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Hand of the Cause Featherstone dies in Nepal

DEEPLY GRIEVED ANNOUNCE PASSING VALIANT HAND CAUSE GOD COLLIS FEATHERSTONE WHILE VISITING KATHMANDU, NEPAL, COURSE

EXTENSIVE JOURNEY ASIA.

HIS NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS STAUNCH, FEARLESS DEFENDER COVENANT, HIS UNCEASING COMMITMENT PROPAGATION CAUSE ALL PARTS WORLD, ESPECIALLY PACIFIC REGION, HIS UNREMITTING PERSEVERANCE FOSTERING ESTABLISHMENT LOCAL, NATIONAL INSTITU ING PERSONAL QUALITIES UNSWERVING LOYALTY, ENTHUSIASM, ZEAL AND DEDICATION, DISTINGUISH HIS MANIFOLD SERVICES

THROUGHOUT MANY DECADES.

TIONS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, HIS EXEMPLARY DEVOTION TO WRITINGS FAITH, HIS OUTSTAND The @ 497 merican Baha’i

OFFERING PRAYERS HOLY SHRINES BOUNTIFUL REWARDS HIS RADIANT SOUL ABHA KINGDOM. ADVISE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE HOLD BEFITTING MEMORIAL GATHERINGS, PARTICULARLY IN MASHRIQU’L-ADHKARS, RECOGNITION HIS MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENTS.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE OCTOBER 1, 1990

"The real treasury of man is his knowledge. '—Bahd'u'lidh

Baha’i Peace Award, superb music, warm fellowship mark Peace Fest ’90

‘Conference on Growth’ held to channel efforts

toward needs of Plan

In 1975 the Universal House of Justice asked National Spiritual Assemblies to hold at least one national teaching conference each year to provide a national event of major importance (in addition to the annual National Convention) that would stimulate the interest and reorient the efforts of the friends toward the current urgent needs of the Plan.

Such a conference was hosted by the National Teaching Committee in Northbrook, Illinois, over the Labor Day weekend. It was attended by about 180 people who represented a wide range of Baha'i institutions, committees, agencies and communities.

The purpose of this “‘Conference on Growth” was to have a national consultation on how to achieve “‘teaching on a scale and of a quality, a variety, and intensity outstripping all current efforts.""

Consultation was based on guidance provided in the Baha’{ writings and the insights contributed by each participant. It is hoped that the understandings built throughout the conference will bring about an increase in unified action and lead to a significant increase

See GROWTH page 3

By LAURA H. ARTHUR

More than 500 Baha'is and their guests from South Carolina and other Southeastern states stomped and swayed to the sounds of gospel music, Baha’{ singers, and straight-ahead big band jazz September 21-23 at Peace Fest "90, the fifth annual festival hosted by the Louis G. Gregory Baha’{ Institute in Hemingway.

The various events making up this year's festival, featuring musical talent from all over the country, were staged throughout the Hemingway area. Included were a performance by the 18member Peace Fest Orchestra led by saxophonist Marvin (Doc) Holladay; a Gospel Jubilee with many of the area's most popular groups; and music by the Baha’{ duo “‘Swan."’

Truitt White, director of the Gregory Institute, described the Peace Fest as ‘‘a forum for creative thought centering on peace, a unifying cultural celebration, and an opportunity for fellowship and spiritual sharing.

“The main purpose,"’ he said, ‘tis to focus attention on the importance of individual and collective efforts in establishing peace: in the family, com

Counselor Ahmadiyeh dies

PROFOUNDLY DEPLORE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES SUDDEN PASSING DEARLY LOVED, WHOLLY DEVOTED, INDEFATIGABLE SERVANT BAHA’U’LLAH HEDAYATOULLAH AHMADIYEH. HIS CONSTANT PROMOTION SACRED CAUSE THROUGH HIS INTENSIVE IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL INVOLVEMENT TEACHING WORK INCLUDING HIS AUTHORSHIP WIDELY USED TEACHING BOOKLET WAS AT CORE HIS DYNAMIC SERVICES AS CONTINENTAL COUNSELOR IN AMERICAS, AS MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN FOR MANY YEARS OF NATIONAL SPIRITUAL AS| SEMBLY BELIZE AND AS PIONEER DURING HIS YOUTHFUL | YEARS IRAN. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS HIS EXTENSIVE | TEACHING TRIPS THROUGH CENTRAL, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA WILL FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH BRILLIANT CHAPTERS DEVELOPMENT FAITH THESE AREAS. DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE MEMBERS HIS BELOVED FAMILY WHOSE WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT HIS ACTIVITIES WAS EXEMPLARY. PRAYING HOLY THRESHOLD THAT HIS SOUL MAY RECEIVE RICH REWARDS MAY BE IMBUED WITH ETERNAL HAPPINESS THROUGHOUT DIVINE WORLDS.

ADVISING MEMORIAL SERVICES BE HELD TEMPLES PANAMA CITY AND WILMETTE AND IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT

Volume 21, No. 10 October 1990

The Peace Fest Orchestra saxophone section does some serious swinging during the Peace Fest '90 concert September 22 in Conway, South Carolina.

munity, nation and, ultimately, the world.’*

An important part of this is the recognition of those who have made outstanding contributions in the field of “‘peacemaking."”

Honored with this year’s Peace Award, given to an individual or group in recognition of significant contributions to progress and peace, was 91year-old Modjeska Simkins of Columbia, South Carolina.

Mrs. Simkins, a long-time commu

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1. . COLLIS FEATHERSTONE

Manning the ‘phones are left to right Marvin (Doc) Holladay, Roger Hogar and Benny Bailey. In the backgrow 5 pianist Bob Rozario.

nity activist, was instrumental in or ganizing the South Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored (NAACP) in the 1940s and "50s.

The recipient of the Ambassador Award, given annually to a person group from northeastern South Caro lina for exemplary community service. was Marjorie Mciver, a local schoo! administrator who is well-known f her work with area youth.

See PEACE FEST page i4

People

National Assembly announces new Two Year Pian to encompass China, Soviet Union, Eastern Europe

In its Ridvan 1990 message, the Universal House of Justice stated:

“For the followers of Bahd’u’lldh throughout the world there can be no doubt as to the Divine Source and clear intention of these extraordinary happenings. Let us rejoice, therefore, in the wondrous signs of the beneficence of God's abounding grace. The high level of teaching and enrollments reported last Ridvan has been sustained,

and new fields of teaching have been Opened from Eastern Burope to the and immediate prospects confirm eur arrival at « significant milestone in the fourth epoch of the Formative Age. The Administrative Order now ombraces a community of wider diversity than ever before. It is such prodigiogs developments that prompted our re

See TWO YEAR PLAN Page 4

The National Spiritual Assembly has decided to extend the expiration date of the Baha’i identification card to October 31, 1991, This extension will result in « short term savings for the Fund and will give time to examine various alternatives to the current card.

