, GROUPS AND BAHA'I INSTITUTIONS IN THE WEST, BUT ONLY 11,014 OF THEM ARE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE BAHA'I WORLD CENTRE.

If you, your family, friends or Local Spiritual Assembly have any originals or photocopies of letters of the Guardian, please send them to the National Baha’i Archives Committee for forwarding to Haifa. Or send them yourself, by registered mail, to the Archives Office at the Baha’i World Centre.

If you wish to retain the originals, they will be returned to you after the necessary copies have been made for the Archives. If you wish to donate the originals, to be kept in your name in the International Baha’i we will send you photocopies of them in return.

BAHA'T WORLD CENTRE ARCHIVES OFFICE

Archives Office

Baha'i World Centre P.O." Box 155 31 001 Haifa,

Israel

Archives,

Mayor Jesse Perez of Orange, California, accepts a bronze plaque JSrom Leslie Baskett, representing the Spiritual Assembly of Orange, to complete a long-term project by the Bahá’ís to build a nine-sided bench in Hart Park for the city’s. centennial celebration. The bench, which surrounds a tree, is dedicated as a place to meditate and pray for world peace. The plaque, which was presented on June 11, bears the quotation,

The Dodge City community wrote to the Universal House of Justice about the idea and asked for information about the cost of a terrace.

The House of Justice replied that they were pleased and excited about the project but did not know at this time the exact cost of a terrace.

Therefore, the goal was set to raise $10,000 by Ridvan 1989. The slogan chosen for the campaign is “Stop Soul Erosion, Terrace Mount Carmel.’”

As of August 1, the Baha’is in Kansas had contributed about $1,900 to the Terrace Fund.

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The annual South Carolina Baha’i summer school was held August 11-14 at the Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute near Hemingway.

The theme of this year’s event was ‘‘We Are Champion-Builders of Bahá’u’lláh’s World Order.””

Among the classes were:

Women: Releasing Their

Power (Alonzo Nesmith Jr., National Committee on Women).

‘This handful of dust, the earth, is but one country, let it be in

plaque,

glowingly of the Bahá’ís and their service to humanity, recalling the human rights award he had been given some 15 years before and which he said occupies a central place in his office, acting as a reminder of the service he must give to his city.

There were many activities for youth, and children’s classes coordinated by Alexandria Gore.

Jamaica needs traveling teachers for 2 to 3 months

Jamaica needs traveling teachers who can stay at least two to three months to help with the teaching work there.

The population is multi-racial, consisting of people of African, European, East Indian and Chinese origin. The majority are Christian, so some knowledge of the Bible and Christianity would be helpful.

The National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica would prefer that the teachers be at least 18 years old, as a degree of maturity is needed to be effective in the teaching work.

If you are interested in teaching in a diverse Caribbean community, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

American Indian Teaching Act August/September, 1988

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The Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette plays a vital role in the spiritual life of the North American community and in the efforts of the believers to take the healing message of Baha’u’ll4h to

following quotation from a letter of the Guardian

to the Baha’is of North America, dated October 25, 1929, exPlains the unique position of the Mashriqu’l-Adkhdr: the conception of Baha’i worship, as witnessed in the central edifice of this exalted Temple, it cannot be regarded as the sole, nor even the essential factor in the part which the Mashriqu’|Adhkár, as designed by Baha’u’ lah, is destined to play in the organic life of the Baha'i community.

“Divorced from the social, humanitarian, educational and scientific pursuits centering around the Dependencies of the Mash riqu’l-Adhkár, Baha’i worship, however exalted in its conception, however passionate in its fervor, cam never hope to achieve beyond the meager and often transitory results produced by the contemplations of the ascetic or the communion of the passive wor lasting satisfaction and benefit to the wor service to the cause of humanity which is the supreme privilege of the Dependencies of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár to facilitate and pro “‘Nor will the exertions, no matter how disinterested and strenuous, of those who within the precincts of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár jini the affairs of the future Baha’i

in and radiating from the central Shrine of the Mashriqu’l “Nothing short of direct and constant interaction between the spiritual forces emanating from this House of Worship centering in the heart of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, and the energies consciously displayed by those who administer its affairs in the service of humanity can possibly provide the necessary agency capable of removing the ills that have so long and so grievously afflicted humanity. For it is assuredly upon efficacy of the Revelation of Baha’u’llh, reinforced on one hand by spiritual communion with His Spirit, and on the other by the intelligent application and the faithful execution of the principles and laws He revealed, that the salvation of a world in travail must

“‘And of all the institutions that stand associated with His Holy Name, surely none save the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár can most adequately provide the essentials of Baha’i worship and service, both so vital to the regeneration of the world.

“Therein lies the secret of the loftiness, of the potency, of the unique position of the Mashriqu’lLAdhkár as one of the outstand‘ing institutions conceived by Baha’u’ll4h.””

