Lehigh Valley Bahai

Zoom Ayyam-i-ha celebration to be hosted by the Kita family. Click here for details.
2022-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Welcome Friends!

Join the Lehigh Valley Baha’i Community
in the joy and celebration of
Ayyam-i-Ha!

Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 7:30 PM via ZOOM. Zoom link was emailed directly to the friends. Hosted by the Kita family.

Bring joy to share and a radiant smile that can be seen and felt through our Zoom link!
It behooveth the people of Baha, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name; and when they end—these days of giving that precede the season of restraint—let them enter upon the Fast. – Baha’u’llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas.

First day of Ayyam-i-ha! Individual celebration - no host signed up.
2022-02-25 19:30 - 21:30
Evening of Feb. 25 to sunset of March 1
Hosts TBD

Bi-weekly Friday night devotions. Click here for details.
2022-02-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-28 19:00 - 20:00
Dear Friends,

Please join our Bi-weekly Friday night devotional via Zoom

Topic: varies each timeDate: September 10th @7:00 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

Weekly on Wednesdays - Spanish language devotions hosted by Ana & Ivan Almonte. Click here for details.
2022-02-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-02 19:00 - 20:00
Ana & Ivan Almonte hosts. Zoom link was emailed directly to the friends.

Young Adult Weekend 2022 - February 18 – 21, 2022 at Alpine Meadows Retreat Center and is sponsored by the Menlo Park LSA.
2022-02-21 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-19 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-18 08:00 - 17:00
Dearest Friends,
We’re delighted to announce our first batch of session leaders for Young Adult Weekend 2022!

The event will be held from February 18 – 21, 2022 at Alpine Meadows Retreat Center and is sponsored by the Menlo Park LSA.
Many youth have already signed up so make sure to register ASAP in order to secure your spot!

Session Leaders

Dr. Prashant Loyalka, Professor, Stanford

Nava Esmailizadeh, Technology Entrepreneur & Brand Marketer

Shane Tedjarati, Former Senior Executive at Honeywell

Dr. Tara Raam, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience, UCLA

Dr. Nader Saieidi, Adjunct Professor & Lecturer, UCLA

Important Note: As we’ve done in the past, we’re actively inviting and seeking out diverse speakers. You can help. Please send us recommendations for individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds you’d like to see lead sessions at Young Adult Weekend.

How to Register

Complete our registration form.
Pay our PayPal $216 (refunds available until EOD 1/31).
Receive a confirmation email (usually within a few days).

The event has always sold out far in advance of the date, so we recommend registering soon!

Time & Place

February 18-21, 2022
Alpine Meadows Retreat Center

42900 Jenks Lake Rd West
Angelus Oaks, California 92305

About Young Adult Weekend

Young Adult Weekend’s mission is “to strengthen bonds of fellowship through the love of Bahá’u’lláh and to empower young people to achieve material and spiritual excellence.”
For 5 years, ~80 annual attendees from across North America and beyond have come together in joy and radiance, developing lasting bonds of friendship and heightening their collective understanding of what it means “to live a coherent life and be an agent of spiritual and social transformation” (Universal House of Justice, 5th December 2013).

To get a flavor for the spirit of the event, please watch this short film from 2017 and this one from 2016.

Sponsorship & Contact Information

For those in need of financial sponsorship, please contact your LSA.

For questions about partial stays, day visits etc., feel free to contact us.

We can be reached at youngadultweekend@gmail.com.

We hope to see you there!

Young Adult Weekend Core Team
youngadultweekend@gmail.com

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video University Weekend 2017

University Weekend 2017

Preview YouTube video University Weekend 2016

University Weekend 2016

Sunday night Healing Devotionals via Zoom - hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Click here for details.
2022-02-20 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-02-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-02-06 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-01-30 19:30 - 20:30
Sunday healing devotional beginning at 7:30pm on Zoom. People can contact Randy at 201-315-3681 for the link. We are going to try to host this once a week on Sundays at 7:30pm. People should feel free to bring a prayer, poem or Writing to share if they would like.
Dear friends,
The Padfield family are hosting a devotional via Zoom (link below) this Sunday evening November 8, at 7:30pm and each Sunday thereafter. 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.
With loving regards,

Sunday night Healing Devotionals via Zoom - hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Click here for details.
2022-02-20 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-02-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-02-06 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-01-30 19:30 - 20:30
Sunday healing devotional beginning at 7:30pm on Zoom. People can contact Randy at 201-315-3681 for the link. We are going to try to host this once a week on Sundays at 7:30pm. People should feel free to bring a prayer, poem or Writing to share if they would like.
Dear friends,
The Padfield family are hosting a devotional via Zoom (link below) this Sunday evening November 8, at 7:30pm and each Sunday thereafter. 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.
With loving regards,
Moira Padfield

Monthly Sunday Zoom devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget George starting at 1 p.m.
2022-02-20 13:00 - 14:00
On Sunday, February 20 at 1pm, we are hosting our February Little Pond Devotional on Zoom. Link to the zoom meeting was directly emailed to the friends.

