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I inherited a children’s class when the former teachers moved out of town. The target group was children under 4 years old and their parents or caregivers. It was advertised weekly via a local new-moms Facebook group, email and personal invitations to friends and neighbors. But often no one came. Essentially, it was the structure and skeleton of a children’s class — without the people.
The ease with which their 13-year-old daughter Amelia communicates with fellow junior youths around the U.S. and Canada gave Phillip and Samira White of Roswell, Georgia, an idea: Why not electronically connect junior youth groups in two different places to foster friendship and encouragement?
Shoghi Effendi’s guidance helps make sense of the constructive and destructive forces at work in the world and how those forces ultimately draw humanity toward the just and peaceful civilization envisioned by Bahá’u’lláh. At seasonal school sessions across the country, Bahá’ís and their friends will have chances together to explore some key themes from the ministry and writings of Shoghi Effendi as the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith.
Once again, more than 200 people are expected to travel from all parts of North America and beyond, to sing or otherwise take part in this year’s Bahá’í Choral Festival June 14–17. What’s more, the year-round efforts that go into it are showing results that go beyond those four days of rehearsals, deepenings and fellowship.
2017 was a year of far-reaching developments in the Bahá’í world, in many areas of effort.
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