Spiritual agencies centering

the consciousness of the

UN

from page 13

(Q: How does the representative keep the Bahd’{ community informed about UN affairs?

A: Information is communicated in several ways: through Baha’i publications (Bahá’í News, The American Bahá’í, “Youth Hotline,” etc.); in response to requests received at the Bahai U.S./UN Office (866 UN Plaza, ‘Suite 120, New York, NY 10017; telephone 212-751-1282); by send‘ing a speaker to talk at seminars,

Bahá’í schools and workshops; and by special mailings to Baha’i communities.

Also, information about Baha’i work at the UN is always included im editions of The Bahá’í World.

Q: Are Bahá’ís welcome to visit the U.S./UN offices when they come to New York?

A: Yes, Baha'is are welcome to

plex, which is only a half a block away, cam be an attractive addition to one’s visit to New York.

Bahda’is help celebrate Ukrainian Millennium

Bahda’is were invited to take part July 16 in a celebration of the ‘Ukrainian Millennium in Hudson, New York.

mation was distributed to the fes A copy of the peace statement was presented to the Right Rev. John Kulish, the local leader of the Ukrainian Church in the U.S., and the Baha'i ““Prayer for America” was read to the congregation.

Baha'is taking part in the festival were from Albany, Kingston and Taghkanic, New York, and Springfield and Windsor, Massachusetts_

second Special Visit Program a

The second Special Visit Program of the year to the Baha’i House of Worship was held July 28-31.

The Special Visit Programs began in the early 1970s, the family Special Visit Programs in 1980.

The programs are designed to refresh and gladden the spirit at the Mother Temple of the West and to provide insight into the functioning of the House of Worship Activities Office and other offices at the Bahd’{ National Center.

The emphasis is on the significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár for the individual believer and to

rolled Bahá’ís only) on a firstcome, first-served basis. A closer relationship is possible among visitors when groups are small.

The following comments from attendees at the recent Special Visit Program point out the unique quality of these visits:

ther develops our Baha’i ae

Through visiting all offices (at the National Center) it helped me to

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House of Worship hosts year’s

Pictured with House of Worship staff member Lee Olson (far right) are Bahá’ís who took part July 28-31 in this year’s second Special Visit Program to the Mother Tem understand and to feel the importance of the individuals and show me that I am special (me!) to all here at the National Center.”” “This is my first visit, and I don’t want to leave. I have a hollow feeling knowing I must go. The House of Worship is heaven. I will be back. I can’t describe how I feel, except to say that I am

ple of the West in Wilmette, Illinois. Another program is tentatively scheduled for November 10-13.

leaving with a beautiful spiritual feeling.”

“This was my first visit to the House of Worship. It will not be my last. It would take a book to

write everything about the. program. I am leaving here with an

.. and prepares to hold another in November

Plans are being made for an additional Special Visit Program to the Baha’i House of Worship on November 10-13.

These plans are conditional on the response of the Baha’i community.

A registration form and information follows. We encourage you to consider the spiritual bounties for the teaching efforts and for your personal relationship with the Mother Temple that can result from a special visit to the House of Worship.

Since registration is limited, it is important that those who register let us know if their plans change. This is a courtesy to those on the waiting list who might otherwise

miss the chance to attend.

The program begins Thursday evening with a devotional service in the Auditorium, @ program in

On Friday morning, the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly addresses the visitors. After lunch there is a tour of the offices at the House of Worship, the Baha’i Publishing Trust, the Baha’i Home, and the National Center.

Saturday morning includes tours of the House of Worship and the National Archives.

The afternoon is left open; however, visitors are encouraged to guide at the House of Worship.

‘Saturday evening includes talks and discussions about several aspects of the growth of the Baha’i

of the House of Worship.

To end the day there is a visit to the bookstore, lunch, and afternoon devotions in the Auditorium.

It is not possible to express in words the bounties of participation in devotions at the Temple. Join us in November and see for yourself what makes the Special Visits so special.

Baha’i House of Worship Special Visit Program

November 10-13, 1988 Registration Form

Housing rates per night at Evanston Holiday Inn (near public transportation to Wilmette)

Single (1 person)... . .855.00

Double (2 persons). . . . .$65.00

We will make your reservations; however, you will handie all financial arrangements with the hotel. There will be a $5.00 per person registration fee to help defray expenses of the program. Please make checks payable to

the Baha’i Services Fund.

Limited low-cost housing is available at Kendall College in Evanston. Double occupancy, shared bath, $17.00 per person per night. A $20.00 deposit is required with registration.

Name

Address

City

Telephone(Area Code)

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List additional names of children here: (Give ages of children) This will not be a family program. You will be responsible for your children.

Return to Special Visit Program:

Baha’i House of Worship Activities Office,

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Council

from page 1 “Teaching the Faith,” said Mr.

Spirit the horse of the lower spirit.’”

