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October 1983

American

The

Baha'i

In response to new government ban

SORELY TRIED COMMUNITY GREATEST NAME IRAN HAS IN RECENT DAYS SUSTAINED. YET ANOTHER CRUEL BLOW OPENING NEW CHAPTER ITS TURBULENT HISTORY. ON 29 AUGUST IN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT THROUGH STATEMENT ISSUED ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED BAN BAHA’I ADMINISTRATI RECITING USUAL FALSE ACCUSATIONS STATING EXISTENCE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED TO BE AGAINST LAWS CONSTITUTION COUNTRY. HOWEVER STATEMENT SAID BAHA’iS MAY PRACTICE BELIEFS AS PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS PROVIDED THEY DO NOT TEACH OR INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN FAITH, THEY DO NOT FORM ASSEMBLIES OR

TION. SERVING IN BAHA’i ADMINISTRATIC NOW SPECIFIED AS CRIMINAL ACT. THIS LA ONSLAUGHT DEFENSELESS COMMUNITY CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES IMPLACABILITY FANATICAL ELEMENTS IN THEIR DRIVE SUPPRESS LIGHT GOD'S INFANT FAITH LAND ITS FIRST GLEAMING.

IN CONFORMITY PRINCIPLE LOYALTY OBEDIENCE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY IRAN IMMEDIATELY TOOK ACTION DISSOLVE BAHA’i ADMINISTRATION THROUGHOUT COUNTRY THUS UPHOLDING INTEGRITY COMMUNITY DESPITE HEAVY YOKE CRUELTIES BORNE BY ITS MEMBERS FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS. CONFIDENT THAT STEADFAST TRIED AND

tIran’s Baha’i administration is dissolved

DEVOTED FRIENDS THAT LONG-AGITATED LAND WILL FACE NEW SITUATION WITH RADIANT FORTITUDE. AT SAME TIME BAHA’IS ELSEWHERE ENJOYING FREEDOM PRACTICE FAITH ACUTELY CHALLENGED TO VINDICATE BY THEIR RECONSECRATION TO IMMEDIATE SACRED TASKS UNABATED SUFFERING THEIR GRIEVOUSLY WRONGED IRANIAN BRETHREN. INDEED ALL NAEMBLIES URGED TAKE STEPS

TIONS THEIR COUNTRIES AS TRIBUTE SAC RIFICES COURAGEOUSLY ACCEPTED MEMBERS COMMUNITY BAHA’U’LLAH’S NATIVE LAND.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

SEPTEMBER 13, 1983

HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ADMINISTRA

U.S. informs government, news media

After receiving the above message from the Universal House of Justice, the National Spiritual Assembly immediately dispatched the following cable to selected government officials and news media: RECEIVED NEWS THAT ON AUGUST 29 IRAN’S ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED COMPREHENSIVE BAN ON BAHA’! i ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS, OUTLAWING ALL BAHA’i COMMUNITY ACTIVITE WHETHER NATIONAL OR LOCAL, ON PRETEXT THAT E) ENCE BAHA’I ORGANIZATIONS IS CONTRARY TO ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION. MEMBERSHIP IN RATIVE INSTITUTIONS (GOVERNING AND THEIR COMMITT YOUTH ORGANIZA

THIS LATEST ONSLAUGHT 1s OCIDAL CAMPAIGN

LAWS OF THEIR MBLY OF BAHA'I ADMINIS ING VICTIM! D Ci OF ITS DEMOCRAT TO PRINCIPLE OF OBEYING _ NATIONAL SPIRITUAL A:

‘March on Washington’ held August 23 in the nation’s capital. About 300,000 people took part in

Baha’is from several states prepare to hoist their banner and parpate in the 20th anniversary

Splendid speakers, workshops key 8th annual Conference of Association for Baha’i Studies

the march for jobs, peace and freedom. (Story, another photo on Page 12)

LL UPON ALL WHO Ck ENCY TO PROTEST TH

BARITY.

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA’IS OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 13, 1983

Lectures, workshops, the presentation of scholarly papers, and prizes for outstanding essays are among the highlights of the eighth annual Conference of the Associ THE Conference will be held November 4-7 at the Palmer House in Chicago, marking the first time that the Association has

sponsored an annual Conference

ation for Baha’i Studies. outside Canada.

Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, secreIndex tary of the National Spiritual AsMenpaint sembly, will deliver the Hasan Baleee: yuzi Lecture, named in memory of The Funds the Hand of the Cause of God Mat Come. whose scholarly works on the ents Nook Faith are well known to Baha’is Rattuion all over the world.

agate Dr. Kazemzadeh, who is presPetia Tne ently on a leave of absence from Deane. his position as professor of history

is to speak on ial _Interpretation of Babi-Baha’i History.”’

Persian .

In addition to Dr. Kazemzadeh,

Spanish . speakers at the Conference will in

clude:

Dr. Amin Banani, professor

of Islamic studies at UCLA: ‘‘Religion or Foreign Intrigue: The Case of the Babi-Baha’i Movement in Iran.””

Dr. Gustavo Correa, director

of FUNDAEC, Cali, Colombia: “FUNDAEC: A Case Study of an Alternative for Rural Development.’”

Dr. Hossain Danesh, chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada: “Integrating

Personal Change and Social Change in the Baha'i Paradigm.”’

¢ DR. GLEN Eyford, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada and professor of community development, University of Alberta at Edmonton.

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Teaching Committee urges us to redeem lran’s sacrifice by restoring Assemblies

In an effort to redeem thos Local Spiritual Assemblie: solved by the N: nal Spiritual Assembly of Iran in response to the government decree making membership in any Baha'i organization in Iran a crime, the National Teaching Committee is urging every Baha’i in this country to nelp reclaim every jeopardized Assembly and bring every large Group to Assembly ‘status in the name of one of Iran’s lost Assemblies.

THE National Teaching Committee will soon have available a list of the names of Local Spiritual Assemblies in Iran. Do not hesi

tate to bring your extension teaching goal to Assembly status now, in the name of Iran’s lost Assemblies, and report it to us.

To help the friends with teaching in their extension goals, the National Teaching Committee has developed a month-by-month plan of action:

In October a regular fireside should be established in every extension teaching goal. A traveling teacher can be invited to speak.

In November Baha’i youth will be called upon to speak on ‘‘The Baha’i Faith—A New Life.”’

In December attempts should

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The American Baha’i

District Convention letter

Darkness can’t hide light of Cause

To the Baha’is gathered at the 1983 District Convention Dear Baha’i friends:

Today you and tens of thousands of other Baha’is throughout the United States will cast your ballots for the delegates who will elect the members of the National Spiritual Assembly next Ridvan.

Thus you will act as a part of a divinely established administrative order destined to serve as a model for humanity and ultimately to bring peace on earth and a new civilization to mankind.

THESE ARE dark days. The world is in turmoil, its peoples ‘‘wandering in the paths of delusion, bereft of discernment to see God wi their own eyes, or hear His melody with their own ears.””

In the land of its birth the Faith is under siege, and the Baha’i community is bleeding from the wounds inflicted by old, relentless enemi

The future is no less dark. The clouds of war hang ominously over the entire planet, threatening to pour down a deadly rain that could wipe out billions of people and leave great cities piles of radioactive rubble. It is at such moments that one’s faith is tested.

Those who believe in Bahá’u’lláh, those who have committed themselves to His care, know that His Cause is indestructible. No disaster, no opposition, no persecution can stay the progress of His Cause.

Those who have committed themselves to Baha’u’llah know that they are agents of change, the carriers of the Word, the builders of a new World Order.

IT IS WITH this knowledge that we have embarked on our campaign of unified action, a campaign designed to achieve the goals of the last phase of the Seven Year Plan.

We call upon the friends to consult on the ways and means of accelerating the formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies, of greatly increasing enrollments, and, last but not least, of providing the financial backing for our outstanding national goals: the renovation of the Temple in Wilmette and the construction of radio station WLGI at the Louis Gregory Institute in South Carolina.

~ Weare confident that your consultation will generate a spirit of reso lution and dedication that will spread in great waves over the entire Baha’i community and stimulate every individual Baha’i to vie with his friends in the field of service to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh.

With loving greetings,

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

On August 20-21, a training ference arranged by Auxiliary Board members Robert Harris (back row, left) and Javidukht

Khadem (front row, fourth from lefy) for their assistants serving in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania was held in

Tunkhannock, Pennsylva: hosts for the meeting were the Baha’is of Eaton Township, Pennsylvania. <

of the House of Worshi

participation in the restoration

18-20 in Wilmette.

construction, contracting, or

tend the seminar.

Worship, and in response to the generous offers already received from many members of the community who have expertise that can help us in carrying out this task, the National Assembly will convene the invitational seminar on November

Those who have architectural, engineering,

that could be useful are invited to send their resumé, or they may be nominated by others to at Seminar to map plans for House of Worship restoration

The National Spiritual Assembly has scheduled an invitational seminar to plan for the restoration in Wilmette.

As a part of the continuing drive for universal

The agenda of the House of

in restorii

other experience the next steps.

20.

A group of about 20 persons will be selected,

representing a balance of the skills needed. They must be prepared to provide their own transportation; hospitality may be available.

engineering studies to date, a close on-site inspection of the House of Worship itself, and discussion of possible solutions to the problems we face

g it.

The seminar will divide into working groups. to be determined by seminar participants themselves. The over-all objective is to present to the National Spiritual Assembly a plan or alternative plans for

The seminar will convene Friday evening, November 18, and end at noon Sunday, November

likely include presentations of

Comment

ations of mortal existens

But when such a su: 2 ion dies, a vision of continuity that transcends worldly existence and prods men to embody a universal view, then, as the writer of Proverbs so clearly saw, “the peo

How strange is the world in which we live. In the past, before we made so much ‘‘progress,”” men were more sensitive to their mortality, were more conscious of living each day on the brink of eternity, were not so far removed

and ‘‘protected”’ from the everpresent reality of dying and death.

AND, as a consequence, they were more consciously involved

_ with notions of immortality. They were comforted and sustained by a religious vision that lifted them above the frustrations and fluctu ae A TE The American Baha’i

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‘The American Bahá’í welcomes news, letters ana other items of interest from individuals and the various institutions of the Faith. Articles should be written in a clear and concise manner; color or black and white glossy photos should be included whenever possible. Address all materials to the Editor, The American Bahs's, Wilmette, IL 60091 ‘Copyright © 1983 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. World rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

ple perish.””

Today, it would seem, the ‘‘vision’’ that preoccupies too many of us is no longer world-embracing, no longer buttressed by an abiding faith in an all-powerful Supreme Being, no longer rooted in a deepseated belief in the soul’s immortality.

Instead, many are dedicated only to the moment, their vision confined to their own petty selves.

The inner peace once afforded to them by an immovable faith is now sought in drugs and chemicals. Tranquillity can be bought with a drug, sleep with a drug, self-restraint with a drug, and perpetual escape with assorted drugs.

THE ESCAPE from the harshness and brutality of our material world into a higher sort of consciousness once offered by rel gion has been replaced by the poi

This month’s article, * ways to the § ”” was written by Leonard D. Godwin of Anaheim, California.

sonous escapes prescribed by doctors and other dealers in drugs.

Others, meanwhile, ‘‘escape’’ into super-materialism, vying with one another to achieve “‘success’” at all costs, never once pausing to realize that this route is dry-rot to the soul and cancerous decay to the spirit.

“*Me’’ t, last and always is the new ‘‘religion’’ today. I, me, and mine are the gods that are worshipped, and such gods exact a tithe so corrupting and corrosive that it soon dehumanizes the worshippers into a state less than that of an animal.

“1’" becomes the center of the universe, and all creatures great and small consequently become mere objects for ‘‘my’’ use, convenience, and personal pleasure, or annoying obstacles to be hurdled, overcome or destroyed.

The only semblance of human relationships of which these new

No true religion divides men from each other

“‘religionists’”” are capable is one of tacitly agreed upon mutual use of each other.

IN THE new scheme of things. ‘one gives to get; one is charming and considerate to take advantage of another; one is polished and disarming to hide his real motivations; one is only happy when he

can succeed in manipulating others cleverly to his own advantage.

How sad! How infinitely sad that men should victimize themselves and others in this cruel and diabolical fashion. How utterly pathetic that any of us would spend these few precious days of mortality in rapacity, greed, selfishness and self-destructive inversions.

The worst of the lot are those who use religion as a vehicle to advance themselves, to enhance their power and prestige.

No true religion may be used to divide men from each other, turn them against each other, or set up a false doctrine of superiority for its adherents.

If religion is not a unifying, up lifting, universalizing, ennobling, love-engendering, compassionpromoting force, then it can only be considered false. IF HATRED is preached i stead of love, intolerance instead of compassion, animosity instead of forgiveness, elitism instead of universality, and ‘‘holy’’ aggression instead of humility and meekness, such a “‘religion’’ is anathema and undoubtedly false.

The true religionist sees no one as an ‘“‘enemy,’’ perceives all others as brothers and_ sisters, children of the same God, is devoted to service to his fellow-man, is unswervingly dedicated to the sacredness of life, is not motivated by dark egotistical urges to overcome another in any way, and is painfully aware of his own shortcomings in relation to an allperfect God.

The true religionist makes no display of his religious principles but is consumed with the business of living those principles to the limit of his abilities and is ever deeply concerned about never of See COMMENT Page 3

veges [Page 3]LETTERS

October 1983

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“The shining spark of truth cometh forth only after the clash of differing opinions.”’—‘Abdu’lBaha

The American Baha'i welcomes letters to the editor on any topic of general intel The purpose of the “‘letters’’ column is to allow a free and open exchange of ideas, never to derogate another's opi ions or attack anyone on a personal level.

To assure publication of your letter, please keep it as brief as possible (a maximum of 250 words is suggested). Letters may be edited to conform to length and style. Please address letters to the edi tor, The American Baha’i, Bah: National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

To the Editor:

When I read the Ridvan letter from the Universal House of Justice I was So touched that my heart dissolved in tears. I felt as if Baha’u’llah Himself were sending me a personal message of encouragement. ,

I sometimes feel discouraged and even overwhelmed by the tremendous forces of negativity in our society, the needs of the Baha’i community, and my own shortcomings. I wouldn’t have been surprised if the House of Justice had gently chided us for not teaching and proclaiming enough, for not giving enough to the Funds, for not being unified enough.

But instead, with such wonderful love and compassion, they point to the evidences of “the growing maturity of a worldwide religious community,”’ affirm that they have ‘“‘no doubt” that we “will accomplish all these tasks and go forward to new achievements,” remind us of such a fundamental truth as “‘the powers re Comment

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fending or deliberately harming another soul.

The true religionist is humble but emboldened by the splendor of God, hopes for and expects Divine compassion, is always eager to extend compassion to others, is severe in self-judgment but forgiving of others, prays for those misguided souls who spitefully misuse him, and strives always to see the Face of God in all things.

If anyone were able to measure up to these ideals, he or she would be a perfect Baha’i.

For my part, the best I can hope for is to ever hold them foremost in my heart and strive to attain some small measure of them.

Perhaps, with the gracious assistance of God, I may be permitted to achieve that small measure as I travel this road, and thus remain essentially human to the end of it.

leased by Baha’u’llah match the needs of the times,”’ and offer us pure inspiration and joy in their final words: “It is a time for rejoicing. The Sun of Baha'u'llah is mounting the heavens ... Lift up your hearts. The Day of God is here.”

If ever I needed a demonstration of the effect of looking at good qualities rather than bad ones, surely it is here in this letter. My discouragement has vanished. I feel loved, encouraged, and ready to move on,

Joan West Avondale, Louisiana

To the Editor: The publication of pocket-sized editions of Gleanings and the Kitab-i-iqan fills a large need in teaching and personal deepening. 1 am concerned that these two small books might disappear into pockets or purses and become tattered and torn. I hope that the friends will treat these Holy Scriptures with dignity and reverence. An idea might be to keep the books in small cases or covers at all times. In addition to maintaining our own sense of reverence for the Word of God, we want seekers to see that we treat our holy books with great care and love.

Margaret Warden Maytan Ojebyn, Sweden

To the Editor:

As to the profession of journalism, Baha'u'llah says, “‘...they must inquire into matters as much as possible, in order that they may be informed of the real facts and commit the same to writing.’”

It is true that most of us are not professional journalists, but perhaps it does behoove us to follow His admonition and, as in consultation, “‘ascertain all the facts.””

BAHA‘IS as a whole work at trying to be positive, looking always for the good points and placing things in the best possible light.

I think we can still be positive while staying with factual reporting of events.

Have you ever read an account of a proclamation or teaching event in which you participated and wondered if you were reading about that same event?

When we embellish an event beyond recognition, it is not only a poor recording of history, but, I think, creates a more immediate problem for us: It can create disillusionment, discouragement, and feelings of inadequacy.

Those who read such articles could wonder, ‘‘Why aren’t our events that successful?’’ or ‘‘Why. aren’t I ever involved in a real teaching project?’’ or ‘‘Why do our projects seem to be less by comparison?’”

SINCE we are a young Faith, we learn by watching, and listening, and comparing our efforts to others.

Baha'u'llah does tell us to refrain from exaggeration. It is discouraging to compare our efforts to, those that may have been reported as bigger than life.

It would be sad indeed if we began to feel that we could believe only half of what we read in Baha’i publications. :

M. Sue Tingstad Coupeville, Washington

To the Edit

When we write to The American Baha'i, could we not use the same rules that govern consultation in Baha’i meetings?

If we find offense in an opinion expressed by another, isn’t it possible to state in a pos loving way our own opinion without dwelling on the errors in the other Baha’i’s point of view?

I wish to see The American Baha’i filled with ideas for children’s classes and teaching, ways to better understand the other races in our communities, and expressions of love for the dedicated Baha’is who are sacrificing daily for the Cause.

When a person who has not yet discovered Baha'u'llah finds a copy of The American Baha'i, 1 want him or her to be thrilled by the lofty thoughts of this group of people and moved to seek out the Baha’is who must be different and more joyful than the general population.

