The American Bahá’í/Volume 23/Issue 13/Text

The American Bahá’í
Volume 23, Issue 13

The American Baha’i

Volume 23, No. 13

Beloit Baha'is sponsor successful series of race unity activities

The Baha'is of Beloit, Wisconsin, recently sponsored a highly successful public presentation of “The Vision of Race Unity” to the mayor of the town, marking the latest in a long series of local efforts for the promotion of the oneness of humanity. The favorable attention the community of 22 believers has received, both in the media and from other organizations, demonstrates that fewness of numbers is not a hindrance to Baha’is who arise with determination and unity of purpose to serve the Faith.

THE JULY 25 presentation was attended by the mayor, the city manager, members of the school board, police department and the local chapter of the NAACP, as well as by representatives of the “Rock County Coalition for Race Unity,” a Christian-sponsored organization that includes Baha’ is among its membership.

The ceremony included a luncheon and a question and answer session for guests and the media. Robert Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly, presented the race unity statement tothe mayor on behalf of the Spritual Assembly of Beloit.

Many of those attending had never been toa Baha’i-sponsored event before. Most remained for the entire program, enthusiastically asking questions about the Faith and about future activities. The following day, positive reports appeared in the local newspaper. Over-all, the response to the event made it clear that the Baha’i community had won the respect of many people in the city.

Leslie Rennie, secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Beloit, commented on the success of the event:

“People are interested in the idea of interracial understanding, especially since it has received so much attention in the news recently. For that reason our presentation was bound to attract some notice.

“The reaction, however, was much greater than we hoped for. This is probably because we have been active for a number of years in race unity related efforts in Beloit, so that the Baha’i Faith has been well known for a long time as a progressive force in the community. We

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B Assurance Baha‘u'llah’s Book of Certitude

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Pictured is a scale model ofthe main stage designed to be used in the Jacob Javits Center for the sec— ond Baha'i World Congress in November. Behind the stage are four large television screens that will enable those in the far reaches of the vast auditorium to view the proceedings close up. The stage’s designer is John Kavelin who also designed the stage for the San Francisco International Baha'i Peace Conference in 1986.

National Spiritual Assembly unveils outline of plan to reorganize national administration

By Ken Bowers

At the end of July the National Spiritual Assembly unveiled a preliminary outline of its plan for the reorganization of the istration. The new framework is designed to complement other efforts aimed at creating a greater unity of vision and action among local and national institutions of the Faith.

THE REORGANIZATION will facilitate current activities while helping to prepare the American Baha’i community for the potential developments of the next several years. Important aspects of the plan include:

¢ the creation of regional teaching committees supported by permanent offices and full-time staff including one member of the committee, all operating under the National Teaching Committee;

the appointment of a National Teaching and Operations Coordinator who will

operate at the Baha’i National Center, serving as a member of the National Teaching Committee and as liaison between the committee, its regional committees and the National Spiritual Assembly. His/her duties will be distinct from those of the secretary of the Teaching Committee;

¢ the formation of a National Planning and Coordinating Committee whose members will include the secretary-general of the National Assembly and tepresentatives from all of the Assembly's major offices and agencies; and

anew configuration in

current operations. Insome cases this will involve the establishment of new offices, task forces and ad

ministrative positions. Examples of this include an Office for Social and Economic Development, to operate within the Treasurer's Office; and the appointment of a full-time supervisor for Baha’ i schools and educational institutes.

Robert C. Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly, explained the circumstances that led to these decisions:

“There were really two aspects to the National Assembly's thinking. One was simply the times in which we are living.

_ Somuch is happening in the Baha’i world,

and in the world at large, that there was a great need to rethink how we go about our business.

“Most of the friends in this country, especially those serving on the administrative institutions, are being literally bombarded with various demands on their resources and energies. The friends felt

themselves being pulled in many directions: teaching, consolidation, race unity, local Assembly development, the Holy Year, and so on. It became apparent [to the National Spiritual Assembly] that greater coordination was required, so that all aspects of our activities could be seen as parts of one comprehensive plan, which they in fact are.

“WE ALSO knew from the Wri that these next few years will be crucial to the history of the world and to the Baha’i community. For this reason we had to devise a system that would prepare us to the greatest extent possible for whatever destiny has in store.

“The second factor,” Dr. Henderson continued, “was the opportunity offered by the Holy Year to ‘pause and reflect’ on the nature and purpose of Baha’i administration, which is to empower us to estab See REORGANIZATION page 15

Wealth of Baha'i literature available to aid study of Baha'u'llah's Revelation

By Ros Stockman

The Universal House of Justice has called on us to make the study of the life of Baha’u'llah a major focus of our spiritual life during the Holy Year.

Fortunately, the resources that are available to us for studying Him are great. During the Holy Year additional publications will provide even more sources of inspiration and information for studying the life of “the most precious Being ever to have drawn breath on this planet.”

Undoubtedly the best place to start to study the life of Baha'u'llah is His own writings. Baha‘u'llah writes extensively about His sufferings, and comments on many events in His life and in the history

of the Faith. Many of these can be found in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf and Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

Never before available in a single volume, Callto Remembrance, acompilation of Baha’u'llah’s writings about His life and times, will soon be published by the Baha'i Publishing Trust. It will be a unique source for anyone's study of Baha’u'llah.

Ofcourse, no study of Baha‘u'llah would be complete without a detailed and careful reading of Shoghi Effendi’s descriptions of Baha‘u'llah’s life and station in God Passes By, chapters 6-13, and The World Order of Baha'u'llah, pp. 97-119.

As Guardian of the Cause of God, Shoghi

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Kitab-i-iqgan unseals ‘Choice Wine’ of God's Revelation

By Ken Bowers

One of the most important proofs of the Stations of both the Bab and Baha‘u'Ilah is that their respective Revelations fulfilled the promises given to humankind through the previous Messengers of God and other prophets. Time and again these twin Manifestations recalled the prophecies of past dispensations, demonstrating with clear and irrefutable arguments that they had all come to pass in this “Most Great Day of God,” the Day foretold by all of the Holy Ones of the past.

“Great indeed is this Day!” wrote Baha’w'llah. “The allusions made to it in all the sacred Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness. The soul of every Prophet of God, of every Divine messenger, hath thirsted for this wondrous Day. All the diverse kindreds of the earth have, likewise, yearned to attain it

Baha‘u'llah also stated, in no uncertain terms, that God's ancient pledge to humanity had, to the

surviving uncles anda witness to the Bab’s extraordinary transformation in the early months of His Ministry, remained in Iran, deeply troubled by the upheaval His Nephew had caused, and anxious to resolve the conflicting feelings that oppressed his heart. But despite his great respect for the Bab and the efforts of several of the believers to explain to him His Faith, he simply could not bring himself to believe that one of his relatives had been chosen by God for such an inconceivably glorious Mission.

AT LAST, after several years, another family member who had accepted the Faith persuaded Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad to undertake a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Iraq, where he could also visit his sister (the mother of the Bab) and then go to Baghdad to meet Baha*u'llah, Who, he was assured, would be able to resolve once and for all any doubts he might have

and the twofold character of their stations; denounces the blindness and perversity of the divines and doctors of every age; cites and elucidates the allegorical passages of the New Testament, the abstruse verses of the Qur'an, and the cryptic Muhammedan traditions which have bred those age-long misunderstandings, doubts and animosities that have sundered and kept apart the followers of the world’s leading religious systems; enumerates the essential prerequisites for the attainment by every true seeker of the object of his quest; demonstrates the validity, the sublimity and significance of the Bab’s Revelation; acclaims the heroism and detachment of His disciples; foreshadows, and prophesies the world-wide triumph of the Revelation promised to the people of the Bayan; upholds the purity and innocence of the Virgin Mary; glorifies the Imams of the Faith of Muhammad; celebrates the martyrdom, and lauds the spiritual sovereignty, of the Imam Husayn; unfolds the mean

last letter, been redeemed:

“The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earthis now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled. Out of Zion hath gone forth the Law of God, and Jerusalem, and the hills and land thereof, are filled with the glory of His Revelation. Happy is the man that pondereth in his heart that which hath been revealed in the

It was not long before the Kitab-i-[qan had received wide circulation among the

- Baha'is. It was the first of Baha'u'llah's works to be made available in print, and is said to have been the most popular of them during His lifetime.

ing of such symbolic terms as “Return,” “Resurrection, ” “Seal of the Prophets” and “Day of Judgment”; adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages of Divine Revelation; and expatiates, in glowing terms, upon the glories and wonders of the “City of God, ” renewed, at fixed intervals, by the dispensation of Providence, for the guidance, the benefit and salvation of all mankind. ...”

Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.”

It is ironic, then, that the vast majority of the believers inthe “Books of God,” inspite of their faith in the validity of the prophecies they contain, should for the most part have failed to recognize their fulfillment in the Baha’i Revelation.

Baha'is realize, of course, that this is due not to any fault on the part of the Holy Texts or any of God's Messengers. Rather, the problem lies with those who follow them and have failed to apprehend the true meaning of the promises in which they have placed their hopes. The challenge of presenting the correct interpretation is one that has faced the community of the Most Great Name since the earliest days of this Dispensation.

All of the Central Figures of the Faith dealt with the interpretation of religious prophecy. The most significant example of this is one that took place as the result of an incident during Baha‘u'llah’s final years in Baghdad, on the eve of the Declaration of His Mission. Its outcome itself marked the consummation of ancient and modern scriptural promises.

QUESTIONS FROM A SEEKER

Among those who recognized and followed the Bab during His lifetime were some who had known and associated with Him for many years prior to the proclamation of His Mission. A few were members of His family, such as His wife, who accepted the Cause very early on, and His maternal uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid ‘Ali, who, after the Letters of the Living, was the first person in the Bab’s home city of Shiraz to embrace the new Faith.

Haji Mirza Siyyid “Ali had raised the Bab from childhood, and during the years had come to recognize His incomparable qualities of spirit. Upon hearing of the Bab’s claim to be a Messenger of God, he, already a fervent admirer, arose to champion the Cause of his Nephew. In subsequent years he rendered outstanding services, consummated by his execution in Tehran only a short time before the martyrdom of his beloved Kinsman.

Some members of the Bab’s family did not recognize His Station while He lived, including His mother and His two other maternal uncles, Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad and Haji Mirza Siyyid Hasan-*Ali. Though they all loved Him a great deal, acknowledged His profound wisdom and admired His wonderful personality, they yet failed to perceive that He was the Promised One of Islam.

These three were greatly distressed at the news of the deaths of the Bab and His uncle. His mother, too overwhelmed with grief to remain in Shiraz, moved to the Iraqi city of Karbila to be near the Shrine of the Imam Husayn.

Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the older of the two

concerning the Cause of his Nephew.

Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad arrived in Baghdad in 1862, accompanied by his younger brother. He had invited Haji Mirza ‘id Hasan-‘Ali to come along without disclosing. lention to see Baha*u'llah while in Iraq. When Haj za Siyyid Hasan-*Ali was informed of the true objective of the trip, he became angry and refused to have anything to do with the plan. He declared that he was not at all interested in investigating the Babi Faith, and left Baghdad immediately.

Soon thereafter Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad visited the home of Baha’u'llah, where he was received with gteat love and kindness. The siyyid was immediately captivated by the charm and knowledge of his Host, Who. agreed to discuss whatever problems troubled him conceming the claims of the Bab. Baha*u'llah told him to return home and write down his questions, then bring them to Him.

The next day he returned with his list of questions, which dealt mainly with Islamic traditions and prophecies concerning the appearance of the Promised One, and which, in his opinion, had not been fulfilled by the Bab. He also asked Baha*u Ilah to justify the Babi understanding of certain traditions, interpretations that did not conform to time-honored beliefs.

Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad’s original questions have been preserved; their nature reveals that the siyyid had strong reservations about the Cause, but their tone also shows that he sincerely wanted to know how these issues could be explained.

THe BLesseo Beauty's RESPONSE

Baha‘u'llah accepted the siyyid’s list and, within two days and nights, revealed a lengthy epistle that answered all of his questions. For a time this book was known as the Risdliy-i-Khdl (Epistle to the Uncle), but was later renamed the Kitdb-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude) by Baha’u'llah.

In revealing the Kitdb-i-Iqdn Baha'u'llah wrought a veritable miracle, for in it He unlocked the mysteries of all past Revelations, and provided the believers with a glorious vision of the destiny of the Cause. pages oceans of knowledge are revealed, and limitless wisdom is found. In God Passes By, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, outlined the Book’s accomplishments:

“Within a compass of two hundred pages it proclaims unequivocally the existence and oneness of a personal God, unknowable, inaccessible, the source of all Revelation, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and almighty; asserts the relativity of religious truth and the continuity of Divine Revelation; affirms the unity of the Prophets, and the universality of their message, the identity of their fundamental teachings, the sanctity of their scriptures,

It was not long before the Kitdb-i-Iqdn had received wide circulation among the Baha’ is. It was the first of Baha‘u'llah’s works to be made available in print, and is said to have been the most popular of them during His lifetime.

Shoghi Effendi praised the Kitab-i-Iqdn as “Foremost among the priceless treasures cast forth from the billowing ocean of Baha‘u'llah’s Revelation. ...A model of Persian prose, of a style at once original, chaste and vigorous, and remarkably lucid, both cogent in its argument and matchless in its irresistible eloquence, this Book, setting forth in outline the Grand Redemptive Scheme of God, occupies a position unequaled by any work in the entire range of Baha’i literature, except the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Baha’w llah’s Most Holy Book.”

THE GUARDIAN placed the Book in historical perspective as the fulfillment of certain prophecies:

“Revealed on the eve of the declaration of His Mission, it proferred to mankind the ‘Choice Sealed Wine,’ whose seal is of ‘musk,’ and broke the ‘seals’ of the ‘Book’ referred to by Daniel, and disclosed the meaning of the ‘words’ destined to remain ‘closed up ’ till the ‘time of the end.’”

Shoghi Effendi also offerred this significant appraisal of the Book of Certitude:

“Well may it be claimed that of all the books revealed by the Author of the Baha’i Revelation, this Book alone, by sweeping away the age-long barriers that have so insurmountably separated the great religions of the world, has laid down an unassailable foundation for the complete and permanent reconciliation of their followers.”

Although writing the Kitdb-i-Iqgdn was prompted by the inquiry of an individual, it also fulfilled the Bab’s prophecy that the Promised One would reveal the remainder of the unfinished Persian Bayan. The effect it had on Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad was immediate and profound: that sincere soul unreservedly recognized the Stations of both his Nephew and the Book’s Author, and remained to the end a devoted, steadfast believer.

As to the rest of the Bab’s family, both His mother and youngest maternal uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid Hasan-‘Ali, came to believe in Him in later years, thereby fulfilling yet another of His prophecies, that all His kinsmen would eventually accept the Faith.

The Kitdb-i-Igdn will remain for generations a source of confirmation for the followers of Baha’u'llah and for all seekers after truth, and will be considered one of the greatest signs of God’s loving kindness in this age. As the Blessed Beauty stated in one of that Book's well-known passages:

“In this day the breeze of God is wafted, and His Spirit hath pervaded all things. Such is the outpouring of His grace that the penis stilled and the tongue is speechless.”

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‘olorado—five adults and five children—vi in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. The team dedicated the trip to the memory of the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears. Among the results were eight declarations and

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significant mention of the Faith in newspapers and on radio and

Traveling teachers proclaim Cause in Belen, New Mexico

On July 16-20, the Baha'i Group of Belen, New Mexico, supported by nearby communities, hosted a team of traveling teachers from southern Colorado, which resulted in the first major teaching event in this small town of 6,000 Hispanic and Anglo residents.

