Association for Bahá’í Studies Conference registrations open
The 48th annual conference will be held 2-4 August in Atlanta, Georgia.
The call to raise the number of clusters with intensive programs of growth, first shared in 2015, continues to resonate throughout the world to this day. Here we follow one family that immediately responded to the goals set by the Universal House of Justice and set out to pioneer to a cluster looking to grow.
The following poem was written by 12-year-old Manar Ali Vink when she completed a study of the Dawnbreakers with some adults and youth in her Vancouver community.
Recognizing and responding to the needs of your community can take many forms, like offering space or rides, to help outreach or to facilitate an activity. This grandmother in Calgary had to quickly learn to arise and take on any role that was being asked of her, including that of a junior youth animator.
The film “A Widening Embrace” is now available with Chinese subtitles to open the way for more friends to enjoy, and learn from, the stories in the video from around the world.
Friends from across Canada share their stories and some of what was learned during the summer intensive campaigns, lending inspiration to future endeavours to teach the Cause.
Galen Humber shares what he learned from listening to the talks of Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri, a former member of the Universal House of Justice, while he was visiting the friends in British Columbia.
Through weeks of preparation, a Twin Holy Day celebration in Toronto opened the door for a wide range of friends to be of service to their community.
“How many times have we heard this weekend that what is needed is herculean effort?”
“True reliance is for the servant to pursue his profession and calling in this world, to hold fast unto the Lord, to seek naught but His grace, inasmuch as in His Hands is the destiny of all His servants.”