“I swear this by the beauty of the Lord; whensoever I hear good of the friends, my heart filleth up with joy; but whensoever I find even a hint that they are on bad terms with one another, I am overwhelmed by grief. Such is the condition of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. Then judge from this where your duty lieth.”” (Writings of ‘Abdu’lBaha, p. 231)

“Abdu’l-Baha also said, ‘‘I am waiting, patiently waiting.” I don’t think we can assume that the Master does not know what is printed in The American Baha’.

Ron Frazer Phoenix, Arizona

To the Editor:

I would like to express the delight I experienced in reading Marion Yazdi’s book, Youth in the Vanguard, and to share the outstanding points of interest that I felt were made in the book.

I was most impressed with the consistent, careful preparations made for each weekly Baha’i fireside by the author when a college student.

WRITTEN invitations were sent to important people, personal calls were made, announcements were placed in university dining rooms, and press releases were prepared and sent—all on a weekly basis.

The depth of commitment on the part of student seekers to attend and participate in the meetings was astonishing.

Also exciting to me was the fact

that the author as a youth would have realized the historical importan of interviewing Dr. David Starr Jordan, the president of Stanford University, to record his impressions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, and thereby to acquire a central place on campus for weekly Baha’i meetings.

The humanness with which the story is told, depicting the strengths and weaknesses of the early Baha'i community, _illustrates the heroic efforts made by those Baha’is to rise above their shortcomings.

That they succeeded in establishing a firm foundation upon which future successes of the Bahai Faith have rested is irrefutable.

Youth in the Vanguard was an inspiration to me—even as I approach middle age—and I would recommend it to anyone, but especially to young men and women who are making a commitment to. serve the Faith. Jan Jackson

Torrance, California To the Editor:

I would like to share my feelings about doing volunteer work in my community.

I play the piano at a nursing home during their lunch hour and help at the Lighthouse for the Blind.

These are all senior citizens, and they are so receptive to hearing about the Faith.

I have read them many prayers, taken them to Baha’i picnics and firesides, and just tried to be their friend and take care of their needs.

As I associate with these people,

Ridvan message compassionate, encouraging

I feel as if I’ve become more deepened in the Faith as I must al

ways set an example of the Baha’i way. I have derived much more from. my volunteer work than I have given. I have grown firmer in the Covenant and consolidated my faith.

ny and all of the friends jpate more fully in community activities, if possible. Try it! You'll love it!

Mary Furlet Dallas, Texas

To the Editor:

1 was heartened to read Dr. Catherine Elliott’s letter in the July issue of The American Bahai. Her comments reflect an understanding that I hope is becoming more prevalent in the Baha’i community.

1 TOO have been dismayed by the attitude of many individuals ‘on the necessity of motherhood. My husband and I are remaining childless by choice. The unfavorable response this produced in fellow Baha’is prompted me to write to the Universal House of Justice about our decision.

Their opening comment to me was, “*...the condition of being childless is a matter personal to the couple, and should not be the concern of their fellow Baha’is.””

The significance of marriage and the privilege of child-rearing are evident in the Writings, but not every individual will select these options.

Nothing I have been exposed to (and I was born and raised in a

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EDWARD B. (SAFFA) KINNEY

Neither extremes of riches nor material want and the loss of loved ones deterred Edward Kinney and his wife, Carrie, from recognizing and serving the Cause of God, moving the beloved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, to designate them as “pillars of the Faith in the City of the Covenant.’”

BORN March 9, 1863, in New York City, Edward Beadle Kinney began studying music as a child and obtained his first professional job at age 14 as a church organist.

He attended Richmond College in Virginia and later studied musical composition at Columbia University in New York where he won a scholarship from the American National Conservatory of Music to study under the renowned composer Antonin Dvorak.

_ Mr. Kinney wrote religious muaught singing, and held many positions a organist and choirmaster in various churches.

He married Helene Morrette, daughter of a socially prominent New York family, who used the name Carrie after their wedding in 1895.

Howard MacNutt, a Baha’i who was an old friend of Edward’s, invited the Kinneys to his home in the Bronx to hear about the Faith. That same evening, Mr. Kinney wrote to ‘Abdu’l-Ba!

Within a month, he received a Tablet from the Master, written in red ink, that included the words, “You have been chosen.””

EDWARD became a Baha'i, as did Carrie not long afterward.

They received permission from “Abdu’l-Baha to visit Him in the Holy Land, and with two of their sons, Sanford and Howard, made their first pilgrimage in’ 1907, shortly after the Master’s release from prison.

In 1909, the Kinney family, accompanied by Juliet. Thompson and Alice Beede, again visited

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Baha’i history conference held in Los Angeles

About 75 Baha’is from seven states and Great Britain attended an academic conference on Baha history held the weekend of August 5-7 on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles.

The conference was sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles and the Baha’i Club at UCLA.

DR. AMIN Banani, a professor at UCLA, opened the conference by stating that it was intended to stimulate greater interest in Baha’i history and to promote an exchange of information among graduate students and others who are engaged in research.

The weekend’s sessions were organized into four panels, on the Middle East, the Third World, the Bahá’ís of the West, and Ethics and Methodology.

The Middle East panel included a discussion of Dr. Moojan Momen’s paper, ‘The Baha’i Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s”’ (Dr. Momen was not present).

Also included were Susan Stiles’ paper on ‘‘Conversion to the Baha’i Faith in Iran,” Juan Col paper on ** the Attack on Karbi

Studies

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director, Program on Regional and Interregional Cooperation, United Nations Institute for Training <

Research: “The Coming 1

eipetoan professor, ersity of California at Berkeand author of Dharma and Development: “A Spiritual Approach to Social Change.

Dr.

faith and the Future of Mankind and The Light Shineth in Darkn “‘Tustitia Fundamentum Regnorum: On the Future of Penal Law.”

The main Conference sessions are to have three major themes: “New Dimensions in Developnent,” “Integrating Personal and cial Change: The Baha'i Paradigm,”’ and ‘‘Elimination of Violene: a Prerequisite for World Peace.””

Other special features of the Conference include:

¢ A COMPLIMENTARY reception for Conference registrants from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, November 4,

The reception will include music by Kiu Haghighi of Chicago on the santour; concert pianist Niuta

“Re the

and Diane Taherzadeh’s search Into the Life of Greatest Holy Leaf.”

The panel on Baha’is of the West included a paper by Dr. Peter Smith entitled *“‘Emergence from the Cultic Milieu: The Baha’i Movement in America, 1894-1936."”

ALSO presented were Richard Hollinger’s “Ibrahim Kheiralla and the American Baha’i Community,” Don Ewalt’s ‘‘The St tion of ‘Abdu’l-Baha in the Wn ings of Shoghi Effendi,” and Dr. John Paul Vader’s paper on “Professor Auguste Forel and the Defense of the Baha’is of Iran, 1925-1927.”"

The Third World Panel included Dr. William Garlington dising ‘‘The History of the Baha’is of India,’”? Dr. Peter Smith on “‘The Spread of the Faith in the Third World,”’ and Anthony Lee on ‘‘The Establishment of the Baha’i Faith in West Africa.’”

The final panel, on Ethics and Methodology, stimulated a great deal of fruitful discussion.

A number of those present recommended that the Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles consider making the history conference an annual event.

Isserlin of St. Petersburg, Florida; and the Tahirih Baha’i Chorus of Southern Ontario, Canada.

A Sunday evening visit to the

House of Worship in Wilmette (Conference registrants only) where participants will have prayers in the auditorium, then move to Foundation Hall to hear a brief history of the House of Worship and Dr. Banani’s address on the Babi-Baha’i movement in Iran.

Several workshops Monday morning on the theme ‘‘From Ideas to Actions.”’ Participants will have an opportunity to submit written questions to the resource persons.

The annual meeting of the Association, which is an integral part of the Conferen will be conducted by Dr. Danesh, who is also chairman of the Association’s executive committee.

Dr. Danesh will provide an overview of the development of the Association and a description of plans for its continued development and expansion.

As in past years, Conference sessions will be audio taped by Images International. i

TAPES of past Conferences as well as of the upcoming Conference will be available on-thespot to participants and by mail to those who are unable to attend. The cost is $5 (U.S.) per tape.

The Association has secured a special room rate at the Palmer House, 17 East Monroe St., of $39 plus tax (U.S.) per night for up to four persons.

This means that if four people

Shown are panelists at the Baha’i

history conference Aug UCLA in Los Angeles.

A general view of one of the four panel discussions held during the

conference August 5-7 on the campus of UCLA in

were to share accommodations, the cost to each per night would be only $9.75.

However, the special rate is gcod only until October 10. You must register by that date in order to obtain the special rate.

Thereafter, the regular rates of $100 per night for a single room and $120 per night for a double room will apply

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[Page 5]THE FUNDS

October 1983

Treasurer’s Office hosts annual NTR Institute

Members of the staff of the Treasurer’s Office and 42 new and “‘veteran’’ National Treasurer’s Representatives from 23 states participated in the annual Labor Day weekend NTR Training Institute, together with National Spiritual Assembly members James and Dorothy Nelson and Alberta Deas, Auxiliary Board member Jalil Mahmoudi, invited guests and spouses.

HELD at the Bosch Baha’i School in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California, this year’s institute was the first ever held away from the National Center, and the Bosch staff ‘‘ordering up’’ some exceptional California weather, everyone agreed it was a happy choice.

The theme of the five-day institute was ‘‘America’s Spiritual Destiny,” taken from the title of a new deepening course that was presented to the NTRs at the institute and which will be available through them when it is published in November.

The NTRs also received copies of the newly published course, “Where There’s a Will ei which provides much useful information on the preparation of one’s will.

From Thursday evening until noon Monday, the NTRs spent their days in orientation classes, sessions devoted to review of courses and presentations, lis

tening to talks by the special invited speakers, and mostly, studying.

Classes and sessions were interspersed with swimming and hiking breaks, dawn devotions in the lovely Ioas redwood grove, three complete and delicious meals each day, and much joking, punning and singing around a campfire.

SPOUSES and invited guests were kept occupied by programs devised especially for them by the Bosch staff.

The entire Bosch crew—registrar, administrator, kitchen staff, program coordinator—everyone—provided the NTRs and guests with an atmosphere and experience conducive to absorbing much information in a short time.

The National Treasurer’s Representatives program has been expanded to 140 NTRs this year, giving the American Baha’i community ever greater access to a wealth of deepening material, direct assistance for the local community and for individuals, and the constant inspiration that comes from participation in a nationwide program.

The individuals who carry out this program devote considerable time and energy to it, and their sacrifice was an uplifting example to every one of the staff members who had the opportunity to get to know them.

PONENTS

140 BE. Might—‘tzzat

GOAL — $527,000

GOAL—$10,000,000

The enthusiasm generated by the outstanding group of NTRs at the training institute is available for your community to draw on. The Office of the Treasurer soon will publish an updated listing of all NTRs ich will be sent to all local Baha’i communities.

EVERYONE is strongly encouraged to contact the NTR in his area, contact him or her and make arrangements for a presentation of any of the courses available through the NTR program.

In addition to the two new courses already mentione: erica’s Spiritual Destiny’ “Where There’s a Will courses include the following:

¢ The Individual Believer and the Rhythm of Growth, a course on the spirit importance of individual participation.

NTRs (from left) Al Okuma (Calfornia), John Gallagher (Cali nia), Geoffrey Martin (New Hampshire), Norman Ives (Oregon), Lee Carlson (California) and Norman Parks (Oklahoma) Writings on this fundamental element of Baha’ Your NTR is trai ned, enthus

National Treasurer's Representatives held over the Labor Day weekend at the Bosch Baha'i School.

iastic and ready to help—draw on this program, and take full advantage of his or her services.

Questions and answers about Fund’s

“Dear Treasurer's Office: There are a few things I don’t understand about being ‘one of the 20,000 ...””

The Office of the Treasurer continues to recei about the National S sembly’s goal of 20,000 duals participating in contributi to the National Fund each Bah: month.

In addition, many comments are received pointing out the obvious connection between the relative health of the National Fund and the number of individuals who contribute.

THE OFFICE of the Treasurer would like to take this opportunity to address these questions and

comments and to offer another look at this long-sought but still very attainable goal.

In November 1981 a letter was sent to all members of the American Baha’i community explaining the call made by the National Spiritual Assembly at that year’s District Conventions for ‘20,000 devoted believers to arise immediately and contribute directly and regularly to the National Fund.””

That call was later echoed by the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears in the 24 special meetings held at his request to honor the martyrs in Iran.

Why the 20,000? How was this figure determined? What is its

Treasurer’s Office prepares, publishes new document on preparation of wills

The Office of the Treasurer is pleased to announce the publication of a new document on the preparation of wills.

After more than a year of drafting, ‘‘Where There’s a Will . was given to the National Treasurer’s Representatives who were present at the annual Labor Day weekend tr: institute at the Bosch Bal hool, and is now available for presentation by your NTR.

THE PURPOSE of the course is to familiarize the American Baha’i community with both the practical aspects of making a will and the purely Baha’i considerations.

This information will enable any believer to proceed, together with legal counsel, where required, to prepare a will and

thereby satisfy the obligation to obey a law of Baha’u’llah as stipulated in the Kitab-i-Aqdas.

The course is organized in such a way that individuals can work through the material on their own, or gather in groups for a study session of Several hours.

The fi Why do you s with the ‘Baanswers to that question.

Quotations concerning the Baha’j law to write a will are given, as are explanations of other Balaws that can be stipulated in a will.

These are divided into three egories: those laws presently binding on the American Baha’i com munity; those laws not yet binding; and those that are optional.

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‘20,000’

jicance?

First, the National Assembly chose the number because it corresponds to the number of Dawnbreakers who, in the path of the youthful Bab, gave their lives for the Faith,

Those of us in this day, in this country, who have the special joy and privilege of being the ‘‘spiritual descendants” of those early faithful, can surely appreciate the appeal and symbolism of that particular number, 20,000.

TO “BE one of the 20,000 today, during this Seven Year Plan of the Universal House of Justice, is a precious opportunity to prove our readiness, as the Guardian put it, “to support materially the Divine institutions of (Baha’u’llah’s) Faith.

Additionally, the National Spiritual Assembly determined that 20,000 individuals contributing to the National Fund every Baha’i month would assure that the material needs of the Cause in America could be readily met, thus assuring also the uninterrupted achievement of our Seven Year Plan goals.

That first letter regarding the

- 20,000"’ included a return card

which the individual could use to signify his or her desire to be counted among the 20,000.

To date, some 8,300 responses have been received, although a quick glance at any recent Fund chari will indicate that not every respondent has been able to continue giving regularly.

In October 1982, almost a year after the first letter was sent, the National Assembly sent a second

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[Page 6]IGC: PIONEERING

The American Baha’i

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Letters recount joys, trials of pioneer children PIONEER POST

The International Goals Committee receives hundreds of letters each month from every imaginable source—Assemblies, committees, individuals, and of course, from pioneers.

FROM among all those letters, the ones that touch our hearts most deeply are the ones about the children of the pioneers; their tests, their problems, their victories and successes. Two of the most recent letters are reprinted here.

Martha Garman has been a pioneer in Africa since January 1972, and in Nigeria since 1978. She writes of her daughter:

“T took Julie to Lagos to the American ambassador’s house for the American Women’s Club tea and came home inspired to write a verse. It is a composite of three American girls, but basically Julie.

of the members were native believers.

“One boy had only been a Baha’i for two weeks, and he stayed to teach for the whole project. We enrolled a little more than 5,000 Baha'is ...

“The girls were marvelous. The days were long and hot, but they endured. They would play with the children wherever we taught.

“Although they got tired and claimed they didn’t want to go teaching anymore, their play time at home was spent re-enacting their teaching experiences and singing the songs they learned on the trip.

“Being a single parent is a big responsibility and difficult at best, and perhaps some parents might feel that pioneering could increase their problems.

“T want parents to know that

Today my daughter received 3 offers of marriage while buying fruit and drank tea at the Ambassador’s house she’s a pioneering kid.

Yesterday she slept in a mud house listening to creepy crawlies among the baskets; dined on liver in hot pepper soup she’s a pioneering kid.

Tomorrow she continues to file hundreds of declaration cards; and will call on our family friend—a State Permanent Secretary she’s a pioneering kid.

Next month she returns to America for school. She takes her studies seriously, she chose a ‘‘minority’’ for a roommate, she helps others and is polite and considerate and obedient to the extent that the school wrote a special letter of commendation she’s a pioneering kid.

She wears blue jeans and blond braids, she loves fresh vegetables,

she has ever had only 2 small fill ican English and African English, British English and Asian , Pidgin English, French and Swahili. Her best friends

Ame Engli

in her teeth, she speaks

are velvet black, rich brown, pale white she’s a pioneering kid. This

is dedicated to all those parents who didn’t go pioneering

because they were afraid of what would happen to their kids.

The Garmans left the U.S. when Julie was six years old.

Nancy Kennedy and her two young daughters left last October to pioneer in Honduras. Recently, Nancy wrote:

“The girls and I just came back from a one-month teaching project here in Honduras. It was really exciting.

“We had a team of about 20 people, all from Honduras. Many

Committee offers pioneering manual

The International Goals Committee is now the only supplier in the United States of the invaluable guide, A Manual for Pioneers, written by the Hand of the Cause of God Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khánum. The Bahá’í Publishing Trust no longer stocks this book, which is indispensable in preparing to pioneer.

To obtain the book, please send $5.25 (which includes book rate postage) to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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children are a big responsibility wherever you live, and I don’t notice it being any harder to raise my kids here than in the States.

“In fact, I think it’s better for them here. They are learning two languages rather than one, with apparent ease! ... You build a support system with the Baha’is wherever you live.

“And I feel that the pace of living here is healthy. We lack nothing we really need.

““Abdu’l-Baha says children should become accustomed to hardship, and I don’t feel that my children are experiencing much

hardship.