WHEN IT WAS learned early in July that the teaching team, composed of five adults and five children, intended to visit Belen, an intercommunity teaching committee with representatives from two local Assemblies and three Baha’i Groups met to plan an event that would provide broad exposure to the Faith while demonstrating the principle of unity that is the bedrock of Baha’i beliefs.

The fact that the team was culturally diverse, with members from Honduras, Iran and the U.S. from Christian, Jewish and Baha'i backgrounds, lent itself well to media publicity.

Appointments were made forteammembers to meet with and present gifts to the mayor of Belen and governor of Isleta Pueblo. Baha'i books were given to county libraries, and the team presented musical programs at senior citizen centers in the Belen area.

These activities led to the major teaching event, held July 18 at Belen’s Anna Becker Park and entitled “A Celebration of Race Unity and Cultural Diversity.”

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buquerque. Team members appeared on a popular Spanish-language TV program and were allowed to expound on the teachings of Baha‘u'llah in a remarkable “fireside” that was seen by about 40,000 people.

The program in the park, to which more than 1,000 individuals and groups were invited by teams of Baha‘is, drew about 75 people including Hispanic, Anglo and Indian non-Baha‘is. Many countries were represented in the audience including

singers (left to right) Sharon Melendez, Nina Firooz and Alexander Stalle: Members of the teaching team were adults (left to right) Kathy Staller, Alex Melendez, Sharon Melendez, Richard Staller and Sharon Shohreh Firooz, and children (left to

Sarah Staller, Nina Firooz, Sarah Melendez and Alexander Staller.

Cuba, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico and New Caledonia.

THE PROGRAM included prayers in various languages, live and taped music, children’s songs, flute and pan pipe music, an address by a Sufi Muslim, and free watermelon.

Asa result, there were four declarations of faith in Baha'u'll4h—by an 81-year-old woman who said she had “believed these teachings all my life,” a couple from Hon Right photo:

duras, and the Sufi who had addressed the gathering.

The event was followed by a public meeting at Belen’s Civic Auditorium attended by more seekers. Non-Bahd‘is remarked about the importance of the event, expressing disappointment that churches in the area had chosen-not to take part in “something so terrribly needed and so beautiful in its demonstration of brotherhood.”

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have also been greatly supported by other Baha'i communities in the area.”

For a number of years, she continued, the believers have supported the local Juneteenth Day celebrations commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1991 the Baha’i children suggested that the community construct a float for that year’s parade, which was done.

THE COMMUNITY also sponsored a Human Rights Award for 4 years, and was involved with planning the annual UN Day Dinner for 11 years.

Involvement with such groups as the NAACP inspired the Baha’i community to undertake a conference on race unity at the local college, which took place in March 1990. Entitled “People to People— A Celebration of Cultural Diversity,” the conference featured such guests as the national president of the NAACP, and Baha'is Nathan Rutstein and Red Grammer.

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conference as a Baha'i event,” said Ms. Rennie, “but everyone knew we were responsible for it. The conference received separate awards from Beyond War and the NAACP. This really opened up teaching opportunities for us, and led to other important activities in which we played a leading role.”

Among the highlights of their efforts have been the presentation of the race unity statement tothe local NAACP chapter in 1991, and their involvement with the Rock County Coalition for Race Unity, which sponsored a “Rainbow Picnic” at a local park in May of this year.

The Baha’is have now established a regular dialogue for race unity at the local library, called FORUM (Friends Overcoming Racism Uniting Mankind). The meetings have been well attended and have served to increase the public’s awareness of the Baha’iteachings. Said Ms. Rennie:

“People are watching us now, many of whom have expressed real interest in the Faith. Years of steady work on the part of many Baha’is is now beginning to pay off.

“One of the most interesting recent developments has been that other groups are coming to us more and more and asking how they can be of help in our projects. We

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national president of the NAACP, speaks at a Baha’ isponsored race unity conference, ‘People to People—A Celebration of Cultural Di i Wisconsin. The Beloit community has become known in that area for i rights and race unity a

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“We feel it is only a matter of time until some of these seekers begin to declare their belief in Baha'u'llah.”

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Planning a teaching trip? Office of Pioneering can help you

You may be aware of the several teaching projects have taken place in the Soviet Union, Belize, Romania, Bulgaria, and other places. What you may not know is that each of those projects began as an individual endeavor. None of these trips was planned or coordinated by the Office of Pioneering; however, once we knew about them, we were able to refer prospective traveling teachers to join these groups.

What should you do if you would like to go traveling teaching with a group of people?

Recently, the Office of Pioneering has been receiving many calls from friends about joining groups to go teaching to certain areas and countries during the summer of 1993. Often, the office is not aware of any groups going to the specific area in which the friends would like to teach. If this is the case, you may wish to consider starting your own group. Remember,

UPCOMING PIONEERING INSTITUTE:

January 7-10, 1993—Bosch Baha*i School, Santa Cruz, California. Early Spring 1993—Green Acre Baha’i School, Eliot, Maine. Late Spring 1993—Baha’i National Center, Evanston, Illinois.

If you are interested in pioneering, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha*i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, telephone 708-869-9039 or fax 708-869-0247 for more information.

Young Africans seeking ‘pen pals’ with American Baha'i youth, young adults

Interested in forming international friendships, improving language skills, teaching the Faith by mail?

The Office of Pioneering has collected a number of letters from Africans interested in writing to American Bah; outh and young adults. Our most recent letter, from a young Baha’i man, is written in French and asks for someone who can respond in that language. We also have letters from young Africans who are not Baha’is but may be interested in learning about the Faith. These young people have been waiting for some time to be matched with a pen pal...so don’t delay!

Anyone interested in this project may call or write the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

TRAVELING TEACHING CALENDAR

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Summer Teaching Project: July 31 - August 31, 1992

EAST GERMANY: July 4-October 11, 1992

GUYANA: International Visual Arts Conference, September 16- 18, 1992

SWITZERLAND: Summer 1992

TURKEY: October 1992

UNITED KINGDOM: Clifton, York—August 10-15, Music and Arts Festival to celebrate the Centenary of the Covenant of Baha’u'llah.

For more information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

teaching the Faith is based on individual initiative with guidance from the appropriate Institutions.

First, consult with your local Spiritual Assembly and let it know your plans. Then contact the Office of Pioneering. Contact the former to get guidance and support from your community, and the latter because we have information that may help you pull together the entire operation.

For example, begin now to make your

traveling arrangements for next summer, making sure that you are working with reputable organizations. The National Spiritual Assembly's Office of Pioneering is our Baha’i community's contact with other National Spiritual Assemblies, assisting international travel, pioneering, and the Bahai Youth Service Corps. We are here to serve and to help you in whatever way we can.

We urge you take the initiative to invite your friends to form a traveling teaching

group. If you are under 21, the legal age in many other countries, it is important for your parents to know about your plans..

Whatever your plans, know this: there is a lot of work to do, and many details to handle. With your enthusiasm, the support of your local Institution, the assistance of. the National Institutions, and divine intervention on your behalf, you could have a wonderful summer teaching abroad next year.

Committee for China asks for ‘traveling visitors’

China: The Baha’i Committee for a, a committee Universal House of Justice, has asked that all those who are able consider serving as traveling visitors to China. If you are interested, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708-869-9039.

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Your U.S. MEMBERSHIP C. LONGER VALID ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.

BAHA’I YOUTH SERVICE CORPS TRAINING PROGRAM

A Baha'i Youth Service Corps Training Institute is being planned for next January 5-10 at the Bosch Baha’i School. All youth who live on the west coast and in the western states, please note, THIS IS THE ONLY TRAINING THAT WILL BE HELD IN YOUR REGION THIS HOLY YEAR AND UNTIL JANUARY OF 1994. Remember, you must take part ina training institute before you leave for your post.

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahai National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708869-9039.

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ONGOING TRAVELING TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES

AUSTRALIA; ALBANIA; BAHAMAS; BANGLADESH, BELIZE; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CISKEI, COLOMBIA; COOK ISLANDS; COSTA RICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EAST GERMANY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA, FIJI; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GAMBIA; GERMANY; GUATEMALA; GUADELOUPE; GUINEA BISSAU; GUYANA; HAITI; HONG KONG; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INDIA; IRELAND; ITALY; MALAYSIA; MALTA; MOZAMBIQUE; NEPAL; NEW CALEDONIA; PAKISTAN; PANAMA; PHILIPPINES; PORTUGAL; PUERTO RICO; ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES; SAMOA; SIBERIA; SIERRA LEONE; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TONGA; TRANSKEI, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUVALU; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM; VANUATU; WEST LEEWARD ISLANDS;- YUGOSLAVIA; ZAMBIA.

The U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Board of Examiners, which administers the annual Foreign Service written examination, has announced that this year’s exam will be given on Saturday, November 7.

Registration deadlines to take this year’s exam are October 2 for those who wish to take it in the U. S. and September 11 for those who wish to take it at an overseas location. The exam takes half a day. Application packets may be obtained from the Department of State, Recruitment Division, P.O. Box 12226, Arlington, VA 22219, or from most federal employment offices around the country.

TWO-YEAR PLAN U.S. GOALS

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Nur University seeks ‘dialogue’ with Baha'is

Nur University in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, “the first university founded by Baha'is in conformity with Baha’i principles and objectives,” wishes to establish a dialogue with Baha’i professionals. The University faculty is interested in any research done from the Baha’i Writings that can be used to develop university curricula in the social sciences, economics, administration, farming, education, etc.

Please write to Nur University, Attn: Dean’s Office, Casilla 3273, Santa Cruz, Bol

IORT-TERM PIONEER GOALS

Goals Months AFRICA (months) Completed Ciskei 24 7 Guinea-Bissau 12 2 Liberia 12 0 Nigeria 2 12 17 Tanzania 36 24 Uganda 24 0 Zambia 24, _50_ Totals 144 100 OEIC AS Argentina Bahamas Barbados Brazil British V.1. Colombia Dominica Ecuador Guyana Honduras Jamaica Leeward Islands 12 47 Martinique 12 0 Mexico 36 78 Nicaragua 24 2 Panama 36 26 Paraguay 24 0 Puerto Rico 12 3 Uruguay 24 6 Venezuela 12 21 Totals 396 359 ASIA =. India 24 30 Japan 24 24 Pakistan 12 0 Taiwan 36. _30_ Totals 96 84 AUSTRALASIA Mariana Islands 24 0 Marshall Islands 12 6 W. Caroline Islands 12 12 Totals 4 aoe EUROPE Portugal

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Baha’is and Christians: How does giving compare?

July 31, 1992: The Wall Street Journal declares “Churchgoers are putting smaller portion of their incomes into collection plates.” Research by Empty Tomb Inc.,

which reviews giving records for mainline Protestant denominations over more than 20 years, shows a significant decline in giving during a period of the greatest increase in wealth in American history. tit

How does the experience of the Bah: community compare, and what cautions can we see in the Christian experience?

The Journal reports that since 1968 giving by members of traditional Protestant denominations has declined from about 3.1 percent of after-tax income to just 2.6 percent in 1990. While this difference appears small, it translates into roughly $2 billion less each year for these large religious groups.

Incontrast, the 1991 survey of the American Baha’i community indicates that, on average, the friends give about 2.8 percent of their income before taxes. This translates into contributions by Baha’is of 3-4 percent of after-tax income, significantly more than their Protestant peers.

LoWER MEMBERSHIP, DISAGREEMENTS.

One reason indicated in the Journal report for the decline in Protestant giving is a drop in membership. Other church authorities point to distrust of denominational administration or to disagreement with church positions on major current issues as powerful deterrents to giving. Giving by Catholics, for example, has dropped from 2.2 percent of income 30 years ago to less than 1 percent today.

Within the Bahai community, we know that membership has increased only modestly. Giving, on the other hand, has trended upward, especially during the last three years, although, as reported elsewhere on this page, recent months indicate some decline. One conclusion that could be drawn is that the faith and commitment of those Baha’is who are engaged in the affairs of the community and who do give, is more deeply felt than that of their Christian neighbors.

The Baha’i teachings are quite clear with respect to the motive for and the result of giving. We give out of love for Baha’u'llah, and we ourselves benefit spiritually from the gift.

Although in correspondence and meetings, a small percentage of believers have indicated they condition their giving to the Baha’i Funds on their perceptions of the local and national institutions, the prevailing response of the believers is one of understanding and support. Indeed, the Faith’s principles concerning giving imply that when a contribution is withheld because the contributor feels unhappy about some action of her or his Assembly, it is the believer, not the institution, that ultimately is deprived.

THE BELOVED Guardian speaks to the relationship between giving, obedience and support for the institutions of the Faith in many places, as for instance in the following passage: “I regard it of the utmost vital importance that individuals,

19th Conference of Nur held

Four hundred-twenty Baha‘is and their guests attended the 19th annual Conference of Nur June 5-7 at Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College.

This year's theme was “To Blazon the Name of Baha'u'llah Across the Globe.”

An auction held during the conference raised more than $4,170 for the Arc Fund.

as well as local Assemblies, throughout the land should, in view of the paramount importance of National Teaching and as an evidence of their absolute confidence in their national representatives, endeavor, however small at first, to contribute freely towards the upkeep and the increase of the National Baha’i Fund, so that the members of the National Assembly may at their full discretion expend it for whatever they deem urgent and necessary. (Bahd’t Administration, page 54)

This dynamic is different from the skep tical, distrustful way the society at large understands the issues of money and institutional support. The contrast between one and the other points up the subtle ways in which prevailing opinions around us can influence our thinking, creating obstacles to growth.

It is important to guard against even the most unconscious agreement with such essentially materialistic opinions. As the Guardian wrote in The Advent of Divine Justice, in the context of another Baha’i standard, “It can tolerate no compromise

with the theories, the standards, the habits, and the excesses of a decadent age.”

It is useful to remember that the institutions Baha’u'llah has given us are independent of us, of our likes and dislikes; it is part of Baha‘u'llah’s Covenant that they will outlast us all, be protected from our momentary fads and tempers.

On the contrary, our contributions benefit us personally; through them, we are given a share in the extraordinary task of building “the Christ-promised kingdom of God on earth.”

Progress in giving

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States

to National Fund Contributions Year to Date(with comparative information)

is maintained by Sun, un-91 Jun-92

large estate bequest National Baha'f Fund $1,403,808 $1,628,109 $2,001,074 Asthechartelsewhere onthis page _ 8ahé' International Fund $90,367 $325,086 $92,772

illustrates, contributions as of June Arc Projects Fund $673,942 $195,928 $167,762

a eee fo, the Ba | National Continental Baha'i Fund $48,866 $34,214 $13,289 ‘und are up 23 percent from a year

earlier and 43 percent from the June Estate Bequests $33,273 $475,703

1990 level. In part, this increase is $2,216,983 $2,216,610 $2,750,600

due to a gift of $500,000; giving by

the community at large actually de clined Gipercent between IanarOle ee eo toe

and June *92. National Baha'f Fund 16% 23% cing to ihe males Funds and — Baha'i International Fund 260% -71%

estate bequests has followed a simi- i i 149

lartrend. Total contributions of§2.75 70 Tolects Fund 138 ee

million reflect a 24 percent increase Continental Baha'i Fund -30% 61%

over giving in each of the previous Estate Bequests N/A 1330%

two years. Total giving has grown 0% 24%

just 2 percent since last June, if the impact of the single large contribution is not included.

We have accomplished much as a community over the last two years; we will

want to be vigilant lest we allow our progress to slip away from us.

‘Operation Flame’ records 15 declarations for Cause of God

while teaching full-tim

“Operation Flame,” a traveling team made up of youth from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, has been teaching the Cause of God continuously since June. The team has visited localities across Oklahoma and Kansas, where its efforts have resulted in 15 declarations to date.