AMERICAS IN HIS HONOR.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE AUGUST 29, 1990

�[Page 2]2 / The American Baha’i / October 1990

Fifth Hispanic Baha’i Conference held in Los Angeles

By LAURA H. ARTHUR

Nearly 200 people from as far away as Costa Rica gathered September 14-16 to consult about the ‘‘Misién de Gloria Raices Indigenas’’ (Glorious Mission of the Indigenous Races) during the fifth annual Hispanic Bahd’{ Conference at the Baha’{ Center in Los Angeles.

Co-sponsored by the Spiritual Assemblies of San Fernando and Los Angeles, in collaboration with the National Teaching Committee, the con-_ ference was designed to awaken and strengthen the Hispanic believers in their role in the Baha’{ community and to encourage each of them to formulate a personal teaching plan for reaching Hispanics.

Its focal point was the fact that Hispanic Americans trace their ancestral roots to the oldest civilizations on the American continent, and thus share the glorious spiritual destiny of the indigenous peoples described so eloquently by ‘Abdu’l-Bahé in the Tablets of the Divine Plan.

The keynote speaker, Fernando Huerta of Los Angeles, pointed out that this ‘‘glorious mission’’ is the responsibility of all indigenous peoples, and that Hispanic Baha’{s must arise to take on their great role as spiritual leaders.

The participants dedicated the conference to the memory of Counselor Hidayatu'llah Ahmadiyyeh who passed away recently in Belize, and whose teaching efforts in Hispanic communities throughout the Americas were of historic importance and will long be remembered.

During the event, Counselors Arturo Serrano and Rodrigo Tomis, in concert with Carmen de Burafato, a mem National Assembly names new national committee to reach Chinese in U.S.

The National Spiritual Assembly recently created a National Chinese Teaching Committee, which will work to accelerate teaching among Chinese in this country.

Reaching the Chinese people, ‘one of the highest priorities for the entire Baha'i world,”’ is seen as an important aspect of the worldwide development of the Faith.

Under the guidance of the National Teaching Committee, this new committee will work to stimulate and coordinate Chinese teaching efforts across the country, particularly in reaching students and scholars at universities, and will coordinate the efforts of trav¢eling teachers, both local and international.

Local Assemblies and college clubs who have Chinese in their midst are urged to contact the Chinese Teaching Committee through Steve Townsend, coordinator of Chinese teaching, at the Bahé’{ National Center (708-869-9039).

Guitarists Paul Gonzalez (left) and Edwin Martinez were among the entertainers September 14-16 at the fifth an ber of the National Spiritual Assembly of Mexico, emphasized individual effort as the basis for all teaching, whether through personal or community plans or as part of a teaching campaign.

They reminded the friends of the need for universal participation in serving the Cause, and spoke of the role of the Hispanic believers in helping to bring about entry by troops.

Other featured speakers included Juana Conrad, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, and Auxiliary Board members Edward Diliberto, Ahdieh Noakhtar and Miguel

nual Hispanic Bahd’t Conference in Los Angeles. Right photo: Carmen de

Osborne.

Workshops, all but two of which were conducted in Spanish, were held on the Covenant, teaching the Faith, the Administrative Order, personal transformation, the Baha’{ Funds, and the Ridvan message from the Universal House of Justice.

Topics of the two workshops for English-speaking participants were “A Survey of the Current Census of the Hispanic Community’ and ‘Reaching Hispanics in the U.S."’

Cross-Cultural Night, an event held cach Saturday evening at the Center in Los Angeles, was incorporated into the

Spiritual Assembly

of Mexico, addresses the nearly 200 people from as

Burafato, a member of the National far away as Costa Rica who attended.

conference, with the principles of the Faith demonstrated through music, dance and drama.

Also included was a multi-lingual devotional service and an international buffet dinner.

Four people, all of whom are Hispanic, declared their belief in Baha’ u'llah during the conference.

In November, the Auxiliary Board members will meet with their assistants and those active in Hispanic teaching to intensify the teaching work among Hispanics by promoting the use of teaching institutes.

Consult with National T

hing Committee

Counselors, Auxiliary Boards map southern states progress

During the weekend of September 21-22, Counselors Wilma Ellis and William Roberts met with members of the Auxiliary Boards and their assistants at the Louis Gregory Baha’{ Institute in South Carolina to discuss the progress of the Faith in the southern states and Bermuda.

The National Teaching Committee was invited to join their deliberations, and took part in consultation that focused on how the Auxiliary Board members and their assistants will help carry out the goals of the Six Year Plan.

The International Teaching Center addressed a letter to those at the gathering in which it pointed to the need for “mature plans of growth,”’ with “clearly understood lines of action.”

The ITC added that ‘‘all must be mindful of the sacredness of teaching’ and that the institution of the Learned must work to ensure that all His servants remember this sacredness.

The letter also stated that “‘a gathering such as this must extend itself be yond encouragement and good advice

The American Bahd’( is published monthly by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, IL 60091. Postmaster: Send address change: to Management Information Systems, Bahd'( National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Executive editor: Jack Bowers. Editorial assistant: Scot Corrie. The American Bahd't welcomes news, letters and other items of interest from individuals and the various institutions of the Paith. Articles should be written dearly and concisely; color or black-and-white glossy photograph should be included whenever possible. Please address all materials to the Editor, The American Bahd’t, Wilmette, IL. 60091. Copyright © 1990 by the National Spiritual Assem bly of the Baha'is of the United States. World rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

and achieve strategy.’’

Throughout the weekend, plans were made for Auxiliary Board members and their assistants to develop strat egies that would focus the energies of individual believers and Baha’{ communities on achieving entry by troops and completing the Arc.

College clubs have an important role to play in teaching, as models of race unity on campus

Baha’{ college clubs have an important role to play in teaching the Cause of Bahd’u’ll4h and can be integral in the growth of the Faith worldwide.

The Guardian expressed the opinion that “‘it is in the intellectual circles such as this (i.¢., a university circle) that the believers should endeavor to teach, confident that no matter how limited their capacity may be, yet their efforts are continually guided and reinforced from on high.

In reference to reaching tomorrow’s leaders with the Message of Bahd’u’ll4h, Shoghi Effendi felt that “‘it is high time for the Bahd'{s to try and reach the thinking and educated youth of the country upon whom so much of the future depends. . . ."’ Baha’{ college clubs are instrumental agents in reaching these future leaders on campus.

This year, the National Spiritual Assembly, after reviewing guidance from the Universal House of Justice, is asking that Bahd’{ college clubs focus on reaching Chinese students, becoming models of racial unity, and emphasizing Bahd'u'll4h’s Station and Mission when teaching.

In a recent letter to our National Spiritual Assembly, the House of Justice identified teaching the Chinese as “one of the highest priorities for the entire Bahaé’{ world.”