Other Babd’t guests taking part in the Council included Lauretta King, a Tlingit from Alaska who is a Counselor member of the International Teaching Center in Haifa, Le the Americas: Jacqueline Delahunt, a member of the Lakota tribe; Ruth Pringle, William Roberts and Fred Schechter.

National Spiritual Assemblies represented were those of the U.S. (by Alberta Deas; Robert Henderson; Chester Kahn, a Navajo from Arizona; Dorothy Nelson and James Nelson); Alaska (by Eugene King, a Tlingit elder, and Walter Austin); Canada (by Louise Leblanc of the Tlingit/Tutchone tribes); and Mexico (by Carmen de Burafato).

They were joined by two Auxiljary Board members, Stephen Birkland and Kevin Locke, a member of the Standing Rock Lakota tribe.

Several traditional native leaders, both men and women, also were er to lend their guidance and pray

oThis fiat tivo days of ths Gunes. cil were spent in fellowship as the friends set up their campsites and watched the ‘‘big top”’ go up for the Council circle. The next three days were devoted to consulta

Above: Louise Leblanc, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada. Below: Some of the children ‘draw’ their own conclusions.

The consensus of consultation was, as indicated in a message sent to the Universal House of Justice, that although they gratefully acknowledge the help of non-Indian homefront pioneers and traveling teachers, the Indian Baha’is feel ready to assume a greater responsibility in spreading the Message of Baha’u’ll4h among their people, moving steadily forward in a spirit of unity to fulfill their-destiny as set forth by ‘Abdu’!-Baha in the Tablets of the Divine Plan.

To open the Council, Mr. Locke described the vision of the great chief Tatanka Iyotake, Sitting Bull, who understood and articulated the spiritual power inherent in the Indian people.

Around 1890 Sitting Bull called a gathering of tribes to consult about the spiritual health and survival of native peoples, saying to them, “‘Let us put our hearts together and see what future we can make for our children.”

Before the mecting could be held, however, Sitting Bull was killed by government police who feared an Indian uprising.

As consultation at this latest Council began it was pointed out that this “‘circle of tribes’ had come together “‘to bring unity not only to our tribes, but to all humankind.”

A call for pledges, aaa the readiness of Indian believers to “shed illumination upon the world,”’ resulted in almost 100 pledges from non-Baha’is as well as the Baha’i participants.

A number of discussion groups were held to focus consultation on particular areas of interest:

Arlene Trouse, a member of

the Lummi/Coast Sahsh tribe from Bellingham, Washington, and Woody Blackcloud, a Hunkpapa/Lakota from Little Eagle, South Dakota, led a discussion on the goals of the Six Year Plan and the readiness of the Indian Baha’ is to bring the Faith to their people.

Mary Jane Litchard, an Eskimo now living in Mobridge, South Dakota, led a group discussion on the role of women as peacemakers.

Atwell Seward, a Cherokee

from Vermillion, South Dakota, and Dalen Corazon from Forest Park, Illinois, conducted a workshop on family life.

John Robinson of Redmond,

Washington, facilitated a group discussion on race unity.

Above: A tipi (foreground) and Below: Drumming by the Running Eagle, South Dakota. the main tent with striped top. Antelope Singers from Little

“Peacemaking from Within.””

The Counselors and members of National Spiritual Assemblies were asked to address the Council, and each offered the love and support of the institutions of the Faith to help bring into being the spiritual destiny of the American Indians.

Another moving speech was made by 10-year-old Demarus Teruk, an Eskimo Baha’i from Mobridge who was trained in public speaking by Gayle Woolson of Evanston, Illinois.

The members of the U.S. National Assembly hosted a reception for the Tribal Council chairman and Councils of North and South Dakota and also met with the Cheyenne River Tribal Council and the Looking Horse family which keeps the original sacred pipe of the Lakota.

Following the Council, the National Assembly held its regular monthly meeting in Mobridge.

Among a contingent of 50 Navajo Baha’is from Arizona who came to the Council were the Pine Spring Singers, a group of young boys who played drums and sang, encouraging everyone to dance, and a group of young girls in traditional Navajo dress who circulated through the audience, greeting the guests and offering them pieces of candy.

Some of the older Navajo women also wore lovely traditional

Continued on page 29

Above: Children on an aa River. Below: Preparing the final

evening’s delicious meal of stew, logical walk along the Missouri fry bread and choke cherry pud ding.

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dresses of buckskin.

The gathering also enjoyed pow-wow style dancing to the drums of the Running Antelope Singers, fiddle playing by Riel Aubuchon from British Columbia, Canada, Eskimo drumming by Jens Lyberth from the Northwest Territories, and a traditional Hawaiian dance by Norman Ing.

A Wopila, or ceremony of thanksgiving, was held to offer thanks for the Revelation of Baha’u’ lah.

A tribute of honor was paid to those who had passed on, while a naming ceremony was held for two children who were receiving their Indian names.

The families of the children gave presents to friends in honor of their children, and a general gift-giving ceremony was held at which others offered presents to thank or to welcome one another.