THE FORMATION of Operation Flame was inspired by a memorial service for the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears, which took place in Oklahoma City in early May. The young people who were present, already planning to start a summer teaching project in response to the call of the Universal House of Justice for special s during the Holy Year, were inspired by the example Mr. Sears set through his tireless teaching work. Soon afterward they decided to dedicate their teaching project to his memory.

The Spiritual Assembly of Moore, Oklahoma, agreed to coordinate and oversee the activities of Operation Flame. The team is being funded by individual believers and several local Assemblies.

On its very first outing as a team the youth went to a local park, where a young man was attracted to the Faith and was invited to a fireside that evening. The young man came, and before leaving declared his belief in Baha’u'll4h.

The next day he joined the team and began to teach others. His parents even allowed him to forego his planned vacation with his family so that he could re

main with the team throughout the summer.

MOST OF THE declarations so far have been among young people. Operation Flame’s motto is “9 + 5 = 95 new believers,” the number they have set as their goal for the Holy Year.

Firouz Mollaian, Auxiliary Board member for propagation for the area, remarked

e in n Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

Pictured with Knight of Baha’u'll4h Howard Menking (right) are members of the ‘Operation Flame’ teaching team of youth from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas who have been teaching the Cause full-time since June and have so far recorded 15 declarations.

on the spirit of unity and cooperation shown by the youth:

“The wonderful cooperation between the youth and the various institutions of the Faith has helped Operation Flame get started. It shows that when the energy and devotion of the youth is channeled with love and unity, success will always be the result.”

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Classified notices in The American Baha'i are published free of charge as a service to the Baha't community. Because of this, notices

are limited to items relating to the Faith; no personal or commercial ads can be accepted for publication. The opportunities referred to have not been approved by the National Spiritual Assembly; the friends should exercise their own judgment and care in responding to them.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

A FULL-TIME position (40 hours a week) for a food services manager/cook is available beginning in late October-early November at the Bosch Baha‘i School. Must have experience in ordering, preparing and storing food for groups of up to 150 people, three meals per day. Must have management skills associated with directing/supervising other food services/ kitchen employees. Should have experience in the use of all major restaurant food preparation equipment—ovens, ranges, convection and microwave equipment, industrial food mixers and dishwashers. Should have a basic understanding of food refrigeration and some knowledge of menu planning and nutrition. Please send a letter of intent to the Bosch School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Phone 408-423-3387; fax 408-423-7564. References are required. The school will send applications on receipt of the letter or phone/fax calls. Housing at Bosch may be available; a car is necessary, as the school is some distance from major shopping and population centers.

ASSISTANT cook: a full-time position during the summer program (10-12). weeks and part-time the rest of the year (20-30 hours per week depending on the session) at the Bosch Baha’i School. Should have experience in food preparation for large groups—up to 150—breakfast, lunch and dinner. Knowledge of meal planning, menu preparation, nutrition and use of restaurant-type kitchen equipment would be helpful. Housing at Bosch may be available. Please send a letter of intent to the Bosch Baha'i School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Phone 408-423-3387 or fax materials to 408-423-7564. Bosch will send application forms on receipt of letters of intent or phone/fax calls. A car is necessary, as the school is some distance from major shopping and population centers.

THE LOUHELEN Baha'i School has a regular and continuing need for short-term and long-term volunteers in a variety of areas. Applications to serve are especially invited from individuals and/or couples interested in one-year or longer periods of service.The school is seeking help from professionally skilled Baha'is able to serve the school for a few days or weeksat regular intervals throughout the year. Especially needed are mechani building maintenance and heating/air cor tioning specialists; gardeners and agriculturalists; and carpenters to provide scheduled service at mutually convenient times during, the year and to heip with preventive maintenance programs, seasonally-urgent projects, and special property-enhancement projects. Also needed is a talented gardener or smallscale agriculturalist who can offer long-term full-time service to the school. Room and board and full participation in Louhelen’s active Baha'i conference schedule and community life are available for the person or couple invited to serve in this extremely important role. Those who are interested in any of these positions are asked to write to Dr. Rick Johnson, director, Louhelen Baha'i School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423 (phone 313653-5033; fax 313-653-7181).

THE MAXWELL International Bah: School in Canada regularly needs retired persons to volunteer in supervisory/managerial positions such as for the uniform shop, laundry

service, front desk, ete. Youth volunteers are also needed in many areas. Room and board provided. If you are interested, please apply to the Service Coordinator, Maxwell International Baha'i School, Bag 1000, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia VOR 2WO, Canada, or telephone 604-743-7144.

PIONEERING (HOMEFRONT)

THE BAHA’E community of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is seeking homefront pioneers. We've just formed our first Assembly, but need more believers to strengthen the community. Bainbridge Island, in growing Kitsap County, is a suburb of Seattle on Puget Sound, a 30-minute ferry ride from city jobs. Excellent schools and rural lifestyle within hours of the Olympic Peninsula and Pacific Ocean beaches. Indian Reservations are nearby. Write to P.O. Box 17728, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, or phone 206-842-9788.

NEEDED: Baha'is who are interested in relocating to Jackson, Michigan, to help-the local Spiritual Assembly which is in jeopardy. For more information, please phone Alexandra Rivera-Rule, 517-783-6236.

COLORS needed: white crayons seek rich tones with which to brighten the box. The Baha'i communities of Greenwich, Schuylerville, Easton, Fort Edward and Saratoga, New York, would like to diversify the area with many skin tones. Near the state capital and other small to medium cities, the Greenwich area offers close community relationships, easy access to larger towns (30-45 minutes), and access to Vermont's recreational and historic sites. If you would like to know more about the economic security, social attitudes, job opportunities, educational systems and property rates in the area, please phone the Gometz family, 518-692-9094, You are also invited to spend a weekend for an “up close and personal” view of the area. Local Baha‘is will help you.

THE BAHA‘IS of Moorhead, Minnesota, need your help to establish a Spiritual Assembly. The Moorhead/Fargo, North Dakota, twin cities area, with a population of more than 100,000, is served by three universities and several vocational schools, has many job opportunities, a progressive school system, recreation and sports, cultural activities, and an active Baha'i community. You can savor an over-all quality of life that surpasses most areas of the country, especially the larger ci ies, while teaching the Faith to a racially di verse population. Your new Baha‘i community is waiting eagerly for your inquiries. Write to the Baha’is of Moorhead,

Moorhead, MN 56560.

THE BAHA’{ Club at the University of California-Santa Cruz needs active Baha'is on campus. Located in the hills above Santa Cruz, and surrounded by a Redwood forest with a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean, UCSC boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the country and offers an ideal study environment. The university is close to the Bosch Baha'i School and about two hours south of San Francisco. The Baha'i Club encourages all young Baha‘is to consider UCSC when applying to universities this year. The club wants to plan many activities on campus, but needs new members to ensure success. For an application or information about the university, write to the University of California-Santa Cruz, c/o Office of Admissions, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, or phone 408-459-2131. For other information, please write to the Baha'is of Santa Cruz, P.O. Box 8264, Santa Cruz, CA 95061.

EXCELLENT opportunity for homefront pioneering in Smyrna, Tennessee, only a 30minute drive from Nashville (a large Baha'i community). Seize the Holy Year opportunity. For more information, phone Susan, 615-3554981 or 615-355-1711.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN, Hispanic and Korean Baha'is are invited to become homefront pioneers to Reno, Nevada. Also invited are financially independent Baha'is to manage the newly acquired Baha'i Center in downtown Reno. The community is intensely unified, as are the surrounding communities, with primary emphasis given to children and

family activities. Employment is abundant, real estate and housing rentals are available at reasonable prices, there are excellent schools including the University of Nevada-Reno and community colleges, a lovely environment and no state income tax. Continuous Baha'i well as recent enrollments prompt tual Assembly of Reno to invite pro the Sp spective homefront pioneers to consider Reno

as a teaching and consolidation post. Contact the Spiritual Assembly of Reno, P.O. Box 6447, Reno, NV 89513.

DOCTORS and other health care professionals are desperately needed to serve Indian communities in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. This homefront pioneering opportunity includes the potential for carrying Baha’u'llah’s Message to American Indians. For more information, please phone ‘Ada James at the National Teaching Committee Office, 708-869-9039.

PIONEERING (OVERSEAS)

AFRICA— Cambodia: health care specialists. Tanzania: English teachers. AMERICAS—Chile: regional officer to support the FAO's Women in Development program for Latin America. Honduras: elementary school teachers. ASIA—Singapore: software programmer. EUROPE—Czechoslovakia: history/social studies teacher. URGENT need in Tanzania for two qualified English teachers for the Ruaha Technical Secondary School, the first Baha'i secondary school in Africa. For more information on any of the above, please contact the Office of Pioneering at the Baha’i National Center, Wilmette IL 60091, telephone 708-869-9039 or fax 708-869-0247, Attn: Office of Pioneering.

WANTED

FORUM, a new international Baha’i magazine, is being published under the auspices of the National Spiritual Assembly of New Zealand. The quarterly magazine, whose purpose is to bring Baha‘is closer together by promoting an exchange of information and ideas, invites contributions from writers. If you have something to offer, or would like more information about the magazine, please write to Forum, c/o The Marshall Family,

Dunedin, New Zealand (phone/fax (64 3) 473-7279).

WANTED: two copies of The Baha'i World Faith. 1 am interested in acquiring them for personal use and for teaching the Faith. Please write to Kristin Kaiser,

Cambria, CA 93428.

YOUTH with talents in the performing arts are invited to audition for “The Common Ground,” part of the Baha’i World Congress Youth Movement Forum. We are looking for young people who have been inspired by the Creative Word and have used it in developing performances for presenting and promoting the Faith. Youth are responsible for their own expenses, must be at least 12 years of age to take part, and must apply no later than September 19. For more information contact: Baha’i World Congress Youth Movement Forum, c/o

Ontario, Canada M2K 2C7 (telephone 416-425-8474; fax 416-223-0874).

WANTED: correspondence from isolated believers. Knowing how lonely it can be, especially on Feasts and Holy Days, I would like to start a correspondence club to bring isolated believers together to discuss successes, problems, teaching efforts, and to deepen on matters of the Faith. Please write to M.J.A. Isaacs,

Alpine, TX 79830. All correspondence will be answered.

CAN YOU help me? Iam teaching the Faith to an Italian woman who, although she speaks English, finds reading the Writings in English difficult. If anyone has any of the Writings in Italian you could share, it would be greatly appreciated, and I would glady reimburse you for any expenses incurred. Also, if you are from a Roman Catholic background, I would appreciate your advice to my seeker about her “hesitation” to accept the Faith without “offending” or “breaking from” the Roman Catho

Sa

lic teachings. Please write to Blooma Cohen. ~ Santa Maria, CA 93454 (phone 805-922-3637).

[The Baha'i Distribution Service carries publications in a number of languages and is able to special order publications in many others. For information, please phone 800999-9019.—Ed.]

WANTED: illustrators and artists for Bahai children’s books. Please send color samples (laser copies only; no originals) of your work to Danika Publishing, 514 Houston St., Nashville, TN 37203 (phone 615-872-7645).

THE ESCUELA Bilingue Baha‘i Raul Pavon in Otavalo, Ecuador, has been functioning for nine years. We have kindergarten through sixth grade and are known in the area for having the highest academic standards. We greatly need someone to take care of our youth library. It is not necessary to have a degree in library science, just a working knowledge. It’s an ideal situation for a retired person: mild year-round climate, low cost of living, and gentle mannered local people. If interested, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

WANTED: black and white photographs of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice with permission to use them on one side of a new printing of a wallet-sized prayer and/or proclamation card. Please send photos to Instant Assistance, St. Charles, IL 60174.

WANTED: help for the Baha'i World Congress Youth Movement Forum in November. If you are a youth who is an experienced sound/lighting technician or stage manager, and if you plan to attend the Congress and would like to help, please contact the Baha'i World Congress Youth Movement Forum, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 119, New York, NY 10017.

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‘THE NATIONAL Baha‘ Archives is seeking, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, original letters written on behalf of the Guardian to the following individuals: Tom Martin, Roy Master, Shailer Mathews, Gertrude Matteson, J.V. Matteson (died Hayward, CA, 1958), Lorne Matteson, Sylvia Matteson, Nina Matthisen (died Fort Myers, FL, 1972), Margaret Maurer, Margaret McCoffrey and Francis J. McConnell. Anyone knowing family members or relatives who might have these letters from the Guardian is asked to contact the National Baha'i Archives, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

THE NATIONAL Baha‘ Archives is seeking copies of the following books by Baha'u'llah in good or excellent condition: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (cloth: 1962, 1971), Gleanings (cloth: 1939/1st edition, 1939/2nd edition, 1943/3rd edition, 1952/revised edition). Anyone having copies they could donate is asked to send them to the National Baha'i Archives, Baha’ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

MISCELLANEOUS

A RESOURCE LIST of Baha‘ environmental professionals is being compiled, the immediate purpose of which is to include Baha’is in overseas environmental projects with international agencies. Opportunities may be short-term or long-term with a special focus on projects in Eastern Europe. The list is being compiled in consultation with the Baha'i International Community Office of the Environmentand the International Teaching Center. If interested, please forward your résumé to Alexander Tavangar, Geo-Environmental Consultants Inc., 55 Valley Stream Parkway, Suite 140, Malvern, PA 19355. Fax 215-251-2366; telephone 215-251-0900.

United States for any reason, please contact the Office of Pioneering (71 869-9039) for information.

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The “exciting and joyous news” of the enrollment of 15 new Baha‘is in Spitsbergen, Norway, has been received from that country’s National Spiritual Assembly. “This may be seen as entry by troops in our jurisdiction,” the National Assembly writes, adding that Norway's first and foremost goal of the Six Year Plan “is thereby reached, and words cannot tell the feelings of gratefulness, humility, exaltation and joy we want to express.”

As a result of the work of 12 teaching teams formed last February, 89 people have been enrolled in the Faith in Peru. Four Quechua communities have been opened, and consolidation work carried out in Aymara areas. The teams, trained under the auspices of the Muhajir Institute, carried out their teaching and proclamation activities in Huancané, near Lake Titicaca, and among Quechua communities in the area.

On May 16, the Faith obtained official recognition from the government of Albania. The by-laws of the Association of the Baha’i Believers in Albania are based on the by-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of Italy.

“I have great esteem for Baha’u'llah. I believe that what He defines as the call to all religions is exactly corresponding with truth. I wish that...the world in general [would] listen to what you are saying,” wrote philosopher and pliysicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, brother of Germany's President, in a message of greeting to Baha’is gathered to observe the centenary of the Ascension of Baha'u'llah. The message was one of many received during the observance, held May 26 in the Paulskirche, a historic site in Frankfurt, and attended by about 920 people including members of the Regional Parliament,

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representatives of the Catholic and Evangelical churches and humanitarian organizations, professors, journalists and others. Also conveying his good wishes in a written message was Chancellor Helmut Kohl, while former Chancellor and Nobel Prize winner Willy Brandt referred to the principle of the unity of mankind in his message of greeting. In its message to the gathering, the Universal House of Justice stated: “The Message of Baha‘u'llah is a shining light illumining the road before mankind, a treasure house of guiding principles to solve the problems of our time. It is of profound significance and of high hope for all the world that the city of Frankfurt has welcomed this gathering ina building of such stirring memories, standing in the very heart of an awakening Europe.”

Following a 10-year struggle by the National Spiritual Assembly of Taiwan, the Faith’s legal Chinese name in that country has been changed from the nonstandard “Ta Tong Giao” (the Religion of Great Harmony) to “The Baha’i Faith.” The previous name was used for 70 years. The change became effective last April 27, after the completion of a long and complex legal procedure.

On July 12, the weekly 30-minute program “Caminhos” (Paths) on Portuguese national television was devoted entirely to celebrations of the Ascension of Baha‘u'llah. The program was publicized in Priblico—the country’s most important national daily newspaper—and in “TV Guia” (TV Guide) magazine. In December, another 30-minute program in the series will be devoted to the Faith, with the topic to be “The Covenant.”