In “The Promise of World Peace,”’ racism, prevalent on many of today’s college campuses, is identified as “‘one of the most baneful and persistent evils.” And, in its Ridvén 1990 message, the House of Justice emphasized the importance of impressing on the public ‘‘the profound fact of the appearance in the world of the Lord of the Covenant and the aims and achievements of His sublime mission.’*

Baha’{ college clubs, under the direction and guidance of the National Teaching Committee, are encouraged to focus their activities toward achieving the goals set by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Questions about college clubs may be directed to Laura Cessna, youth activities coordinator for the National Teaching Committee. She can be reached by phone at 708-869-9039, ext. 233, ‘or by mail at the Babé'{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. �[Page 3]On September 23 a five-member Soviet Silm crew recorded a worship service in the Auditorium at the Bahd’( House of Worship in Wilmette. The crew, from Rus-film, an agency formed by the Soviet government to produce a series of

Young Bahé’is in Oregon use summer vacations to teach Cause far and wide

In western Oregon, Bahd’{ youth will have an interesting report of their summer vacations, as they have taken steps to prove that youth can, indeed, move the world.

With the help of Auxiliary Board member Marshal] Murphy, the youth began the summer with an effort called “Operation Fire-starter,”" in which they traveled to ongoing mass teaching project sites and helped in the teaching work.

They then began ‘40 Days Ablaze," in which they traveled through the district discussing how youth can be active through teaching institutes and helping to set up such institutes for youth in nine localities.

The young Baha’ ‘is, realizing that ac whom were youth—attended the re Attention Baha’i College Clubs

Please contact the Youth Activities Coator at the Bah4'{ National Center college club formation ol year:

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papers Ms. Laura Cessna

Youth Activities Coordinator National Teaching Committee Office Bah4'f National Center

Wilmette, IL 60091

Phone: (708) 869-9039

Silms about religions in the Soviet Union, is preparing a full-length feature film on the Faith to be shown in theatres throughout that country. Rusfilm has already been to Alaska, Wil

The American Baha’! / October 1990 / 3

mette and the Louis Gregory Institute in South Carolina, and plans to film at each of the seven Bahd’( Houses of Worship. While in Wilmette, Rus-film also filmed a concert featuring Seals

and Crofts, Dan Seals, and the combined House of Worship and Tennessee Bahd't Choirs. It is estimated that as many as 60 percent of those in the Soviet Union will see the film

Growth

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in growth, highlighted by a dramatic and sustained increase in enrollments.

A specific expectation set at the conference is that, in the home community of each participant, there will be an identifiable increase in enrollments within the next six months.

The conference consisted of five plenary sessions, three of which were Open to general consultation, and six workshop sessions.

Participants were given a series of five booklets that contained references on the nature of teaching the Faith in general, the role of the individual in teaching, the role of the community, and the nature of large-scale growth.

A final booklet, examining the relationship between teaching and giving to the Fund, provided insights into the spiritual relationship between these

During the plenary sessions Dr. Robext Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly, gave an inspiring keynote address and an insightful presentation about growth in the community and building the Arc as complementary Processes.

At other plenary sessions members of the National Teaching Committee discussed the three processes of growth and reviewed the Ridvén messages from the Universal House of Justice since the inception of the Six Year Plan.

A panel of five Auxiliary Board members addressed the role of the Auxiliary Boards in empowering individuals to teach, helping local communities in their teaching efforts, and helping to bring about large-scale gowth.

Also addressing the conference were representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly's Office of Public Information and Office of the Treasurer.

In addition, several individuals from areas where exciting and effective teaching efforts are taking place, such ss Lake Okeechobee, Florida, and Madras, Oregon, shared stories of their SUCCESSES.

The workshops, facilitated by representatives of the National Teaching

Committee and the Auxiliary Board, were focused along three tracks: (1) the individual and teaching, (2) the community and teaching, and (3) largescale growth.

Those examining the role of the individual in teaching focused on the process of teaching, declaration and follow-up (leading a seeker to acceptance of Bahd’u’llh and confirming a new believer to active service in His Cause), teaching institutes, and the variety of teaching methods that can be explored.

Workshops on the community and teaching included discussions of the role and responsibility of local Spiritual Assemblies. The major topics concerned creating teaching plans and extension teaching goals, creating distinctive patterns of Baha'i life, and how the Baha’{ community can address the needs of society in its teaching.

Large-scale growth was approached from the point of view that entry by troops takes place when groups of people enter the Faith. Also discussed was teaching the minority groups identified by the National Assembly in its Six Year Plan: Hispanics, American In El Viento Canta (The Singing Wind) entertains during the Conference on Growth hosted by the National Teaching Committee over the Labor Day weekend (September 1-3) in Northbrook, Illinots. About 180 people at.

dians, black Americans, Southeast Asians, and Chinese.

The participation of the Auxiliary Board members and representatives of various Spiritual Assemblies, committees and agencies furthered the process of collaboration within and between the institutions of the Learned and Rulers, and created a warm spiri cooperation that will, no doubt, tinue to unfold

The National Teaching Committee is asking that those who took part in the conference send a note to the NTC of. fice by April 1991 briefly describing any identifiable effects upon the local area that the conference has had dither the April/May or June 1991 issue of The DirectLine, successes will be shared.

Those who were unable to attend the conference, or who would like to hear again some of its stimulating address3, are encouraged to purchase a set of two audio cassette tapes that highlight several of the plenary session talks The two-tape set is available for $9 from the National Teaching Committee.

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tended the conference, whose goal was to have a national consultation on how to achieve ‘teaching on @ scale and of ¢ quality, a variety, and intensity outstripping all current efforts

�[Page 4]4/ The American Baha'i / October 1990

Two Year Plan

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in Eastern European

languages available

In order to assist the friends to achieve the goals of the Two Year Plan for Eastern Europe, the Baha’i Distribution Service is

carrying a wider variety of Bah4’f literature in the language of those counuies. The following utles are presently avail able; others are being ordered and will be stocked

Polish:

Be Generous

The Hidden Words

Peace Message

Some Answered Questions Thief in the Night

What Is the Baha’{ Faith? Words of God

Russian:

Bahé’{ Statement on Nature The Hidden Words Introduction

Nabil’s Report

Pathway to Peace, SC Peace Statement, SC

Roses of Love

World Religion

White Russian: Basic Facts

Other Languages:

‘The Bahd’! Distribution Service can place special orders for tithes not currently stocked in Bulgarian, Albanian, Moldavian, Roumaman, Armenian, Georgian, Estosian/Lithuanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Czechoslovakian. Telephone 1-800-999-9019 for more

information

$0.95 4.50 2.95 16.95 5.95 1.90 5.95

$0.95 4.50 2.95 25.50 2.50 2.95 5.95 2.95

$0.50

Cee emicanoents to te areas: Ukraine (4 ST, 2 LT), Kazakhstan (2

ST, 2 LT), Czechoslovakia (4 ST, 4

LT), Bulgaria (2 ST, 1 LT), Bast Ger many (2 ST, 2 LT), Hungary (2 ST, 2

LT), Poland (2 ST, 1 LT), Romania (1

ST, 1 LT), USSR-other Republics (4

ST, 2 LT), Yugoslavia (4 LT, 2 ST),

Mongolia (1 ST), China (4 ST, 2 LT).

• Provide financial support for

short- and long-term pioneers to the

Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Czechoslo vakia. On a discretionary basis, pro vide financial assistance for the teaching work in these areas as well as other parts of the USSR, in Eastern Europe,

Mongolia and China.

