Friday, February 16, 2007

Shrine of the Bab


Picture taken by Vahid.

Friday, January 19, 2007

TOWN OF VIENNA BAHA'I NEWSLETTER January-March 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

Inter-Faith Devotionals at the Ferdowsi home-To be announced.

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

Saturday, January 20, 8:30 AM to 12 PM: Last day of Ruhi Book 7 Study Circle (Presentation Day) at the Roshanian home.

Saturday, January 20, 1:30 PM to 4:45 PM, Area Teaching Committee sponsored Inter-Institutional Meeting of the Fairfax Cluster LSAs, Patrick Henry Library.

Tuesday, February 6, Feast of Mulk, 7;30 PM, Location to be determined.

Monday, February 12, LSA Meeting at the Roshanian home, 8 PM.

Monday-Thursday, February 26-March 1: Ayyami-Ha Celebrations. TBD.

Thursday, March 1, Feast of Ala, 7:30 PM. Location to be determined.

Friday, March 2, through Tueday, March 20: FAST DAYS

Tuesday, March 20: Feast of Naw Ruz. Location to be determined.

2007 Town of Vienna Council Invocation Dates: Mondays at 8 PM: May 7, September 10, and December 3

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