“One day while we were walking through a village to help form an Assembly, it was extremely hot, and the girls were feeling quite uncomfortable.

“So I explained to them that when we die, Baha’u’llah is going to ask us how we helped the Cause of God and what did we suffer in His path, and that they could talk to Him about when they walked around in the hot sun to help form a Local Assembly.

“The girls always help teach by saying prayers. The people are always impressed that such little

children have memorized prayers, and of course they love the beauty of the prayers, so this gives me an opportunity to hand out children’s prayers which we’ve copied off on a sheet ...

Letters such as these are a constant reminder of the bounties that children bring to our lives. How many of us provide our children with comparable bounties?

It sounds as though Julie Garman and the Kennedy girls are some of the few so blessed.

Combine education, pioneering in Valdivia

“Blessed is he who in the prime of his youth and the heyday of his , life will arise to serve the Cause of the Lord of the beginning and of the end, and adorn his heart with His love. The manifestation of such grace is greater than the creation of the heavens and of the earth. Blessed are the steadfast and well is it with those who are Sirm.’”’—Baha’w'llah Would you like to combine pioneering with university studies as a means of responding to the call from the Universal House of Justice? “As to Baha’i youth, legatees of the heroic early believers and now standing on their shoulders,

we call upon them to redouble their efforts, in this day of widespread interest in the Cause of God, to enthuse their contemporaries with the divine Message and thus prepare themselves for the day when they will be veteran believers able to assume whatever tasks may be laid upon them.” (The Universal House of Justice, Ridvan 1982)

The Local Spiritual Assembly of Valdivia, with the consent of the National Spiritual Assembly of Chile, invites you to consider the two institutions of higher education in their college town: (1) La Universidad Austral de Chile, and (2) El Instituto Profesional de

Spiritual Assembly of Chile.

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Island.

Easter Island named new U.S. pioneer goal

In August this year the Universal House of Justice named Easter Island as a goal for the U.S. Baha’i community.

The island, famous for its carved heads. Chile in the Pacific and is under the jurisd

That National Assembly is deeply concerned about the lack of for economic and cultural reasons, to develop teaching plans there. It is hoped that a married couple can settle on Easter

Inquiries from those who are interested in filling this important goal may be addressed to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Phone 312-869-9039.

ies off the coast of iction of the National

Shown with the Hand of the Cause of God Zikru’lláh Khadem and members of the International Goals Committee staff are the 32 prospective pioneers who attended a Pioneer Training Insti August 25-28 at the Bah: tional Center in Wilmett: ers at the Institute in ad Mr. Khadem were Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, secretary of the National S| ual Assembly; Auxiliary Board member Javidukht Khadem; and Susan McLaren of CIRBAL, the Latin American publications arm. Participants came from 17 states and included representatives of the Spiritual Assemblies of St. Louis, Missouri, and Shorewood, Wisconsin; the District Teaching Committees of Missouri, New Jersey and Central North Carolina; and visiting pioneers from the Central African Republic, Switzerland and Venezuela. Those participating in the Institute were making plans to pioneer to Fiji, Chile, Belgium, Honduras, the Ivory Coast, Argentina, Denmark, Colombia, the Mariana Islands, Norway, the Bahamas, Tanzania, Japan, and the

Marshall Islands.

Valdivia.

Presently, there is only one Baha’i studying at each of these schools. Valdivia is a relatively small city with a population of about 90,000.

Classes begin in March. No admissions tests are required of foreigners, though the language of instruction is, of course, Spanish, and one must be able to function in that language.

If you are interested, please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

Traveling teacher helps make things happen in Gabon

Last winter, the Universal House of Justice asked the American Baha’i community to send one or two deepened Frenchspeaking Baha’ is to Gabon, a high priority goal.

RECRUITMENT efforts resulted in finding Saeed Nahvi, a seasoned traveling teacher, who, in spite of ill health and advanced age, spent three months in Gabon, opening many doors to the Faith in that equatorial country on the west coast of Africa.

On a flight from Libreville to Port Gentil, Mr. Nahvi struck up a conversation with a woman who, turned out to be the niece of the Gabonese ambassador to Washington.

The woman took him home to meet her husband, and later took him to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Allen, Baha’i pioneers to Gabon, where they spent a long time talking.

The couple accepted an invitation to attend the Naw-Rutiz Feast at the Allens’ home, and later be See GABON Page 25

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YOUTH NEWS

October 1983

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College Clubs set for big year of campus teaching

Baha’i College Clubs across the country are gearing up for a year of proclamation and teaching on campuses as the 1983-84 school year begins.

There are presently 290 College Clubs formed and functioning at various schools, and the National Youth Committee has dedicated fresh resources toward helping the clubs in their teaching efforts.

EARLY in September, the Campus Plan was sent to all clubs. It calls for a minimum level of activity on the part of college clubs, including sponsorship of at least two proclamation events, a service project, anda special deepening on The Promulgation of Universal Peace.

“The Campus Plan is designed to give all the College Clubs a national focus for activity,” says Gilbert Smith, chairman of the National Youth Committee.

“We have also adopted an across-the-board theme this year of ‘Wage Peace Through the Elimination of Prejudice,’ and will be making a variety of materials available to the clubs for proclaiming the Faith under this slogan.”’

Materials, he says, will include several poster designs, buttons and bumper stickers, and an assortment of pamphlets that are directed to this issue.

The Campus Plan packet was sent to all current clubs and their sponsoring Spiritual Assemblies and will be sent to those who are forming new clubs as well.

Forming a Baha’i College Club is a simple process and only requires two Baha’i members, either student, staff or faculty.

Formation materials are available from the National Youth Committee,

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315.

Washington state youth challenge friends to ‘vie’

In the spirit of the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears’ call to the American Baha’i community to ‘‘vie ye with one another,”” the Northwest Washington Baha’ Youth Team has sent a challenge to all District Youth Committees, Youth Clubs and College Clubs in

the country to raise funds for WLGI, the first Baha’i-owned radio station in North America. Responding to the campaign for unified-action to raise $1 ion by December 31, this enthusiastic group of young people is now working on fund-raising plans.

National Youth Committee set to form Baha’i Campus Alumni Association

Attention college graduates! The Baha’i National Youth Committee is now forming the Baha’i Campus Alumni Association.

As a member, you can help the Baha’i College Club at your alma mater by contributing time (such as speaking at a conference), money (always welcome), Or materials (such as teaching pamph Yes, I would like to support the Baha’ by joining the Baha’i Campus Alumni

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a About 40 Bahá’ís and other students at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, attended a party April 2 sponsored by the university's Baha'i Club. The

Record-breaking audience expected at Disney World youth conference

The fourth annual Regional Youth Conference to be held at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, promises to attract a recordbreaking audience of Baha’is and their guests this year.

Plans for this exciting conference, which will be held from December 29-January 1, with a New Year’s celebration included in the program, are now being finalized.

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Spiritual Assembly of University City and the Baha'i Group of Clayton helped arrange the event, which featured six musical groups and refreshments.

Author Guy Murchie to head trip to India

Guy Murchie, a well-known author and lecturer who has been a Baha’i since 1929, will participate this November in a group tour of India that will include a visit to the Baha’i House of Worship near New Delhi.

The comparative religions tour is being led by Mr. Murchie’s daughter, Gretel Goldsmith, who lived in India for many years and is an experienced tour guide.

In addition to New Delhi, the three-week tour will include stops in Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Aurangabad, Kovelong Beach, Madras, Pondicherry and Auroville.

Mr. Murchie’s books, which are philosophical in content and speculate on the nature of the univers lude Men on the Horizon, Song of the Sky, Music of the Spheres and The Seven Mysteries of Life.

Some District Youth Committees have already accepted this friendly challenge and are themselves making plans for fundraisers to ‘compete’? with the Northwest Washington group.

For contributions to be counted in this youth challenge, checks should be sent to the National Baha’i Fund (Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091) ear Also, the National Youth Committee should be notified by mail at __, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315, or by phone at 305-462-1919.

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Paul Couvret, president of the Warringah Shire (Australia) City Council, is shown around the Baha’i House of Worship by Mrs. Janet Marks, secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Wilmette, during Mr. Couvret’s visit to the

village in July. ‘Warringah Shire includes the city of Mona Vale, site of the House of Worship in Australia and Wilmette’s ‘sister city.’ Mr. Couvret was in this country to attend a Sister Cities Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Green Acre school acquires portraits of Louis G. Gregory, Hannah Farmer

“The acquisition of portraits of two people who played important roles in the history of Green Acre was among the highlights of the 1983 summer. school session,” says Richard Grover, administrator of the Green Acre Baha'i School in Eliot, Maine.

THE FIRST of these portraits is a pastel of the Hand of the Cause of God Louis G. Gregory.

Painted by Theodore Weiss, a Baha’i from, New York, it was first shown at an exhibit of Mr. Weiss’ works held at Green Acre in July.

The friends then contributed money so that at a second exhibit in August, the portrait was purchased from Mr. Weiss.

It was to be presented as a gift of love from Green Acre to the Louis Gregory Institute at the Race Amity Conference held October 14-16 in Charleston, South

Louhelen marriage institute ‘breaks new ground’

The Marriage Institute held August 14-20 at the Louhelen Baha’i school broke new ground in the application of Baha’i teachings on marriage in daily life, according to Mrs. Mary Kay Radpour, one of. the research assistants working under Dr. Hossain Danesh, who conducted the institute.

“FOR THE research a: tants,”” said Mrs. Radpour, ‘“‘the week was a peak experience professionally and in terms of Baha’i deepening and service. We all feel as though we are seeing the world with new eyes.”

Dr. Danesh is a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Ottawa and chairman of both the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada and the executive committee of the Association for Baha’i Studies.

He has been studying marriage from the point of view of the Baha’i teachings and has done entific research for several years with the aim of developing a scientific model for a healthy marriage. It was this work he drew upon in conducting the institute.

Also serving as faculty members.

were two other members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, Dr. Glen Eyford and Mrs. Ruth Eyford.

The institute was attended by about 30 married couples and five single people, and by about 35 children who, together with staff, faculty and research istants, filled Louhelen to capacity.

THE PROGRAM included a keynote talk each day by Dr. Danesh, followed by afternoon discussion groups.

In the evenings, spouses wrote letters to each other on the subject for the day, and separately filled out questionnaire’s on the next day’s topic which they compared before turning them it

One of the objectives was to stimulate a spirit of inquiry the North American Bahi munity about marriage.

“I was pleased with the response of the participants,”’ said Dr. Danesh. ‘‘They showed a high degree of interest and enthusiasm. as well as a lot of earnest se! examination, which is necessary if people are to improve the way they relate to each other.””

Workshop on children, Feast ready

“Politeness and Manners: Children

A workshop on the to)

and the Nineteen Day Feast”” has been prepared by the N Education Committee and will be made available to the U.S. Baha’ community through the Local Education Adviser Program (LEAP).

Workshops on this topic will be conducted in districts throughout the country during the coming year. Advisers who attend the workshop in their district will be prepared to help their local community to address this issue.

Communities that do not as yet have appointed local education advisers are encouraged to appoint a representative or representatives to attend the LEAP district workshop.

The friends can obtain information about the date and the politeness/manners workshop in their district by contacting P district coordinator, or by calling the National Education Committee office, 312-869-9039.

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The institute was sponsored jointly by the Association for Baha’i Studies and the Louhelen Baha’i School Council.

“The Association is making an important contribution to the intellectual and spiritual development of the Baha’i community,” said Dr. Geoffry Marks, Louhelen’s director of academic affairs, “‘and we look forward to collaborating further with the Association in holding similar programs in the future.’”

ANOTHER note: There was an excellent lure of Americans and Canadians at the institute. ut of about 100 people who participated, roughly 45 were Canadian.

Subjects covered included an overview of Baha'i marriage, communication in marriage, love in marriage, sex in marriage, and anger and crisis in marriage:

Dr. Byford, a professor of community development and education at the University of Alberta and a member of the Association’s executive committee, served as evaluator of the proceedings and commented daily on the process the faculty and participants were following.

An evaluation of participants will also be conducted six and 12 months after the session to assess whether the institute has had an impact on their marital behavior and attitudes.

Among the research assistants

and Mrs, Radpour, a family therapist.

Other assistants were counsellors, educators and graduate students.

been pioneering in Africa and who visited en Acre this year for the first time in several decades. Mrs. Winckler’s father, Harry Randall, was entrusted with the

Carolina.

The other portrait is a large oil painting of Hannah Shapleigh mer, whose daughter, Sarah Farmer, was the founder of the Green Acre conferences in the administration of Green Acre af1890s. ter Sarah Farmer’s death in 1916.

Although Hannah Farmer died Dr. Rost’s extensive research before her daughter became a Ba- resulted in the first dis ha’i, she was well known through- _ study of documents pertaining to out the area for her humanitarian Green Acre’s history and to stateactivities, which included using ments about its future. her home as a way-station for the The most important of Dr. Underground Railroad and _ Rost’s findings, says Mr. Grover, founding a home for disadvan- was a Tablet in which ‘Abdu’ltaged mothers from nearby cities. Baha states that a House of Wor THE portrait of Mrs. Farmer Ship will be built on Mount Salvat, was painted in 1981. It is owned _@ hill near the school’s main camby a member of the Shapleigh PUS. sites family who visited Green Acre for “An appreciation and underthe first time in July and was so Standing of Green Acre’s history, impressed by the Baha’is that she Which played such an important loaned the portrait to the school role in the growth of the Faith in for two years. the West,”” adds Mr. Grover,

Other significant information “will guide us in the ongoing work about Green Acre’s history was Of developing Green Acre’s role supplied this summer by Coun- for the remainder of the Seven sellor Bahiyyih Winckler and Dr. Year Plan and for future Plans as H.T.D. Rost, both of whom have Well.”

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[Page 9]EDUCATION

October 1983

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O My servants! My holy, My divinely ordained Revelation may be likened unto an ocean in whose depths are concealed innumerable pearls of great price, of surpassing luster. It is the duty of every seeker to bestir himself and strive to attain the shores of this ocean, so that he may, in proportion to the eagerness of his search and the efforts he hath exerted, partake of such benefits as have been preordained in God’s irrevocable and hidden Tablets. (Baha‘w'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 326)

Introduction

In the September issue of The American Baha'i the National Education Committee introduced the first in a series of monthly study classes focusing on the importance of deepening.

The classes are designed to explore the essential relationship between one’s study of the Baha’i Writings and his efforts to live the Baha’i life, teach, and contribute to the building of the World Order of Baha’u’ lah.

Utilizing the recent compilation entitled The Importance

Study Session: The importance of deepening

of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, the first class challenged individuals to set specific goals for further study of the Writings.

This month’s study class is divided into two parts. Part I, “Evaluation of Individual Deepening Goals,”’ is designed to help participants evaluate the deepening goals which they set at the conclusion of last month’s study session.

Part II, ‘Studying the Creative Word with Children,”’ is a new study class that focuses on helping young children to relate to and understand the Baha’i Writings.

Part I. Evaluation of Individual Deepening Goals Class format

All session participants should have taken part in last month’s study class. The following questions are to be used in facilitating a discussion based on the individual deepening goals set at the conclusion of that class.

The study group should appoint a discussion leader or chairman to read the following text, pose the accompanying questions and assure that every participant has an opportunity to contribute to the discussion.

This class should last approximately one hour, depending upon the number of participants.

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Open the session with a prayer.

(Discussion leader should read aloud the following information, pausing as appropriate for discussion.)

At the end of last month’s study class, each participant was invited to reflect on his past patterns for studying the Creative Word. After reflection, he was to set a specific, measurable and attainable deepening goal and work to accomplish it prior to the start of this month’s class. now begin our discussion by having each participant share with the group the specific deepening goal which he has set for himself and, in a few words, explain why he chose that particular goal.

(After everyone has had a chance to share his goal and the reason he selected it. take a few moments to compare the goals. How are they similar? How are they di ferent? After this discussion, read aloud the following questions, allowing individuals to respond and comments from the group.)

1. Was the deepening goal both specific and measurable? Is it clear whether the goal was actually accomplished? If you found that your goal was not specific enough, do you now see how it might be made more specific?

2. What kinds of barriers or problems did you encounter while working on your deepening goal? Did you find ways to overcome them?

3. What did you learn from your efforts to set a deepening goal? Was the accomplishment of your goal easier or more difficult than you expected?

4. Did you discover something new in the Writings while working on your goal? Did anything unexpected or surprising happen in your personal life or in your dealings with others as a result of your deepening efforts?

If participants successfully accomplished their deepening goals they should be ready to set new ones. Remember, the more specific and measurable the goal is, the easier it will be to monitor and evaluate the progress being made toward its accomplishment. The goal should also be one that is attainable within a reasonable amount of time.

If participants are not used to setting specific deepening goals, it is usually helpful to choose a small goal at first and to set aside a specific period of time each day to work on it. A small, measurable and attainable goal might be to mem a specific prayer or a Hidden Word within.a week or to read a certain number of pages from Gleanings before the end of the month. It may also prove helpful to keep a small journal in which your deepening goals and habits are recorded on a daily or weekly basis. After the individual has successfully accomplished a few of his goals, he can go on to more ambitious deepening endeavors.

Try to develop the habit of studying the Writings of Baha’u’llah and the other Baha’{ texts on a daily basis. Remember to set specific, measurable and attainable goals as a means of systematically ‘timmersing’’ one’s self in the ocean of God’s Word.

O my servants! Through the might of God and His power, and out of the treasury of His knowledge and wisdom, I have brought forth and revealed unto you the pearls that lay concealed in the depths of His everlasting ocean. I have summoned the Maids of Heaven to emerge from behind the veil of concealment, and have clothed them with these words of Mine—words of consummate power and wisdom. I have, moreover, with the hand of divine power, unsealed the choice wine of My Revelation, and have wafted its holy, its hidden, and musk-laden fragrance upon all created things. Who else but yourselves is to be blamed if ye choose to remain unendowed with so great an outpouring of God’s transcendent and all-encompassing grace, with so bright a revelation of His resplendent mercy? ... (Baha’u’ lah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, pp. 327-28)

Flint Baha’is take part in bluegrass/country music festival The Baha’i community of Flint, Michigan, City.”