• Greatly increase the teaching work

in the U.S. among ethnic minorities from Eastern Europe, the USSR and China.

“Greatly increase translation, publication and dissemination Bahd’t literature in requisite languages entire area*’

© Identify and seek out individuals who can help in translating the Baha’i writings in Kazakh and Ukrainian (as well as the other languages of Eastern Europe, the USSR, Mongolia and China).

• Collaborate with the OLA (Eastern

Publishing Committee) of the National

“As to the specific goals for Assemblies, Groups, etc., the House of Jus USSR, Mongolia and China. The fol lowing outline may help you and your communities in your consultations on

how you can assist in achieving the goals of the Two Year Plan.

A. Identify individuals who are able

“The cause of universal educatioa, whic has already enlisted in its service an army of dedicated peopie from every faith anc nation, deserves the uomos suppor Cha the governments of the work! ox lend .'—The Universal House of Justice, “The Promise of Workd Peace’ �[Page 5]The American Bahé’{ / October 1990 / 5

Answers to important questions about National Fund

“The first condition is absolute love and harmony among the mem."—*Abdu'l-Bahé

Dear Bahd’! Friends,

At our Douglas County Bahd’{ children’s class, it was decided to raise money for the Arc. The project was to

Bast Bahé’{ Summer School.

We raised $35.20 which was matched by « believer. This money is lovingly given to the Are. We would appreciate your prayers for the continuation of our class.

With love,

In January, the Supreme Institution advised the friends that $26 million had

The National Assembly has adopted a budget of $12.2 million, which includes $1.1 million for the Baha’{ Publishing Trust and $385,000 for the Baha’{ Home. The budget limit is roughly equal to last year’s actual expenses. The pledge to the Universal House of Justice for this fiscal year is at least $12 ane yielding the total goal of $25

needed to provide long-term

ternal ATHETG, wae canceled, a bard decision in light of so many extraordinary opportunities.

‘Why does the National Spiritual Aspublish the Honor Roll?

One important goal of the Six Year

I

months) to be one index of the maturity of local institutions.

Which of the several Funds should receive the bulk of the community's con |

The National Assembly feels that this is a matter of individual judgment. Here are three quotations that may help in making these decisions. They from the “Bahd’{ Funds’’ by the Universal House of Justice.

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more one can give the better it is, epecially when such offerings necessitate the sacrifice of other wants and desires on the part of the donor. . . .it is not so much the quantity of one’s ofSerings that matters, but rather the measure of deprivation that such offerings entail. It is the spirit, and not the mere fact of contributing that we should always take into account when we stress the necessity for a universal and wholehearted support of the verious funds of the Cause.” (Written on behalf of the Guardian, p. 10)

What's Everyone Saying? OREGON “After offering our prayers and

Dear Treasurer,

million goal is met, those who coatri>scroll. Rather than our names, woul’

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National Spiritual Assembly appoints seven regional American Indian Teaching Committees

The National Spiritual Assembly recently appointed seven regional American Indian Teaching Committees to further and intensify current efforts to reach American Indians with the healing Message of Baha'u'llah.

Each committee, under the guidance of the National Teaching Committee, will serve a specific geographic area: one in the Northeastern states, and two in each other region (the South, Central, and Western states).

Calling to mind the sentiment of the beloved Guardian, who spoke of the “latent strength of character of these Pattie Mais bane Gaenew Wore

of the Paith has a chance to work in their midst, it will produce remarkable results,"’ the committees are

charged with ensuring that the Faith s shared with the indigenous people of the U.S. �[Page 6]6 / The American Baha'i / October 1990

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‘This isa thought-provoking, philosophical treatment of many of the major spiritual ideas found in the Bah’f writings, such as the concept of God. the purpose of Revelation, the nonexistence of evil, and standards o perfection. Based on ‘Abdu'l-Bahd’s description of the journey of atom from the mineral kingdom to the vegetable kingdom snd fr to the animal and human kingdoms, Ms. Conow demonstrates how ¢ Bahd'{ Faith & model for both the physical and spiritual univ The Baha'i Teachings offers answers to such basic questions as, can we understand the physical universe?"’ ““What of the spirima universe of the soul?"* ““How are these two connected?” and, “What we know about this connection?"* The Baha"{ Teachings is an exceller source of information for those who wish to deepen their knowledge Bahd'f concept of the spiritual universe or to sharpen their ability convey these concepts to others

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A book of short and simple 2-page lessons on the Bahd’{ Faith. Concepts are introduced with brief commentary, an action from the Bahd’{ writings, the main thought, questions for discussion, and a blackand-white illustration. Each lesson is self-contained and can be studied in any order. The nine focus on the history and development of the Baha’ Faith, its laws and teachings, and the spiritual foundations of its organization and administration. The Garden of Bahé’u’llth is a multipurpose tool for personal study, for use as a class text or for informal groups of a variety of ages. 8-1/2 x11 inches, 182 pages Bohd’l Publishing Trast of India

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

PIONEERING (OVERSEAS)

For more information about any of these positons, please contact the Office of Pioocering, Baha"! National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708-869-9099.

PIONEERING (HOMEFRONT)

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, city of 80,000 on the sbores of Lake Michigan between Chicago and Milwaukee and only 45 minutes from the Bahd"! House of Worship in Wilmette, needs homefront pioneers to save its incorporated Assembly, the second oldest in the U.S. Kenosha, with «

For information, contact Paul D. Voelz, chairman, Spiritual Assembly of Kenosha, Kenosha, WI 53140.

‘TEACHING fires are blazing in the Lafayette,

— Administrative Services: media services assistant (studio); secretary (float in three departments); mail services assistant; manager, Subscriber Services

—Bahé’{ Publishing Trust: associate ditor*; administrative assistant to genzal editor

— National Teaching Committee office: secretary to the secretary of NTC; regio this area. Please contact Eulalia Bobo Taylor, West Point, GA 31833, or phone

PIONEER in the lovely Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and belp a long-standing Assembly that is now in jeopardy. Nice living quarters available in the home of a Babi". Write to P.O. Box 2303, Stauntoa, VA 24401, or phone 703-885-6247.

retary, or phone 615-444-0033, 615-758-8391, or 615443-0933.

CONSIDER moving to historic Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to help strengthen the community and help save the local Assembly. Portsmouth, a city of 26,000 on the Piscataqua River, 2 20-minute drive from the Green Acre Bahd'{ School, was visited by ‘Abdu'l-Bahd in 1912 and is a former residence of the Hand of the Cause of God Louis Gregory, It is near the Atlantic Ocean

a Portsmouth, NH 03801, or phone 603-431-1374.