A “Baha'i” stamp is among a series of new postage stamps produced in recognition of the Inter-Religious Organization of Trinidad and Tobago. In the series of five stamps, one represents Christianity in general while a second represents the Baptist movement of Christianity. The other

stamps represent the other three major religions of the country—Islam, Hinduism and the Baha’i Faith.

After receiving a delegation of Baha‘is, the mayor of Maui, Hawaii, proclaimed May 29, the anniversary of the Ascension of Baha’u'llah, as “Baha’i Day” on the island of Maui. The Baha'i delegation, which included four members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Hawaii, presented the mayor a copy of the statement on Baha'u'llah.

More than 400 Baha'is from 18 of the country's 25 states took part in Brazil's first National Unity Conference, held May 1-3. The program included presentations on the Station of Baha‘u'llah, stories of His life, a detailed study of the Ridvan message from the Universal House of Justice, presentations on the Law of Huququ'llah and the Kitdb-i-Aqdas, and stories about the martyrs.

‘Turning Point,’ a Baha'i choir from the Republic of Ireland, performs in Bytum, Poland, during the recent Eli Razaka Teaching Campai, performed in Krakow, Nowy Sacz and Katowice.

. During their tour of Poland, the group also

“The Baha'i Vision” is anew 15-minute program being broadcast each month on national radio in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It includes songs, readings from Bahda’i scriptures, local and international Baha’i news, and interviews with local believers. A second Baha'i program, the five-minute-long “Dawn of a New Day,” is aired four days a week.

A member of a devout Christian family in Rabe, Fiji, had a dream in which she saw handwriting in a script unknown to her. In the dream she asked that its meaning be revealed to her and was told, “You do not know the meaning of this word now, but you will know it later.” When the Baha'is of Tabiang held a teaching institute, the woman attended and saw the Greatest Name on the wall of the meeting

place. It was the word she had seen in her

dream. The woman and all her family have now embraced the Faith.

Musical concert at San Francisco Baha'i Center delights audience of 300 including many Chinese

On what was described by the Spiritual Assembly of San Francisco as “a magical Sunday afternoon” in July, a musical concert co-sponsored by a community theatre

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group and the Baha'i community of San Francisco delighted an audience of 300 including two Consuls of the People’s Republic of China serving in San Francisco and several other prominent guests...

About half of the guests were of Chinese background.

After only 10 days of intensive planning, three distinguished mainland Chinese musicians and four local performers offered their extraordinary musical talents onstage at the San Francisco Baha’i Center. Several compositions, primatily of European origin, were performed by various ensembles of piano, oboe, violin, trumpet and voice.

After the performance, a brief but direct statement about the pivotal teaching of Baha‘u'llah—the unity of humankind—was delivered, first in Chinese and then in English, by a bi-lingual American Baha'i whose words evoked an appreciative, enthusiastic re

a cuca In Uganda, six-year-old Baha'i Sholeh Olinga of Mbable (center) was a prize a nationwide poster contest on population and the environment. While speal award ceremony in Kampala, Sholeh quoted from the Baha'i

inner in g at the

sponse.

A reception for the visiting musicians gave ample opportunity for old and new friends from East and

West to visit and exchange ideas and sentiments. One woman mentioned that she was taking information about the Faith to share with her friends.

One of the Consuls remarked several times that he truly appreciated the special atmosphere that surrounded the afternoon program. Many of those in the audience signed the guest book to be invited to the next program.

The Spiritual Assembly of San Francisco has been invited to a reception and concert at the Consul General's office of the People’s Republic of China.

Record number of Baha'is

at Bellemont Summer School

in Flagstaff hear Mrs. Sears A record 189 Baha'is took part in this

year's Bellemont Baha'i Summer School

held over the July 4 weekend in Flagstaff,

Arizona.

The guest speaker was Marguerite Sears, just back from “Family Fest” in Fairbanks, Alaska, who addressed the topic “Bringing Up Parents.”

There was one declaration of faith in Baha'u'llah during the school, while two other seekers also came, drawn by the signs.

The program included a number of splendid entertainers and outstanding classes for children and youth.

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Complete listing of 1992 District Convention sites

Unit 1. Alabama, Northern

Alagasco Midtown Ctr.,

Birmingham; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of ingham, c/o Keitha Hudson,

Birmingham, AL 35222. Phone for info: 205/251-3770.

Unit 2. Alabama, Southern/Florida, NW

Selma Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1000 Selma Ave., Selma; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Montgomery, P.O. Box 1131, Montgomery, AL 36102. Phone for info: 205/277-4094. Unit 3. Arkansas

Hilton Inn - Riverfront, 2 Riverfront Pl., North Little Rock; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72208. Phone for info: 501/661-0015.

Unit 4. Arizona, Northern-A

Lloyd Roe Adult Center, 335 E. Aubrey, Prescott; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 11:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Prescott, P.O. Box 2203, Prescott, AZ 86302. Phone for info: 602/778-1824.

Unit 5. Arizona, Northern-B

Chandler Community Center, 125 monwealth Ave., Chandler; October 4; (Registration: 12:30pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Chandler, Chandler, AZ 85224. Phone for info: 602/892-4344. Unit 6. Arizona, Northern-C

Phoenix Baha’i Center, Corner 10th St. & Mountain View, Phoenix; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Phoenix, P.O. Box 9961 (6), Phoenix, AZ 85068. Phone for info: 602/943-3837.

Unit 7. Arizona, Southern

Northwest Neighborhood Ctr., 2160 N. 6th Ave., Tucson; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Tucson, c/o Mary Ray, P.O. Box 41961, Tucson, AZ 85717. Phone for info: 602/795-2785.

Unit 8. California, Central #1-A.

San Francisco Baha‘i Center, 170 Valencia St., San Francisco; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of San Mateo County South J.D. c/o San Francisco Baha’i Center, 170 Valencia St., San Fran

cisco, CA 94025. Phone for in! 15/3249055. Unit 9. California, Central #1-B

Holiday Inn, 2730 N. Main St., Walnut

Creek; October 4; 9:15am). Mail ballots t c/o Thelma Ellenbee, Walnut Creek, CA 94595. Phone for info: 510/ 256-1299. Unit 10. California, Central #1-C

Students” Cafeteria, College of Alameda, 555 Atlantic Ave., Alameda; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Hayward, P.O. Box 3474, Hayward, CA 94540. Phone for info: 510/537-0575. Unit 11, California, Central #1-D

Bosch Baha’i School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Santa Cruz. County North, c/o Ruth DeFay, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Phone for info: 403/ 423-0756. Unit 12. California, Central #1-E

Strawberry Park School, 730 Camina Escuela, San Jose; October 4; 9:00am (Regis1m). Mail ballots to: LSA of Mountain View, P.O. Box 1223, Mountain View, CA 94042. Phone for info: 415/968-5355. Unit 13. California, Central #1-F

York School, 9501 York Rd., Monterey; October 4; 10:45am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Monterey, P.O. Box 1131, Monterey, CA 93940, Phone for info: 408/373-5421 Unit 14. California, Central #1-G

Mail ballots to: Baha'is of Greenfield c/o Julie Dragna, P.O. Box 2578, Greenfield, CA 93927. Phone for info: 408/674-0736. Unit 15. California, Central #2

Modesto Community Ctr., 800 E. Morris Ave., Modesto; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Modesto, P.O. Box 1893, Modesto, CA 95353. Phone for info: 209/578-5063.

55am (Registration: LSA of Walnut Creek,

Unit 16. California, Northern #1-A Sr. Citizen's Ctr., 2290 Benton Dr., Redding; October 4; 10:30am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Redding, P.O. Box 494434, Redding, CA 96049-4434, [Ee for info: 916/223-0776. Unit 17. California, Northern #1-B KVIE/Channel 6, 2595 Capitol Oaks Dr., Sacramento; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Sacramento, P.O. Box 161252, Sacramento, CA 95816. Phone for info: 916/929-0632. Unit 18. California, Northern #2 Sr. Activities Ctr., 527 Konocti Ave., Lakeport; October 4; 11:00am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Northlake JD, c/o B. Barrett, Kelseyville, CA 95451. Phone for info: 707/ 263-1005. Unit 19. California, Southern #1-A Palmdale r Center, 1005 E. Q-12, Palmdale; October 4; 1:30pm (Registration: 12:30pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Palmdale, CA 93552. Phone

for info: 805/273-4678. Unit 20. California, Southern #1-B Burton Chase Park Community Bldg., West end of Mindanoa Way, Marina del Rey; October 4; 12:00noon (Registration: 11:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Culver JD, P.O. Box 10: Marina del Rey, CA 10355. Phone for 310/822-2009. Unit 21. California, Southern #1-C Los Angeles Baha’i Center, 5755 Rodeo Road, L. A.; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:30pm). Mail ballots to: Los Angeles Baha‘i Center, 5755 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90016. Phone for info: 310/519-1811 Unit 22. California, Southern #1-D nunity Center, 375 Campus Dr., October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Altadena, Altadena, CA 910013329. poe for info: 818/798-4032. I fornia, Southern #1-E CLENTATIVE) Torrance YMCA Bldg., 2900 W. Sepulveda Blvd., Torrance; (Sat.) October 3; 11:00am (Registration: 10:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Torrance, P.O. Box 6788, Torrance, CA 90504. Phone for info: 310/327-8446. Unit 24. California, Southern #1-F Palm Park, 5703 S. Palm Ave., Whittier; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:00noon). Whittier JD. Mail ballots to: LSA of Whittier JD, Whittier, CA 90606. Phone for info: 310/908-3666. Unit 25. California, Southern #2-A Palm Springs Mizell Sr. Ctr., 480 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am), Mail ballots to: LSA of Palm Springs, P.O. Box 4515, Palm Springs, CA 92263. Phone for info: 619/327-8837. Unit 26. California, Southern #2-B Southwest Sr. Citizens Ctr., 2201 W. McFadden Ave.,Santa Ana; October 4; 2:00pm (Registration: 1:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Santa Ana, P.O. Box 28354, Santa Ana, CA. 92799. Phone for info: 714/839-7672.

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ballots to: LSA of San Clemente, P.O. Box 5181, San Clemente, CA 92674. Phone for info: 714/248-2467. Unit 28, California, Southern #3

UCEN, Uniy, of California, Santa Barbara; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Santa Barbara, P.O. Box 1327, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Phone for info: 305/969-6985. Unit 29. California, Southern #4-A

American-Japanese Cultural Ctr., 150 Ce‘a; October 4; 9:00am (Registra tion: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Vista, P.O. Box 1406, Vista, CA 92083. Phone for info: 619/724-1200. Unit 30. California, Southern #4-B

San Diego Baha’i Ctr.,

San Diego; October 11; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:00noon). Mail ballots to: LSA of Chula Vista, P.O. Box 287, Chula Vista, cA 91912. Phone for info: 619/421-4364.

Unit 31. Califor Southern #4-C San Diego Baha’ Ctr.,

San Diego; October 11; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92111. Phone for info: 619/451-8987.

Unit 32. Colorado, Northeast University of Northern Colorado, Univ. Ctr., Greeley; (Sat.) October 3; 9:00am (Registraion: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Ft. Collins, P.O: Box 1118, Ft. Collins, CO 80522. Phone for info: 303/484-1899. Unit 33. Colorado, Southeast Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Phone for info: 303/593-9746. Unit 34. Colorado, Western Mancos Grade School, 301 W. Grand, Mancos; October 4; 9:30am (Registrati 8:45am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Montez County, P.O. Box 741, Mancos, CO 81328.

Phone for info: 303/533-7771. Unit 35. Connecticut

Israel Putnam School, Parker Ave., Meriden; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Southington, c/o Ray Thomas, Plantsville, CT 06479. Phone for info: 203/628-7831.

Unit 36. Delmarva

Rudder Town Hall (Rusty Rudder), Dewey Beach; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of New Castle County West c/o Arasteh Draper,

Newark, DE 19711. Phone for info: 302/239-9200. Unit 37. Florida, Central

Univ. of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Orange Cnty. West, P.O. Box 680576, Orlando, FL 32868. Phone for info: 407/4257171.

Unit 38. Florida, Northern

Baha'i Center of Grtr. Jacksonville, 2140 St. John’s Bluff Rd. South, Jacksonville; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Jacksonville, 2140 St. John’s Bluff Rd. South, Jacksonville, FL 32246. Phone for i Unit 39. Florida, Southeast-A

October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Palm Beach Cnty. North, 3733-B Shares Place, Riviera Beach, FL 33404. Phone for info: 407/845-1919. Unit 40. Florida, Southeast-B

Forest Glen Middle School, 6501 Turtle Run Blvd., Coral Springs; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Coral Springs, c/o Joanne Sabet,

Coral Springs, FL 33067. Phone for info: 305/344-6945. Unit 41. Florida, Southeast-C

Howard Johnson, 7330 N.W. 36th St., Miami; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Dade County South, P.O. Box 570328, Miami, FL 332570328. Phone for info: 305/248-9284.

Unit 42. Florida, Southwest

Sun Pavilion at the Bayfront Ctr., 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of St. Petersburg, P.O. Box 15343, St. Peters5343. Phone for info: 813/

Northeast m (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Richmond County, P.O. Box 14031, Augusta, GA 30919. Phone for info: 706/738-3104. Unit 44. Georgia, Northwest-A

Kids Unltd. Child Development & Learning, Center, 5584 Hwy. 92 East, Woodstock; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Cherokee Cnty., c/o Ralph Campbell, Woodstock, GA 30188. Phone for info: 404/926-2010. Unit 45, Georgia, Northwest-B

Roswell Recreation & Parks, East Roswell Rec. Ctr., 38 Hill St., Roswell; October 4; 11:00am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail bal

lots to: LSA of Fulton County Central, Atlanta, GA 30328. Phone

for info: 404/594-0766.

Unit 46. Georgia, Northwest-C

Emory Univ., White Hall, Rm 208, Atlanta, GA; October 3; 2:30pm (Registration: 2:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Dekalb County South, c/o Larry Strickland,

Lithonia, GA 30038. Phone for info: 404/2888310. Unit 47. Georgia, Southern-A.

Phone for info: Baha’i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209.

Unit 48. Georgia, Southern-B.

October 4; Mail ballots to: LSA of Glynn. County c/o Pat Whitmore,

St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Phone for info: 912/634-0658. Unit 49. Georgia, Southern-C

Home of Ella Young,

Albany; October 4; 10:30am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Albany c/o Ella Young, Albany, GA 31705. Phone for info: 912/883-6929.

Unit 50. lowa

Olmsted Ctr., Drake Univ., 29th St. & Univ. Ave., Des Moines; October 4 (With additional vities on Sat., Oct. 3); 9:45am (Registra9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Des Moines, P.O. Box 8244, Des Moines, IA 50301. Phone for info: 515/263-2778.

Unit 51. Idaho, N./Washington, E.

Univ. of Idaho, Student Union Bldg., Moscow; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Moscow, c/ o Hillary Mesbah, P.O. Box 3812 University Station, Moscow, ID 83843. Phone for info: 208/882-6823.

Unit 52. Idaho, Southern

Mail ballots to: LSA of Pocatello, c/o Karen Pease, Pocatello, ID 83201. Phone for info: 208/233-8353.

Unit 53. Illinois, Northern #1

Best Western Motel, Fox Valley, Farnsworth & 1-88, Aurora; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Aurora, c/o Mari Hurt,

Aurora, IL 60504. Phone for info: 708/8208874. Unit 54. Illinois, Northern #2-A

Mail ballots to: LSA of La Grange c/o Julia Doris, La Grange, IL 60525. Phone for info: 708/354-7018.

