Friday, September 22, 2006

TOWN OF VIENNA BAHA'I NEWSLETTER September-December 2006

UPCOMING EVENTS

Firesides at the Ferdowsi home at 8 PM on Tuesday evenings.

OWBS School 2006-2007 at Falls Church High School, Sundays, at 10 AM.

Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 PM, Feast of Mashiyyat (Will) tentatively at Ferdowsi home

Sunday, October 1, 9 AM-12:30 PM, Unit 21 District Convention at the Falls Church High School


Saturday, October 7, 9-5, Ruhi Book 7 begins at the Roshanian home.

Monday, October 9, LSA Meeting at the Roshanian home, 8 PM.

Friday, October 13, commUNITY Fundraiser for the NOVA Baha’i Center 7:30 PM at the Vienna Firehouse—details to follow.

Saturday, October 14, Tentative Devotionals –Details to follow.

Sunday, October 15, Feast of Ilm (Knowledge) 7:30 PM Location: TBD

Friday, October 20—Holy Day—Birth of the Bab—Cherry Hill Park, Falls Church, 11 AM to 5 PM.

Saturday, October 21, Ruhi Book 7, 9-5, at the Roshanian home.

Monday, October 23, Invocation at the Town Council Meeting at 8 PM.

Friday, November 3, Feast of Qudrat (Power), 7:30 PM , Location: TBD.

Saturday, November 4, Ruhi Book 7, 9-5, at the Roshanian home.

Saturday, November 11, Inter-community Birth of Baha’u’llah celebration at Oakton High School, 6:30-9:30 PM. Details to follow.

Saturday, November 18, Ruhi Book 7, 9-5, at the Roshanian home.

Wednesday, November 22, Feast of Qawl (Speech), 7:30 PM, Location: TBD.

Monday, November 27, Day of the Covenant/Regional Council Elections. Details to follow.

Saturday, December 2, Ruhi Book 7, 9-5, at the Roshanian home.

Saturday, December 9, Fairfax Cluster Reflections Meeting at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Falls Church. Time to be announced.

Monday, December 11, Feast of Masa’il (Questions),7:30 PM, Location: TBD.

Saturday, December 16, Ruhi Book 7, 9-5, at the Roshanian home.

Monday, December 18, Invocation at the Town Council Meeting, 8 PM.

Saturday, December 30, Feast, 7:30 PM, Location: TBD


CURRENT YEAR GOALS

Fund Goals: $650 per month: $250 to the NBF; $200 to Baha’i Center; $50 to Kingdom Project for Chilean Temple; $150 retained in Local Fund.

Seven Non-Fund Goals: (1) Institutes (5 or 7); (2) Devotionals once a month—2nd Sarurday; (3) Children’s Classes (OWBS and Neighborhood Classes); (4) Community Outreach/Service; (5) Teaching; (6) LSA Development; and (7) Media/Publicity.

Goal Coordinators: (1) Institutes-Kamelia; (2) Devotionals –Barbara; (3) Community Outreach/Service-Farzad; (4) LSA Development—Vahid; (5) Social Activities—Houman; (6) Teaching—Fariba; (7) Media/Publicity—John.

TOWN OF VIENNA BAHA’I WEBSITE: A first for the community! We have a website: viennabahais.blogspot.com. Please visit it for community information.

RUHI INSTITUTE STATISTICS IN THE TOWN OF VIENNA (25 on Cluster Rolls):

Book 1: 11 individuals
Book 2: 13 "
Book 3: 11 "
Book 4: 9 "
Book 5: 0 "
Book 6: 8 "
Book 7: 3 “
Members needing 1 more = 2. Members needing 2 more = 4