ARCHIVES

THE NATIONAL Bahd'{ Archives is seeking, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, original letters written on behalf of the Guardian to the following individuals: Anna K. Good (died New York City, 1981), Walter Goodfellow (died Duncolin, FL, 1958), George Goodman (died Hartford, CT, 1981), Doris Goodrick, Ernest Goodspeed, Elise Goodwin (died Greensboro, NC, 1970), Linley Gordon, and Lois Gorham (died Boston, MA, 1949). Anyone knowing famly members or relatives who might have these letters from the Guardian is asked to contact the National Bahd'{ Archives, Bahd'{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

bookkeeper/assistant cashier*

— Persian/American Affairs Office: administrative assistant (must be fluent in Persian and English)*

• Baha’ required for this position

Name Address

POSITIONS AVAILABLE WRANGELL, Alaska (pop. 3,000), with an

Georgia, is planning its “Golden Anniversary”

became Bahd'(s in Atlanta or who once lived in that city to please forward stories, memorabilia, pictures or other items of historic interest by Janwary 1 to: Baha’! Task Force, P.O. Box 803,

Powder Springs Road, Suite 11-9, Maries, GA 3006A.For more information. please phos Ant Haynes st 404-422-0011.

BAHA'I PARENTS who are bome-schooting your children: please write and let me mace whe you are using as @ curriculum, bow you incorporate the Paith into k, and if you would Mike i unite for strength and support. Writs to Becky ‘Williams, i combe, LA 70445 (phome 304-882-3272).

DO YOU HAVE any Bahé’{ slide shows or ‘Gllmstrips that you are not using? Put them to good use in Africa! We need these items for our

Kansas City, MO 64127, or to Counselor ‘Shiden Fet"be-Aszam, P.O. Box GD 400, Greendale, Harare, Zimbabwe.

DAY-SPRING Enterprises bas bess collec: ing information about homefront pioneers in the ULS. The goal is to create a network among the

Faith’s stature In China enhanced, many contacts made during third Beijing International Book Fair

More than 1,500 Chinese leaders, academics, librarians, students and the general public visited the Baha’i booth and examined Bahd’{ literature at the third Beijing International Book Fair, August 31-September 7.

Many people—especially students— talked with the Baha'is, who represented Publishing Trusts of Germany, Brazil and the U.S.; the Baha’{ Committee for China, and the Office of Public Information in Hong Kong.

Learning of such principles as the importance of the family and universal education, the equality of the sexes, the importance of minorities and the eradication of racial prejudice, the elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty, and the need for international cooperation to solve problems of global concern, many Chinese said, **This is what China needs,"’ or ‘These teachings are very important for China.’

Many asked for Baha’ literature and were disappointed that the policies of the Book Fair prevented selling or giving them books.

A large number wanted more information, and about 20-30 new Baha'is were recorded for follow-up.

Contacts were renewed with a Chi Unfortunately, its distribution will be limited in China because of its religious nature.

reat ns mera papular in China, that same publisher is interested in publishing a series of books on the social teachings of the Faith.

Another of the Chinese publishers who visited the Baha’! booth indicated that they are interested in translating and publishing children’s materials that encourage virtues and good moral character.

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More than 1,200 attend 3ist Green Lake Conference

On September 14-16, more than 1,200 people from all over the continental United States and several other countries attended the 3ist annual Green Lake (Wisconsin) Bahd’{ Conference.

Addressing their remarks to such pressing issues as the Six Year Plan, the construction of the Arc, and the development of Bahé’{ communities were a number of speakers including Dr. Robert Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly; Auxiliary Board members Javidukht Khadem and Morris Taylor; Mildred Mottahedeh, chairman of the New Era Foundation; and Steven Gonzalez and Jan

Teaching Conference November 3, 1990

Theme: The Champion Builders for the Arc and Teaching

Keynote Speakers: Jacqueline Delahunt,

Continental Counselor & Robert Henderson, National Spiritual Assembly member

Lewis and Clark College Chapel 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Followed by a proclamation event at the Matt-Dishman Center

Sponsored by the District Teaching Committee of Oregoa, Western For more information: Lydia McCarter, 503/245-4385

Kevin Locke (right), a member of the

Smith of the National Committee on Women.

Friday evening’s second annual Friday Forum focused on three topics: the arts; equality and the family (conducted by the National Committee on Women); and taking spiritual counsel together (a forum conducted in the traditions of American Indian culture).

Keynote speakers at the Indian forum were Kevin Locke, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly; Nick Hockings of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin; and Phil Lucas of Issaquah, Washington.

On Saturday afternoon, more than 15 optional workshops were held on a variety of topics.

Saturday evening's ‘‘Feast of the not-too-distant-future’’ began with devotions by the children and included a variety of musical entertainment.

More than $117,000 was raised for the Funds at Green Lake including $11,000 for the Arc through a silent auction.

Twenty-four American Indians from a number of tribes were among the nearly 100 non-Baha’{s taking part in the conference, at which two people declared their faith in Bahé'u’ll4h.

The unique closing ceremony took place on the lakefront with children and adults reunited in singing and chanting prayers around the American Indian drum, based on the Winnebago Indian ceremony.

chairman of the National Endowment

National Spiritual Assembly, receivesa for the Arts, at a ceremony in the Rus 1990 National Heritage Fellowship Award from John E. Frohnmayer,

sell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

NEA honors Kevin Locke with 1990 Heritage Award for contribution in preserving Plains Indian culture

Kevin Locke, a member of the Na Mr. Locke played a courting song and performed a hoop dance at a public concert at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. The program, hosted by CBS-TV newscaster Charles Kuralt, will be telecast on PBS in the future.

While Mr. Locke was in Washington, the National Spiritual Assembly honored him with a reception at which © guests from government and nongovernment offices heard Mr. Locke play traditional Lakota courting songs on the flute.

Mr. Locke also played songs celebrating the characteristics of honor, loftiness, courage and strength that are portrayed in Sioux stories by the eagle.

Men, women and children dance to the beat of the traditional American Indian drum during the lakeside closing

ceremony September 16 at the 31st annual Green Lake (Wisconsin) Bahd Conference.

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

The American Bahd't 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 Na. tional Spiritual Assembly or the editors.

Letters should be as brief as possible (a 250-word maximum is suggested) and are subject to editing for length and style. Please address all letters to the Editor, The American Bahd't, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

‘A way back’ to active status

To the Editor:

I have been a Baha’ since 1972 and inactive for most of those years.

I felt that to have the kind of problems I had (drugs, alcohol, co-dependence) and to profess to be a Baha'i would shame the Faith that I loved. I became inactive and told no one I was a Baha’i because I didn’t want to hurt the Faith.

I had gone to therapists off and on for most of my life, but it didn't solve the addictions I was facing. . .addictions I used to kill the emotional pain of my mother's death when I was a child of eight.

After 19 years of using alcohol and other drugs and nine of frequent cocaine use, I was led by the grace of God to Alcoholics Anonymous.

When I was clean and sober for two years, I wanted to return to the Faith. But how could I, I thought—Baha’{s have no severe problems as I had (when I was active I never heard Baha’is talk about such big problems).

Then I encountered the Bab: in Recovery Fellowship (BIRF). What a relief! I can be a Baha’i and also have

problems; other Bahd’is have too. I'm not alone!

The BIRF program gave me a way back to active status. I don't have to be ashamed anymore. I'm now on an As sembly. . .people come and ask about the Faith. . .and now I can ¢: courage other Baha'is to take part in BIRF and their local Baha'i com ty.