Part II. Studying the Creative Word with Children Rationale and class format

Anyone who has tried to answer a child’s questions concerning such subjects as the nature of God, life and death, or religion knows that children, because of their lack of preconceived ideas and prejudices, often challenge adults to look beyond their unconscious assumptions and truly investigate the source of their beliefs. Thus, before we can explain the Baha’i Teachings to others, especially to young we ourselves must be able to grasp their essential meaning and spiritual significance.

As a general rule in today’s society, children and adults are separated for the purposes of learning, and, in fact, children are further divided according to age groups. While there are obvious advantages to this particular approach to education, it is also possible for children and adults to learn together, as equals, in a multi-age discussion group. This is especially true in the case of studying the words of Baha’u’lláh. When carefully structured, a study class composed of both children and adults can be a meaningful experience for all participants while at the same time providing valuable insights into the nature and spiritual dynamics within the collective Baha’i community.

To facilitate the success of a multi-age study class, the following points should be considered:

1. Schedule the deepening at a reasonable time when the children will be fresh and able to participate fully.

2. Keep the actual session fairly short, 45 minutes to an hour at the most.

3. Although it is not their role to “‘provide all the answers,”” adults should enter the class prepared to focus on the children, holding off their own conversations until another time. At times the adults will be needed to encourage or draw out the children.

4. If possible, there should be approximately equal numbers of adults and children. Seating should be arranged so that adults and children are mixed together. This will help the children to feel they are a part of the group, and all the adults can help focus their attention, answer questions, etc. In some communities the deepening might work best with several smaller groups rather than one large group of 20 or more that might overwhelm a young child.

5. The children should be acquainted with the format and atmosphere of the class in advance. Time limitations and behavior expectations should also be explained.

6. Keep the class simple and flexible. The amount of material covered is not important. I better to cover only one sentence and have everyone participate with understanding and interest. Make plans, but be able to cut them short or alter them according to the needs and interests of the group. The over-all goal should be joyful, interested, with universal participation in studying the Creative Word.

7. Have one person serve as the discussion leader for each study class.

While there are many possibilities for the actual content of the study class, the following example will provide an idea of how such a class might proceed:

Open the class with a small number of prayers chosen and read or recited by children. The discussion leader should welcome the study group with a special acknowledgement of the children who are present. The leader should explain briefly and simply the format of the class and then proceed to lead the group in the following questions and exercises.

Bxercise, 1.’ Whattis a’Baha’i?sA' Baha’f iso

The group should break up into pairs of one child and one adult or youth. Each pair should work to provide answers to complete the statement above. The adults should encourage the children, drawing out their experiences of what a Baha’i is or seems like.

After a few minutes all the pairs should be encouraged to share some of their answers. The discussion leader can make a list of the answers on a chalk board or on a large sheet of newsprint.

Exercise 2. How do the Baha’i Writings and prayers help us to understand how God wants us to live?

Materials: oil or kerosene lamp (or flashlight); cloth to clean globe or lens; matches to light the lamp; resources from the Baha’i Writings.

Passages from the Writings should refer to a lamp such as in the following examples:

“O God, guide me, protect me, make me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and Powerful.”"—‘Abdu’l-Baha

“O son of being. Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee ...”"—Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words, No. 11.

Discussion questions: 1. What is the purpose of a lamp? What is it for? 2. What does a lamp need in order for it to give light?

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participated August 6-7 in the sixth annual The Bahá’í booth was entered in the Bluegrass and Country Music Festival at the ‘‘country crafts’’ section. Six people signed University of Michigan campus in Flint. an “‘interest book’? to receive more informa Several thousand people attended the fes- tion about the Faith and notices of local Batival whose theme was ‘‘Country in the hda’i events.

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TEACHING

The American Baha'i

The homefront

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lize it, the glory of our Faith i: not that people with unique abi do the work of the Cause, but that it is done by the sacrifice of | and devoted souls who ari: lessly to undertake work they feel themselves incompetent times, to achieve. God works through them and endows them with gifts they did not dream they could ever possess."’—Shoghi Effendi

“The need of the hour is teaching on the home front. Its goals can only be won by a new s] dedication and consecra' the part of the friends ... ghi Effendi

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A Homefront Pioneer Packet is now available from the National Teaching Committee.

The packet includes a list of all goal localities by state, as well as an application and explanation of the priorities as set forth by the National Teaching Committee.

PLEASE call or write to the National Teaching Committee office even if you are already moving for other reasons but would like to become a homefront pioneer. We will help you in any way possible, even on short notice.

The 23 Baha’is listed below have been placed at pioneer posts on the homefront since Ridvan by the National Teaching Committee.

Many more (57) have independently moved to goal areas or have been identified as serving in already established posts.

These individuals have demonstrated that Bahd’u’ll4h has given them the love, courage, and perseverance to reach and stay at their posts.

Many have made great sacrifices to fulfill these goals of the American Baha’i community. We deeply appreciate their services.

Kathy and Doug Edwards, Jeanne and Norman Ellig, Carol and Edward Fox, Elsa Hays, Dr. and Mrs. Ray Johnson, Diane Moore-Cason, Brian Nolan.

Also, Connie and Richard Oleson, Susan Patton, Mertie Petree, Hesamaddin Sardari, Elizabeth and Lee Stradtner, Margaret and Steven Vance, Ghodrat Varjavandi, Kathy Wilso:

Three U.S. traveling teachers take part in Mexico campaign

Three traveling teachers from the U.S. participated July 5-August 14 in a teaching campaign in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, th was conducted under the auspices of the National Teaching Committee of Mexico.

The three Americans were Gordon Coates of Hinsdale, Illinois; Donald Boone-Wallis of Eule: Texas, and E Howard, formerly of Hemingway, South Carolina.

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Committee meets Colorado Baha’is, hears of victories

During its regular monthly meeting in August, the National Teaching Committee met with Baha’is from Colorado in Denver.

The meeting was chaired by Manucher Danesh, chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Denver.

DR. KEYVAN Nazerian, cl man of the National Teaching Committee, introduced the guests and welcomed the friends.

Following his remarks, a report was given by Robert G. Wilson, secretary of the National Teaching. Committee.

Auxiliary Board member Dennis Jenkyns also greeted the friends and reported news of the recent teaching project initiated by the District Teaching Committee that resulted in more than 20 declarations in Fort Collins.

Consultation was held with the 40 Baha’is in attendance on such topics as ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s visit in 1912 to Colorado Springs and the September meeting to honor that event; youth and children; youth in Iran; direct teaching; consolidation; and reaching the urban

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The Denver Baha’i community shared its recent consultation on identifying categories of people who may be interested in the Faith: those who are looking for spiritual solutions, those who are looking for religious faith, those who are looking for social solutions, those who are intellectually curious, and those who respond with feeling.

Other members of the National Teaching Committee present at the meeting were Gene Andrews, Jerry Bathke, Juana Conrad, Cap Cornwell and Tahirih Foroughi.

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mittee of Mexico.

A part of that session included practice in using the Spanish. guage version of the orange te: ing booklet.

The U.S. teaching team’s first stop was the village of San Pedro icho in the high Sierras, a two. and one-half hour walk from the road.

The friends stayed at the home of an indigenous family, many of whose members are E is

During their fiveteam members ta and helped organize a Nine Day F

“BAHA and non-Baha’is were impressed by the fact that we didn’t just come and go, but lived and ate with the indigenous people, most of whom are of the Zapotec tribe,’’ said one of the traveling teachers.

“The diversity of our team aroused curiosity, and many conversations about the Faith were opened by our being asked what we were doing there.””

The team visited San Pedro Nesicho for two five-day periods. While there, they presented a slide show and conducted deepenings.

Before the team left that village, local Baha’is were asking how to conduct their own Feasts and how to hold children’s classes.

Deepening sessions for Baha’i youth were held in the village of Santo Domingo Tomaltepec, which was visited each Sunday for several weeks.

THE YOUTH thought deeply about what was being taught, and their questions were challenging.

Children’s classes were especially well-received in that village and in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec.

The team visited other villages in the Oaxaca Valley including San Pablo Etla, Guejovela, Guelatao, Laion Zapata, and La Union.

The Baha’is were also able to teach many. people in Ishtepece, a village located within an hour’s walk from San Pedro Nesicho.

They met with the village president to proclaim the Faith and to receive his permission to return to. offer residents a slide program.

The traveling teachers then visited the city of Tehuantepec, where children’s classes and deepenings for older Baha’is, one of which included a simulated Spiritual Assembly meeting, were presented.

With tears in her eyes, one young woman in Tehuantepec whose sisters are Baha’is declared her belief in Baha’u’llah.

At least one new village in Oaxaca State was opened to the Faith, and it is hoped that two Spiritual Assemblies that had not been functioning will be doing so by Ridvan as a result of the nearly six-week-long campaig) Donald Boor

Traveling teachers Gordon Coates (left) and Elwin Howard (center) from the U.S. are shown wi

participating in a six-week-long teaching campaign held in July and August in Oaxaca State. A Gregorio Gonzalez Flores, a Ba- third American Baha'i, Donald ha’i from Mexico, at the ruins of Boone-Wal also took part in Monte Alban in Oaxaca State. the campaign.

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One of the goals of the Seven Year Plan is to ‘‘strive to achieve an recedented increase in the number of avowed adherents of the Faith throughout the country and from all levels of society The state of Oregon has taken this goal to heart, launching on April 30 their “‘Decade of Growth"’ whose goal is to increase the Baha’i population in that state to at least one per cent of the population by 1992. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? And if they continue to teach as they have during the month of August, their victory is assured. The totals for August:

ADULTS—182. YOUTH—40. TOTAL—222,

In August 1982, 276 adults and 76 youth were enrolled for a total of 352.

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October 1983

Minority Teaching Centers prepare to help win important goal of Plan

One of the most important elements of the Seven Year Plan is the goal of raising up Asian and Hispanic teachers of the Faith.

A few months ago the National Teaching Committee introduced in The American Baha’i the concept of Minority Teaching Centers whose major goals are to raise up at least two Asian or Hispanic teachers and to sponsor bi-lingual firesides.

Additional goals are to increase the participation of Asian and Hispanic believers in community activities and to provide help to surrounding Baha’i communities that are active in minority teaching.

Although these communities have been designated as Minority Teaching Centers, every community is encouraged to adopt similar goals if it so wishes.

If your community is within a 50-mile radius of one of the 32 Centers listed below, you are encouraged to collaborate with that community in your minority teaching efforts.

Minority Teaching Centers Regional Asian Teaching Com

Bahá’ís in Richmond, Indiana, raised more than $100 last summer for local Head Start classes with

Indiana Bahda’is get big ‘Head Start’ with

Last year, when the Spiritual Assembly of Richmond, Indiana, was considering an ‘‘Operation Befriend” project, it wanted something that would not only make new friends for the Faith, but would achieve universal participation within the Baha’i community in a low-cost, low-energy, high-fun way.

What happened after the Assembly asked the community to bake cookies on a one-time basis for local Head Start classrooms. far surpassed the Assembly’s fondest hopes.

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Southern states: DC; Houston, TX.

Central states 0, IL; Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI.

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Miami, FL; Seminole County, FL? Central states: Chicago, IL;

Detroit, MI; Cleveland, OH. Western states: Phoenix, AZ; Colorado Springs, CO; Albuquerque, NM; Fillmore, CA; Bakersfield, CA; San Jose, CA. Texas: San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso. If there is no Minority Teaching Center near you, you may contact the Regional Asian or Spanish

Dallas,

this coffee stand at the local farmers’ market. In the foreground is Baha’i volunteer worker

dozen cookies of all varieties went from Richmond Baha’is’ kitchens to about 240 Head Start children.

The children loved the cookies, the Baha’is had a wonderful time baking them, and the Head Start directors were so enthusiastic they invited the Assembly to come and tell the children about the Faith.

The invitation led to five visits to classrooms with multi-colored, home-made booklets with writings and figures depicting the oneness of mankind.

The Assembly also sponsored a coffee stand at the local farmers’

Teaching Committee for your area to request advice and assistance. Regional Asian Teaching Committees

Northeastern states: Ms. Roxana Yang, W. Caldwell) NJ 07006. Southern states: Mrs. Jacquel

ine Raly. Haymarket, VA 22069. entral states: Chuck Bicknell Bloomington, IN 47401. Western states: Tekseng Lee, , Monterey Parl

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CA 91754. : Regional Spanish Teaching Committees

Northeastern states: Mrs. Julia Acaba, , E. Setauket, NY 11733.

Southern states: Mrs. Rafaela Nicol, 4218 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 33581.

Central states: William Allmart,

Wheaton, IL 60187.

Western states: Ms. Marais

Montebello, CA 90640.

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Jim DeGrand. Behind him is Suzanne Weber, another Bah; from Richmond,

‘Befriend’ plan

market during a part of the summer, raising more than $100 in voluntary donations for Head Start.

The Assembly supplied freshbrewed coffee, and community members supplied the manpower, arising before the sun and setting up the stand by 7 o'clock each Saturday morning.

Once again in 1983, Richmond Bahá’ís had baking parties for Ayyam-i-Ha, making 66 dozen cookies for the children and cementing a firm friendship with the workers at Head Start.

-y Board members MarGallagher (left) and Paul Pettit are shown with Juana Conrad, a member of the National Teaching Committee, at First Big Conference Thi the State’ held April 30-May 1 in

represented at the conference as well as guests from western Oregon. The conference was sponsored by the Eastern Oregon District Teaching Committee.

Laramie, Wyoming, letter expresses enthusiasm over ‘Friendship Teams’

Friendship Teams in Laramie, Wyoming, are making friends. Their letter of August 29 relates:

“Thank you for the great idea! Our Assembly has been trying to think of a way to involve our whole community in a teaching program.

“INDIVIDUAL initiative has been fine, but we wanted some method of hing members of the community who don’t get the opportunity to participate.

“There are some who don’t get to meetings because of health problems, work and/or study loads, or scheduling difficulties. It may simply be a matter of perception on our part, but we have found that by extending a hand to those normally considered ‘inactive,’ they do appreciate the attention

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be made to reach all business and professional people in your extension teaching goal. Host a welladvertised meeting on the meaning of excellence in business; invite a business or professional person to give the presentation.

In January invite all your friends to a Persian dinner in your extension teaching goal. Invite a Baha’i to discuss the culture and history of Iran, or the Islamic religion.

In February have a potluck dinner or potluck dessert using recipes in the WLGI cookbook. Invite your Auxiliary Board member or assistant to speak.

In March host a proclamation event on education. Send personal invitations to educators.

sure results at Ridvan. Now is the time to arise, using all teaching methods open to us, to raise new Assemblies as a special gift to the Iranian Baha’is from our community.

and respond to it.

“The Friendship Team concept is what we’ve been looking for. We will, hopefully, be forming five or six teams here.

“We are asking our young people ages 10 to 18 to form the core of the teams. Everyone from children as young as five to senior zens in their 80s will be invited rticipate.

“Bach team will have at least ‘one youth, one member of a minority group, and one Assembly member. Unfortunately, we won't have any Persians, as there aren’t any anywhere in Wyoming.

“WITH this method of structuring our teams, people who normally do not come in contact with each other in their everyday circles will be able to make friends, the sort of atmosphere of mutual cooperation we envision from the Writing

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‘Operation Befriend’ big hit in New Jersey

In response to the Hand of the Cause ‘of God William Sears’ request that Baha’i communities participate in ‘‘Operation Befriend,” many of the friends in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, have made serious efforts to become involved in community service activities.

On at least two occasions, the efforts of Baha’is have been recognized by the local news media and mention of the Faith has been made.

One individual was honored for her work with the physically handicapped, and another for his involvement with a service to the elderly and sick who live alone.

Operation Befriend, the Hamilton Township Assembly reports, “‘has proven an excellent means to create new contacts and to mention the Faith.””

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The American Baha’i

‘When the racial elements of the American nation unite in actual fellowship and accord, the lights of the oneness of humanity will shine...’ (‘Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 54)

Baha’is in step in big ‘March on pr eee e h4

Baha’is participated August 23 with some 300,000 people from across the nation in a ‘‘March on Washington’’ held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the famous march for civil rights in which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his memorable “I have a dream’’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

THE THEME of this year’s march was ‘‘A Call to the Nation: We Still Have a Dream—Jobs, Peace and Freedom.”

This historic event, following closely the ‘20/20’ television broadcast of persecutions in Iran, provided a unique opportunity to proclaim the Baha’ principles to a large number of people from all areas of the country.

Baha’ participation in the day’s events was planned and implemented by an ad hoc committee, comprised of Baha’is from several in the Washington

tional Race Unity Committee.

Its members worked directly with organizers of the march in scheduling Baha’i-sponsored events that included dawn prayers, a Baha’i marching contingent, and hospitality and refreshments at the Washington Baha’i Center.

The Baha’i-sponsored program of dawn prayers, held at the main assembly point for the march on the Mall, was the opening event of the day.

The program included Psalm 23; a Navajo prayer; Baha’i prayers for unity read in English, Persian, French, Spanish and Vietsnamese; the prayer for America; and a closing song.

THE PRAYERS reached about 5,000 people who were gathered in the area, as well as many more who were within earshot of an extensive sound system that covered the entire assembly area.

A Baha’i tent was set up near

the Metro (subway) to the Mall. banners expressing the ss of mankind were displayed on two sides of the tent, in full view of the thousands of people en route to the march who arrived by subway.

The Baha’i contingent in the march consisted of 65 to 70 believers from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia who exemplified unity in diversity.

The Baha’i Center in northwest Washington was used throughout the day to provide hospitality for brief periods of rest and refreshment.

The Center was open to all participants in the march, free of charge, and served as an information center for seekers.