Unit 55. Illinois, Northern #2-B

Baha’i House of Worship, Wilmette; (Sat.)

October 3; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am).

Mail ballots to: LSA of Northbrook c/o Mary Johnson,

Northbrook, IL e for info: 708/564-1996. inois, Northern #2-C Chicago Baha'i Center, 3321 S. Calumet Ave., Chicago; October 4; 2:00pm (Registration: 1:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Chicago, 3321 S. Calumet Ave., Chicago, IL 60616-3933. Phone for info: 312/483-8005. Unit $7. Illinois, Southern-A Miller Park Pavillion, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Bloomington, c/o Lynn Laskowski, Bloomington, IL 61701. Phone for info: 309/662-8964. Unit 58. Illinois, Southern-B YWCA, 304 E. 3rd St., Alton; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Alton, P.O. Box 711, Alton, IL 62002. Phone for info: 618/465-1218. Unit 59. Indiana Jackson Middle School, South Bend; October 4; 9:00am. Mail ballots to: LSA of Mishawaka, c/o Carol McKiel, Mishawaka, IN 46546. Phone for info: 219/259-4621. Unit 60. Kansas Winfield Community Center, Baden Square, 700 Gary St., Winfield; October 18; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Winfield, P.O. Box 250, Winfield, KS 67156. Phone for info: 316/221-3089. Unit 61. Kentucky Old Kentucky Home Council Scout Reservation, Louisville; October 4; 10:00am (Reg

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istration; 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Jefferson County,

Louisville, KY 40299. Phone for info: 502/ 425-6600.

Unit 62. Louisiana

Holiday Inn East, I-10 East Seigen Lane, 10455 Rieger Rd., Baton Rouge; October 11; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of New Orleans,

New Orleans, LA 70125. Phone for info: 504/649-1507. Unit 63. Massachusetts-A

John F. Kennedy Middle School, Northampton; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:15am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Belchertown, Belchertown, MA 01007. Phone for info: 413/323-6123.

Unit 64. Massachusetts-B

Marlboro High School, Bolton St., Marlboro; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Marlboro, P.O. Box 5781, Marlboro, MA 01752. Phone for info: 508/481-3520.

Unit 65. Massachusetts-C

Cape Cod Community College,

West Barnstable; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Barnstable Township, P.O. Box 1275, Hyannins, MA 02601. Phone for info: 508/ 420-5025.

Unit 66. Maryland, W./Dist. of Columbia

Gallaudet Univ., Northwest Campus, 1640 Kalmia Rd., Washington, D.C.; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Washington D.

Washington, D.C. 20011. Phone for info: 202/829-0773. Unit 67. Maryland, Central

Bryn Mawr School, 109 W. Melrose Ave., Baltimore; October 4; 11:45am (Registration: 11:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Baltimore,

Baltimore, MD 21207. Phone for info: 410/947-3641. Unit 68. Maine

The Atrium Inn & Convention Ctr., Cook's Corner, Brunswick; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Portland, P.O. Box 674, Portland, ME 04103. Phone for info: 207/729-6609.

Unit 69. Michigan, Mainland-A

Michigan State Univ., in the Union, Corner of Grand River Ave. & Abbott Rd., East Lansing; (Sat.) October 3; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of East Lansing, P.O. Box 703, East Lan: , MI. 48823. Phone for info: 517/332-3250.

Unit 70. Michigan, Mainland-B

Ferris State Univ., Pharmacy Bldg., Rm. 101, Big Rapids; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Midland, Midland, MI48640. Phone for info: 517/839-9456.

Unit 71. Michigan, Mainland-C

Int'l. Institute Inc., 111 E. Kirby, Detroit; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Canton Township, P.O. Box 87454, Canton, MI 48187. Phone for fo: 313/865-9468.

Unit 72. Minnesota, Northern

South Jr. High School, 1120 Fifteenth Ave. South, St. Cloud; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of St. Cloud, P.O. Box 1081, St. Cloud, MN 56302. Phone for info: 612/253-6432.

Unit 73. Minnesota, Southern

St. Paul Student Ctr., 2017 Burford Ave., St. Paul; October 4; 9:45am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of St. Paul, c/o Dave Qualey, St. Paul, MN 55108. Phone for info: 612/646-0312. Unit 74. Missouri-A.

Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Ctr., 704 Conley Ave., Columbia; October 10 & 11; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Columbia, P.O. Box 1421, Columbia, MO 65205. Phone for info: 314/445-5091. Unit 75, Missouri-B

Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw, St. Louis; October 4; 10:30am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of St. Louis, P.O. Box 15771, St. Louis, MO 63163. Phone for info: 314/481-3352.

Unit 76. Mississippi

Delta Point Inn, 4155 Washington St. (I-20 & Washington St.), Vicksburg; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots

to: LSA of Vicksburg, c/o Ms. Linda Greaux, Vicksburg, MS

39180. Phone for info: 601/636-8628.

Unit 77. Montana

Copper King Inn, 4655 Harrison Ave. South, Butte; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Butte-Silver Bow, P.O. Box 3922, Butte, MT 59701. Phone for info: 406/782-8194.

Unit 78. Navajo-Hopi

Cafe Sage, Sage Memorial Hospital, Ganado; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Ganado, c/o Brad Rishel, P.O. Box 27, Ganado, AZ 86505. Phone for info: 602/674-5685.

Unit 79. North Carolina, Central-A

‘North Carolina Central Univ., Athletic Bldg., Fayetteville St., Durham; October 4; (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots of Durham, P.O. Box 51116, Durham, NC 27717. Phene for info: 919/383-0470.

Unit 80. North Carolina, Central-B

Mail ballots to: LSA of Hamlet c/o Laurie Flannery, Hamlet, NC 28245. Phone for info: 919/582-4103.

Unit 81. North Carolina, Eastern-A

Glen n Park & Center,

Raleigh; (Sat.) October 3; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Wake County, P.O. Box 25817, Raleigh, NC 27611. Phone for infu: 919/859-0261. Unit 82. North Carolina, Eastern-B

Home of Michael & Maria Hillis,

Wilson; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: DTC of Eastern NC, Rocky Mount, NC 27803. Phone for info: 919/446-5889. Unit 83. North Carolina, Western-A.

WNC Baha’i Center, 5 Ravenscroft, Asheville; October 11; lam (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Morgantown, P.O. Box 670, Morgantown, NC 28680-0670. Phone for info: 704/433-7518.

Unit 84. North Carolina, Western-B

First Ward Elementary School, 400 E. 10th St., Charlotte; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Charlotte c/o John Lansdowne, Charlotte, NC 28205. Phone for info: 704/3474627.

Unit 85. North Dakota

Carnegie Center for the Arts, 105 Second Ave. S.E., Minot; October 4; 9:30am (Registrati im). Mail ballots to: LSA of Fargo, c/o Marian Kadrie, South, Fargo, ND 58103. Phone for info: 701/2353725.

Unit 86. Nebraska

Ramada Inn, Municipal Airport Exit off of 1-80, Lincoln; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Lincoln, P.O. Box 80601, Lincoln, NE 68501. Phone for info: 402/464-0452.

Unit 87. New Hampshire

New England College, Henniker; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Manchester, P.O. Box 5883, Manchester, NH 03108. Phone for info: 603/ 627-5963.

Unit 88. New Jersey-A

Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Teaneck Rd. & Fycke Lane, Teaneck; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Teaneck,

Teaneck, NJ 07666. Phone for info: 201/8373638. Unit 89. New Jersey-B

Grice Middle School, Whitehorse-Hamilton Hamilton; October 4; 10:30am (Reg: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Hamilton Township, P.O. Box 2529, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690. Phone for info: 609/5862931.

Unit 90. New Mexico, Northern

Albuquerque Baha’i Center, 202 Harvard, Albuquerque; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Albuquerque, P.O. Box 35358 Station D, Albuquerque, NM 87176. Phone for info: 505/8425173.

Unit 91. New Mexico, S./Texas, West-A.

NMSU Community Center, Las Cruces; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Las Cruces, c/o Linda Munhall, P.O. Box 1491, Las Cruces, NM 88004. Phone for info: 505/527-4044.

Unit 92, New Mexico, S./Texas, West-B

Mail ballots to: LSA of Carlsbad c/o Curtis Wynne, Carlsbad, NM 88220. Phone for info: 505/887-2529. Unit 93. New Mexico, S./Texas, West-C

NMSU Community Center, Las Cruces; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of El Paso, P.O. Box 640602, El Paso, TX 79904. Phone for info: 915/591-1253. Unit 94. Nevada, Northern

Clear Creek Recreation Center (near intersection of Hwy 50 West & Hwy 395), Carson City; October 11; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Carson City cfo Don Thayer, Carson City, NV 89703. Phone for info: 702/8824599. Unit 95. Nevada, Southern

Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., Henderson; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Las Vegas, c/o Ernest Hensley,

Las Vegas, NV 89106. Phone for info:

702/385-7650. Unit 96, New York, Eastern-A

Phone for info: Baha'i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209. Unit 97. New York, Eastern-B

Good Counsel Convent, White Plains; October 4; 9:30am (Registra tion: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of White 0. Box 272, Gedney Station, White ns, NY 10605. Phone for info: 914/2385172. Unit 98, New York, Eastern-C

Islip Baha'i Center, Bohem

October 4; fs . Mail ballots to: LSA of Brookhaven Twp., c/o Marie McNair, East Patchogue, NY 11772. Phone for info: 516/289-2006, Unit 99. New York, Western-A

Sheraton Inn Batavia, 8250 Park Rd., Batavia; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Webster, P.O. Box 224, Webster, NY 14580. Phone for info: 716/872-5662. Unit 100. New York, Western-B

Cayuga Nature Center,

Ithaca; October 3 & 4; 10:00am, Oct. 3 (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Ithaca, P.O. Box 572, Ithaca, NY 14851. Phone for info: 607/273-2739.

Unit 101. Ohio, Northern-A Phone for info: Baha’i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209. Unit 102. Ohio, Northern-B Baker Hall, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Mentor, c/o Julie Knaus, Mentor, OH 44060. Phone for info: 216/255-0542. Unit 103. Ohio, Southern Phone for info: Baha’i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209. Unit 104. Oklahoma, Eastern Phone for info: Baha’i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209. Unit 105. OkIshoma, Western Oklahoma City Baha’i Center, Oklahoma City; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK 73108-7034. Phone for info: 405/478-3279. Unit 106. Oregon, Eastern Mail ballots to: LSA of Pendleton c/o Katherine Young, Pendleton, OR97801. Phone for info: 503/276-1868. Unit 107. Oregon, Western-A Mail ballots to: LSA of Clackamas County N.W., P.O, Box 22003, Milwaukie, OR 97222. Phone for info: 503/654-7129. Unit 108. Oregon, Western-B October 11; Mail ballots to: LSA of Portland, P.O. Box 4245, Portland, OR 97208 . Phone for info: 503/283-3249. Unit 109. Oregon, Western-C Oregon State Univ., Lasells Stewart Ctr., Corvallis; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Corvallis, P.O. Box 309, Corvallis, OR 97339. Phone for

info: 503/752-6422. Unit 110. Oregon, Western-D 4-H Bldg., 215 Ringette, Grants Pass; October 4; 9:45am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Greater Grants Pass, Grants Pass, OR 97527. Phone for info: 503/471-2796. Unit 111. Pennsylvania, Eastern Westchester Univ., Swope Hall, University Ave., Westchester; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19144. Phone for info: 215/5662979. Unit 112. Pennsylvania, Western Riverside Inn, 1 Fountain St., Cambridge Springs; October 11; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Pittsburgh, P.O. Box 5566, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Phone for info: 814/398-4687. Unit 113. Rhode Island h School, 4640 Tower Hill Rd., \ctober 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Providence c/o Mildred Keiser, Providence, RI 02909. Phone for info: 401/9433013. Unit 114/115. South Carolina, Central-A/B Columbia Jr. College, 3810 Main St., Coia; October 4; 10:00am (Registrati n: m). Mail ballots to: LSA of Lexington County c/o Irene Freeburg, Lexington, SC 29072. Phone for info: 803/ 772-4358. Unit 116/117. South Carolina, Central-C/D Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 118/119/120/121. South Carolina, East

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Clubhouse, Lawton Park, Lake Pestwood, Hartsville; October 4; 10:30am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Lydia, c/o Richardson, P.O. Box 238, Lydia, SC 290790238. Phone for info: 803/395-2123. Unit 122/123/124/125. South Carolina, East

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Florence Baha’ Center, 541 Evans St., Florence; October 4; 2:30pm. (Registration: 2:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Florence, Florence SC 29501. Phone for info: 803/667-1540. Unit 126/127/128/129. South Carolina, East

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Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 130. South Carolina, East #2-E Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 131. South Carolina, East #2-F Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 132. South Carolina, East #2-G. Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 133. South Carolina, North-A Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 134. South Carolina, North-B Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 135. South Carolina, South #1-A Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 136. South Carolina, South #1-B Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930. Unit 137/138. South Carolina, South #1-C/ D

Phone for info: South Carolina Coordinating Committee, 800/735-4445 or 803/5585930.

Unit 139. South Carolina, Western

Cambridge Academy, Eastman St., Greenwood, SC; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Greenwood Cnty. North, c/o Gail Curwin,

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12 The American BanA'i

1991 Survey of the American Baha’i Community

Last year the National Spiritual Assembly conducted a survey of the American Baha’i community as part of an ongoing effort to discern the patterns of our community life. Such a survey, in which individual believers answered a series of questions about their lives and concerns as Baha’ is, was considered by the National Assembly as a potentially important source of guidance as it determines goals, resource allocation and other strategies for the community as a whole. It would also indicate ways in which individuals and communities can be supported in their spiritual and administrative development.

SINCE IT WAS not feasible to interview every Baha’i in America, a mail survey was sent to 3,000 randomly selected Baha’i youth and adults around the country (the survey was written and tabulated with the help of a professional research firm). The sample group was divided so as to receive two different surveys—one (to 1,200 individuals) identified as coming from the National Spiritual Assembly and the other (1,800 in viduals) sent anonymously. This method was used because it has been shown in similar research projects that people sometimes respond differently when they are aware of the source of the study. As it turned out, farmore people did respond when they knew that the study was being conducted by the National Assembly.

The “identified” survey also yielded the most consistent data. The target response rate of 22 percent for this sample group was exceeded. Because the demographic breakdown of the respondents appeared not to correspond to that of the Baha’i community, whatever conclusions are drawn should be considered as working generalizations. Additional efforts will be made to obtain the views of those who were, for different reasons, not inclined to respond to this particular method of research. The data, however, do provide useful insights into the thoughts and feelings of a certain segment of the community.

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

The Bahd’is appear to be a relatively diverse, welleducated community.

° For the most part, the Bahai community reflects the diversity of the larger national community. Although the percentages of African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians who responded to the survey comprised less than those for the general population, it is believed that this was due to the methodology of the survey.

Baha ‘is seem to have a much higher education level

and a somewhat higher average income than the general population. Again, this may have to do with the methodology of the survey.

[We have come a long way in diversifying our community but our work is not done. To encourage further diversity, efforts by individuals, teaching institutes and communities should continue to enlist the allegiance of members of minority groups. The statement on race unity should be a helpful resource for these purposes. ]

Most Baha’ is learned about the Faith through family

and friends and joined out of agreement with social and/ or spiritual principles rather than for love of the Central Figures.

[It would appear from the survey responses that ne ship is the strongest foundation for successful teaching. n, emphasis on the Person and Station of Ilah is important to help ensure a deeper understanding among seekers and teachers of the distinctive nature of our Faith. The statement on Baha’u'llah might be helpful in this deepening process.]

Baha'is seem to be fairly devout in their personal lives, but there is room for growth in this area.

¢ Baha ‘is rank prayer as their primary source of satisfaction and most pray at least once daily; fully 1/3 of the respondents pray twice or more each day.