Baha'is are dealing with a range o personal problems that would probably shock you. The Baha'is in Recov ery Fellowship is a great resource for

local Assemblies and a great help to suffering Baha'is. Name and address withhe: Children and the Feast To the Editor: We would like to share a that our small Baha o

worked together to solve.

We had 1! adults small children, one fr: families. The problem classes.

After a teacher volunteered, and time and place were agreed four parents, we still had no part tion.

The teacher noted, however, t when adult Baha'is came to Feas' usually brought the children. A consultation and prayer, a * section” within the Feast was

The idea worked weil. Not the children have their ow Feast, but the other adults becar tive participants in teaching ren.

For you adults who wan: but don’t want to handle a ton work, use what is on hand. We uw Baha'i daily readings. We u: the title of Feast, look it tionary and discuss how the Faith.

Keep it short and sim be pleased to learn how casy

children can be. Mark and Monica Knop; New Konsas The pron of the Mout High hath decreed ard io

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Q: inta Conferencia Nacional Hispana en Los Angeles

ha'{ y de animar cada participante a

dividuales, comunidades, o parte de un proyecto de ensefianza. Levantaron el [amado de la necesidad de universal hacia el servicio a la Causa de Bahd’u'lléh y sobre el papel de los amigos Hispanos en realizar la entrada por tropas. Las sesiones incluieron temas sobre

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Es el anhelo del Comité que cada creyente Hispano reciba estas palabras del Maestro de buenas ganas y medite sobre cdmo podré llevar a cabo su

Pligrimages postponed

In view of the uncertain situation in the Middle East, the Universal House of Justice has decided to postpone pilgrimage for all those who have received invitations to come | between now and December 31. | Your places oa the waiting list for

pilgimage will be maintained and | you will be invited on another date m due course.

“1h vosotros, rosas en el jardin del amor de Dios! !Oh vosotros, luminosas ldmparas en la asamblea de su conocimiento! Que los suaves hilitos de Dios soplen sobre vosotros, que la Gloria de Dios ilumine el horizonte de Yuestros corazones.

“*Vosotros sois las olas del profundo mar del conocimiento, sois los ejércitos em formacién sobre las planicies de la certidumbre, sois las estrellas en los cielos de la compasién de Dios, sois las piedras que ponen en fuga al pueblo de la perdicién, sois las nubes de divina compasién sobre los jardines de la vida, sois la abundante gracia de la unicidad de Dios derramada sobre la esenca de todas las cosas creadas.

“En la extendida tabla de este mundo, vosotros sois los versiculos de su singularidad; y por encima de las encumbradas torres de los palacios, sois tos estandartes dei Seftor.

“En sus campestres moradas sois las flores y las dulcemente perfumadas hierbas; en el rosedal del espiritu sois

THE SIXTH ANNUAL GRAND CANYON BAHA'I

DECEMBER 21 - 24, 1990

Located in Scottsdale Arizona at the Wyndham Paradise Valley Resort Sponsored by the Local Spirimal Assembly of Phoenix, Arizona

SIGNIFICANCE OF BAHA'U'LLAH’S REVELATION Spertua! Remewal: ledividen! - Family Comment)

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

DR. WILMA ELLIS, Continental Board of Counsellors DR. FIRUZ KAZEMZADEH, National Spiritual Assembly MRS. JUANA C. CONRAD, National Spiritual Assembly

DR. SOHEIL BUSHRUI, DR. HESHMAT ALAT MR. REYNALDO CRUZ, National Teaching Committee MR. RICK WADLEIGH, Auxiliary Board Member DR. MASHA'U'LLAH MOSHREFZADEH

DR. RICHARD THOMAS, MR. JOHN COOK

$25 per person registration (- $5 pre-registration discount) For more information write: GCBC P.O. Box 9961 Phoenix, AZ 85068

or call Priscilla Sharp (602) 995-3817

bow sole ete tae oe gana cantos. Sois las aves que se remontan

hacia los cielos de! conocimiento, los halcones reales sobre el brazo de Dios.

di rayo, y elevar un clamor como el del gran mar.

“Al igual que una candela debéis derramar vuestra luz y, como las suaves brisas de Dios, soplar a través del mundo.

“Como fragantes hdlitos de los retiros celestiales, como almizcieros vien “Pues vosotros sois los vientos cargados de vida, sois los aromas del jazmin que provienen de los jardines de pep hae poe eae vida a los muertos y despertad a aquellos que domitan.

“En la oscuridad del mundo sed resplandecientes lamas; en las arenas de la perdicién, sed manantiales de! agua de vida, sed una guia proveniente de Dios nuestro Sefior. Ahora es el momento de servir, ahora es el momento

Ku Klux Klan’s request denied, nearly 300 attend Race Unity Day event In Exeter, New Hampshire

Despite inclement weather, nearly 300 people attended a Race Unity Day celebration June 10 sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Exeter, New Hampshire.

The event received widespread publicity when a member of the Ku Klux Klan who lives in Exeter asked for permission to set up an information booth at the event.

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ph egy Spe reader te to order the 18 by 24-inch poster in the U.S., Association, UN Office, 777 UN Plaza, New 212-599-1320). Posters are $4 each, $3 each for 10 or

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BIC opens new office for Pacific Region in Suva, Fij

The Bahd’{ International Community (BIC) office for the Pacific Region

nificance to mankind of the Revelation brought by Baha'u'llah.

Ms. Power presented an overview of the BIC and its development in recent years in the Pacific region, quoting several passages from ‘‘The Promise of World Peace.’’

According to Mrs. Hancock, the office “will become a liaison point for various Bahd'{-operated social and economic development projects undertaken by various governmental and non-governmental organizations in the region.””

Each guest at the dinner received a bound folder of BIC materials including statements to the South Pacific Commission, an issue of One Country, the “‘Survey of Bahd’{ Education Programmes” and other relevant documents.

The Baha’{ International Community now has offices in New York, Geneva and Fiji, and representatives to the UN in Vienna, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Santiago, Bangkok and Rome.

BIC’s UN representatives lend Faith ‘presence at major conferences in Geneva, Paris, New York

Actively pursuing Shoghi Effendi's encouragement to work with the United Nations *‘to give the Cause duc publicity as an agency working for and firmly believing in the unification of the human family and permanent peace,"’ representatives to the UN for the Baha'i International Community (BIC) spent much of September at international conferences in Geneva, the Landegg Academy, Paris and New York.

The International Conference on Education, held September 3-8 in Geneva, was attended by BIC representatives Daniel Wegener, New York, and Giovanni Ballerio, Geneva.

Important contacts were made with national representatives from India, Lesotho, Botswana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Norway, the Netherlands, China, Syria and the USSR, many of whom were given a copy of the ‘‘Survey of Baha’{ Education Programs."’

Mr. Wegener also attended the first International Dialogue on the Transition to a Global Society, held at the Landegg Academy in Switzerland, and

was introduced to Frederico Mayor, director-general of UNESCO.