Music, poems, prayers, and sacred texts are on the theme “A Love Song to Winter and Truth” and will be followed by a discussion. I will be especially thrilled to welcome my cousin Rachel Verney, a music therapist from England, who has written a beautiful song inspired by Baha’u’llah’s prayer “Create in me a pure heart”, and Bill’s brother Chris George, a retired high school principal and singer-songwriter, with his most recent original song, “When the veil is lifted”. His wife Janice made the beautiful mandala in the picture below. I do hope you will join us and you are most welcome to bring friends. – Bridget & Bill

Zoom study of Letter of Universal House of Justice 30th December 2021 – To the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors. Click here for details.
2022-02-20 11:00 - 12:30
Dear friends,
The Spiritual Assembly of Bethlehem Township has been studying the 30 December 2021 message to the Counselors’ Conference (found here) from the Universal House of Justice and we have felt so moved and uplifted by it and its great importance to the worldwide Baha’i community, that we are inviting anyone who would like to join us for our next meeting on Sunday, February 20 at 11am to study this wonderful letter. Email with direct zoom link was shared with the friends.

With loving greetings,

Phil Dunmire
Corresponding Secretary,
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Bethlehem Township, PA.

Monthly Sunday Zoom devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget George starting at 1 p.m.
2022-02-13 13:00 - 14:00
Devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget George on Sundays at 1 p.m. Contact Bill @ 610 570 1335.

Baha'i Learning Center. Please click here for details.
2022-02-13 10:00 - 12:00
Dear Friends,
We are delighted to announce the beginning of the adult class
for this semester of the Baha’i Learning Center via Zoom
beginning:
Sunday, September 26 from 10am – 12 noon.
We will be studying the newly revised version of Book 2 via Zoom. All are welcome including friends, relatives, co-workers, etc. Friends were sent the zoom link directly by email. Please contact Phil Dunmire or Moira Padfield with any questions.
phil@dunmire.info
moirapadfield@gmail.com

Zoom commemoration of 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of the NSA of Iran & Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Tehran.
2022-02-12 11:00 - 12:30
Forwarded from the Baha’is of Boston by the Regional Baha’i Council of the Northeastern States
Dear Friends,
You are invited to a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of the National Spiritual Assembly of the of Iran and the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Tehran.
Over the past few months, thousands of people have participated in such commemorative gatherings. This upcoming event on February 12 will be both in Farsi and in English to provide an opportunity for all to gain a glimpse of a unique period in Bahá’í history when its institutions were attacked and their elected representatives abducted and executed.
We are truly blessed to have Mrs. Najmieh Rohani, the widow of Mr. Ghodratollah Rohani, speak about those fateful days and about the response of the family of the martyrs and the Bahá’í community at large.
You are welcome to share this invitation with members of your community. This meeting is dedicated to our efforts towards the Nine Year Plan.
Zoom link was emailed directly to the friends by the Regional Bahai Council of the Northeastern States.
Date: February 12, 2022
Time:
11:00 am EST
8:00 am West. USA and Canada
8:00 am England
9:00 am Europe
7:00 pm Sydney

Feast of Mulk (Dominion) Hosted by Gladys Nay. Click here for details.
2022-02-07 19:30 - 22:00
Host – Gladys Nay.
Dear friends,
Gladys Nay warmly welcomes you to the Feast of Mulk (Dominion) via Zoom. on Monday, February 7, 2022 beginning at 7:30pm. Zoom link was directly emailed to the friends.
Should you wish to contact her she can be reached at: gladandlou@msn.com.
We hope to see you on Zoom on the 7th!
Roseann Bowerman for the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bethlehem Township

Meeting of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai’s of Bethlehem Township.
2022-01-31 19:00 - 21:00
Meeting of the LSA – 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Zoom Cluster Reflection Gathering – Sunday, January 30, 10:30 A.M.
2022-01-30 10:30 - 12:30
To Allentown/Reading Cluster
Dear Bahá’í Friends,
We are very excited to announce the next Cluster Reflection Gathering to take place on Sunday, January 30th at 10:30 A.M. on Zoom. We thank those of you who joined us on October 23 and participated in the devotions, consultation, and fellowship. Your inputs, insights, and suggestions were of great value for us to refocus the current goals and activities within the cluster. We were also fortunate to have Auxiliary Board member Stephen Vaccaro and Marie McNair, Secretary of the Regional Bahá’í Council of the Northeastern States, who have been a constant source of support and guidance to the Allentown/Reading cluster.
We look forward to seeing you this time for more fellowship and devotions and to consult and reflect on further activities, share stories, and learn from the varied experiences during this current cycle. Our goal is simple: to stay in touch, have conversations, consult, and build momentum in achieving success for our cluster. More announcements about the gathering, including the Zoom link and the agenda, will be sent out soon.
Please enjoy the video using the link provided here. We suggest that for best quality, you download it before viewing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lmOyRKiSHkd7NCFRWYdEY4tjaqAVZz59/view?usp=sharing
“…. make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve Thee and to set myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and Thy Beauty…..”
With loving gratitude,
Area Teaching Committee
Houman Ahdieh, Secretary