In the evening, an informal meeting was held at the Center with Soo Fouts, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly.

tent served as the Baha'i assembly point during the 20th anniversary ‘March on Washington’

300,000 people participated in the march,

in the march ended the day’s activities.

A brief period of fellowship and discussion of Baha’i participation

a Members of the Bah:

of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, were saddened recently by the deaths, one day apart two members of the county’s first Local Spiritual Assembly. Mrs. Maggie Alexander McDaniel (seated center), who was 102 years old, was a member of the Assembly for three years until fai health prevented her from serving. She is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, 20 great

grandchildren, and 20 great-greatgrandchildren. A daughter and

law, Mrs. Sue Lee Love and Adam Love, are members of the current Assembly in Cabarrus County. Homer Black (seated at left), who was 79, was also a member of the county's first Assembly and served for two years. He is survived by six children, 26 grand-children, 44 great-grandchildren, and three great-greatgrandchildren.

‘Ali Nakhjavani offers Suidance; encouragement

‘Ali Nakhjavani, a member of the Universal House of Justice, was an honored guest Sunday, August 21, at the Louis G. Gregory Baha’i Institute near Hemingway, South Carolina.

IN THE morning, 40 members of South Carolina District Teaching Committees who had gathered for a briefing with the Regional Teaching Committee heard Mr. Nakhjavanj stress the need for us to develop our own spiritual qualities so that we can encourage other Baha’is who need our love and support to arise and become dedicated to the Cause of Baha‘u’llah.

In the afternoon, an overflow crowd of more than 150 Baha’ is from North and South Carolina and Florida listened to words of guidance and encouragement from Mr. Nakhjavani. the importance radio station in North America and warned the friends that the bounties the station would bring would come attacks on and misrepresentations of the Faith.

Mr. Nakhjavani strongly suggested that the Baha’is deepen on the messages from the House of Justice regarding opposition to the Faith.

The formal program ended with lovely music sung by Baha’ is from South Carolina.

Happiness was evident on every face as the rest of the afternoon was spent in fellowship with Baha’is and the distinguished member of the Universal House of Justice.

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Teaching Committee forms plans to prepare for Ridvan formations

The National Teaching Committee is also contacting all Local Spiritual Assemblies that have extension teaching goals with seven or more believers to ascertain whether or not these preferred goal Groups can be brought to Assembly status by Ridvan.

The National Teaching Committee is taking immediate steps to prepare for Ridvan.

Jeopardized Local Spiritual Assemblies are identified and called by the National Teaching Committee office. They are assigned a traveling teacher, homefront pioneers are directed toward jeopardized Assemblies, and the Assembly is asked to meet with its District Teaching Committee to receive the resources of the district to help remove it from jeopardy.

District Teaching Committees have set their many Local § they will have in their district by Ridvan. The national goal is 1,750, as called for by the Universal House of Justice. At present, there are 1,685 Local Sj tual Assemblies, 59 of which are jeopardized.

It is everyone's responsibility to help save a jeopardized Local Spiritual Assembly.

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Bosch (California)

WINTER I: December 21-25 (4 days). Classes for all ages; activities for children and families.

Rates: Ages 21 and over, $92; ages 15-20, $76; ages 11-14, $56; ages 1-10, $40.

Pre-register: By December 7, 1983 (inform: below).

WINTER II: December 28-January 2. Limited to adults only, ages 15 or over. Intensive study.

Rates: $115.

Pre-register: by December 14, 1983.

Registrar: Jeremy Phillips, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (408-423-3387).

General information: Session

begins with registration at3 p.m. dinner at 6, and closes withIunch on the last day of the session. Now accepting MasterCard or VISA for registration. To pre-register; send $15 for each resident student, or $3 for each day student. Facility fee for day students is $3 per person, per day, meals extra. Children must be pre-registered to reserve a space in class. Conifer Hill

Session dates: November 25, 9 a.m., registration—November 27 at noon.

Theme: Facing the Social Challenges of This Day.

Site: Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado.

When Adam Mondschein, a seven-year-old who is a member of the only Baha’i family now living in Elsmere, New York, started kindergarten two years ago, he found that his classmates talked of gifts and lighting Hanukkah candles and Christmas trees, but no one knew about Ayyam-i-Ha.

WHEN Adam told his mother about this, she resolved to find a way to share their gift of the Baha’i Faith with Adam’s teacher and classmates.

Mrs. Mondschein consulted with the U.S. Baha’i office at the United Nations about using the UNICEF calendar, which shows all the Baha’i holy days, and U.S. Committee for UNICEF materials that are specially designed for use by small children and _ their teachers.

9th ‘Out of Sight’ conference held in Pennsylvania

About 25 Baha’i children and their adult chaperones gathered recently in rural Andreas, Pennsylvania, for the ninth annual “Out of Sight Overnight’? conference.

Baha'is from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, York, West Chester, Andreas, Bristol and Lehighton participated in the conference, which. was held at the home of Alan and Christina Parker.

The program included prayers and songs of praise, instructions in puppet-making, a puppet show, educational and animated short feature films such as Disney’s “The Reluctant Dragon,’’ and swimming on Saturday afternoon.

The weekend was sponsored by the District Youth Committee of eastern Pennsylvania and organized and directed by Judy Basso of Harrisburg and Virginia Schawacker of West Chest

Games and other act were supervised by Marie Proctor of Lehighton.

UNICEF packet helps 7-year-old explain Faith to his classmates

She sent a note to school with Adam asking for an appointment with his teacher to explain the family’s religion and Holy Days.

Adam told his teacher he was a Baha’i, and that his family exchanged gifts on the days of Ayyém-i-Ha.

When the day of the appointment came, Adam, his mother, and his sister Emily Anne visited the teacher and presented the gift packet which included a UNICEF calendar, a Baha'i fact sheet and other material for the teacher’s information, and a special packet of classroom lesson plans and materials that focus on the concept of ‘one world, one family.

The teacher, who hadn’t heard of the Faith before, was delighted with the unique and well-designed materials.

ADAM and his mother also presented her with a copy of the book The Secret in the Garden as a gift from the Mondschein family to the class.

Adam’s Baha’i identity is now firmly established in his classroom. As he explained to his teacher and classmates, ‘“We believe in God and His teacher, Baha'u'llah, Who said all of us in the world belong to one family

If you would like to obtain this packet to help your child establish his or her Bal identity at schoo] by presenting it to the teacher, you may do so by requesting it from the National Education Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

The complete packet the Mondschein family used costs only $6. It contains:

A 1984 UNICEF calendar.

A special packet of lesson

plans, maps, etc., for grades 4 through 6 (teachers can adapt the material for younger children) entitled “‘Big World, Small World, My World.””

A fact sheet entitled “The Baha’f ith and Its World Community”’ (for the teacher’s information).

Phone 303-794-1550 (emergency, 303-795-6913).

Capacity: 70.

Pre-registration deadline: November 21.

Rates: $5 adult, $5 one child, 37,50 two or more children, plus costiof box lunch.

Registrar: Marilyn Fisher,

, Boulder, CO 80302 (phone 303-443-6422, or 303-678-0095).

Speakers: Dr. Dan Popov, Ms. Janet Herbst. Green Acre (Maine)

Dates: November, 24, annual Thanksgiving dinner, 6,p.m., preregistration required. November 25-27, Family Life Institute. December 24-25, Waging Peace. the Baha'i Way, Brad Pokorny. December 26-30, Emphasis on thé Creative Word: Gleanings. December 31-January 1, Communication and Consulation Workshop. Communicate Better! Bob Rosenfeld, Dorothy Hai, team teachers: January 28-29, annual College Club weekend.

Pre-register: Green Acre Baha’i School, P.O. Box 17, Eliot, ME 03903. Phone 207-439-0019 or 207-439-0256.

Great Plains (Nebraska)

Dates: November 25-27.

Theme: Shoghi Effendi—Beloved Guardian. Class on Shoghi Effendi, Baha’i historian, conducted by Don Schneider.

Seekers: Class for seekers and new believers.

Rates: Adults over 20, $46-$50 ($20 per day); 13-19 years, $41.75$44 ($17.50 per day); 6-12, $35 (S14 per day); 2-5, $25 ($10 per day).

Pre-register: Dave Clark,

, Omaha, NE 68147 (phone 402-734-0344).

General information: Indoor s ming, volleyball in the gym. Indiana (Nur’u’llah)

Dates: December 28-30.

Theme: We Live Together as Brilliant Stars (for pre-youth ages. 9-14).

Site: A private Baha’i home. For information about girls’ housing, phone 317-632-4795, ask for Joy. For boys’ housing, phone 317-862-4821, ask for Trudy.

Pre-register by: December 15.

Rates: $20 for each pre-youth, $15 each for two or more from the same family.

Registrar:

Mike , Moores’ (phone 317-1 831-4532).

General information: Classes on “Why We Are Baha’is,’’ tour of places of worship in Indianapolis, and principles of the Faith. An innovative program for pre-youth, Do come! Louhelen (Michigan)

Dates: November 12-13 bration of the Birth of Bahd’u'llah, and interstate, crosscultural party including a fundraising dinner for WLGI. Novem Stump, , IN 46158

Learning Centers on history,

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ber 13, benefit concert for WLGI, $3 for adults, $2 for children. November 18-25, community retreats. November 25, Family Day, 11 a.m., $2 per person, $4 per family. November 25-27, Thanksgiving weekend conference including classes for children and youth. December 18-23, Youth Week including limited enrollment for junior youth ages 11-14. December 26-31, family winter session. Classes for children. ‘Creative Word of God.’”

Specialized: Teacher Training Workshops, October 21-23 (two days), 0-23 months; November 18-20 (two days), 1-7 years. Early Islam, December 26-31 (five days), limited to first 25 people to register.

Registration: Louhelen Baha’i

‘School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423 (313-653-5033).

Minnesota

The Message of Baha 'u’ll4h—A» World Civilizing Pee (Childcen’ 's classes 0-15 years; youth attend sessions with adults). \

Site: Koinonia Retreat Center, Annandale, Minnesota (phone 612-236-7746), 90 acres of wooded area and lake. Comfortable lodging with private baths and excellent food.

Rates: Adults (18 and over), aa ages 7-17, $40; 3-7, $29; 0-2,

ee register: By November 11.

Registrar: Steve Grams, Thistle Dew Camp, Star Route 18, Togo, MN 55788 (phone 218-376-4472).

General information: First meal on campus evening of 25th. Last meal at noon on 27th. Topnotch facility. Everyone welcome! North Carolina

Dates: December 2-4.

Theme: Arise, Struggle, Attain Spiritualization of Our Inner Lives (with Auxiliary Board member Albert James).

Site: Asburn Acres, ville, North Carolina.

Pre-register: By November 15.

Registrar: Celeste Hicks, Charlotte, NC 28211 (phone 704-366- 1713). North Dakota

Dates: February 18-20.

Theme! The Power of the Creative Word, Its Use in Our Lives and Teaching. Curriculum basis: The Seven Year Plan.

Program: Administration and Consultation Skills; Baha’u’ll Revelation and the Chure! judice: Its Nature and tion. Youth classes plus ‘flexible age grouping to allow for individual choice. Special activities in arts, crafts, music and games as well as the selected Bahá’í subjects.

Yadkin

Site: Wesley Acres Methodist Camp (capacity 60), Dazey, North Dakota (phone 701-733-2413). Transportation available on re quest from Valley City to the

Complete listing of U.S. Baha’i Winter Schools

school site 15 miles north. Faities for the handicapped.

Your own bedding, illows, towels, soap, alarm clock.

Rates: Estimated at $15 per day which includes room and boardexact rates confirmed upon registration.

Pre-register: By February 17.

Registrar: Marian Kadrie,

Fargo, ND 58103 (phone 701-235-3725).

Note: This is the first Winter School in North Dakota! Make plans now to attend!

Oklahoma

For information about this winter session contact Elizabeth Wakeham, secretary, P.O. Box 955, Shawnee, OK 74801, or phone 405-273-3385.

Southern California

Dates: December 30-January 1.

Theme: The Most Challenging Issue.

Site: Pilgrim Pines, Yucaipa, California (capacity 200). Phone 714-797-1821.

Pre-register: By December 10.

Registrar: Gerald Healy,

, Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007 (phone 619-942-6383).

General Information; Dr. William Roberts, a member of the National Education Committee and clinical psychologist, will guide participants through this weekend.

Tennessee Institute

Dates: November 24-27.

Theme: Emerging from Obscurity. Speakers to include Parks Scott, Jack McCants, Duane Troxel, with music by Dan Seals and Steve Hampton.

Site: Buffalo Mountain Resort, Johnson City, Tennessee.

Recreation: Golf course, three tennis courts, nature trails.

Special: In connection with this institute, there will be a Tennessee Regional Youth Conference at the Camara Motel in Johnson City, six miles away.

Pre-register: By November 15.

Rates: Flat rate of $19 per night for two double beds per room. Registration: adults over 14, $7; 3-14 years, $5; to 6 years, no charge. Eight meals: adults over 14, $30; 7-12 years, $20; under 7 no charge. rar (for the institute and youth conference); Jerry Strain,

Hixson, TN 37343 (phone 615-875-5443). Washington West

Datesy December 29-January 1.

Theme: Arise, You Are the Leaven of the World, (Emphasis on the Creative Word.)

Location: Seabeck Christian Conference Ground, Seabeck Washington (capacity 200). Phone 206-831-5010,

Pre-register: By December 20.

Registrar: Karl Seehorn, I

,» Kent, WA 98031 (phone 206-631-7475),

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

BROADCAST engineer is sought by the Louis G. Gregory Baha’i Institute for WLGI Radio. Applicants must have a valid FCC General Class (formerly Ist Class) radiotelephone license and at least five years of experience in the installation and maintenance of studio and broadcast transmitter equipment, as well as solid working knowledge of FCC rules and regulations, reports and logs. Please indicate if you have worked with FM stereo equipment and if you have radio production experience. Send letter of application with your resumé to Personnel Office, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

PERSIAN pioneers are wanted in Espafiola, New Mexico, a community of nine active adults and five children, all of whom are eager to have large enrollments among the Native American people. The Espafiola Valley has 10,000 inhabitants including large Hispanic and American Indian populations. The local hospital is accepting applications for Registered Nurses with good benefits. There are also good opportunities for business ventures, For more information write to Box 1443, Espafiola, NM 87532, or phone 505-753-3428.

THE NATIONAL Youth Committee is eager to receive course outlines and/or syllabi for indepth study programs on the Faith. Please send materials pertaining to the course(s) to the committee at Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315.

A PIONEER family in Portugal has grown from its original two members to five and must go to another country to earn a living. Their leaving will open a job for a secondary art teacher at a British school, a salary adequate to support a single person or a married couple on a tight budget. Rents are high in relation to aries, but food costs are the same as in the U.S. The couple also has a three-bedroom condominium which they would sell. It is 15 miles from Lisbon and one and one-half miles from a beach. Pioneers are badly needed in Portugal. If you are interested, please write to the International Goals Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

SENIOR citizens, minorities, college stud we need you to homefront pioneer on the beauti

small, . steadfast Assemblie: towns with isolated believe town with a Group of three; and one town with no Baha’is—all in Clatsop County. There is a twoyear college (with some four-year degree programs), a large senior citizen population, and few members of minority groups (outside of a local Job Corps center). This is an ideal location for retired persons—or those with an independent income. We have a mild climate; clean, pure air; lovely scenery; many historic sit ‘Owing tourism; quiet living lots of amenities (theatre, dance, symphony, cultural festivals); and are near Portland. The local economy is beginning to grow. For current job openings or other information, please write to the Spiritual Assembly of Clatsop County, P.O. Box 524, Warrenton, OR 97146, or phone 503-861-3789 or 503-325-2986.

PIONEERS are urgently needed in the Marshall Islands, especially rugged individuals who are willing to live in less-than-ideal conditions. The cost of living in this U.S. territory is low, and it is easily accessible for a person with an independent income. The island of Ebeye needs an elementary school teacher, now. Please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

BRILLIANT STAR magazine needs your creative support: adults and youth and children; writers, poets, crafts persons, cooks, game players, mu: composers, dancers, photographers, critics, mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents—each of you has something to contribute to Brilliant Star. Universal participation makes a better publication. Some of us support by subscribing, some with ideas, some with their creative energies, some with editorial knowhow, and some are great at telling others to be aware of a great thing! Don’t sit back and think about it any longer. ACT NOW! A special note to children: Please send us your paintings, preferably in a vertical format, for possible use on the covers of Brilliant Star. We invite you to become excited about Brilliant Star. We toy pe proud of BS

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Send all pict (or I materials to Leydon, art and production director, Box 127, Lahaska, PA 19831.

THE UNITED Nations and

UNICEF have a variety of job openings in many countries, especially Third World countries. Upper Volta—hydrogeologist,

project manager. Nigeria—senior program and water supply offiDjibouti—transport/equipmaintenance. Ethiopia—education project manager. Tan—community development

Pakistan—children’s project officer. Burma—water supply/sanitation officer. India—children/ women’s project officer. Afghanistan—women/education project officer. Nepal—sanitation officer. Switzerland—chief of finance and administration. For more information contact the International Goals Committee, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

HOMEFRONT pioneers: there are three houses for rent in Chesaning, a small town in Michigan. The houses need some painting and repairs, but rents are low. There are at present no Baha’is in Chesaning although one Baha’i lived there this summer and was able to place articles about the Faith in three local newspapers each week. If you would like more information, please phone Mrs. Katherine Faily Perrot in Blairsville, Georgia, at 404-745-5138.

PANAMA needs a mature, deepened Baha’i couple to handle public relations. They should be enthusiastic teachers with no small children, able to speak English and Spanish, and to make a dignified appearance before the public. A couple with independent incomes is preferred, but a small allowance is available if needed. Living accommodations are provided. For more information contact the International Goals Committee, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

THE NATIONAL Spiritual Assembly of Australia has asked me to collect material about the Faith in Australia. Since the 50th anniversary of the formation of the National Assembly is in 1984, I would like to put together a small book for the occasion, and would therefore like very much to make contact with a Baha'i who could help me obtain material from the U.S. National Archives. Anyone who is interested, please contact Graham Hassall, 20 Day Avenue, Kensington, 2033 Australia.

