Lehigh Valley Bahai

Bi-weekly Friday night devotional/Study Circle in person or via Zoom. Click here for details.
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Please join our Bi-weekly Friday night devotional/Study Circle in-person or via Zoom.

Topic: varies each time7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada).

Zoom link was directly emailed to friends, however for direct zoom link to the devotions contact Shirin Khalighi: khalighi1@aol.com OR Gladys Nay: gladandlou@msn.com

Bahai Learning Center in Allentown (Lehigh Valley Center for Sight, 1739 Fairmont Street, Allentown 18104). Click here for details.
2024-12-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-19 10:00 - 12:00
Dear loved Friends,

We are very excited to announce the start of another season of learning, devotions, and fellowship at the Bahá’í Learning Center in Allentown ( Lehigh Valley Center for Sight, 1739 Fairmont Street, Allentown 18104 ) every other Sunday 10 AM to 12 PM starting on September 29. There will be children and adult classes – All are welcome and feel free to bring family and friends. You are welcome to attend all or come to as many sessions that you are able. A Zoom link will be provided for friends who wish to join online.
You can find the schedule on the Lehigh Valley Bahá’í Community Calendar: www.bahailv.org. Please contact Houman Ahdieh for further information and directions; houmanahdieh@yahoo.com 610-737-3938.

We very much look forward to seeing you soon!

With kind regards,

Houman Ahdieh
Bahá’í Learning Center Planning Committee

Sunday night Healing Devotions hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Click here for details.
2024-12-22 19:30 - 20:30
Dear friends,
The Padfield family are hosting a devotional via Zoom Sunday evening at 7:30pm and each Sunday thereafter. Link will be emailed to the friends directly. We will be saying prayers for Richard Beane (our son-in-law in Belize) and Shirin’s sister as well as others in the community in need of healing prayers. We will also offer healing prayers for our community, country and the world.
We would be happy to have you join us and would welcome anything you would like to contribute in the form of prayers, Writings, or poems.
We hope to see you on Sunday night. Zoom link was emailed to the friends directly.
With loving regards,
Randy & Moira

In person and Zoom Feast of Sharaf (Honor) hosted by Laura & Henry Lawrence. Click here for details.
2024-12-29 14:00 - 17:00
Dear Friends,

Henry & Laura Lawrence warmly invite you to the Feast of Sharaf (Honor), on Sunday, December 29 starting at 2 p.m.
Their home address was directly emailed to the friends in the cluster.
Phone: 610 573 0559.

For friends who are unable to attend in person, a zoom link was emailed to the friends.

Little Pond monthly Sunday devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget George. 1-3 p.m. at Little Pond, Nazareth.
2025-01-05 13:00 - 15:00
Dear Friends,

As always, the Devotional program will be followed by refreshments and discussion. It helps us to know if you are coming, so please respond to bridgetgeorge9@gmail.com.

We do hope you will join us, and of course you are welcome to forward this invitation to your friends.
Directions to Little Pond can be found on our website, https://littlepond.org/

We also thought it would be helpful to let you know the dates of the Little Pond Devotionals September 2024 thru January 2025. All dates are Sundays at 1 pm on weekends that do not conflict with the Baha’i Learning Center activities.

Sunday September 22, 1-3pm
Sunday October 20, 1-3 pm
Sunday November 17, 1-3pm
Sunday January 5, 1-3pm

Weekly Tuesday Zoom Spanish Devotions hosted by the Almonte family. Click here for details.
2025-01-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 20:00
Weekly Tuesday Zoom devotions hosted by the Almonte family. Contact Ana: 484 620 7466.

Baha'i Monthly Firesides - organized by Roseann Bowerman & Bill & Bridget George. Click here for details.
2025-01-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-04 19:00 - 21:00
For everyone interested in learning more about the Baha’i Faith,
Monthly Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
At the home of Roseann Bowerman:
Phone: 610 704 0026
email: rb04@Lehigh.edu

Feast of Sultan (Sovereignty) - hosted by Shirin & Koroush Khalighi. Click here for details.
2025-01-17 19:00 - 21:30

Allentown/Reading Cluster Reflection Gathering on Saturday, January 18, 2025 from 10 am to 1 pm. Click here for details.
2025-01-18 10:00 - 13:00
Dear Baha’i Friends,

On behalf of the Area Teaching Committee, we are pleased to invite you to our Cluster Reflection Gathering on Saturday January 18th, 10am at Little Pond in the Great Room of the Barn.
We are delighted that Stephen Vaccaro is trying his best to join us for this important gathering.