BIC representative Wytze Bos of Geneva attended the UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, held in Paris, and returned with recommendations for increased Baha’i participation in the development arena and for maintaining impartiality on divisive north-south issues.

In mid-September, the annual Conference of the UN Department of Public Information for Non-Governmental Organizations was held at the UN in New York.

More than 1,100 participants from 6 countries gathered to confer on “A World Safe for Children: Meeting the Challenge of the 1990s.""

Two Baha'is from the UN office

were panel moderators while two were rapporteurs of panel discussions.

NOTE: Copies of the complete summary of the NGO/DPI Conference are available from Bahd’ts of the U.S./UN Office, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017.

Twenty-Jive prospective ploneers took part August 31-September 2 in a Pioneering Institute at the Louls G. Gregory Bahd’( Institute near Hemingway,

2 et NR af South Carolina, Possible destinations Sor the pioneers included Belize, El Salvador, the British Virgin Islands and Yugoslavia.

The Hand of the Cause of God Collis Featherstone and his wife, Madge, are pictured at the opening September 6 of

Pacific Region office in Suva, Fi Featherstone was taken ill later month and passed away while visit

the Bahd't International Community's

Members of the Marion Jack Teaching

the Day-Star team and three Russian interpreters in front of St. Basil's

Project are pictured with members of recent nine-week visit to five ci

Kathmandu, Nepa

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the Soviet Union

Members of Marion Jack Teaching Project return after nine-week visit to five cities in Soviet Union

The Marion Jack Teaching Project (MJTP) recently returned from a nineweek visit to the Soviet Union.

The group consisted of nine youth and three adults from six states. Its purpose was to proclaim the Cause and deliver copies of the peace statement to people in the Soviet Union.

The Baha'is visited Moscow, Ulan Ude, Severo Baikalsk, Kiev and L'vov Although only five cities were visited, 101 cities are known to have Baha’{ literature while $4 have new Baha’i con: tacts as a result of this trip.

Fifteen thousand pieces of Baha'i literature in Russian were distributed including 10,000 copies of **The Prom.

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MITP attracted seekers music and musical firesides, and dancing in parks each day an senting firesides in the evening

The group had four meetings Gty officials and was interviewed i4 times by newspapers, 12 times on radio and four times on television including one program with an average view audience of 30 million.

MJTP recorded 60 declarations and collected addresses of 312 people who wanted more information about the Faith

During their visit Assembiies were dlected in Kiev and Ulan Ude

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Peace Fest ’90

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WLGI Radio Bahd’{ carried a live broadcast of Friday evening’s Gospel Jubilee at Hemingway’s Mitcheom Community Center, inviting area residents to attend.

More than $00 did, and enjoyed several hours of inspiring music by a dozen of the area’s best choirs and soloists.

WLGI also broadcast the Saturday evening Peace Concert and awards ceremony from McCown Auditorium in Conway.

The concert opened with a performance by ‘‘Swan’’ (Bahd’{s Kingsley and Suzanne) from Griffin, Georgia.

Boston opens new Center

Several newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts, covered the opening June 30 of that city’s new Baha'i Center.

As a result, a one-column article in the Boston Sunday Globe noted the Center's opening and included basic tenets of the Faith.

A reporter from the South End News, a neighborhood paper published in the area of Boston where the Center is located, attended one of two open houses held since its opening.

The result was a full-page article, “Keeping the Faith,"’ with photos of the Boston Baha'i Youth Workshop.

Counselor William Roberts then presented the Peace Award to Mrs. Simkins, and Mrs. Mclver received the Ambassador Award on behalf of the Gregory Institute from Margene Nelson-Willis, a Baha’{ from Hemingway.

The highlight, as usual, was a dynamic performance by the Peace Fest Orchestra which included in its program three compositions written ¢specially for Peace Fest ’90: “‘Enoch Olinga,"” by saxophonist Roger Hogan; “City of Man,"’ by trumpeter Warren Kime; and ‘‘Sweetness and Light,’’ by Mr. Holladay.

Joining the Peace Fest Orchestra for the first time this year was vocalist Wendy Rose of San Francisco.

Members of the orchestra also gave a free concert for students and faculty at a vocational/technical center in Conway.

On Sunday morning an interfaith worship service was held at the Louis Gregory Institute.

Following the devotions, Counselor Wilma Ellis addressed the gathering, referring to the Faith as ‘‘a new chapter in the Book of God’’ and stressing the value of intercultural experiences to children growing up in today’s society.

Other speakers Sunday morning included Alberta Deas, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, and Mrs. Mclver, who spoke about her work with young people in South Carolina.

In the week prior to the Peace Fest,

Peace Award from Counselor William Roberts during the Peace Fest 90 concert September 22 in Conway.

WLGI Radio Baha’{ was given a certificate of recognition by the Horry

91-year-old Modjeska Simkins, a tomgtime civil rights activist from Columbia, South Carolina, receives the 1990

(County) Cultural Arts Council for outstanding media service.

National Assembly establishes permament Research Office at Baha’i National Center

In July the National Spiritual Assembly established a permanent Research Office at the Baha'i National Center.

The office will bring together many existing tasks performed at the National Center and will initiate new ones. A memorandum from the Re

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2. Literature review

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4. Helping the Research Department in Haifa to obtain information and to locate experts who can help them in their pressing tasks.

Dr. Robert H. Stockman has been

As of September 21, 1990, the Management Information Systems office at the Bah4'{ National Center had not received 222 Ridvin Election Forms from Baha’ { communities which had Assemblies last year. An Election Report Form or a written report of the election (including election date, number voting, elected members of the Assembly and their ID numbers, and the results of the officer election

hired to direct the Research Office. Hie has a doctorate in the history of relig

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Eight American Bahda’is visit Ashkabad in Soviet Union

Highlighting a visit August 19-September 4 to the Soyiet Union, a group of eight American Bahd’{s from three Western states visited Ashkabad, site of the world’s first Baha'i House of Worship.

On its first stop, the enjoyed a meeting with Bali's in Moscow. A year ago there were only five Baha'is in Moscow, a city of eight million. As of April 28 the number had risen to 30, and by August there were 60.

A goal of the Two Year Plan for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union is to establish 19 local Assemblies in the USSR. With the plan only four months old, there are already nine Assemblies: in Moscow, Ashkabad, Dushanbe, Tallin, Kiev, Ulan Ude, Kazan, Murmansk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. And two more will soon be formed, in Len Burton Trafton Jr., one-time ploneer to Madeira Islands, dies in Massachusetts at 64

Burton W. Trafton Jr., a former pioneer to the Madeira Islands, died April 26 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 64 years old.

Mr. Trafton was a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, chairman of its Archives Committee, and served on the Restoration Task Force at the Green Acre Bahé’l School in Eliot, Maine.

A historic preservationist, he was a founder and the first president of the Old Berwick Historical Society, He restored the Gen. Ichabod Goodwin House (1797) in South Berwick, and the Aaron Moses House (1815) and James T. Fields House in Portsmouth, among others.

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Among the new Baha'is in Moscow are artists, students, economists, engiheers, a screenwriter and a newspaper editor.