Four “‘tipis’’ were set up next to the larger Council tent, the first and largest of which was used to house the children’s classes.

The children, Indian and nonIndian, Baha’i and non-Baha’i, learned Bahd’{ songs from many Indian cultures and took part in an archaeological walk along the banks of the nearby Missouri River to study the remains of two

Hooper Dunbar, a member of the Universal House of Justice, uses the ‘talking stick’ to take his turn addressing the Continental Indigenous Counc!

Justice Society names officers for 1988-89 at first meeting in July

At its first Board meeting July 30 in Wilmette, Illinois, the Baha’i Justice Society elected the following officers:

Chairman, Linda Khadem; vicechairman, Juana Conrad; corresponding secretary, Ted Amsden; recording secretary, Steven Gonzales; treasurer, Yvor Stoakley.

Membership applications and other correspondence should be addressed to: Baha’i Justice Society, Ted Amsden, corresponding

. Detroit, MI 48243 (phone 313-568-6554).

ancient Indian villages.

An audio-visual program about ancient Arikara Indian settlements in the Missouri River area was shown at an amphitheatre in the campground.

In the second tipi, an Intensive Study Institute for youth was held using as its text the ‘‘Word of God’’ booklet.

The other two tipis were set up for personal prayer and for registration. Fires were kept burning in two of the tipis, as temperatures during the week ranged from hot to quite chilly.

A fifth tipi, in a design created for the Council by Woody Black Cloud of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was painted and set up by a group of pre-youth.

On the final evening of the Council, a traditional Indian dinner was served consisting of a huge pot of stew, boiled in the open over a large cook-fire, with fry bread and choke cherry pudding.

The food was prepared by Debbie End of Horn from Wakpala, South Dakota, helped by a group of volunteers.

The Council ended later in the evening with a ‘“‘farewell circle’’ in which each person spoke for the

Gift-giving is an integral part of

any Native Council. Among those

People of all ages lend their artistic talent to designing the colorful

last time to everyone else in the circle.

Although sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly and National Teaching Committee, it was

taking part here is Counsel Pringle (left).

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canvas covering for the tipi for

pointed out on several occasions that the Council was actually organized in large part by a committee of Indian believers from North and South Dakota.

pre-youth.,

Buttons and posters featuring the Council logo, which was designed by Gino Big Elk of Mobridge, are available from the National Teaching Committee.

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Letters

from page 3

change. My goal is to feel that “I want to pray at dawn every day.’”

Here’s an example of a more subtle way of not owning one’s feelings. I will use a paragraph from a recent issue of The American Bahd’{ exactly-as it was printed; then I will print the same paragraph, personalizing it. See what you think:

“The true emotional experience of faith is foreign to us, and we seek to emulate something for which there is no cultural reference. We are intellectuals, dysfunctional in our emotions, only experiencing joy, peace and love as limitedly as the non-believers we once were, but now fascinated and attracted.”

Now, the second version:

“The true emotional experience of faith is foreign to me, and I seek to emulate something for which there is no cultural reference. I am intellectual, dysfunctional in my emotions, only experiencing joy, peace and love as limitedly as the non-believer I once was, but now fascinated and attracted.””

When I am spoken to as in the second example, my heart and mind are open. The first example, however, creates huge barriers for me and I miss wonderful learning opportunities.

I wanted to compare the tone of letters to the editor in The Amer Cassette tapes of 3rd annual Justice Society Conference available

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ican Bahd’( with the tone of letters from our National Spiritual Assembly and the Universal House of Justice to see if I was simply being an obstinate little brat who didn’t want anyone telling me what to do.

lonly had to read one letter, the Ridvn ’87 message from the Universal House of Justice, to prove to myself that I was okay.

In that letter I was surprised to find the word ‘‘should’’ used only twice. In fact, I remember feeling as though I were being spoken to in the most gentle, wise and encouraging tone.

I read the letter only once, but I am going to study it many times to see if I can catch on and apply some of that gentleness in my own speech and communication.

Duette Maxon Carlsbad, California

Persians and racism

To the Editor: This is a letter to our fellow Per sian believers, and is the result of *

an experience we had during a weekend conference on racism at Green Acre.

The program was attended by about 50 people, but when everyone was divided into ‘‘ethnic groups,’ we found only three members in our Persian group.

This prompted us to wonder why there was an apparent disinterest among Persians in this issue—an issue which the beloved Master and Shoghi Effendi repeatedly emphasized was the most important key to the success of our community.

We Persians are in a unique position; we are not fully ‘‘black”’ or “‘white.”? Thus we are more easily accepted by both groups, and because we are ‘‘outsiders’” we bring a new perspective that has a tremendous potential to help solve this problem, one that is probably at the root of our community’s lack of growth.

The Guardian promised that if we could overcome racism the community would become a magnet for others. Why is it that, with a few exemplary exceptions, we Persians are not actively involved in solving the most vital and challenging issue?