© WHILE just under half of the respondents report observing the Fast completely, only a small porttion report that they do not fast. The rest were either exempt from the Fast and/or only observed it partially.

© The respondents own a high number of Baha'i books (60 on average) but do not read them frequently. Writings of Baha’u’llah and ‘Abdu'l-Baha are read twice weekly, on average, and the Bab and the Guardian less than once a week. Youth read even less frequently.

[The importance of these three areas to spiritual growth

seems unclear to many of the friends. Each of them can be addressed through focused deepening which should be further supported and encouraged by the institutions.]

The maturation of local communities seems to be progressing in most respects, but some areas need additional development.

Local communities seem to be maturing in that

various measures of activity show increases over previous data (including a higher frequency of Spiritual Assembly meetings and more consistent Feast attendance).

About three-fourths of this sample go to Feast, which

is an increase from earlier findings. The recent emphasis placed upon the Feast by the Universal House of Justice may be one factor in this increase.

Almost half of the sample list “being part of a Baha’i

community” as one of their greatest satisfactions in being a Baha'i; another tenth list it as the most important aspect.

The sample indicates that the likelihood of being a

member of a local Spiritual Assembly varies somewhat according to sex, race and educational levei. Among respondents 41 percent of African-Americans, 32 percent of Caucasians, and 26 percent of Persians are members of a local administrative body. Thirty-five percent of responding men are on Assemblies and 28 percent of women. In addition, 42 percent of respondents with a bachelor’s degree presently serve on Assemblies, as do 19 percent of those whose education extends through high school.

Community size has a marked impact upon the lives and activity level of community members.

¢ It appears that community size affects the believers'sense of Baha’iidentity and individual strength. Those in smaller communities are more active in observing the Fast, giving to the Funds, teaching and praying.

[These data indicate challenges ahead as Bahai communities grow larger and larger. The Community Development modules prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly will help in both of the above areas, as will individual deepening efforts at the local’ level; these can be supported by such deepening programs as the “Word of God” series. Another way to address issues of community growth is to increase the use of teaching institutes; these help to create a greater sense of involvement and ownership in a small group setting.) |

While there is a fair amount of teaching activity taking place, it does not occupy a high level of importance for many believers and seems affected by the amount of disposable time and income.

eJUST UNDER one-quarter of the sample group report teaching as their most important satisfaction as a Baha‘i.

More than half of the adults who responded and

nearly 70 percent of the youth teach the Faith at least once weekly. A little over one-quarter host firesides while a smaller number take part in teaching institutes. Mass teaching is done by less than 10 percent of the respondents.

¢ Some responses indicate that those who teach less may have less free time in which to do so or may, in the case of firesides, feel that their homes are inadequate.

[Teaching could become a more central focus of our lives as Baha'is, especially if we concentrate on our relationship with Baha’u'llah. One useful thing to remember is that those without spare time can support fulltime teaching teams financially by deputization through the proper administrative channels.

Bahd’is are generous in supporting the Funds—more so than their peers. Support for the Funds does vary by type of fund and a believer's length of time in the Faith.

The percentage of income contributed by Baha'is

appears to be higher than that contributed by the general population to religious and non-religious organizations combined.

© The largest percentage of those contributing to the Fund gave to the local and National Funds; between the two Funds the local Fund received donations from the largest percentage. The participation levels for the Arc and the International Fund were lower and the number reporting regular contributions to the Continental Fund the lowest.

New believers seem less likely to support the Funds than others; when they do contribute they are more likely to support the local Fund.

These data indicate the existence of a core group that

is making a diligent effort to support their Faith financially.

[Results of the survey serve to corroborate the observations of the Universal House of Justice, in its letter of November 18, 1991, that there is a need to deepen new believers systematically on the nature of the Funds.]

Baha'is are concerned with a variety of social issues and feel that the Faith supports them in taking action on these issues—although only a limited number become involved in social action groups.

¢ Interest in social issues closely corresponds with the agendas of the senior Baha’i institutions, with “world peace” receiving the highest rating among respondents, followed by “racial prejudice.” The concerns of the youth also include such issues as drug abuse, abortion and homelessness.

¢ THERE IS a positive correlation between membership in outside organizations and involvement in Baha'i activity. Those who are involved in two or more outside groups pray, teach and contribute more than those in fewer groups.

Information from other sources indicates that communities have a lot of contact with outside groups; from

this survey it appears that contact is not necessarily carried out to the point that Baha’is become members or make financial contributions.

[Involvement in social issues and outside organizations is an important adjunct and support for the teaching work. This is especially true for youth, who can channel their concern for social issues into their teaching efforts. Greater involvement in these areas can reinforce Baha’i activity and lead to more growth.]

Persians are an important resource for the community, since they appear to be very active and committed believers.

Persian believers tend to rank higher on various

measures of activity and commitment; they report giving a higher percentage of their income to the Fund, higher Feast and District Convention attendance, and are more likely to have been pioneers or pilgrims.

[Efforts to include these believers in the mainstream of community life are vital and can be helped by the National Persian/American Affairs Office.]

Women in the Bahda't community represent a valuable source of strength, with special characteristics and needs.

Women respondents seem more likely to teach than

their male counterparts. They pray somewhat more frequently, and are more likely to have joined the Faith out of love for one of the Central Figures or because of spiritual principles. Women are also more likely to be lowed or divorced, with a lower income and a higher jobless rate—all of which indicate special needs among this group.

[Through enhancing their sensitivity to the particular circumstances in the lives of women within the Baha’i family, Assemblies and individuals will be able to help and encourage them to make a distinctive contribution to the community’s development.]

Questions and comments on this report may be addressed to the Office of the Treasurer, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

More than 30 young Baha'is gather in Green Bay for prayer, study, deepening

More than 30 young Baha’is from all over Wisconsin gathered recently at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for a weekend of prayer, study, deepening, fellowship, recreation, entertainment and service to others.

The weekend was planned by a task force of six youth who handled programming, advertising, designing and mailing flyers, purchasing and preparing food, planning menus, and so on.

Participants, who ranged in age from 12-20 years, studied the book Youth Can Move the World and took part ina Saturday afternoon service project at four shelters for the homeless operated by the United Amerindian Center. Teams of youth washed windows and woodwork, cleaned screens, raked and cleaned yards, filled holes, and, guided by the shelters’ director, reorganized a large food storage area and linen/laundry area.

Saturday evening's session, centered around the Youth Year of Service, was led by a young Baha’i who had recently completed a year of service.

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Religious organizations are frequently asked by the news media for their views on controversial issues or events. Therefore, Public Information Representatives and Baha'is who collaborate with local organizations on such matters as race unity, the environment, and world peace may be asked for the Baha’i positions on controversial issues.

It is important for Baha’is to respond accurately to such questions. We should listen carefully to questions and be knowledgeable about how the media and much of the population view such issues. For example, a reporter may ask, “What is the Baha'i position on abortion?”

The common view of the issue of abortion in the U.S. is that people and religions are either “pro Making public statements about Baha'i positions on controversial issues

choice” or “pro-life.” Therefore, the journalist is probably asking whether the Baha‘i Faith is on the “prochoice” or “pro-life” side of the controversy. The Baha’i Faith does not have a position or statement about the controversies surrounding the issue of abortion.

If the journalist then asks if the Faith has any teachings about abortion, the Public Information Representative can respond from a Baha'i perspective on the matter without implying that the Faith chooses sides in the controversy (i.e., the Baha'i view of abortion, on the whole, is a negative one, since Baha’u'llah teaches that the soul comes into being at conception and that human life is sacred. However, individual circumstances may be complex and varied. The decision of a Baha‘i about abortion is left to the conscience of the mother in consul tation with her physician in the light of Baha'i principles.)

It would be inappropriate for a local Spiritual Assembly or an individual Baha‘ to issue a public statement regarding the “Baha‘i view” of a controversial issue without first consulting the National Spiritual Assembly. Public or official statements by the Faith on such issues are different from quotations from Baha‘i books or from Baha'i scripture.

Ifa representative of the Baha‘i community is asked for the Baha’i position on a controversial issue, he should say that he does not know, but will research the matter to determine if the Faith has a view on the subject. He then should call the Office of Public Information and ask how to respond to the question.

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Present historical information, nor simply to interpret such information in scholarly fashion, but to offer a divinely inspired, infallible interpretation of Bahd‘u'llah’s station.

INTERPRETATION is the primary purpose of the section cited above in The World Order of Baha'u'llah. Shoghi Effendi quotes extensively from Baha'u'llah, the Bab and *Abdu'l-Baha in the course of defining and expounding on the uniqueness of Baha‘u'llah’s station. The Baha'i who wishes to appreciate more fully Bahd‘u'llah’s transcendent Revelation should read and meditate on this section regularly to internalize its penetrating insights.

Two works that have appeared within the last year provide excellent places to begin one’s study of Baha’u'llah. The Office of Public Information at the Baha‘i World Center issued a statement titled “Baha‘u'llah” that offers a brief but thorough description of His life, the events He experienced, and His voluminous writings and the teachings they contain.

Longer, but more personal, is David Hofman's book Bahd'u'llah: The Prince ‘of Peace, a Portrait. Mr. Hofman’s work reflects his several decades of service on the Universal House of Justice and the devotion and study such work requires. The book's readability makes it one of the most accessible of the biographies of Baha‘u'llah.

Perhaps the master biography of Baha'u'llah is H.M. Balyuzi's Baha’u'llah: The King of Glory. The work's great strength lies in the fact that much of its information had never before been available in one place.

Mr. Balyuzi had access to many manuscripts that have never been published and was able to use them extensively in writ

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ing his biography. The importance of this book is highlighted by the fact that it has been translated and published in Persian, thereby making its information available to the Persian friends who cannot read English.

Crucial to any thorough study of Baha‘u'llah is Adib Taherzadeh’s fourvolume series, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah. The books are not a biography of Baha‘u'llah as much as a study of His writings. They provide—again for the first time—a single source where one can find when a particular Tablet was revealed.

Mr. Taherzadeh often provides transla-"

tions by Shoghi Effendi for the Tablets he discusses, and summarizes those parts that have not been translated into English. He also describes entire books by Baha’u'llah that have not been translated into English. Hence the books by Mr. Taherzadeh are essential to any effort by a Baha'i who does not speak or read Persian or Arabic to appreciate the depth and breadth of Bahd‘u'llah’s Revelation.

It is often said that any good study of someone's life must include a study of the times in which he/she lived. The above works provide little information about the historical context of Baha‘u'llah’s life, but gradually more such context is being understood.

ANIMPORTANT example of thisisa new publication by Dr. Juan R. Cole entitled “Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the 19th Century.” Published in the February 1992 issue of the International Journal of Middle East Studies, a prestigious scholarly journal, it represents one of the scholarly contributions to the study of Bahd’u'llah’s life for the Holy Year.

Dr. Cole explores an especially interesting theme in his essay, namely, which statements of Bahd‘u'llah are allusions to, or comments on, contemporary events in Iran and Ottoman Turkey. He helps us understand why Baha‘u'llah made some of His statements, and thus offers insights into the relationship between revelation and the culture and society of the times.

The essay is not Dr. Cole's first contribution to this question. In 1981 he produced an essay in World Order magazine titled “A Dialogue on the Baha'i Faith,” in which he explored the relationship between Baha'u'llah and Islamic leaders of thought who sought to modernize Islam and the Middle East.

In 1979, Dr. Cole had published in World Order a paper titled “Problems of Chronology in Bahd'u'llah's Tablet of Wisdom,” which explored Baha’u'llah’s use of historical information. While all three papers can offer only tentative conclusions about the relationship between Baha'u'llah and His times, they are nonetheless important for those who are inter ested in such scholarly questions. Studying the life of Baha’u'llah is a never-ending task. If one book proves too difficult to read, then one should turn to another; for after reading that other book, perhaps the first one will be easier to

One can find many opportunities to apply the insights gleaned from these works to one’s own life and to teaching others about the Lord of the Day in which they are living.

Exellence in all things. . .

Dr. SHarFia AHMED, professor of materials at Youngstown (Ohio) State University who became a Baha'i last March, recenfly received his second U.S. patent for NASA-related research. The patent deals with the development of a solidification process under an electric field. The process enhances the materials’ properties and service performance without requiring further thermal or mechanical treatment while also improving the structure of the materials,

Dr. DorotHy Marcic, a member of the Baha‘i community of St. Paul, Minnesota, has been given a prestigious Fulbright award to serve as a senior lecturer in business administration in Czechoslovakia (now called the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) during the 1992-93 academic year. This year, more than 125 people applied for awards to go to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic; Dr. Marcic was one of only 16 professors chosen, and is the first person ever to receive a Fulbright award for the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in her field of expertise.

Binnie Lana, a Baha'i from Wilmette, Illinois, has received the 1992 George G. Fischer Humanitarian Award from the Wilmette Rotary Club for her decades of service to the village. The award includes a $1,000 contribution in her name to the International Rotary Foundation for humanitarian and educational programs working toward good will, peace and understanding. Mrs. Lang, a former member of the Wilmette Fire and Police Commission, is serving her second term on the Wilmette Zoning Board of Appeals; is an active member of the League of Women Voters; and is on the board of directors of the North Shore Race Unity Task Force. As a board member of the Newberry Avenue Center, she helped formulate the Chicago Federation of Settlement Houses, and served as vicepresident of Chicago's Citizens Information Service.

On March 10, Donna L. Boreck, a Baha'i from Jefferson County, Colorado, who works for the federal government as a research geologist, received the Department of Interior “Point of Light” award for federal employees. She was given the award by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan for her volunteer work in educating children and youth through her program, “Rocks in the Ground—Rocks on Your Face,” which uses cosmetics to show young girls the importance of rocks and minerals in daily life.

In May, STEPHANIE FieLoING-TROxEL, a Baha'i from Golden, Colorado, who works as a graphic artist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI) received six regional awards and an international award from the Society for Technical Communicators, an international group for technical writers and illustrators. Her first-place entry in the seven-state, three-province Rocky Mountain Region, which also won Best of Show, went on to receive the Award of Excellence at the international competition.

Maryan Farip, a 17-year-old Bahd‘i who plays violin in the Santa Monica, California, High School Symphony Orchestra, took part with that group in the 21st International Youth and Music Festival Competition in July in Vienna, Austria. About 20 orchestras including only three from the U.S. were entered in the competition at which Santa Monica, one of the few orchestras with all-high school musicians, won first prize. The Haifa, Israel, Youth Symphony won second prize. Marjan also plays in the Santa Monica High School Chamber Orchestra which won another first prize in the competition. Marjan, who was graduated in June, plans to major in biology in college and attend medical school. Her father, Badi‘u'llah Farid, was martyred in Tehran on June 24, 1981.

Jerrrey TasruM, a young Baha'i from Milwaukie, Oregon, is among 230 seventh-graders in that state honored for their verbal and/or mathematical skills in the 1992 Talent Search conducted by Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Jeffrey was among the top three scorers verbally in Oregon.

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Nuestra reverencia

LO SAGRADO

“Oh mihermano! Dael paso del espiritu, para que en un abrir y cerrar de ojos atravieses los desiertos del alejamiento y laprivacién, y lleguesal Ridvan de reunion sempiterna, y de un aliento comulgues con los espiritus celestiales. Ya que con pies humanos nunca tendras esperanza de atravesar esas distancias inmensurables, ni de alcanzar su objetivo. Sea la paz con aquela quien la luz de la verdad guia hacia toda verdad, y con quien esta, en nombre

‘Detroit 2000’ promotes interracial understanding

On July 28, Baha‘is from Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan, co-sponsored “Detroit 2000,” a talk by Lawrence C. Patrick whose purpose was to promote interracial understanding.