After several days in Moscow, the group of Americans arrived in Ashkabad, capital of the Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan.

At the airport, Faegheh Bolouri and her brother, Nayer, received an emotional welcome from family members they hadn’t seen in the 52 years since they had left their birthplace.

Moeen Kiani, from San Francisco, also visited his Ashkabad homeland for the first time since he left at the age of three,

On Sunday, August 27, the Americans gathered with 50 Baha’{s from Ashkabad for prayers in English, Russian, Persian and Turkish at the site of the first Bahd’{ House of Worship.

The Temple was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1948, demolished in 1963, and the grounds were later developed into a lovely park.

The Bahd’{s met with the mayor of Ashkabad at his office, and during that meeting he offered, on behalf of the city government, to give property to the local Bah4’{s for use as a Baha'i Center.

While in Ashkabad, one of the mem bers of the group, Zia Shamsy of Plano, Texas, researched the Baha'i books housed in the rare books section of the local public library, which were among those removed from the House of Worship before its demolition.

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Photos of the Persian manuscript were taken and sent to the World Center for examination.

The group next traveled to Tashkent, capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for an emotional meeting with that city’s only Baha’{.

A brief stay in Leningrad was highlighted by a meeting with more than 30

The Temple, damaged by an earthquake in 1948, was demolished ix 1963 and the land converted into « public park. Behind the group is the statue of @ famous Turkiman poet.

Russian students who were eager to learn about life in the U.S. and the Americans’ view of the Soviet Union.

In addition to the S$ Russian-language books given to the Assemblies in Moscow and Ashkabad, the group dis tributed hundreds of pamphlets to hotel attendants, tour guides, dus drivers and students.

Baha'is In Lincoln, Nebraska, are working closely with city’s Interfaith Council for peace, race unity

Baha’(s in Lincoln, Nebraska, have developed a close working relationship with the Lincoln Interfaith Council (LIC) since that group voted unanimously to allow the Spiritual Assembly of Lincoln and two Jewish synagogues to become members.

This summer, Bahd’{ Ruth Hansen offered a course on the Faith sponsored by the LIC, and this fall the Council is supporting the second annual Heartland Peace Trek '90, a peace march and rally for peace sponsored by the Baha’is of Lincoln.

The friends will join with other members of the LIC to help plan January’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Some Baha'is are serving on LIC committees, and the Council has

adopted a logo designed by 2 Bahd’{, Bob Waddell.

Christine McKay dead at 97

Christine McKay, a former pioneer and traveling teacher to Prince Edward Island, Cubs, Puerto Rico and South America, died! June 26 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was 91 years old.

She had served for many years as secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Boston.

“Kindly convey to the friends in Boston,” the Universal House of Justice cabled, ‘‘assurance of the prayers of the Universal House of Justice in the Holy Shrines for the progress of the soul of Christine McKay in the realms above."”

IN MEMORIAM

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NOVEMBER

2-4: Local Spiritual Assembly Deepening Weekend, Louhelen Bald’! School. Facilitated by Anna Lee Strasburg, Office of Community Adaninistration, Bahé’{ National Center. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

9-11: 15th annual Conference of the Association for Bahd{ Studies, Georgia World Congress Center Auditorium and OMNI Hotel, Atianta. Theme: ‘‘Models of Racial Unity.’’ Speakers, workshops, professional interest seminar/institute meetings, children’s conference (ages 5-15 p. Room rates: $69 flat rate double (also triple or quad if doubiedoubles available; otherwise, charge for rollaway cots). Reservation number: 1-800-843-6664. Airline: Delta. (Phone 1-800-221-1212, ask for Special Meetings Network, specify conference meeting No. N10077). Registration information: Association for Bahé"{ Studies,

Ontario, Canada KIN 7K4 (phone 613-233-1903).

9-11: College Club conference, Louhelen Bahé'{ School. Conducted by

Counselor Robert Harris. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

22-25: Third annual Desert Rose Baha’{ School, Quality Inn-University, Tucson, Arizona. Theme: ‘Crossing the Threshold." Participation by the Hands of the Cause of God William Sears and ‘Ali-Muhammad Vargé. Room rates: $35 for 1-4 people. For hotel reservations, phone 1-800-777-2999. To register for the school, contact Larry Gustafson,

Tucson, AZ 85749.

22-25: Ninth annual Thanksgiving Youth Conference to be beid in the Washington, D.C., area. For more information, phone Roya Rowlings, 703-866-1509.

22-25: Thanksgiving session for singles with activities for children, Bosch Bahd’{ School, Santa Cruz, CA. To register, send $35 deposit per person to: Registrar, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Registration information: 408-423-3387. Program information: 805-933-1253.

30-December 2: Pioncering Institute with emphasis on American Indian teaching, near Salem, Oregon. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

DECEMBER

7-9: ‘Writing as a Tool for Social Change,"’ with authors Guy Murchie and Cindy Savage, Bosch Baha’{ School. To reserve a place, send a $100 deposit to: Writers, S00 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 93060. For information, phone 408-423-3387.

7-9: International Visual Arts Conference, Antigua, Leeward Islands.

21-24: Sixth annual Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference, Phoenix, Arzona. Speakers: Counselor Wilma Ellis, Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, Reynakdo Cruz. For information, write to P.O. Box 9961, Phoenix, AZ 85083, or phone 602-995-3817.

21-25: Winter I general session (all ages), Bosch Baha’) School. To register, send $35 deposit per person to: Registrar, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Registration information: 408-423-3387. Program information: 805-933-1253.

21-27: Bahd’{ International Summer School, Malawi.

27-Sanuary 1: Family Winter Session, Louhelen Bahd’{ School. To register, send $35 deposit per person to: Registrar, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Registration information: 408-423-3387. Program information: 805-933-1253.

28-30: South Carolina Bahd’{ Winter School, Louis G. Gregory Baha'/ Institute, Hemingway. Phone 803-558-5093.

28-January 1: Atlanta Bahd’{ Youth Conference. Mark your calendars now! For registration information, phone Ruha Sobhani, 404-664-2418, or Shirin Mahmoodzadeh, 404-944-0700. For entertainment information, phone Roshan Bashir, 404-296-1081. Don’t miss it!

28-Jamuary 1: Winter II general session (all ages), Bosch Baha’{ School. For information, phone 408-423-3387.

JANUARY 11-13: Institute, Bosch Baha’{ School, Santa Cruz, California. For more inf Please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha'i Na tional Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

18-21: Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, Atlanta, Georgia. Parade, march, other events. For information, phone Paulette Trail, 404-426-7713

FEBRUARY 8-10: Consultation and Models of Dispute Resolution, Loubelen Baba’! School. Conducted by Rick and Barbara Johnson. For information, phone 313-653-5033. SPRING 1991 Pioneering Institutes: Evanston, Illinois, and Austin, Texas. For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

“As a community clearly in the vanguard of the constructive forces at work on the planet, and as one which has access to proven knowledge, let us de about our Father's business.'’—The Universal House of Justice, Rigvdn 1990 