The most common reply is that “racism is not our problem; it’s the white people’s problem.”

There are two responses to this:

First, America is now our community, and its problems are our problems, whether we like it or not.

If we are to follow the wishes of the Guardian, we must strive ceaselessly to develop the vigilance and moral courage to solve this problem.

Second, we too are infected by racism. How quick we are to say, “T am not prejudiced.’’ But ask yourself two simple questions:

(1) When you think of Persians and blacks marrying, do you have any misgivings? Be honest. If one is a true Baha’i, the thought of Persian-black marriages should fill him with joy, and such unions should receive his blessing and

Washington, DC 20009.

Names of conflict resolution experts sought

The National Spiritual Assembly would like the names of Baha’is who have professional experience in conflict resolution. Opportunities arise in which the National Assembly would like to call on individuals to take part on occasion in certain events that focus on conflict resolution as a specialty.

Qualified individuals are asked to send resumés or descriptions

outlining their skills and experience to the National Spiritual Assembly Office of External Affairs,

support.

(2) Do you feel completely comfortable opening your home to black friends, and do you regularly socialize with blacks? If not, you cannot say you are working to help solve the most challenging issue.

Like all immigrants to this country, we Persians have tended to identify with those in power— but this is not what Shoghi Effendi wanted.

We have much in common with the black community, and we cannot waste the opportunity to share the Faith with one of the most im

persecution and prejudice. Perhaps because this is so painful to think about, we try to avoid the issue. But ‘Abdu’l-Bahá would not have wanted us to do that.

If we really love this Faith, we will become part of the solution to the most vital and challenging issue. To do this, we must learn about black history and culture, welcome blacks into our homes and visit theirs, and encourage our children to marry interracially.

The key to the spiritual triumph of our community is clearly in the Writings. Let us work together for the love of Bahd’u’ll4h.

Thanks for talent survey

To the Editor:

I would like to thank you for including the National Baha’if Talent Survey in the first few iseee of The American Bahá’í in

To know that the Baha’i teachings embrace people from all walks of life is comforting, and to see all the differences encompassed in a survey is heart-warm ing.

Congratulations to you and to the Department of Human Resources for your efforts to include

portant segments of the American Ferida Khanjani all humanity in your talent search. population. Roy (Feridian) Steiner Ken Heral We both have been victims of Ithaca, New York Machesney Park, Illinois . . P.O. Box 24, Rochester, VT 05767, Phone for info: Districts (602) 767-3303 Unit 160. Northwestern 3 Pine Srey Ee from page 17 Everett Pacific Hotel, 3105 Pine vert October 2, 9:00 a.m. (Regis F.0, Bax 05706, Hanson, 7X 77260, Phone for inf: blog LSAat yaw FB 308 won North-Central Te Unit 161. -B Unit 152. Texas Tech University, University Center, Lubbock, Ouro Conees Park, 1321 SW 02nd ean 3 October 1, 1000 am (Reparation: 9:00 a.m.), Mail i ‘of Seattle, P.O. Bor 396 § ‘WA

ballot: LSA of Lubbock,

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This photograph was taken on April 22, 1934, probably on the East Coast. Curtis Kelsey (fourth from left) and possibly Amatu’l ‘Bahá Ruhtyyih Khanum are in the middle of the picture. If you know anyone else in the photo, please

send their names to the National Bahá’í Archives, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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10 YEARS AGO

Teaching teams from communities throughout California gather for a summer teaching campaign in Watsonville that is aimed at restoring that community’s local Spiritual Assembly and bringing the Message to those in nearby towns.

In an address to the teaching teams, Counselor Hooper Dunbar stresses the necessity for love and unity among the friends. When that love is apparent, he says, people cannot help but be attracted and to listen to what is being said. ...

Ruth J. Moffett, one of the best known and most widely traveled Baha’i teachers in the U.S., dies July 5 in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 98.

Mrs. Moffett, an active and enthusiastic teacher to the last moments of her life, delivered the Message of Baha’u’ll4h for more than 60 years to people of all races, classes and age groups in some 65 countries.

Baha’i media committee representatives and other media experts from 14 states meet July 14-16 in Skokie, Illinois, for a national Mass Media Conference, the main purpose of which is to devise new media strategies to help win the goals of the Five Year Plan.

The conference, the first of its kind ever held, is sponsored by the National Information Committee and planned by its staff at the National Information Office. ...

Three Bahié’{ ‘‘road shows’’ sponsored by the National Youth Committee and National Teaching Committee tour the country during the summer, proclaiming the Message of Baha’u’llah through music, dance and skits.

The New World Electric Company, a group of nine young people from Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland and Minnesota travels through Illinois, while the New World Power Company visits Georgia, Florida, and North and South Carolina. Its members are from Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin.

The New World Light Company, made up of performers from Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Virginia presents shows in New York state and Massachusetts. ...

