UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, September 15th: The beginning of Reflections on the Life of the Spirit (Ruhi Book 1) study circle at the Ferdowsi home at 8 PM.
Thursday, September 18th: LSA Meeting at the Ferdowsi home at 8 PM.
Saturday, September 20th: The first monthly Dawn Breaker Baha’i Academy at the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center for 7th through 12th Graders from 10 AM to 7 PM. Speakers include: Dr. Lameh Fananapazir, Dr. Kavian Milani, and Nabil Bashirrehahi. Subjects: The Dawn Breakers, The Tablets of Baha’u’llah, and Some Answered Questions. The cost is $25 per session. Second and third sessions scheduled for October 18th and November 22nd. Contact Leila Milani of Greater Vienna for registration.
Friday evening, September 26th: Feast of Mashiyyat (Will), to be held at the home of Hayat and Mayer Gafair at 8 PM.
2008 Town of Vienna Council Invocation Dates: Mondays at 8 PM: October 6th, and December 1st.
Thursday October 9th-Saturday October 11th: Baha'i Conference on Law Series: Exploring the Intersections of Religion and Governance: Past, Present and Future, American University, Washington College of Law . This a free conference. Register at http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.
Saturday, October 11th: Fairfax Cluster Reflections meeting. Time and location to be announced.
Thursday October 9th: Interfaith Devotional at the Ferdowsi home at 8 PM (The second Thursday of each month).
Sunday, October 12th: Baha'i District Convention (Electoral Unit 021) will be held at the Northern Virginia Bahá’í Center, 21415 Cardinal Glen Circle, Sterling, VA; Registration 9am, Convention 9:30 AM -2 PM.
TOWN OF VIENNA COMMUNITY NEWS
Annual Community (Non-Fund) Goals Established: The LSA established the following community goals for the year: 1. Encourage full community support for monthly Inter-Faith devotional gatherings (second Thursday of each month) at the Ferdowsi home at 8 PM; 2. Conduct children’s classes in the community as scheduled and implemented by the Children’s Class Committee (Carol Dunlop Scruggs coordinator); 3. Ruhi Book 1 to be offered in the community starting in mid-September. Fariba Ferdowsi and John Russo will facilitate. Vahid will support as needed; 4. Home visits will be conducted at the home of believers in the community who are sick , incapacitated, or inactive.
FYI. The Town of Vienna Baha'i website is now linked to the newly and beautifully redesigned Northern VIrginia Baha'i Center website (www.novabc.org). Our website is one of 3 or 4 Northern Virgina community websites on the Center site.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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