THE GEYSERVILLE, California, area needs Bahá’ís to help maintain an incorporated Assembly. Come to the beautiful Redwood Empire, climate for working, retirement, and teaching opportunities, near the Pacific Ocean and Russian River. For more information reply to P.O. Box 46, Geyserville, CA 95441, or phone 707-857-3434 or 707-433-1456.

MUSICIANS: I am looking for four-part a cappella choral arrangements of Baha’i writings for an album and book of musical scores. Please send to Matthew Levin » Newport Beach, CA 92660.

MUSICIANS are needed, singly or in small mixed teams (black, white, etc.) to travel in the Caribbean. Local Baha’is in the islands are going back to their churches

kind of singing they are accustomed to. Traveling musicians should be able to perform at public events, encourage local musicians to perform, and encourage community singing among Baha’is by bringing with them song sheets and other materials to leave behind. If you are able to spend a few weeks or more performing this vital service, please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

THE International Goals Committee is aware of several international recruiting agencies for placing teachers overseas. Many of these agencies hold conferences during February and March in various U.S. cities. Attendees can arrange for interviews for many overseas positions. For a listing of these agencies, write to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

COME to sunny California! Vacaville, a lovely small city in the rolling hills ‘of Solano County midway between the state capital, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay area, needs four Baha’is to reach Assembly status by Ridvan. Vacaville has an excellent school sytem that includes eight elementary schools, two junior high schools, one high school and a community college. It is within 15-20 minutes of the University of California-Davis, a splendid fouryear college. Most kinds of business and industry are represented, with varied possibilities for employment. Typical rents for a nice one- or two-bedroom apartment are $225-$350 a month. The average 1,200-square-foot home sells for around $78,000. If you would be interested in moving to the area and would like further information, please contact Mrs. Zanib Khan, secretary, Vacaville Baha’i Group, , Vacaville, CA 95688.

THE FRENCH Antilles in the Caribbean need§ French-speaking traveling teachers for proclamation work on radio and television and among professional people. Please contact the International

Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

RECREATION and music directors are needed at the Louhelen Baha’i School. The recreation director should be able to plan and carry out diverse recreational activities for children, youth and adults that involve traditional games and sports as well as new, cooperative games. The music rector should be able to lead groups of children, youth and adults in singing songs. If you have a background in recreation or music and would be able to serve as a recreation or music director at Louhelen during summer or winter sessions, please send

ful Oregon coast. We have two ) roject oO} be ¢ Bah do not offer th er Or resu (0 the Louhelen ADS Page 24

Baha’i School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423. The Louhelen School is building a resource file of individuals with skills in these areas, and would appreciate hearing from you if you are able to serve in either capacity.

SPEND your winter teaching the Faith in a district that has seen continued success and growth over the last six years. The sixth annual Winter Teaching Project in Southern New Mexico/West Texas will be held December 17 through January 2. Teaching in northern Mexico is a part of this year’s project, as is teaching in Hispanic communities in southern New Mexico. Spanish-speaking teachers are especially needed! Contact the District Teaching Committee of Southern New Mexico/West Texas,

, Alamagordo, NM 88310, or phone 505-437-0173.

AN HOUR to the ocean, a halfhour to a snow-covered playground, crisp apples in the fall, quiet living—yet only an hour to the San Diego metropolis. Yes, such a place does exist, and you can enjoy it while serving the Cause by becoming a homefront pioneer to Ramona, California. For more information contact the District Teaching Committee, Southern California No, 4, ~ , Carlsbad, CA 92008, or phone 619- 942-2440.

ZAIRE needs a French-speaking pioneer family. Must be strong, healthy, deepened in the Faith, and prepared to live simply in rough circumstances. The cost of living is high, so additional income besides employment may be necessary. Some subsidization may be available. Please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039, for more information about filling this goal.

BAHA’IS who would like to be informed about property for sale in Eliot, Maine, are asked to contact the school administrator at the Green Acre Baha’i School, P.O. Box 17, Eliot, ME 03903.

INFORMATION is needed to write a Baha'i history of Bowling Green, Ohio. Anyone who lived in Bowling Green or attended the university prior to 1970, please record facts and activities and send to Joseph W. Stahl,

, Bowling Green, OH 43402.

FEEL like your talents are being under-employed in a large ity? Want to feel really needed? Then consider homefront pioneering to Crete, Nebraska, which has had an Assembly for more than nine years but is in jeopardy with only eight adult Baha’is. Although jobs are hard to find, we have three major industries, a liberal arts college, a hospital and nursing home, a radio station and weekly newspaper.

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Indiana site of ‘Wildfire Conference’

The first ‘Wildfire’? Conference of the Arts, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Greencastle, Indiana, was held July 8-10 at DePauw U: ‘sity’s Performing Arts Center in Greencastle.

MORE than 300 people from 28 states including about 20 non-Baattended the conference which featured more than 50 musical acts ranging from and folk to classical and country-andwestern, as well as sing-alongs, choral groups, and four modern and interpretive dancers.

The purpose of the conference was to provide an opportunity for Baha'is to share their ideas, talents and creative works in an atmosphere of loving interaction and support, and to produce a

tape and song book to distribute to conference participants and, after review by the National Assembly, to the community as a whole to increase the use of m visual arts, dance and theatrical arts in the Baha’i community.

The Performing Arts Center has three indoor auditoriums and an outdoor amphitheatre with a stage situated on a reflecting pool with fountains in the middle.

More than half of the conference took place simultaneously on the three indoor stages.

The entire conference was tape recorded, resulting in 30 hours of music, and Roxanne Cheney, a Baha’i from Detroit, video taped about six hours.

IN addition to the perform

s, workshops were held on a variety of topics including the Children’s Educational Theatre, arts and crafts, the process of reat the national level, storyind glass-blowing.

six visual artists exhibil s that included drawings, pi gs, wood carvings, sculpture, photographs, and fabric art.

On Sunday, an all-star orchestra performed with a choral group. Baha'i composers (Dr. Rosamond Brenner, Anne Eli: Schaaf and Richard Snyder) provided original music and directéd the orchestra.

A children’s school, conducted by a LEAP adviser, Mrs. Debra Dwyer, was provided for 2- to 6-year-olds.

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appeal explaining the goal and asking for increased participation.

THAT letter ineluded a House

of Worship photograph that provided check-off boxes as a helpful reminder of individual giving to the National Fund. «~The highest average participation in the National Fund since the inception of this drive to 20,000 has been 5,000 individuals.

That number has slipped to the lower 4,000; and then to the 3,000s during the first part of. this. year, We must now refocus our attention on this goal and to what its attainment will mean to the entire community.

We have a promise from the Guardian regarding our participation in a healthy d: the institutio: tional Fund; e he said

in their through thei Its importance cannot, surely be over-estimated. Untold blessings shall no doubt crown every effort

Notice that it i collective support that is required.

THE GUARDIAN also said, “Every Baha’i, no matter how poor, must realize what a grave respoi this connection, and should have confidence that his spiritual progress as a Believer in the World Order of Baha'u'llah will largely depend upon the measure in which he proves, in deeds, his readiness to support materially the ¢ institutions of his Faith.”” ne point that needs clarification, based on the letters and questions to the Office of the Treasurer, is the meaning of the term ‘‘regular giving.’

The Guardian never defined what is meant by “regular.’’ For some, regular giving may be weekly, for others, quarterly.

However, at this time, the National Spiritual Assembly is asking

every believer to contribute to the National Fund once each 19 days—in other words, every Baha’i month.

So much of our lives revolves around this “‘new’? 19-day cycle, and everything about the National Fund certainly does. The practicalities necessitate the assurance of an ‘‘every-19-days’’ flow of contributions to the National Fund.

IF YOUR Assembly or Group has not supported the National Fund in the past, or has done so irregularly, please ask yourself what you can do to help change that.

If you have not been a regular contributor, the National Spiritual Assembly appeals to you to. ask yourself why.

Can't some amor no matter how small—be found every Baha'i month for the National Fund, thereby allowing everyone to take his place beside the 20,000 Dawnbr

Points to remember:

Do not expect to be counted if

you are giving only to your local Fund, even though that Fund in turn contributes to the National Fund.

members, please indicate how many individuals are to be counted, and include ID numbers (pre-youth and children do not have ID numbers).

The words of Shoghi Effendi are the best means of conveying f the campaign to. ing directly to the

impress the believers importance of the ii the National Ba

evelopment of the Faith, is the indispensable medium for the growth and expansion of the Movement

“Contri this fund constitute, in addition, a practical and effective way whereby every believer can test the measure and character of his faith, and to prove deeds the intensity of his de

votion and attachment to the Cause “We must be like the fountain

or spring that is continually emping itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an invisible source. To be continually giving out for the good of our fellows undeterred by the fear of poverty and reliant on the unfailing bounty of the Source of all wealth and all good—this is the secret of right living.’”

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The group ‘New Horizon’ (from left) Chris Wolf, Karen Yoder, Karen McCord, Ernestine Atki Sharon McCord, and Kerry

In addition, Sharon NesbitDavis gave a number of mime presentations and conducted a workshop on the use of mime with children.

Two events were proclamation activities Open to the public:

FRIDAY evening, 150 to 200 non-Baha’is were among those attending an open air square dance and country bluegrass fe: with the Unity Bluegrass Band from Chicago.

The following evening, a concert of the arts with 17 music, dance and mime acts drew a large audience that included 100 to 150 non-Baha’is.

Invitations to the conference were sent to every r nce in Greencastle (population 8,000), and press releases were sent to 10 area newspapers covering a 50-mile radius.

Thirty radio spots advertising the proclamation events _ were

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aired on two local stations with 10 free as public service announcements.

The conference coordinators were interviewed a week before the conference on the local radio station, WJNZ in Greencastie.

The conicence name, ‘*Wild aken from a statement

“That day will the Cause spread like wildfire, when its spirit and teachings are presented on the ir art and literature as a

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Media Notes...

The Southeastern Colorado

ia Committee is running Baha’i commercials on three area radio stations in ‘‘drive time.” They also have an ad in the Pueblo area ‘Latino Business and Professional Directory”

In Tucson, Arizona, all three television stations covered the July 9 memorial service for the martyrs in Iran, and in Phoenix all the papers and TV stations carried stories either before or after the event ...

Two TV stations in Chicago have aired recent interviews on the Faith with staff members of the Public Affairs Office. One of them, on cable ‘‘superstation’’ WGN, was a full half-hour, and the teachings of the Faith dominated the discussion

The ‘‘Rainbow”’ spot with Danny Deardorff is now running 2-3 times a day on WBZ-TYV in Boston and is scheduled to continue for 4-6 months

“The Spiritual Revolution’’ is running on five Detroit-area cable TV systems, and a Race Unity Day observance received sixcolumn coverage in the Detroit Free Press ...

In 139 B.E. and so far in 140, San Bernardino, California, has had newspaper ads and articles totaling 1,017 column inches. From those ads and articles it has received 867 responses, nearly a one-to-one inch-to-response ratio...

In Huntsville, Alabama, le including ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s pr: for America were sent to newspapers, radio and television stations for the Fourth of July. The entire prayer was p in the Huntsville Times, and part of it was used on a radio newscast ...

Not only did the mayor of Batavia, Ilinois, proclaim July 6 Race Unity Day, he also attended the Bah jonsored panel discussion. Ih a letter written after ‘ogram, he commended the for their ‘dedication toward world equality and understanding”

Fifty- lets in St. Louis, Missouri, received a letter from five leaders of religious groups in that city ‘stating their abhorrence of the persecution of Baha’is in Iran. Assemblies in the St. Louis area have been given permission to use the statement in whatever way they see fit ...

The Baha’i float used in the Spokane, Washington, area has so far garnered seven awards in the parades in which it has been entered. It has been entered in seven parade:

Michigan Baha’i wins women’s writing award

Kristin Hay, .a Baha’i from South Haven, Michigan, recently won a third place award in a writing contest sponsored by the Na

tional Federation. of Press Women. Mrs. Hay, a free-lance writer

and correspondent for the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Herald-Palladium, received the honor for a series of three historical articles

published in that paper and in the Kalamazoo Gazette.

The award was announced during the annual meeting of the NFPW in Vail, Colorado.

In addition to her work for the Herald-Palladium and Kalamazoo Gazette, Mrs. Hay a correspondent for the weekly Benton Harbor newspaper, The Citizen,

‘Wage Peace’ theme nets free Long Island billboard space

Baha’is on Long Island report that an agent for an outdoor advertising company in New York City is so impressed with the new “Wage Peace” billboard material that he has offered free space on 73 billboards on Long Island.

An average of 28,000 to 30,000 people pass each of these spots each day.

The space, if purchased, would be valued at $250,000. The cost to the Baha’i communities is the paste-up price of $100 per billboard.

“Wage Peace’? billboard material will qualify, in most instances, as a public service display. Baha’i communities that are

sored by the city of Hemingway, a, The Baha’ booth was put together by two young

children.

interested in obtaining similar exposure can ask local outdoor advertising companies whether they have a ‘‘gratis posting program” for non-profit organizations.

“Wage Peace” billboards (30sheet size) are available from the Office of Public Affairs for $35 each, plus $5 for postage and handling.

Checks should be made payable to ‘‘Baha’i Services Fund.””

“Wage Peace’? T-shirts are available from the Baha’i Northwest Media Committee (c/o Dawn Edwards), 93 Pike St., Apt. 315, Economy Market Building, Seattle, WA 98101. Prices: adult sizes, $9; children’s sizes, $7.

women, Shirlene Brown and Carolyn Heath, who also manned the

booth both days. Balloons be: the name of the Gregory Institute were blown up and given out to

Congressmen express support for Faith in pages of the Congressional Record

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cageceaceal ReCOnISIBEC publication of the U.S. Congr:

On June 30, Rep. Barney Frank of chusetts, saying that “there is no more blatant case of religious persecution in the world today than that which is taking place in Iran against the had placed in the Record ai from the June 22 issue of York Times concerning the persecutions which was written b Roy P. Mottahedeh, a Bal from Princeton, New

On August 2, Rep. Jim Leach of Lowa, saying “‘this body has no but to continue to protest gross violations of human rights and to join with the inter

egious “oft nses of human decency,’ had placed in the Record an article from the July 22 issue of the Daily lowan, the student newspaper of the University of lowa, which told of the kidnapping in Tehran of Ahmad Bashiri, the father of a stuuniversity, Mehran

and has had two magazine articles published in Mrs.

“Mature Living.’” Hay received her bachel

s degree in English and library scienc from the University of Michigan. She and her husband, Rand: joined the Faith in Millbrae, California, in 1976.

Her -husband’s grandparents, John and Frieda Hay, embraced the Faith in the early 1900s and were married in a Baha'i ceremony in Wilmette, Illinois, in 1906.

KRISTIN HAY

Supplement to white paper on Iran available from Public Affairs Office

A new supplement to the white paper entitled ‘‘The Baha'is in

available.

The supplement updates major developments from July 1982 to. July 1983 and should be used in conjunction with the white paper report released last year.

Included in the update’are this year’s action by the UN Commission on Human Rights and copies of two articles from Iranian

newspapers with translations that show the true motive for the persecutions and the degree of depn being endured by thé Bain Iran.

Copies of the supplement are available from the Baha’i Publishing Trust (see the order form on the publications page of The American Baha’) for $1 each.

If your need for these books is urgent, please contact the Office of Public Affairs, 312-869-9039.

Public Affairs sends almost 7,000 letters about Iran to top women’s organizations

In August the Office of Public Affairs prepared and mailed almost 7,000 letters to prominent women and women’s organizations.

The letters were sent in response to a request from the Universal House of Justice at the time of the execution June 18 of 10 Baha’i women in Iran to contact women’s organizations.

The letters were signed by Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly, and expressed her concern over the condition of women in general

On March 1, the Baha'is of Orange County, California, presented a copy of the book A Cry from the Heart to VU. Rep.

and Baha’i women in Iran in particular.

Letters were sent to the editors of 38 women’s magazines, to 4,900 local chapters of the League of Women Vot to Pilot Clubs, the American Association of Uni. versity Women, the National Organization for Women, to 1,200 women in communication, and to 720 women prominent in science and technology.

It_ marked one of the gest mailings ever directed to individuals and groups outside the Ba

Robert E. Badham at his offi Los Alamitos. Shown making the presentation to Rep. Badham is Nosrat Sohljoo.

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The reception, held at the Minot Jones Library, was arranged by the Spiritual Assembly of Amherst.

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Any changes you may have noticed, according to Dr. Betty J. Fisher, the editor of the new prayer book and general editor of the Publishing Trust, have been authorized or approved by the Universal House of Justice.

One of the most frequent questions involves five prayers that formerly were attributed to ‘Abdu’l-Baha and are now attributed to Baha’u’llah.

The Universal House of Justice asked that the changes be as all five prayers wei revealed by Baha’u’llah.

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Publishing Trust has free errata slip for new prayer book

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A six-member delegation representing the National Spiritual Assembly of Bophuthatswana was received last May by His lency Kgosi L.M. Mangope, pri ident of the Republic of Bophuthatswana.

Also present were three ministers of religion, one of whom is the country’s Minister of Internal Affairs ...

A

ngthy article about Radio Baha’s in Ecuador appears in the May 15 issue of ‘‘Frequency,”’ the official newsletter of the World Conference of Community Oriented Radio Broadcasters.

The article stresses the Quechua-language programming of Radio Baha’i which, from the beginning, made up 35 per cent of the station’s programming and has increased to 50 per cent with a goal of 80 per cent by 1985.

A recent survey shows a remarkable listener figure for Radio Baha’i—94 per cent of the potential audience in the region, despite the fact that 30 stations can be heard in Otavalo ...