Our devotions, reflections, Stephen’s remarks, and our collective consultation as we go forward as a loving and growing community will be followed by refreshments.
Then a few minutes after 12:00 Noon, we will celebrate together with the inspiring treat of watching the 90-minute feature movie Abdu’l Baha in France, a 90-minute documentary film produced by Spring Green Films and Perry Productions.
The film features interviews, re-enactments, animation, motion graphics and location footage of the sites visited by Abdu’l Baha in France during his travels in 1911 and 1913 and as one viewer commented:

“What a stupendous accomplishment this is–I believe you have managed to embed love in the filmmaking, which can be felt by the viewer. That love, which is found throughout this beautiful work of art, is expressed in the mining of rich stories, the capturing and careful curation of essential and relevant topics for today.”

We hope to see as many of you as possible because the more of us that gather, the brighter the flame of our consultation and service.
If you need directions to Little Pond, 92 S. Penn Dixie Rd., Nazareth, you can find them on our website, Directions – Little Pond Arts Retreat.

With loving greetings from the Area Teaching Committee,
Houman Ahdieh, Shirin Khalighi, Laura Lawrence, Bridget George, and Anne Bivans

Monthly Baha'i Basics. An online introduction to the Baha'i Faith followed by discussions and Q&A. Click here for details.
2025-01-31 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:00
Dear Friends,

Introduction to the Baha’i Faith and discussions and Q&A following the introduction. This is being held the second Friday of each month from 7-8 p.m. An email reminder with the Zoom link information will be emailed each month.

This Fireside chat will feature a brief introduction to the Baha’i Teachings on the importance of religion and spirituality in creating harmony among the diverse nations, races and religions of the world. After the presentation there will be opportunity for questions and discussion by the participants. This meeting is open to all. Please invite friends and anyone who you think would be interested in learning about this topic.

Bahai Learning Center to be held at the home of Marjan and Edward Joe-Kamara. Click here for details.
2025-02-02 10:00 - 12:00
Dear Friends,

Please note that Houman Ahdieh will be away this Sunday, So… JUST for this Sunday, February 2 , 2025 Marjan and Edward offered their home to host the BLC.

Location of BLC this Sunday, February 2 , 2025 10 a.m – 12 noon will be at the home of Marjan and Edward Joe-Kamara

Address emailed to the friends directly.

Phone: 848 213 3927

Thanks!

Interfaith event at the Ice House Performing Arts Center, Bethlehem on Sunday February 2, 3:00pm - 5:30pm. Click here for details.
2025-02-02 15:00 - 17:30
Stay tuned for further news of our next big interfaith event at the IceHouse Performing Arts Center on Sunday February 2, 3:00pm – 5:30pm.

Follow this link to our page on the Touchstone Theatre website or see the pdf flyer attached.

Becoming Practitioners of Peace – Touchstone Theatre | Theatre that transforms

Feast of Mulk (Dominion). Hosted by Tammy Kita. Click here for details
2025-02-05 19:00 - 21:30
Host – Tammy Kita 610 967 6776.

ZOOM ONLY - Bahai Learning Center in Allentown (Lehigh Valley Center for Sight, 1739 Fairmont Street, Allentown 18104). Click here for details.
2025-02-16 10:00 - 12:00

Ayyam-i-Ha!
2025-02-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-27 19:00 - 21:00
Ayyám-i-Há, a period of intercalary days in the Bahá’í calendar, will occur from February 25–28, 2025. This period is a time to celebrate the Festival of Ayyám-i-Há and adjust the Bahá’í year to the solar calendar. The four or five days of Ayyám-i-Há are inserted between the last two months of the calendar, Mulk and ʻAláʼ. Each day of Ayyám-i-Há is marked by a different virtue, such as hospitality, gift giving, or charity.

Ayyam-i-Ha! Potluck dinner at the home of Jamal & Shireen Yazdani, Friday, February 28 at 6 p.m.
2025-02-28 18:00 - 21:00

Bahai Fasting.
2025-03-01 06:00 - 18:30, 2025-03-02 06:00 - 18:30
The Bahá’í Fast for 2025 will take place from March 1–19. Adult Bahá’ís in good health observe the fast from sunrise to sundown during this 19-day period. The Bahá’í calendar is a solar calendar with 19 months of 19 days each, plus 4–5 intercalary days to make up for the year’s 361 days. Bahá’í holidays begin at sunset on the day before the given date.

Zoom ONLY - Feast of Ala - (Loftiness). Hosted by Gladys Nay. Click here for details.
2025-03-01 19:00 - 21:30
Being hosted on Zoom by Gladys Nay.