Mr. Patrick is an attorney and immediate past president of the Board of Education for the City of Detroit. About 40 people, most of whom were not Baha’is, attended the event, which was held in the home of Baha‘is.

Among the guests were the executive director of the International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit; the retired Friend of the Court for Wayne County; physicians, lawyers, teachers and others.

The talk was preceded by a prayer recited by aneight-year-old Baha'i and music by Carl Harris, principal percussionist with the Windsor (Ontario) Symphony Orchestra.

Many copies of “The Vision of Race Unity,” “Models of Unity” and pamphlets on the Faith were accepted by the guests.

de Dios, en el sendero de Su Causa, sobre la orilla del verdadero entendimiento.” Baha'u'llah (Kitdb-i-Igan, p.32) La religién busca la educacién del

individuo y el progreso de la sociedad:

delineando lo que es de Dios y creando una visién de su poder y omnipresencia que todo lo abarca. El hombre no debe profanar lo sagrado sino dedicarse y comprometer su vida a ello.

Como podemos mostrar esta reverencia hacia lo sagrado?

Reconocimiento de la Revelacion.

Reconocer la grandeza y unicidad de Dios como nuestro Creador y apreciar su Palabra Sagrada—es la norma y el proposito de nuestra vida y la fuente del poder espiritual.

1. “Estas almas santas, ademas, han anunciado que cuandose manifieste Aquel Quien es la Aurora de la gracia multiple de Dios, todos los Profetas y Mensajeros, incluyendo el Qa’im, Se reuniran bajo la sombra del sagrado Estandarte que el Prometido enarbolara. Esa hora ya ha legado. ...El sello del vino escogido de su Revelacion ha sido roto. Su gracia se esta derramando sobre los hombres. Llena tu copa y bebe en su Nombre, el Santisimo, el Todo Alabado.” Bahau lah, PEB p.16

2. “Dios conceda que, con una vision penetrante, puedas percibir, en todas las cosas, el signo de la Revelacion de Aquel Quien es el Antiguo Rey, y reconocer cuan exaltado y santificado de la creacion entera es aquel santisimo y sacratisimo Ser. Esto, en verdad, es la raiz y laesencia misma de la creencia en la unidad y singularidad de Dios. “Dios estaba solo;

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no habia nadie fuera de El’. El es, ahora, lo que siempre ha sido. No existe otro Dios sino El, el Unico, el Incomparable, el Todopoderoso, el Mas Exaltado, el Mas. Grande.” Baha’u'llah, P p.157

Como podemos profundizar nuestro entendimiento de la Grandeza de Dios? Sentirlo mas?

Respuesta a la Revelacion.

Nuestra respuesta a aquello que es de Dios debe caracterizarse por las cualidades de afecto, obediencia, humildad y desprendimiento.

3. “Alabado seas, oh mi Dios! Te suplico por aquellos que han circundado el trono de Tu Voluntad, se han elevando en la atmosfera de Tu Complacencia, y se han vuelto con todo suafecto hacia el horizonte de Tu Revelacion, la Aurora de Tu Inspiracién y el Punto de Amanecer de Tus Nombres, que ayudes a tus siervos a observar lo que Tu les has mandado en tus dias, mandamientos a través de los cuales se ha de demostrara tus siervos la santidad de Tu Causa y habran de ser corregidos los asuntos de tus criaturas y de Tu Reino.” Baha'u'llah, PEB p.27

4. “Cuan desconcertante es para mi, insignificante como soy, intentar sondear las sagradas profundidades de Tu Conocimiento! Cuan vanos son mis esfuerzos por visualizar la magnitud del poder inherente a Tu Obra, la Revelacién de Tu poder creador!” Baha’ullah, PEB p.55

5. “Oh Hijo del Hombre! La luz ha brillado sobre ti desde el horizonte del Monte Sagrado, y el espiritu de la iluminaci6n ha soplado en el Sinai de tu corazon. Por tanto, librate de los velos de

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Guest conductor Russ Garcia leads the recently re-formed Southern California Baha'i Victory Chorus during the debut May 17 of the Victory Chorus Teaching Institute at the Los Angeles i Center. The new music director of the Victory Chorus Teaching Institute is Sergio

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Southern California Baha'i Victory Chorus Teaching Institute debuts with inspiring program at Los Angeles Baha'i Center

On May 17, the Southern California Baha'i Victory Chorus Teaching Institute made its debut at the Los Angeles Baha‘i Center with an inspiring program of songs in Persian, Spanish and English. The recently re-formed Victory Chorus performed under the baton of guest conductor Russ Garcia.

Asa part of the program, plaques were presented to eight special honorees for their years of service to the Faith: Merle Cates, Trudy Eisenberg, Gertrude Jacoby, Manila Lee, Dr. Jalil Mahmou Vera Shaw, Elwyn Van Zandt and Garnett

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Whitfield.

Also, Mr. Garcia and his wife, Gina, combined Ts their talents for a special presentation entitled “The History,” dedicated to the memory of the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears.

Joining local musicians and chorus members at the gala event were guest artists and speakers from San Diego, Sierra Vista, Thousand Oaks and Yucca Valley, California, and St. David, Arizona.

, The new music director of the Victory Chorus Teaching Institute is Sergio Minervini.

las ociosas fantasias y entra en Mi Corte, para que seas digno de la vida sempiterna y merecedor de encontrarme. Asi talvez no te Ilegue la muerte, ni el cansancio, ni la__afliccién.” Baha’u'llah, PO Arabe No. 63

Que efecto produce nuestra obediencia? Cuales son las condiciones paraentrar en “Su Corte” y que son los velos de la vana fantasia?

Estar_dirigido_por la Revelacion.

6. “Lo que El ha teservado para Si son las ciudades de los corazones de los hombres; y de ellas, los amados de Aquel Quien es la Verdad Soberanason, eneste Dia, como las Ilaves. Quiera Dios que todos ellos este capacitados para abrir, por medio del poder del Mas Grande Nombre, las puertas de _ estas ciudades.” Baha’u'llah, PEB p.196 “Lo que El ha reservado para Si son las ciudades de los corazones de los hombres, para que El pueda limpiarlos de toda contaminacién terrenal y habilitarlos para aproximarse al Lugar Santificado que las manos del infiel no podran nunca

profanar. Abrid, oh pueblo, la ciudad del corazon humano con la Ilave de vuestra prolacion.” Baha’u'llah, PEB p.244

8. “Les corresponde a los artesanos del mundo ofrecer a cada momento un millar de muestras de gratitud en el Sagrado Umbral, y ponerel mayor empeiioy ejercer diligentemente su profesi6n, para que sus esfuerzos produzcan aquello que habra de manifestar la mas grande belleza y perfeccién ante los ojos de todos los hombres.” ‘Abdu’l-Baha, SEA p.147

9. “...nos sentimos impelidosa traer este asunto a suatencion para que puedan, silo consideran recomendable, destacar ante sus representantes la gran importancia no solo de mantener comunicaci6n con los pioneros, sino también de ayudarlos a perseverar senalandoles lo sagrada que es su responsabilidad y lo grave que seria la derrota espiritual si abandonaran su puesto habiendo todavia posibilidades de permanecer.” (De una carta en nombre del Guardian dirigida a las Manos de la Causa del 2 de Mayo de 1954)

10. “Pero antes que la mayoria de la Asamblea llegue a una decision, no sdlo esel derechosino la obligacion sagrada de cada miembro, expresar libre y abiertamente sus opiniones, sin temer desagradar o indisponer a alguno de sus colegas.” (De una carta fechada 28 de Octubre de 4935, escrita en nombre del Guardian y dirigida a un creyente) Hacia qué actos nos dirige la Revelacién de Baha’u’llah?

Aplicando la Revelacién.

El servicio a Dios se manifiesta a través de la investigacion, la propagacion y proteccién de Su Causa, por medio de una adherencia imparcial y sin restricciones a Sus Leyes y con una dedicacion total a la promocién del bienestar de la raza humana. Como aplicamos la Revelacién en nuestras vidas individuales diarias y en nuestras vidas colectivas?

Los fondos de la Fe.

Por medio del sacrificio y las ofrendas nos damos cuenta de lo sagrado en la creacién; lo que se ofrece pertenece a Dios y por lo tanto es sagrado.

11. “...Fondo Baha’i...es la obligacién sagrada de todo seguidor de Baha'u'llah, consiente y leal, que desee ver Su Causa progresar, el contribuir libre y generosamente para el incremento de ese fondo.” Shoghi Effendi, DG p.78

Cuales son las caracteristicas de nuestras contribuciones?

12. “Oh Poseedor de Dos Ojos! Cierra un ojo y abre el otro. Cierra uno ante el mundo y todo lo que hay en él, y abre el otro ante la sagrada belleza del Amado.” Baha’u'llah, PO Persa No. 12

13. “Debemos esforzarnos por alcanzar aquella condicion al separarnos de todas las cosas y de la gente del mundo y al volvernos a Dios solamente. Necesitara algtin esfuerzo parte del hombre para lograr esa condicién, pero debe trabajar para alcanzarla, debe esforzarse por lograrla. Podemos llegar a ella al pensar y preocuparnos menos de las cosas materiales y mas de las espirituales. Mientras mas nos alejamos de unas, mas nos acercamos a las otras. La eleccion es nuestra. Nuestra percepcion espiritual, nuestra vista interior debe abrirse, para que podamos ver los signos y huellas del espiritu de Dios en todas las cosas. Todo puede reflejar hacia nosotros la luz del Espiritu.” ‘Abdu’l-Baha, en Oracién, Meditacion y Tablas de Baha'u'llah

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Baha‘i communities throughout North America are invited to design and construct a two-sided fabric banner for use in decorating various events and locations at the second Baha’i World Congress in November. Other than the name of the Assembly, community or Baha‘i school, which must appear at the bottom of the banner, you are free to create whatever design you would

Both sides must be designed, although they can have different treatments on each

Each banner must include the name of the sponsoring group or entity in English on one side. If another language is spoken or used by the sponsoring group (such as Spanish, Cherokee, Laotian, etc.) you are encouraged to use that language on the other side. English may be used on both sides, if desired.

Use a simple type style in a contrasting color band 10 inches (25 cm) high across the bottom of the banner.

Each banner is 10 feet square. a 4-inch (10-cm) deep “pipe sleeve” must be sewn. into the top hem to facilitate hanging the banner (the pipe will be supplied). Side and bottom hemsare strongly recommended. Metal grommets should be put into the four corners and center top.

Be sure to use fabrics with permanent color and that are pre-shrunk, since each finished banner will have to be sprayed in New York with a fire-proofing solution to meet strict fire codes.

If you have questions, please phone John Kavelin, coordinator of design, at the Baha'i National Center, 708-869-9039, ext. 283. The deadline for submissions is October 30.

Reorganization

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lish the Kingdom of God on earth.

“The watchword of that Kingdom is unity: unity of spirit, unity of purpose, unity of action. However, the Baha’i concept of unity allows for diversity in expression and adaptation to special needs and circumstances. It also calls for a balance between authority from above and individual initiative.

“THIS REPRESENTS a tremendous challenge. The Kingdom of God has never been built before, so there is no ‘how to” manual for us to turn to. We have the guiding principles, but we must still learn. how to best translate those ideals into practice.”

The National Spiritual Assembly, Dr. Henderson said, first established a set of criteria that any new structure would have tomeet tobe considered satisfactory. These included an ability to respond quickly to paradigm shifts; a system for strategic and tactical coordination between all of the Assembly's agencies and committees; a balance between centralization and decentralization of responsibilities; clearly defined authority and responsibility; simplicity and flexibility; and efficiency and cost effectiveness.

“Each of these citeria,” he said, “also had to conform to Baha’i principles. Take efficiency, for example. By this we envisioned not efficiency in the normal, businesslike sense, which can sometimes be cold and brutal.

“Indeed, we Baha’is do a lot of things that would not seem cost-effective to outside observers. For instance, we spend money and effort to aid Bahai refugees from Southeast Asia in amounts far disproportionate to their population in the American community. This is because the Baha'i definition of efficiency includes love for each person, and the determination to meet the needs of all of the believere?

With the above goals in mind, the National Spiritual Assembly proceeded in stages until it felt that a workable plan had been developed. The implementation process has already begun, and will continue gradually over a period of time.

THE ROLE and responsibilities of each of the organizations involved have been outlined, and are subject to adjustment as circumstances require. Broadly speaking, this is how a national teaching plan would unfold:

1. The National Assembly, in consultation with the Continental Board of Counselors and the National Teaching Committee, formulates a strategy and announces it to the community.

2. Local Spiritual Assemblies plan activities for their communitites. Their goals

will reflect the national strategy but will be adapted to their particular needs. They will be encouraged to consult with Auxiliary Board members and their assistants and to make plans for collaborating with other area Assemblies.

3. The Regional Teaching Committees help to organize inter-community efforts through meetings and sharing ideas.

4. The local Assemblies report their plans to the Regional Committees, which forward them to the National Teaching Committee. The National Teaching Committee reports to the National Assembly.

5. The Regional Teaching Committees continue to monitor, assist, and report activities in their areas. They might form task forces to help accomplish specific goals. Meanwhile, other agencies of the National Assembly, har monized in their efforts |

through the Planning and Co

The Guardian on the Administrative Order

Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, speaks about the significance of the Administrative Order: 4

“The rise and establishment of this Administrative Order...constitutes the hallmark of this second and formative age of the Baha’i era. It will come to be regarded, as it recedes farther and farther from our eyes, as the chief agency empowered to usher in the concluding phase, the consummation of this glorious dispensation.

“Let no one, while this System is still in its infancy, misconceive its character, belittle represent its purpose. The bedrock on which this Administrative Order is founded is God’s immutable Purpose for mankind in this day. The Source from iration is no one less than Baha’u’llah Himself. Its shield and defender are the embattled hosts of the Abha Kingdom. Its seed is the blood of no less than twenty thousand martyrs who have offered up their lives that it may be born and flourish. The axis round which its institutions revolve are the authentic provisions of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’!-Baha. ing principles are the truths which He Who is the unerring Interpreter of the teachings of our Faith has so clearly enunciated in His public addresses throughout the West. The laws that govern its operation and limit its functions are those which have been expressly ordai ii -Aqdas. The seat round which its spi al, its humanitarian and admi il the Mashriqu’Il-Adhkar and its Dependencies. The pillars that sustain its authority and buttress its structure are the twin institutions of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice. The central, the underlying aim which animates it is the establishment of the new World Order as adumbrated by Baha’u’llah. The methods it employs, the standard it inculcates, incline it to neither East nor West, neither Jew nor Gentile, neither rich nor poor, neither white nor colored. Its watchword is the unification of the human race; its standard the ‘Most Great Peace’; its consummation the adyent of that golden millennium—the Day when the kingdoms of this world shall have become the Kingdom of God Himself, the Kingdom of Baha’u’llih.” (from The Dispensation of Bahda’u’lléh, dated February 8, 1934)

ordination Committee, take

the action necessary to carry forward its agenda.

The National Spiritual Assembly envisions four Regional Teaching Committees and Centers to begin with—for the Northeast, South, West and Midwest, the same regions outlined by Abdu’l-Baha in the Tablets of the Divine Plan. The National Assembly expects that others will be added as the community grows.

“A CRUCIAL thing for the friends to remember,” said Dr. Henderson, “is that the Regional Committees will have no authority of their own. Authority will always reside with the local Assemblies, which are accountable only to the National Spiritual Assembly. The role of these—and all—Baha’i committees is to help the divinely appointed institutions fulfill their goals, through coordination, communication, expert study, special assistance and other means.

“Another important point is that the Regional Committees will in no way infringe upon the rights and responsibilities of the Auxiliary Board members and their assistants, who will continue to offer the same guidance and inspiration as before.