At Kenyatta University College in Nairobi, Kenya, a Baha’i professor on the faculty of education has been invited to present a cours the department of philosophy and religious studies to candidates for the M.A. degree who are training to be tutors in Kenya’s teachers colleges.

The course will run for a full year and consist of 52 lecture hours divided into 10 parts. After segments on eight earlier religious traditions, units 9 and 10 will deal with the Babi and Baha’i Faiths ...

As a result of successful teaching in the Lenakel area of Vanuatu, there are now Baha’is in inland villages around Sidni.

There are 11 new believers in Waisisi, and children’s classes are being held in six local

More than 160 Baha’i youth from 10 countries attended an International Youth Conference last March 31-April 2 in Siguatepeque, Honduras.

Among the participants were Counsellors Hedi Ahmadiyyih, Artemus Lamb and Ruth Pringle, and members of the Auxiliary Board from Guatemala and Honduras ...

A statement was submitted by the Baha’ International Community last April 26 to the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements in Helsinki, Finland.

The Baha’i paper draws on the Writings to endorse the preparations being made for the Interna

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‘Women in a Changing World’ theme of 1st Olean conference

About 100 women and men were present over the Fourth of July weekend for the first Baha’i Women’s Conference ever held in Olean, New York.

The conferen whose theme was “Women in a Changing World,” was co-sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Olean and St. Bonaventure University.

As a result of mailed brochures and two pre-conference newspaper articles, as well as personal ations, about a dozen non‘is were among the attendees.

Participants were able to choose from among 18 sessions during the two-day conference whose speakers included Dr. Jane Faily from Canada, Dr. Ann Schoonmaker from Mai Carol Handy

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Price for U.S., Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Mexico $7.50 U.S. All others add $4.50 U.S. per copy (total $12 U.S.) for air mail or $2.U.S. per copy (total $9.50 U.S. per

copy) for surface mail,

Guidelines for Baha'i Archives (72 pages) covers in detail the organization and functioning of a Bahá’í archives. It is highly suitable for larger communities faced with the need to organize a

local archives. Name

Address

City

_Zip

Order forms with payment should be pen to: National Baha’i

Dr. Jane Faily, a psychologi

member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, conducts a course in ‘Career Planning’ dur

Assembly. If you have bee sidering pioneering in the Pa this may be your chance. Write to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or telephone 312-869-9039.

THE NATIONAL Baha’i Archives Committee is seeking to locate, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, original letters from the Guardian to the following individuals: Arthur Agnew, Mrs. H.W. Birins, Ralph C. Browne, Miss Helen Campbell, Walter Guy and Laura D. Walsh. The originals or photocopies of these letters are needed by the Universal House of Justice in its efforts to study and compile the letters of the Guardian. Anyone having information regarding the whereabouts of any of these letis requested to contact the Nanal Baha'i Archives Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

YES, AMERICA, does have a capital.

on

Delaware Its name is

The Archives would like to identify the name of the group, the location and date of the picture, and

all of the indivi you have any fer, please cont

uals shown. If formation to of‘t the National

ing a two-day Baha’i Women’s Conference held over the Fourth of July weekend in Olean, New York.

Dover. Homefront pioneers are needed there to help the Group grow toward Assembly status.

Delaware State College and a large Air Force base offer opportunities for possible employment. McMillan,

Contact Nelson DelMarVa Committee,

Apt. 307, Newark, DE 19713.

I AM _ interested in finding someone who might have extra copies of two Baha’i record albums that I have, through a series of moves, managed to misplace. They are no longer being published, and therefore are not available from the Baha’i Publishing Trust. The first album, the ‘‘Bai’i Victory Chorus,” from the °60s, was a popular album with a ht green cover. It seems to me

it was conducted by Russ The second album is entitled “Fire and Snow.”’ If anyone has copies of these albums that

they would be willing to sell, please contact Margo Cornish Tracy, , Elmira, NY 14901.

ARE YOU retired and searching for a way to serve the Faith? The lovely Baha’i Center in San Diego, California, needs a resident caretaker—retired couple preferred. Our Center is large, as is the community, and duties will include maintenance, minor repairs, and participation in community activities. Small studio apartment and remuneration in return for services. If this sounds interesting to you, please write to the Assembly _ secretary, Doris Rodgers, San Diego, CA 92127, or phone 619-487-4968.

New Britain Baha’is have ‘Main St.’ booth

The Spiritual Assembly of New Connecticut, had a booth June 5 in the city’s annual ‘‘Main Street U.S.A.”? event.

Three seekers attended a follow-up fireside that was announced in attractive flyers designed and handed out by Baha’i youth,

[Page 25]MEMBERSHIP & RECORDS

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Membership & Records answers your questions

Secretaries and correspondents

Are you a Group correspondent for the very first time?

Have you just been elected secretary of your Local Spiritual Assembly and you’ve never served in that capacity before?

Does your community have the basic supplies necessary for maintaining records on the local level?

Do you know what information needs to be forwarded to the National Assembly?

Do you know what forms are available from the Office of Membership and Records?

Do you have any questions?

If so, simply phone the Office of Membership and Records for help.

Perhaps the following information will also be of help:

What are the important things to remember about membership changes?

The most important thing to remember in all changes is to report information as completely as il This means that Baha’i ‘tion numbers, complete names (no nicknames), and current addresses and telephone numbers are always important.

In addition, it often helps us to identify the person in question if

Friendship

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“*Because of this, we do not expect to have ‘instant’ teams. We are seeking quality, not speed.

“We do expect an increase in fireside activity almost immediately, though. The Assembly has placed emphasis on holding firesides as the primary task of each team. Even before the teams are filled out they are expected to hold

a fireside before next Feast “Pray for our success. We'll keep you posted.’” Does your community have

members who can’t attend meetings because of work or classes? Do you want to start an activity that will include children, youth citizens? How about several firesides a week in your community instead of, say, one every 19 days?

A Friendship Team can do the job and have fun doing it!

Does your community have any Friendship Team stories? Send them to the National Teaching Committee.

MUSICIANS: WLGI needs you! Musicians are encouraged to compose and, if possible, record ‘‘station I.D.’s’’ (i.e., musical introductions) for WLGI. These should be forwarded to WLGI at the Baha’i National Center. The National Spiritual Assembly will then select the one(s) to be used on the air in South Carolina.

we have the last known address, the name under which the person was enrolled, and, sometimes, the birthdate.

For transfers-in to the U. | individual is responsible for obtaining his/her current Bahá’í credentials from the previous National Assembly. It is preferable that the believer carry current Baha’i identification with him/her at all times, unless of course the person is traveling in an area designated as ‘‘sensitive.’”

If a Baha'i does not have current Baha’i credentials, he should write, cable or phone his former National Spiritual Assembly requesting that his Baha’i membership be transferred to the U.S. What happens to reports of changes when they arrive at the National Center, and what problems can occur?

the

All changes are first checked to be sure the information is complete and legible, then they are “entered” onto the computer data base. This process should normally take no more than a few days, although the production of an identification card requires between one and two weeks depending on the day the enrollment request was received.

The delays that are caused in processing changes involve a variety of problems. Often, information that is vital to making the change is left off the report. The information must be researched, and this takes time.

Often, the missing information make: le to identify the person in question, and we must request further information from the community.

There been occasions when the name and address of the community had to be determined before we could inquire about the change, simply because the correspondent left off the name and address of the Assembly, Group or District Teaching Committee.

Another problem that may arise is that a person reports a change just before, or just after, labels for The American Baha’i are printed. When that issue is still mailed to the old address, the person may think we did not receive or process the change when in fact, there is simply a problem of timing and the change will be reflected in the mailing labels for the next month’s issue.

Membership print-outs

The National Spiritual Assembly periodically produces Baha’i membership print-outs which are mailed to Local Assemblies and District Teaching Committees. These membership listings serve a variety of purposes and generally will not be produced for special requests outside of the normal production schedule.

If a community has a special need, it should contact the Office

of Membership and Records. District Teaching Committees should make their requests through the National Teaching Committee office.

The community membership print-outs are a worksheet with which the Local Assemblies and District Teaching Committees can compare their local records so that address, locality and other corrections may be forwarded to the National Spiritual Assembly.

It should be remembered. that the listings should not be considered an official membership list until the Local Assembly or District. Teaching Committee has verified that the information is accurate,

Here is a checklist of things to look for on the membership printout:

1. Are all members of the community noted on the list, including new arrivals?

2. Are all their addresses (including apartment numbers and zip codes) and telephone numbers correct?

3. Are there Baha’is still listed who have already moved from the community?

4. Are there Baha’is identified as having had mail returned? The community should try to contact these Baha’is personally to verify if they have moved or whether their mail has been incorrectly returned from a good address.

5. Are all Baha’is correctly identified as either youth (Y) or adult (A)?

6. Are all community members who have requested not to receive The American Baha’i so noted on the print-out? The notation “No, American Baha’i’”” will appear next to the name.

7. Are all community members who have requested not to receive any Baha’i mail so noted as ‘‘No Mail Requested’’?

All membership changes should be forwarded to the Office of Membership and Records on Baha’i Membership Data Report forms—one for each person on whom a change is reported.

Please do not submit changes by writing corrections on the print-out and returning it to the National Assembly.

Two most asked questions about The American Baha’

1, What about couples or families who only want to receive one copy of The American Baha’i?

It is not possible for us, at this time, to address this publication to “Mr. and Mrs.”’ or ‘‘Joe and Sue.” If a believer wishes to discontinue his/her personal copy, he/she need only report that desire, along with his/her Baha’i identification number, to the Office of Membership and Records. The address change form in The American Baha’i is specially designed to facilitate this request.

2. We get an extra copy of The

American Baha'i addressed to the Group or Local Spiritual Assembly. How can we discontinue the extra copies?

Copies of the newspaper are always sent to Baha’i communities for which we have current address information. It is intended that each community should keep copies of The American Baha’i in the community files.

It is not possible to the mailings to the Bah nity. If, however, an individual wishes to discontinue his/her personal copy and read the community copy, that person need only inform the Office of Membership and Records of his/her desire.

What information should be reported to the National Assembly through the Office of Membership and Records?

1, Changes in mailing and residence addresses for individuals.

2. Changes in work and home telephone numbers.

3. Changes in honorific titles (i.e., Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc.)

4. Requests for Baha’i identifi cation cards.

5. Marriages.

6. Name changes and the reasons for them.

7. Deaths (please note dates).

8. Enrollments (please remember to include birth dates, especially for youth).

9. Transfers-in and out of the country.

10. Assembly by-election reports.

11. Changes in Assembly or Group officers.

12. Changes in Assembly or Group addresses.

Please note the following:

Assembly elections, Group

formations and District Teaching Committee changes should be reported directly to the National Teaching Committee.

A variety of forms are available to help the community in making these reports. Except where noted, these materials may be ordered from the Office of Membership and Records by letter or by using the Supply Request postcard form.

Baha’i birth certificates are the only item available to all individuals, although Local Spiritual Assemblies still must record the births.

Persian believers may request the Bahá’í Membership Questionnaire from the Office of Persian Affairs to help the National Assembly in processing their transfer into the U.S, Baha’i community.

Spiritual Assemblies may request all of the forms that are available from the Baha’i National Center. District Teaching Committees may request all of the forms except the marriage certificates, which can only be used by Spiritual Assemblies.

Please note that enrollment cards are not issued to Baha’i Groups since Groups have not been authorized to countersign enrollments. A Group must request help from the closest Local Spiritual Assembly or from its District Teaching Committee.

The National Assembly sends letters of welcome to individuals whose transfer into the American community from another country is in the process of being completed. :

The letters of welcome arrive before the identification cards and can serve as credentials until the Baha’i membership identification card arrives. These letters of welcome may not be ordered by the community, but you should be aware of their use.

Gabon

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came quite friendly to both the Allens and the Faith.

Mr. Nahvi held regular firesides and meetings at the Baha’i Center in Libreville, which will be the seat of a new National Spiritual Assembly at Ridvan 1984.

HE MADE proclamations to public officials in Moanda, France-ville and Port Gentil.

In Moanda, the mayor said, ‘I feel that | am already a member of this (Baha’i) community.”

He then took Mr. Nahvi and other Baha’is who were with him to other rooms and introduced them to his colleagues and subordinates.

During Mr. Nahvi's visit two new members were added to the Baha’i community of Libreville and two Assemblies were formed, doubling the number in Gabon.

Also, the first radio and telen interviews with Baha’is ever to take place in Gabon were held, with the promise to have more in the future.

Says Mr. Nahvi: ‘These are all blessings of God, and tangible examples of the penetrating influence of the words of Baha*u’llah,””

‘Potluck picnic’ held

Baha’is and their guests from many places participated August 14 in the third annual potluck picnic sponsored by the Baha'is of Currituck County, North Carolina.

Visitors from India, England and Iran were among the 57 people who enjoyed swimming, food and fellowship with those from Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.

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En Chicago se reunen para estudiar y ensenar

oraciones.

Cada viernes un grupo de Bahispanos de Chicago y comunidades cercanas se retinen para estudiar los Escritos Baha'is. Estas reuniones tienen como meta

Unos de los participantes en la reunién de profundizacién toman

la profundizacién de los parti

pantes para poder ensefiar la Fe mejor y con mas confianza

LA REUNION, que cambia de casa en iempre empieza con

un descanso.

Sylvia loas, sierva fiel de Baha’u’llah, fallece

ENTRISTECIDOS FALLECIMIENTO SIERVA DEVOTA BAHA’U’LLAH SYLVIA IOAS. SUS LARGOS ANOS VICIO UMBRAL DIVINO APOYO CONSTANTE COLABORACION ESTRECHA SU DISTINGUIDO MARIDO CORONADOS POR SU NOMBRAMIENTO POR AMADO GUARDIAN COMO MIEMBRO CONSEJO BAHA’I INTERNACIONAL Y SU ELECCION SUBSIG S|

GENIAL, SU ESPIRITU

RATIVO.

TUCION HISTORICA Y COMO MISMA. SU MANERA GRACIOSA, SU MODO. D HOSPITALARIO COMO IMPRESIONES IMBORRABLE

NACIONAL ES CEL EBRAR DIG!

CASA UNIVERSAL DE JUS’

25 DE AGOSTO DE

Study session

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3. Does it matter if the lamp is clean or dirty? How does i when it is dirty? How doe: ine when it is clean? How do we clean the lamp?

4. What is the lamp like when it is lit? How does it look? How does it feel?

5. Can we be like the lamp? How?

Need archives experts

The National Baha’i Archives Committee would like to have the names of Bahda’is with expertise in the following areas: archives; preservation of textiles, photographs or tape recordings; history or library professions.

The Archives Committee has the need at times to consult with Baha’i professionals in these fields. Please send a resumé of your education and experience to the National Baha’i Archives Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

using mirrors to demot nature of the soul or th the Manifestations of God. Another idea would be to have the entire class take a nature walk together or bring in leaves, fruits, acorns, etc. This would open the cussion on passages from the Writings in which man is compared to a tree that must have praiseworthy fruits or attributes.

An exercise like this one might be closed by having small groups or families discuss what vities they might undertake within the next month to be like lamps, fruitful trees, etc. Possible projects might include:

making a special package and taking it to a shut-i

cleaning up part of a park or playground;

planning a small program for a class at school in recognition of a Baha’i Holy Day or special United Nations day.

The study cla: a prayer, and, if d ments served by th

hould end with red, refresh

los participantes leen critos sobre temas vi

sobre lo leido. Se termina con mas oraciones, refrescos y conver

Estas reuniones estan bajo la direccién de un comité hispano nombrado por la Asamblea Espiritual de Chicago.

Cada cuantos meses el comité se retine con los demas participantes para planificar el programa para el préximo trimestre. Las actividades planificadas incluyen eventos sociales.

Una meta importante que el co mité ha adoptado es la de apoyar cualesquier proyectos de ensefianza en su comunidad. Han mostrado su intencién de cumplir con su determinacién asistiendo a las charlas hogareiias sobre la Fe dirigidas a los ciudadanos camboyanos en Chicago.

Su presencia en ellas, ain no entendiendo el idioma, muestra la sinceridad y el deseo de compartir su amistad con todos.

La gran amistad que ha crecido entre las familias de los participantes ha demostrado que cuando los Baha’is trabajan en grupo, se logra la unidad y el entendimiento.

En una charla hogarefia, los

amigos de habla hispana escuchan

una charla sobre la Fé Baha’i en espanol ...

mientras en otra sala un con- de vista en inglés.

tacto camboyano explica su punto.

Un verdadero Baha’i alcanzara distincion

Extractos de los escritos de ‘Abdu’l-Baha

Ruego a El que otorgue sus confirmaciones a esos amados, moradores de esa tierra pura y santa, y les conceda resultados exitosos en todas las cosas; que en su caracter, su comportamiento, sus palabras, su forma de vida, en todo lo que son y hacen, El les haga alcanzar distincién entre los hombres; que los reuna dentro de la comunidad mundial, sus corazones Ilenos de éxtasis y fervor y anhelando amor, con sabiduria y certeza, con firmeza y unidad, con sus rostros hermosos y brillantes. (Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’lBaha, pag. 260)

wae

.. ellos deberian, en cada aspecto de sus vidas, ejemplificar aquellos atributos y virtudes que nacen de Dios y deberian justificar su pretensin de ser bahd’is mediante hechos y no por el nombre.

Un verdadero baha’i es aquel que se esfuerza dia y noche para progresar y avanzar a lo largo del sendero de las realizaciones humanas, cuyo mas apreciado deseo es vivir y actuar en forma tal, como para enriquecer e iluminar al mundo, cuya fuente de inspiracion es la esencia de la virtud Divina, cuya meta en la vida es conducirse en forma tal que sea la causa de progreso infinito.

