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

Town of Vienna Baha'i Newsletter

TOWN OF VIENNA BAHA’I NEWSLETTER July 28, 2006

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

OWBS School 2006-2007 at Falls Church High School starts on Sunday, September 10^th at 10 AM.

CommUnity Champions involved in the fundraising activities for the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center will meet with Rosita Najmi at the Alavian home on Saturday, July 29^th between 4 and 5:30 PM.

Next Feast at the Ferdowsi home on Monday, July 31^st at 7:30 PM

Next LSA Meeting on Wednesday, August 2, at 8 PM at the Roshanian home.

Visit from Fairfax Cluster Committee.

Dayspring Baha’i School, Frostberg State University, Frostberg, MD, August 3^rd-6^th.

Fairfax Cluster Inter-Institutional Meeting with the LSAs at Patrick Henry Library in the Town of Vienna on Saturday, August 12^th, between 2 ad 5 PM.

Tentative Devotional Meeting at the Alavian home on Saturday, August 12^th, at 7:30 PM.

Core Curriculum Training for teachers: August 18-20 at the Alexandria Baha’i Center

TOV Baha’i Invocations at Vienna Town Council meeting- Monday, 8 PM, on August 21, October 23, and December 18.

Massanetta Conference/Persian Conference in Chicago scheduled for August 31 through September 4 (Labor Day Weekend).

LSA Development Session (opened to the entire community) on “Consultation” hosted and facilitated by the Alavians on Saturday September 16^th between 9AM and 12 noon. Breakfast and lunch provided.

Commencement of Ruhi Institute Book 7 on Saturday, September 23 or 30^th at the Roshanian home

TOV-sponsored fund-raiser for the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center targeted for October 13. Rosita Najmi is the coordinator for this event.

TOV-sponsored Intercommunity Birth of Baha’u’llah celebration on Saturday, November 11^th.

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—2^nd 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

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