“The National Assembly does hope, however, that some of the burden of administration will be taken off their shoulders so that they will be more free to pursue their important work.”

Dr. Henderson added that the implementation process will include deepening for committee members and the rest of the community. Further elaboration on the work of the Regional Teaching Committees and the other agencies of the National

requirements of future years.

“The National Spiritual Assembly feels that this reorganization will empower our greatly blessed community to arise, with greater unity than ever before, to win wonderful victories for the Cause of God.”

Spiritual Assembly will also take place. “What we are experiencing,” said Dr. Henderson, “is merely the next evolutionary step in the development of the Administrative Order in this country. Our administration will continue to evolve with the

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In June, the Baha'i Group of dleburg Heights, Ohio, took part in the annual Middleburg Heights Home Days parade and fair. Forty Baha'is and their friends marched in the parade with a float whose theme was ‘We are all flowers of one garden.’ At the booth, wl included information about race unity and general information about the Faith, the friends gave away 300 balloons with slogans promoting unity, and invited children to take part ina World Community coloring contest to draw diverse faces from around the world. Entries were judged on

ity and artistic merit, winners from four age groups

is Michael Soster, winner in the six- to eight-year-old age group.

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Greenwood, SC 29646. Phone for info:

803/677-3833. Unit 140. South Dakota-A

Wounded Knee School, Manderson; October 11; 10:00am (Registration: 9:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Rapid City, P.O. Box 565, Rapid City, i 343-2929. Unit 141. South Dakota-B

Ramkota River Center, 920 West Sioux, Pierre; October 3; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Sioux Falls, P.O. Box 782, Sioux, SD 57101. Phone for 605/338-6386. Unit 142. Tennessee, Eastern

Quality Inn West, 7621 Kingston Pike, Knoxville; October 18; 9:00am (Registr: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Knox © Rezvan Oskui, TN 37922. Phone for info: 615/690-3469. Unit 143. Tennessee, Western

Clough Hall, Orgil Room, Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis; (Sat.) October 3: 9:00am (Registratio Jam). Mail ballots

LSA of Memphis, P.O. Box 111101, Mem, TN 38111. Phone for info: 901/274

National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209.

Unit 145. Texas, Central-B

Uvalde Civic Center, 300 E. Main (Highway 90 and Wood Streets), Uvalde; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Uvalde, Uvalde, TX 78801. Phone for info: 512/278-6536. Unit 146. Texas, Eastern #1-A.

McKinney Community Ctr. (Exit 39 on Central Expressway); October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Plano, P.O. Box 260031, Plano, TX 75026. Phone for info: 214/423-2250.

Unit 147. Texas, Eastern #1-B

Holiday Inn Express, 100 I-20 West, Marshall; October 4; 11:00am (Registration: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Harrison County, c/o Carol Eakin,

Hallsville, TX 75650. Phone for info: 903/ 935-1626. Unit 148. Texas, Eastern #1-C

Tarrant County Baha'i Center, 723 Border St., Arlington; October 4; 11:00am (Registra10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Arlington, c/o Gholam Sharifi,

Arlington, TX 76016. Phone for info: 817/ 572-3269. Unit 149. Texas, Eastern #1-D

Richardson Hilton Hotel, 1981 N. Central

Expressway, Richardson; October 4; 9:00am

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(Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Garland, c/o Linda Jensen,

Garland, TX 75044. Phone for info: 214/ 216-1256.

Center, 2121 Oakdale, Houston; October 11; 9:00am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Missouri City, P.O. Box 1462, Missouri City, TX 77459. Phone for info: 713/438-6163. Unit 151. Texas, Eastern #2-B Houston Baha'i Center,2121 Oakdale, Houston; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Southwest Harris County, P.O. Box 42229, Houston, TX 77242. Ph

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Roby Community Center, Roby; October 4; 10:00am (Registr: 9:00am). Mail ballots_ to: LSA of Graham, P.O. Box 175, Graham, TX 76450. Phone for info: 817/549-6769. Unit 153. Texas, Southern

Texas A & I University, Student Union Bldg. Rm. 221B, Kingsville, TX; October 4; 9:30am (Registrati Sam). Mail ballots P.O. Box 81301, , TX 78468. Phone for info:

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512/993-43 Unit 154. Utah

Westminster College, Malouf Hall, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:00pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Salt Lake County, P.O. 57775, Salt Lake City, UT 84157-0775. Phone for info: 801/264- 199.

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rfax Community College,

Middletown; October 4; 10:30am (Registra tion: 10:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Reston,

P.O. Box 2085, Reston, VA 22090. Phone for 33.

Unit 156. Virginia, Northern-B

Washington Gas Co., 6801 Industrial Rd., Springfield; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:00noon). Mail ballots to: LSA of Fairfax County East, c/o Joseph Cowen,

Alexandria, VA 22312. Phone

for info: 703/354-6379. Unit 157. Virginia, Southeast

Girl Scout Program Center, Camp Skimino, Williamsburg; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Virginia Beach, Dody Theriault, Sec., 4848 Kempsville Greens Pkwy. #106, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Phone for info: 804/398-9288. Unit 158. Virginia, Southwest

Sheraton Inn Staunton, Route 275 & I-81, Staunton; October 4; 10:00am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Staunton,

P.O. Box 2682, Staunton, VA 24401. Phone ~

for info: 703/885-6247. Unit 159. Vermont

Phone for info: Baha’i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209.

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Unit 160. Washington, Northwest-A Western Washington Univ., Viking Union

Bldg, Bellingham; October 4; 9:30am (Regis tration: 8:30am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Mt.

Baker, c/o Monta Wagar,

Lynden, WA 98264. Phone for info: 206/398 2573.

Unit 161. Washington, Northwest-B Jefferson Community Ctr. 3801 Beacon S. Seattle; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 9:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Shoreline, P.O. Box 60132, Seattle, WA 98160. Phone

for info: 206/367-2499. Unit 162. Washington, Northwest-C Highland Middle School, 15027 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue; (Sat.) October 10; 11:30am (Registration: 11:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Issaquah, P.O. Box 743, Issaquah, WA 98027-0743. Phone for info: 206/392-6216. Unit 163. Washington, Southwest Phone for info: Baha'i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext.

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8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Greenbay, c/ o Gwen Hazen, Green Bay, WI.54304. Phone for info: 715/848-2410. Unit 165. Wisconsin, Southern-A

Sauk City Community Center, 730 Monroe St., Sauk City; October 4; 9:30am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Beloit, P.O. Box 1278, Beloit, WI535 12-1278. Phone for info: 608/365-7684. Unit 166. Wisconsin, Southern-B

Wyndham Garden Hotel, 18155 Bluemound Rd., Brookfield; October 4; 1:00pm (Registration: 12:30pm). Mail ballots to: LSA of Waukesha, Waukesha, WI 53186, Phone for info: 414/521-9485. Unit 167. West Vi

Phone for info: Baha'i National Center, Office of the Secretary, 708/869-9039 ext. 209. Unit 168. Wyoming

‘The Plains Hotel, Mezzanine Ballroom, 1600 Central Ave., Cheyenne; October 4; 9:00am (Registration: 8:00am). Mail ballots to: LSA of Cheyenne, P.O. Box 2063, Cheyenne, WY 82003. Phone for info: 307/635-7536.

IN MEMORIAM

Hal Aldridge Le n Schley County,GA Latta, SC April 1992 Date Unknown Wynette Aldridge David J. Ford Schley County,GA Sellers, SC November 1991 Date Unknown Grover Bellamy Howard Ford Longs, SC Lakeview, SC Date Unknown 1991

James Bellamy Nathaniel Ford Little River, SC Dillon, SC Date Unknown 1989

Mary Frances Bellamy Lavinia Fusco

Little River, SC Cedar Grove, NJ Date Unknown Date Unknown Henry Bennett Veronica Gaines Dembert, SC Orlando, FL Date Unknown Date Unknown Ida Bethea Annie P. Galphin Latta, SC Oglethorpe, GA Date Unknown February 1992 Billy Bonner Sally Gamble Latta, SC Cades, SC Date Unknown Date Unknown Elvis Braddy Robert Gilman Sellers, SC Kalamazoo, MI Date Unknown Date Unknown Ida M. Brown Leroy Gregg Loris, SC Sellers, SC Date Unknown 1991

~Mildred Brown Thomas Gregory Marshallville,GA St. Louis, MO 1991 June 12, 1992 Dorothy Buchanan —_Nelson Grice Seattle, WA. Latta, SC

June 13, 1992

Harold Caldwell Las Cruces, NM Date Unknown

Date Unknown Florence Hayden Concord, NH May 27, 1992

Magdolin Holmes Georgetown, SC

James Calhoun Little Rock, SC

Julie M. Lamb Carrie Richardson Coeur d’Alene, ID Loris, SC

June 10, 1992 Date Unknown Elouise Lance Priscilla Rooks Buckshot, SC Ferndale, MI Date Unknown October 5, 1991 Komiti Lino Lucy L. Ross Salt Lake City, UT Perry, GA

Date Unknown April 1992 Donald Livingston Margaret McNeil Longs, SC Concord, NH

Date Unknown Annie Mae Wise

January 15, 1992 Aida Sanders

Unadilla, GA Marion, SC 1991 Date Unknown

_ Mary Magdaleine Rufus Selph Kingstree, SC Hemingway, SC Date Unknown Date Unknown John Henry Mason James Shaw Ellaville, GA Little Rock, SC Date Unknown 1990 Daniel McCollum — Maxine Shaw Dillon, SC Little Rock, SC September 8, 1990 1990 Nellie McColough —_ Jim Shennett Hemingway,SC _ Hawkinsville, GA Date Unknown 1991 Isiah McElven Irma Bell Shorter Cades, SC Cuthbert, GA. Date Unknown Date Unknown Archie McNair Leonard Sligh Little Rock, SC Orlando, FL 1989 Date Unknown Mabel Miles ° Donald Tenney Latta, SC Burlington, CA July 1991 June 4, 1992 Cammella Mims Guste Vereen Fort Valley, GA N. Myrtle Beach, SC March 1992 Date Unknown James Moultrie Edna Watson Latta, SC Loris, SC

1989 Date Unknown Date Unknown Date Unknown Elouise Campbell Lonnie Johnson Phyllis Moultrie Edward White Floyddale, SC Roper, NC Latta, SC Gresham, SC 1992 Date Unknown Date Unknown Date Unknown Luvenia Campbell Margie Faye Woods Jackson Rouhollah Mowzoon Kathryn Williams Little Rock, SC Colton, CA Chandler, AZ Dawson, GA February 1992 April 11, 1992 October 1990 Date Unknown Mitchell Charlott __ Moses Jackson Melvin Napier Hazel Wing Roberta, GA Dawson, GA Ellaville, GA Everett, WA 1990 Date Unknown April 1991 June 13, 1992 Elma Davis RJ. Jenkins Henry Nimmon Emmett Young Lumpkin, GA Dawson, GA Little Rock, SC Rembert, SC Date Unknown Date Unknown 1990 Date Unknown Evelyn Engmark Joe Johnson Rena Lee Owens Mary K. Young Sequim, WA Shellman, GA Ellaville, GA Rembert, SC June 29, 1992 Date Unknown Date Unknown Date Unknown Nader Ezhari Leroy Johnson Mary Frances Parker

‘Aurora, CO Fort Valley, GA Fort Valley, GA

Date Unknown August 10, 1990

December 25, 1991

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A Baha'i booth won second prize in June at Oakland, California's 1992 Festival at the Lake, a three-day multi-cultural celebration of music, crafts, food, dance and community displays. More than 100,000 people from Northern California attended the event. The prize-winning Baha‘i booth was built by Guy Martin, a new Baha'i from Oakland who is a carpenter, with help from the Baha’is of Oakland and friends in neighboring communities. The booth was built of wood and designed to simulate the classical style of buildings at the World Center of the Faith in Haifa, Israel. The red and green award ribbons were prominently displayed on the booth throughout the Festival

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SEPTEMBER

9-11: Annual conference of the United Nations Department of Public Information for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), New York City. Theme: “Reg World Peace and Progress.” For information, phone the Baha‘i International Community office, 212-486-0560.

11-13: “Expanding Our Horizons,” the annual commemoration of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s visit to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. For people of all ages. Speakers to include Auxiliary Board member Steven Gonzales, historians Marie Griffith and Duane Troxel. Also, performing arts, workshops, special youth excursion, children’s classes, nursery. Preregistration (adults) $15. Additional fees for activities. For information, please phone

Cyndi Hogan, 303-625-3932.

14-20: Joint Conference on Social and Economic Development (OSED) and Agriculture and Rural Dev. Landegg Academy, Wienacht, Switzerland. For information, telephé fax 41-71-91 43 01.

18-20: 33rd annual Green Lake Bah: “Know Thou the Value of These Days. Khodadad, Kevin Locke, Robert Malouf, Robert Harri tions and meal reservations, phone 1-800-558-8898.

18-20: Peace Fest '92 and Peace Week activities, Louis G. Gregory Ba ngway, South Carolina. For information, phone 803-558-5093

ing Stones to Peace” Pasadena (Ca mily...7he Stepping Stone to Peace.” Pre-registration is required, as space is limited to 500 children and youth; registration fee is $10. For a registration form, phone 818-797-6216. OCTOBER 4: Deepening session on Huquiqu'lléh, Salt Lake City (Utah) Baha a : y)

Conference, Green Lake, Wisconsin. Theme:

Center, 9 a.m.

7. Conference, Bosch Baha'i School, Santa Cruz, California ual Assembly of Gilroy, California, and El Ruisentor] The Nightingale. Registration $35 per person; children 3-12, $25; under 3, free. For information, phone the Bosch School, 408-423-3387; Los Angeles, 818-836-7967; San Jose, 408-842-7531.

18: Founders Day (20th anniversary of Gregory Institute, 10th anniversary of WLGI licensing), Lou i i i tion, phone 80:

22-25: “The Role of Music in 2 28-31: Conference on the Role of United Europe, Landegg Academy, Switzerland. For information, ph fax 41-71-91 43 01.

30-November 1: “Rendezvous ial Holy Year program for personal reflection, Bosch Baha’i School. For information, phone 408-423-3387.

NOVEMBER 5-9: First Sino-American Seminar on Women's Issues, sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Women’s Federation. Theme: “Women Today and Tomorrow.” For information, contact Seminar on‘Women's Issues, Duette J. Rochelle, Kapaa, HI 96746 (phone 808-822-5756 or 808-335-3566; Fax 808-335-0065). 23-26: Second Baha'i World Congress, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City. 26-December 1: Radio Baha’i International Conference (sponsored by IBAVC, the Louis Gregory Institute, and WLGD, Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. For information, phone 803-558-5093. DECEMBER 11-13: “Rendezvous of the Soul,” a special Holy Year program for personal reflection, Bosch Baha'i School. For information, phone 408-423-3387. hth annual Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona. Rooms from only $40. Youth workshops, entertainment, top speakers (Dr. William Roberts, Dr Suheil Bushrui, others). For more information please phone the GCBC hotline (24 hours a day), 602-375-9951.

G. Gregory Baha'i Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. For information, phone 803-558-5093. JANUARY ing Institute, Bosch Baha'i School,-Santa Cruz, California. For n, phone 708-869-9039. ndezvous of the Soul,” a special Holy Year program for personal reflection, Bosch Baha‘i School. For information, phone 408-423-3387. FEBRUARY

26-28: “Rendezvous of the Soul,” a special Holy Year program for personal reflection, Bosch Baha'i School. For information, phone 408-423-3387.

26-28: Baha'i Health and Human Services Conference, Louis G. Gregory Bahé‘i Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. For information, phone 803-558-5093. SPRING

Pioneer Training Institutes, Green Acre Baha'i School, Eliot, Maine, and Baha’i National Center, Evanston, Illinois. For information, phone 708-869-9039.

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