Community building

Baha’is grow by leaps and bounds in Phoenix

shane — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:17:54 -0600

Throughout the United States Baha’is are inviting spiritual seekers to enrich their spiritual and community life through such activities as prayer gatherings, weekly study of the Baha'i scriptures and classes for the spiritual education and training of children.

Weekly 'spiritual party' celebrates soul connection

shane — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:42:06 -0600

Two Baha'i friends and neighbors in Columbia, S.C., have been throwing a weekly "spiritual party" whose success surprises even them.

How Baha'is spread their faith

glen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:49:56 -0600

Play’s the way to connect those far afield

shane — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:46:53 -0600

Carolyn Paik wanted to get to know her neighbors and to tell them about the Baha'i Faith – no easy task, as “neighbors” in her rural southeastern Wisconsin community live miles apart.

Family-style study circle serves up discussion in easy atmosphere

shane — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:36:16 -0600

The Green family of Indianapolis took the saying “the family that prays together stays together,” one step further. Baha’is Andrea and Eric, and their daughters, Ashton, 15, and Asia, 12, invited two families of other faiths to join a study circle they were coordinating.

New Baha'i center a ‘beacon of unity’ in metro D.C. area

shane — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:24:40 -0500

Residents in a section of Sterling, Va., have a new neighbor: the Northern Virginia Baha'i Center, at the corner of Route 7 and Cardinal Glen Circle.

Baha'i elections get vote for spirit and spirituality

shane — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:10:11 -0500

What if they held an election without candidates? Without the requisite hand-shaking and baby-kissing, debates or campaign promises. Without even a personal discussion of whom to vote for.

Baha'i communities provide soul support in a hard-to-connect world

shane — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:51:01 -0500

When "staying connected" means nothing more than being able to get on the Internet, personal relationships suffer. Depression, anxiety and other problems take hold, studies show, especially in kids and teens who don't have healthy, face-to-face relationships.

Scholarship and spirituality blend seamlessly at Baha'i conference

shane — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:13:58 -0500

Michael Penn, a Baha'i and an associate professor of psychology at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, was headed for the 31st Annual Conference of the ABS (Association for Baha'i Studies-North America) in Ontario, Canada, and found himself seated next to another scholar on the plane.

The little Assembly that could

shane — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:44:25 -0500

Priscilla Banks wasn't planning to move. Her apartment in Paradise, Nev., suited her fine; her rent wasn't about to go up. In December, however, she relocated three blocks northeast to the adjacent town of Winchester to help fellow members of her faith form a Local Spiritual Assembly, the administrative body that serves Baha'is in their communities.