Elizabeth Laws, a Knight of Bahda’u’llah to Basutoland, Africa, dies June 24 in Wapato, Washington, where she and her husband, Frederick, had moved to help save the local Assembly. ...

Also in June, devoted Baha’i teacher Marian Steffes dies. In a cable, the National Spiritual Assembly says, “‘ grieved passing Marian Steffes steadfast handmaiden of Baha’u’ll4h whose membership Baha’i community is recorded in annals earliest enrollments Native American believee

About 125 members of Chicago’s Vernon Park Church of God are among the more than 300 people attending a potluck picnic July 22 on the lawn of the national Haziritu’l-Quds in Wilmette, Illinois. The event is sponsored by the Baha’i community of Wilmette. ...

The recent experience of the International Youth Conference in Judrez, Mexico, brought to light again the richness of Mexican culture, the warmth of its people, and the dedicated efforts in the teaching field for the advancement of the Cause.

Many American Baha’is were reminded of our neighbor community to the south, which offers arich diversity in its culture and a great opportunity to take part with our Hispanic brothers and sisters in spreading the Message of Bahá’u’lláh.

The International Youth Conference, held July 21-24 in Juarez,

Lyle Ames, who served for 30 years as a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Tacoma, Washington, died March 20. He was 81 years old. Mr. Ames, who was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, to an English father and Ojibway Indian mother, became a Baha’ in 1956. The Spiritual Assembly of Tacoma has established a memorial fund in his memory, the proceeds of which will be sent to the Bahá’í World Center to help construct the Arc on Mount Carmel.

Long-time pioneer to Panama, Peru Frank Czerniejewski

On May 30 the Office of Pioneering received a letter from the Universal House of Justice which said in part: ‘Deeply saddened passing steadfast servant Bahd’w'll4h Francis R. Czerniejewski. His devoted services as pioneer Americas and in assisting with maintenance Baha’i Temples Wilmette and Panama City remembered with enduring gratitude. ...””

In 1965, Francis (Frank) Czerniejewski and his wife, Jane, applied to pioneer internationally or on the homefront. The application was the beginning of more than two decades of service to the Cause of God.

In 1970 the Czerniejewskis traveled to the Continental Conference in Bolivia, stopping on their return to the States in Panama, Guatemala and the Yucatan.

In 1971, Frank assumed responsibilities related to the construction of the House of Worship in Panama, and their dream to pioneer overseas was fulfilled.

From 1977-85, the Czerniejewskis pioneered in Peru, bringing their special gifts and talents to that country.

On their departure, the National Spiritual Assembly of Peru wrote, ‘‘...we regret very much to

tireless energies to furthering the Cause in Virginia and Florida.

was an unqualified success.

The event attracted a diverse group of people from the U.S., Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, and New Zealand.

The gathering together of such an international group caused a sensation in the Mexican press, which has reacted with enthusiastic coverage of the various Baha’i activities generated by the conference including daily articles on the Faith and the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran in four of the major newspapers in Juarez.

There have also been radio interviews and various presentations of more than half an hour each on two popular television programs.

The Baha’is made a special effort to invite government dignitaries and members of other groups to evening sessions of the conference, which provided entertainment and talks on the principles of the Faith.

Among the speakers were Counselors Arturo Serrano and Hidayatu’ll4h Ahmadiyyih; Carmen de Burafato and Raul G6mez, members of the National

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Juarez Youth Conference success in every way

Spiritual Assembly of Mexico; Jack McCants, a member of the U.S. National Spiritual ly; and a number of youth ¢ countries.

Teaching projects in three major areas followed the conference.

More than 100 adults and youth

stayed for at least a week to support the twin teaching projects (U.S. and Mexico) in CaléxicoMexicali, El Paso-Judrez, and Reyn

The simple weekly plan for teaching began daily with earlyhour prayers, followed by teaching and inviting people to evening talks.

The Mexicans are quite open to the Message, and the teaching teams composed of Hispanics and Americans further impressed on them its uniqueness.

Each evening, more than 15 non-Baha’is would attend the meetings, showing a great interest in the principles of the Faith and in world peace.

As a result, there were more than 15 declarations in the area around Judrez and a total of more than 40 in different areas along

the border.

It was evident from the experience of participating in the Youth Conference in Juarez and sharing the Message with our Mexican brothers and sisters that the border area between Mexico and the U.S. is ripe for entry by troops.—Iris Guifials

Pianist/teacher Niuta Isserlin, 69

Niuta Isserlin, a Baha’i from St. Petersburg, Florida, who was a concert pianist and music teacher at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, died July 7. She was 69 years old.

Mrs. Isserlin, who was born in Lithuania, was a child prodigy who came to the U.S. while in her teens and later played in the major concert halls here and in Europe.