Solamente cuando alcance dones tan perfectos podra decirse de él que, es un verdadero baha’1. Porque en esta Dispens:

consumacion gloriosa de edades y ciclos pasados, la verdadera Fe no es un mero reconocimiento de la Unidad de Dios, sino, mas bien, vivir una vida que manifieste todas las perfecciones y virtudes que tal creencia implica. (Citado en El Divino Arte de Vivir, pag. 15, EBILA 1978)

see

Por lo tanto, oh bienamados de Dios, esforzaos con vuestros corazones y almas, para que sedis calificados con la moral y los atributos de la Bendita Perfeccién, y participéis de las mercedes de Su santidad; que os convirtdis en signos de unidad y en estandartes de unicidad, descubrais la esencia de la singularidad, cantéis con misericordiosas melodias acordes

y baladas en este jardin divino; que os volvais aves agradecidas, y cantéis una cancién en el rosedal de la existencia, la cual pueda pasmar las mentes y los sentidos; que un estandarte en la cima del universo que flamee en los vientos del favor, y plantéis un arbol en el campo del mundo visible que produzca frutos de extrema delicadeza y frescura. (Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, pag. 374)

No es Ia cantidad, sino el espiritu ... Fondo Nacional Baha’i Wilmette, IL 60091

Aun continua la opresion de nuestros hermanos en Iran

PERSECUCION AMIGOS IRANIS SIGUE SIN DISMINUCION.

OLAS

ETENCIONES BAHA'IS EMINENTES INTENSIFICADOS

ULTIMAMENTE. CON PESAR COMUNICAMOS QUE SIGUI ENTES PERSONAS DET!

NIDAS EL 28 DE JULIO:

TIHRAN: MAHBUBI NADIRI, SUHRAB DUSTDAR. KARAS: GHULAM HUSAYN FARHAND, IHSANU’LLAH KATIRi, NA’IM BADI’'I, FIRUZ ATHARI, YUNIS NAW-RUZI, ‘INAYATU’LLAH HAQIQI, TAHIRIH MUTLAQ, JAMcSHID PURUSTADKAR, ‘INAYATU’ ‘LLAH IZADI, PARI VUSDANI, ABAZAR SADRI, BAHRAM ISHANi, NURU*LLAH YIKAN, NASIR ARDALAN, MAHBUBIH MUVAFFAQ. CONTINUEN ESFUERZOS CON OFICIALES GUBERNAMENTALES, MEDIOS NOTICIEROS. CASA UNIVERSAL DE JUSTICIA 2 DE AGOSTO DE 1983

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-» in The American Baha'i

The Hand of the Cause of God John Ferraby passes away suddenly September 15 at his home in England, and the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly schedules a memorial service at the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette ...

Two members of the Universal House of Justice, Hugh Chance and Dr. David Ruhe, visit the Baha’i National Center in Wilmette. The National Assembly plans receptions on each of the two weekends of their arrivals so that the friends may greet them ...

More than 92,000 people visit the House of Worship during the three-month period ending September 15, which marks the peak of the summer visiting season. During all of 1972, some 214,000 people visit the Temple ...

The Hands of the Cause of God Shu’a’wlah *Ala’i, Zikru’lláh Khadem, Jalal Khazeh and ‘Ali Muhammad Varga. are among those who attend an Inter Zonal Baha’i Conference in Tehran, Iran, that is sponsored by the Continental Board of Counsellors in Western Asia.

Mr. Khadem, accompanied by his wife, also attends Iran's National Convention ...

For the first time in the history of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a Baha'i, Dr. Jalil Mahmoudi, addresses a class of cadets.

About 100 people including cadets hear Dr. Mahmoudi speak during a class on ‘Great Religions of the World” ...

The Spiritual Assembly Hopewell, New Ji , Spon: two-day institute on Islam

Princeton University. The institute is conducted by Roy Mottahedeh, a Baha’i who teaches early Islamic history and Arabic at Princeton ...

Indian artist David Villasenor, who is a Baha'i, demonstrates the art of sand painting during an exposition of Indian art at the University of Nevada. His appearance is sponsored by the Baha'is of southern Nevada ...

Counsellor Florence Mayberry conducts a daily class on the Covenant at the Arizona/New Mexico Summer School in Prescott, Arizona ...

The tribal newspaper on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in western Colorado publishes a Jong article on the Faith with photos taken during the National Baha’i Youth Conference. The paper’s readership includes nearly_ every resident of the Reservation .

Kinney Continued From Page 4

“Abdu’!-Baha in the Holy Land.

One day at lunch, the Master turned to Edward, saying that He had answered everyone else’s questions, and now it was Edward’s turn to ask one.

With tears is eyes, Mr. Kinney replied, ‘‘There is only one question in my soul. How can I love you more?’”

Later, while the Kinneys were seated with ‘Abdu’l-Baha one evening on the porch of His home in Haifa, the Master spoke of the material want suffered by Bahd’wllah and of the deprivations and sufferings of His family.

“MAY GOD give you the treasure of the Kingdom, the breath of the Holy Spirit,” said ‘Abdu’lBaha. “‘If, perchance, you are overtaken by poverty, let it not make you sad. At best, you will then become companions of Christ.””

Abdu’l-Baha gave Edward the

name “‘Saffa,’? which means sin, honesty. Carrie Kinney was given the name “*Vaffa’’ (faithfulness).

The Kinneys’ large home in New York City had more and more become a gathering place for Baha’is and their friends. On April 11, 1912, * ju’l-Baha arrived in New York. A large group of Baha'is was at the dock to greet Him, but He sent word from the ship that they should leave and meet Him later that day at the home of the Kinneys.

The Master gave His first talk in the U.S. in that home. Later, during one of His stays in New York,

Abdu’l-Baha stayed with the Kinneys. He asked Edward and Carrie to be His guests, and He paid

all the household ‘expenses including the servants’ wage:

The friends gathered there day and night, whenever it was possible to be with *Abdu’l-Baha. SRING their home,”

2

Correction

In the May 1983 issue of The American Baha'i, it was reported that Sohrab Solati of Dan California was deceased.

That report w orrect. Mr. Solati is alive and well. We regret the error.

' Howard Colby Ives wrote in his book, Portals to Freedom, “the roar of the city, the elegance and luxury of Riverside Drive, the poverty and wealth of our modern civilization all seemed to merge into a unity of nothingness and one entered an atmosphere of Reality

A few years after ‘Abdu’lBahi i .S., Edward and Carrie, who had been living in comfort, free from financial worries, lost their wealth, and became dependent on Mr. Kinne) tain income as a mus

They moved from their large home in New York to a small cabin in Eliot, Maine, then to a suburb of Boston where their son,

Wills

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ALSO included in this section is a discussion of what occurs when a person dies without a will. It ends with a helpful list of “legal terms’’ used in preparing one’s will. ‘

The second section deals with the actual preparation of a will, covering the often-discussed question of whether a lawyer is needed to draw up the will.

Having established the importance of legal counsel in most cases, the material provides tips on identifying and hiring a lawyer.

In addition, it includes a list of information to take to a lawyer to. help in the preparation of the will.

Information is then given on methods of disposing of an estate, creating a trust, making gifts to the Baha'i Faith, and selecting an executor as trustee and guardian.

ALSO included are helpful suggestions on what to do with a will after it is drawn—where to keep it and how often it should be updated.

The third section is comprised of pertinent quotations from the

Writings covering such ts as the obligation to make ial laws, and cases o}

y (dying without benefit of a will). Last, there is a section of ked questions.

Your National Treasurer's Representative will be pleased to prematerial to your comy, your Baha'i school, or to uals, if time allows—but keep in mind that the NTRs are not legal, tax, insurance or in

Devoted servant of Cause Sylvia loas dies

SADDENED PASSING DEVOTED MAIDSERVANT BAHA.

U’LLAH SYLVIA IOAS. HER LONG YEARS SERVICE DIVIN)

THRESHOLD CONSTANT SUPPORT CLOSE COLLABORATIO’

HER DISTINGUISHED HUSBAND CROWNED BY HER APPOINTMENT BY BELOVED GUARDIAN AS MEMBER INTER NATIONAL BAHA’i COUNCIL AND HER SUBSEQUENT ELE TION SAME HISTORIC INSTITUTION AND AS ITS VICE

PRESIDENT. HER GRACIOUS MANNER, CHEERFUL DISPOSITION, HOSPITABLE SPIRIT REMAIN AS INDELIBLE IM PRESSIONS HER FRUITFUL

LIFE. FERVENTLY PRAYING

HOLY SHRINES HER RADIANT SOUL MAY BE RICHLY REWARDED .ABHA KINGDOM. URGE NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES HOLD BEFITTING MEMORIAL SERVICES.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

AUGUST 25, 1983

Sanford, became seriously ill and died at the age of 19.

The Kinneys’ eldest son, Howard, died in 1938 at the age of 33, leaving Edward and Carrie with ‘one surviving son, Donald.

Several years later they moved back to New York City and settled in an apartment at the Woodward Hotel.

““..With unabated zeal and love and the deepest spiritual insight,”” Juliet Thompson wrote of Edward Kinne’ affa served this great Cause till the last hours of his life. In his blessed home, as the friends gathered there, the wings of the Covenant were stirring above us and the presence of

Abdu’l-Baha was living in our

vestment advisers.

The Office of the Treasurer advises everyone to seek competent, professional assistance in any of those areas.

Initial feedback on the material contained in the course has been positive, and the Treasurer’s Of midst.’”

When Mr. Kinney died on December 15, 1950, at the age of 87, the Guardian sent this cable:

“Grieve passing dearly loved, highly admired, greatly trusted, staunch, indefatigable, self-sacrificing teacher, pillar (of) Faith, Saffa Kinney. His leonine spirit, exemplary steadfastness, notable record (of) services enriched annals (of) closing period Heroic Age (and) opening phase Formative Age (of) Baha'i Dispensation. Bountiful reward assured (in) Abha Kingdom beneath shadow (of) Master he loved so dearly, served so nobly, defended so heroically until last breath.’”

fice is certain that the entire community can benefit from having access to this important information.

Every community is encouraged to contact its NTR to learn more about the subject of wills.

The first S tual Assembly of Queeny Township, Missouri, was formed at Ridvan and already has held a public Recognition Ceremony. Its members include (front row left to right) Elizabeth Bohn,

4d Anthony Bohn, Bi Weaver, and (back row left to right) PamSs Barr, Bob Barr, Julianna P.

Sch Members shown are Mary Jane Beasley, Keith Laken and Virginia Laken.

In Memoriam

Homer Black

Kannapolis, NC Bellevue, WA June 25, 1983 1982

Mrs. Annie Brown Mrs. Sylvia loas Fairmont, NC Woodbine, MD

Unknown Mrs. Marie Esterer Conneaut, OH February 25, 1983 Alvia Floyd Fairmont, NC Date Unknown

Eddie W. Frye Isiah R. Mays Broomfield, CO Lansing, MI August 2, 1983 July 6, 1983

Mrs. Inez Greeven Mrs. Margaret McConaughy Charles Tibbetts

Carmel, CA Evansville, IN July 21, 1983 July 1983 Don L. Guernsey

Live Oak, CA

May 4, 1983

Lawrence Hamilton

August 25, 1983

Mohammed Khazei Richardson, TX Date Unknown

Rosenthal Knight New York, NY February 14, 1983

Mrs. Maggie McDaniel Kannapolis, NC June 26, 1983

Shepherd Moody Richmond, VA Date Unknown

Lisle Pollard Lancaster, NH January 1983

Mrs. Victoria Richards Dayton, OH August 25, 1983

Mrs. Gladys Roberts Colorado Springs, CO October 30, 1982

Sarasota, FL August 26, 1983

Mrs. Lula Mae Townsend Rowland, NC May 1983

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“Living the life’’ does not limit us to only one lifestyle. Linnea Brush Glencoe, Illinois To the Editor:

We have devised a procedure at Feast in our community (Bast Baton Rouge Parish) that we would like to suggest to others since we have found it valuable.

At the beginning of each business portion of Feast, we ask for and share teaching experiences. We always remember to ask our youth and children for their stories too.

We find that this places proper emphasis on teaching and often stimulates consultation as well.

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‘ Aedes been well eS Mrs. Ann Pal Baton Rouge, Louisiana

To the Editor:

In regard to the continuing discussion of letters that contain demeaning or defamatory references fo previous writers’ intentions, character, etc., I suggest that such letters violate two basic Baha’i principles:

The first is the principle of consultation. In Baha'i consultation, once an idea or concept has been presented it “‘belongs’’ to the consultative group. The person who voiced the idea or position no. longer “‘owns’? it.

FURTHER discussion of the idea, concept or ‘‘position”” must focus on the merit or lack of merit of the idea itself.

Abdu’l-Baha said the spark of

truth emerges from the clash of differing opinions, not the clash of differing personalities.

It is acceptable and often necessary in Baha’i consultation to disagree with already expressed ideas. But to do so requires the critic to give reasons why he or she feels that a previous position is unsound. It requires that alternate ideas be backed up with valid reasoning.

Above all, our Writings require the utmost courtesy and moderation in ‘‘frank and loving consultation.’’ Derogatory or emotional outbursts cannot have any part in Baha’i consultation.

Likewise, such outbursts should have no part in a Baha’; ‘‘letters’’ column, which is Baha’i consultation, albeit in written form.

I recommend that The American Baha'i adopt a policy of refusing to publish letters, or parts of letters, that border on backbiting or slander, and that do not address, as Baha’i consultation requires, the issues or concepts being discussed.

The adoption of such a policy would eliminate the harm that many of us feel is being conveyed by the printing of such material in a Baha’i journal.

Richard Gurinsky Alamagordo, New Mexico

To the Editor: President Reagan's action on behalf of the Baha'is in Iran was

_an historic and valuable one.

“Baha’u'wah’s praise for the: leaders of countrics who come to” the aid of the Baha’i community is very generous. Sce His “‘summons to the kings and rulers of the world,” pp. 3-14 of The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah.

We would do well to take to. heart these words of Baha'u'llah from the Tablet of Bisharat:

“The fourth Glad-Tidings: ‘Should any of the kings—may God aid them—arise to protect and help this oppressed people, all must vie with one another in loying and in serving him. This matfer is incumbent upon everyone. Well is it with them that act accordingly."” (Tablets of Baha u’llah Revealed After the Kitab-iAqdas, p. 22)

Baha’is in every country should be entirely free from any of the partisan comments and criticisms of our clected leaders that are so common in the world around us.

Our attitudes toward our poli cal leaders should be those attitudes—and only those—expressed in the Writings of the Faith.

As in all things, we should see with Baha’u’llah’s eyes.

Brent Poirier Santa Cruz, California

To the Editor:

Sometimes it seems that in our local papers we have Baha’i ads and news stories that say the same thing over and over, often with little or no visible success. Occasionally, I find this discouraging.

Recently I felt this same sequence of events unfolding during consultation on whether to follow a free news article with the paid aid that begins ‘‘...and now they hang women.”

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We have been receiving more than one copy of The American Baha'i. Because we don’t need extra copies, please remove my name from the mailing list for this publication.

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Abdu’l-Baha used repetition in

His teaching, and that teaching the Faith is similar to administering CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation).

In GPR you repeat the same action over and over again (teach, teach, teach) regardless of the lack of response until the patient revives (spiritually) or the rescuer drops from exhaustion.

Baha'is are obligated to perform “‘spiritual’’ CPR on the human race. Discouragement is not a viable alternative.

Because of the dire umstances affecting our Baha’i brothers and sisters in Iran, the feeling of urgency grows daily.

When I first saw it, I thought the most recent ad concerning the martyrs was too audacious for rural Illinois. But perhaps it is perfect.

After all, something must cause my sleeping friends and neighbors to wake up. Surely it can’t be too. long before our CPR “‘patienv’” begins to revive.

Grant House Payson, Illinois

To the Editor:

1 was happy to read the article by Ann Dahland in the June issue of The American Baha'i entitled “Youth finds teaching Faith to family is a gradual but rewarding process.’”

FOR some time I have been concerned about the antagonism that so often exists between Baha’is and their non-Baha’i parents. and relatives. Sometimes the antagonism grows into alienation and estrangement.

The situation disturbs me because it is the exact opposite of what one would expect.

When a person becomes a Bahavi, he is filled with love for God and love for every g soul, and his family will see vast changes in him and will find him a magnet of love and kindness, and a finer and better person that he-ever was before.

One would therefore expect that family relationships would be better than ever before.

My own relatives were very upset at one time. When my mother became a Bahá’í, many years ago, her father, a clergyman, said sternly to her, “Please give up this crazy religion.””

BUT mother was firm and wise and concerned. She lived the life of a loving, warm, caring person.

Through gentleness, sensitivity, awareness, caring and compas: sion, she gradually won the respect and love of her family and her relatives.

Through delicate handling of difficult situations, she proved the power of love and won their hearts.

Another example is that of my husband, whose family were Episcopalians.

They were unhappy about our being Baha'is, and after we had been married for about a year, my husband felt that-something had to be done.

One July afternoon, in the garden of his parents’ home, he invited everyone to sit down to a discussion of the Bahá’í Faith.

The discussion, around a large

picnic table, lasted about two and one-half hours. Every kind of question was asked, and every answer was detailed and fully given.

AT THE end, a new feeling emerged ... one of understanding and acceptance, and gradually, the feelings of hostility faded away.

1 am reminded of these words from the writings: **Be most loying one to another.”’ “Let deeds not words be your adorning.’” “One thing and only one thing will unfailingly and alone secure the undoubted triumph of this sacred Cause, namely the extent to. which our own inner life and private character mirror forth in their manifold aspects the splendors of those eternal principles proclaimed by Baha'u'llah.”

As the spirit of love and compassion transforms our lives and our character, we will gradually see changes in our relationships with parents, relatives and friends.

Margaret Ruhe Haifa, Israel

To the Editor:

Regarding the dialogue on women’s place:

Perhaps the crux of the matter is this, that women should have a choice about where to spend their energies, whether as primary educators of children or as equals with men in all the affairs of humankind,

Every woman deserves support and encouragement however she chooses to invest herself.

Winnie Cromer Hillsborough, North Carolina