Before moving to St. Petersburg, she had taught at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

“The more one can give, the better it is ...” National Bahá’s Fund Wilmette, IL 60091

IN MEMORIAM

Oddvar Aabel Ocie Elena Cox Lizzy Mae Harris Kavous Monadjemi Mary Shaw Pleasant Valley, NY Stamford, TX Cochran, GA Eugene, OR Kingstree, SC April 26, 1988 March 21, 1988 Date Unknown February 18, 1988 Date Unknown Laura Anderson —_Brianna V. Cramer Walter Haynes Tajmah Monadjemi _ Ear! Sherril Gray, GA Glendale, CA Buford, GA Coeur d’Alene, ID —_N. Little Rock, AR Date Unknown July 13, 1988 September 3, 1987 April 1988 Date Unknown Martin Apodaca —_—_-Valerie Cramer Isabel Hernandez Lexi T. Moore Clayton H. Shute Rincon, NM Glendale, CA Garden City, KS Tallahassee, FL Sanford, ME December 1987 July 13, 1988 February 1988 Date Unknown June 23, 1988 Virginia Apodaca Rosalind Cunningham —_Josephine C. Hipp Hazel Murray Petra Steinhauser Rincon, NM Carmichael, CA Apache Junction, AZ Chicago, IL Leucadia, CA 1986 Sune 21, 1988 April 24, 1988 June 20, 1988 July 16, 1988 Mina Arastou Francis Czerniejewski Carlotta Holmes ‘Ann Pardue Helen Synnott Newport Beach, CA Richmond, VA Durham, NC Jackson, MS St. Charles, IL June 23, 1988 May 28, 1988 May 24, 1988 April 17, 1988 Date Unknown E.D. Armstrong Mahnaz Dadressan Dorothy Hooks Bessie Paxton Petra Tafoya Bainbridge, GA Baltimore, MD Anadarko, OK Crawfordsville, IN Los Lunas, NM November 1987 July 16, 1988 July 15, 1988 July 11, 1988 Date Unknown Isidora Arrieta William DeBenny Mildred Howe Daniel A. Platz Fred Thomas Marfa, TX Chicago, IL E. Cleveland, OH Missouri City, TX Davenport, IA Date Unknown May 18, 1988 July 29, 1988 February 17, 1988 June 20, 1988 Freda Belson Valencia S. Douglas Anna Johnson Mary Frances Pool Romell Timmons Amarillo, TX Fort Worth, TX Manokin, MD Grand Junction, CO Johnsonville, SC May 12, 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown July 13, 1988 1985

B. Bethel Anne Eastman Octavia Jones Concha Ramos Martin Watkins Miami, FL St. Charles, IL Palo Alto, CA Las Cruces, NM Fort Worth, TX April 21, 1988 Date Unknown May 14, 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown Dorothy Borhani © Mohammad Garzadeh Morad Kanani Lillian Riemland Viola White Monroe, MI Mansfield, TX Northridge, CA San Luis Obispo, CA Princess Anne, MD June 6, 1988 July 20, 1988 February 1988 June 1988 Date Unknown Nadine Bostic Jahan S. Ghalili Ervin Kelly Janie Rush Susie Wiggins Lodge, SC Los Alamitos, CA Andrews, SC ‘Andrews, SC Maitland, FL May 1988 July 23, 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown Date Unknown Shirley Bryant Jourabchi Ghods Mack King Mattie Russell Jenny Williams Florence, SC Burbank, CA Wake Forest, NC Anadarko, OK San Marcos, TX Date Unknown June 4, 1988 Date Unknown April 22, 1987 Date Unknown Juliette Buford Karen Jentz Fredrick Krueger Carmen Sanchez June Williams Danville, IL Lower Brule, SD Walnut Creek, CA Los Lunas, NM Wake Forest, NC October 15, 1987 Date Unknown 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown Robert Burks Owen Good Face Sr. Ross A. Lindstrom Ray W. Schilling Evelyn Wilson Houston, TX Lower Brule, SD Portland, OR Oakland, CA Youngstown, OH Date Unknown Date Unknown May 21, 1988 June 6, 1988 Date Unknown Thelma Burks John Grant Burcey Lipscomb Willie C. Scott Herley Wilson Houston, TX Eatonville, FL Zion, IL Bainbridge, GA Maitland, FL Date Unknown Date Unknown Date Unknown December 1986 Date Unknown Raymond Burton Curtis Halton Ziaullah Mahboobipoor — Daysi Seal Isaiah Wright Millsboro, DE Cairo, IL Joliet, IL Cochran, GA Florence, SC Date Unknown Date Unknown February 5, 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown Joseph Chandler Ear! Harris Hazel Marchbank Essie Shaw Sinclair Wright Kingstree, SC Temple, TX Chicago, IL Kingstree, SC Fruitland, MD Date Unknown May 1988 Date Unknown Date Unknown March 31, 1988 Matt Cole June G. Harris James McDuffie Florie Shaw Ramie L. York Covington, GA Seattle, WA Mullins, SC Kingstree, SC Tampa, FL Date Unknown November 11, 1987 . February 13, 1981 1988 July 7, 1988 �[Page 32]32 / The American Bahá’í / September 1988

Pictured are many of the Bahá’ís of Graham, Texas, who took part July 16-20 in a campaign in which copies of ‘The Promise of World Peace’ were delivered with a ‘Dear

Neighbor’ letter from the local Spiritual Assembly to every household in Graham (population 10,000).

Baha’is in Graham, Texas, deliver peace statement to every household

From July 16-20, copies of “The Promise of World Peace’’ were delivered by the Baha’is of Graham, Texas, to every household in that city with a ‘“‘dear neighbor’’ letter from the local Spiritual Assembly of Graham.

The county sheriff and city chief of police were told in advance of the effort and their clearance was obtained. :

Newspaper articles and radio announcements conveyed news of the plan to the public.

The Assembly reinforced the effort through newspaper ads and radio spots inviting people to discuss the contents of the message in their homes and churches.

Afterward, the Assembly wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper commending the people of Graham for their warm acceptance of the peace statement.

The Baha’is of Graham were helped in delivering the statement to the city’s 3,200 households by a group of four Bahd’{ youth who were en route from the Youth Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, to another in Juarez, Mexico.

Delivery of the peace statement followed a series of six peace forums sponsored by the Assembly during the past year at which the people of Graham were invited to express their views on the many aspects of world peace.

After Indiana conference

Youth help Hispanic teaching

Many Baha’i youth from different parts of the world were invited to take part in the International Youth Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, to visit the American Bahdé’{ community, and to help with teaching efforts in the U.S. during the summer.

.Most of these young people came for the first time to the U.S. from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago.

Ali Benzan, 17, from the Dominican Republic; Shahrokh Bahador, 19, from Mexico; and Ricky Martinez and Nabil Osorio, 21, both from Puerto Rico, came not only to represent the youth of Latin America at the Youth Conference, but also to help with Hispanic teaching in greater Detroit, Michigan, and California’s Salinas Valley—two areas of great importance for the teaching work.

Ali, Shahrokh, Ricky and Nabil immediately recognized the need for collaboration in the consolidation of these Hispanic communities.

Dedicated in their efforts to

Toledo Baha’i Club ‘Soars’ to new high

The Baha’i Club at the University of Toledo (Ohio) has added 10 members in recent months thanks to its participation in the school’s “Soar’’ program.

Club members were able to introduce some 2,500 of their fellow students to the Faith. Besides the 10 who were enrolled, more than 50 asked for and were given more information about the Faith.

serve the Faith, constantly reading

Martinez went to Michigan to consolidate some of the communities where Hispanic believers reside and to present the peace statement to government officials and charitable corporations.

They received a warm welcome at a gathering in Detroit with more than 60 Baha’is who were commemorating the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab and had also come to meet the traveling teachers.

Nabil Osorio accompanied Ricky Martinez to the Salinas ValJey, a vast region in which a large number of believers reside.

They consulted with the District Teaching Committee and with the Dragna family, Sergio Montenegro, and Carmen Cruz (the delegate from the Salinas Valley to this year’s National Convention) about visiting the Baha’is, teaching the Faith through radio and newspapers, and presenting the peace statement.

The message and intentions of these young Bahá’ís who came from other countries to the American Baha’i community was very clear:

‘*We must lay aside our minor concerns and teach. Study the Ridvan message of the Universal House of Justice and the peace statement, and remove all obstacles that hinder man from establishing God’s Kingdom on earth.””

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More than 330 attend 15th Conference of Nur

The 15th annual Conference of Nur, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was held June 3-5 at Elizabethtown College.

More than 330 Baha’is and their guests—12 of whom declared their belief in Bahd’u’ll4h—attended the event and were inspired by the speakers and workshops which placed great emphasis on teaching the Faith and the Ridvan 1988 message from the Universal House of Justice.

Speakers included Counsellor William Roberts (‘The Organic Changes Through the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh’’); Auxiliary Board member Tahireh Ahdieh (‘‘The Unfoldment of the New World Order’’); Katherine Bigelow, deputy director of the Baha’i Office of External Affairs (‘‘The Rolling-Up Process of the Old World Order and Examples of New World Institutions’’); and Dr. Shokrollah Mirafzoli, representative of the Huququ’ll4h (‘‘Huqu’qu’ll4h—The Love of Giving.’’)

Each session was followed by seven simultaneous workshop dis cussions including sessions for youth and for Persian-:

Pictured are some of the more than 330 Bahá’ís and their guests who attended the 15th annual Conference of Nur which was held

Bahda’{ and programs for children and pre-youth.

A Saturday evening concert included music by Scott Anderson, Lee Feldman, Paul and Sandy Huening, Adrienne Stengel, and Van Gilmer and family.

June 3-5 at Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College and sponsored

by the Spiritual Assembly of Harrisburg.

At the close of the conference, mime Bill George presented an animated skit that captured the hearts of those of all ages.

A message from the conference was drafted and sent to the Universal House of Justice. �

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