Observation for the Ascension of Baha'u'llah. Click here for details.
2026-05-29 04:00 - 05:00 (America/New_York)
Forwarding this on behalf of Laura Lawrence & Tammy Kita of the Baha’i Holy Day Committee:

Dear Friends in the Lehigh Valley,

This is a reminder that the Ascension of Baha’u’llah should be commemorated on Friday morning, May 29th, at 4:00 AM.

Due to the unusual hour, it is suggested that it be observed privately, in your home w family. Perhaps you could read what the Beloved Guardian wrote about that evening in “God Passes By” and sing or say prayers.

Sacred times like these are especially precious because they are held in the stillness of the middle of the night.

Finally, please note that the published hour of observance is 3:00 AM but we must make an allowance due to DST.

Have a blessed observance.

Laura on behalf of the Holy Days Committee

Sunday night Zoom Healing Devotions hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Click here for details.
2026-05-31 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-07 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-28 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-19 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,

In person (only) Feast of Nur (Light). Hosted by the West family. on Saturday June 6 at 5 p.m. Click here for details.
2026-06-06 17:00 - 19:00
Host – West family.
The Feast program will begin at 5 p.m. After the Feast friends are invited to stay for pizza and salad. Please bring some kind of drink or dessert to share. Thank you!

Weekly Thursday Zoom devotions hosted by the Almonte family. Click here for details.
2026-06-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-30 19:00 - 20:00
Weekly Thursday Zoom devotions hosted by the Almonte family.
Call 484 620 7466

Monthly Friday night devotional/Study Circle in-person or via Zoom at the home of the Khalighis.
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:30
Monthly Friday night devotions/Study Circle in person or via Zoom. at the home of the Khalighis.
Monthly Friday night devotional/Study Circle in-person or via Zoom.

Topic: varies each time6:00 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

Little Pond monthly devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget. 1-3 pm at Little Pond, Nazareth. Click here for details.
2026-06-14 13:00 - 15:00
Dear Friends,

Here is an invitation to our next Little Pond Devotional on Sunday June 14, at 1pm. Also, here is a list of our Little Pond Devotional dates through November – All Sundays at 1pm.
February 15, March 8, April 12, May 3 (this May date is reserved for possible Devotional by the youth involved in the Arts and Spirituality workshop with Erika Batdorf)
June 14, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, and November 15. Thanks for putting these dates in your calendars! – Bridget.

It helps us to know who is coming, so please respond to bridgetgeorge9@gmail.com if you are planning to join us. Please note that we have reverted to the start time of 1pm since quite a few people have expressed a desire to get home from Little Pond in the daylight.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Bridget & Bill George

Directions to Little Pond
To find Little Pond, 92 South Penn Dixie Rd., Nazareth PA, take Rt. 248 (east from Rt. 512 in Bath PA or west from Rt. 191 in Nazareth PA) and then turn onto Penn Dixie Rd. After about a mile, look for the No. 92 mailbox on the left and opposite it on the right is our private lane with the Little Pond and Preserved Land sign. Please make sure to follow these directions since the GPS sometimes takes you to a different private lane further along Penn Dixie Rd., which leads to a different house! After turning onto our private lane, you will find us in the last building on the left – the Great Room of the Long Barn. You can also find directions on our website littlepond.org.

Feast of Rahmat (Mercy). Hosted by Neisan & Alaleh Sabet. Click here for details.
2026-06-24 18:00 - 21:00
Hosted by the Sabet family.
Dear Friends,

Neisan & Alaleh Sabet warmly invite you to the Feast of Rahmat (Mercy), Please read the message below from Alaleh for details:

“Neisan and I will be hosting the feast on Wednesday June 24th, at 6 PM at our apartment clubhouse.
Address emailed to the friends directly.
There will be double doors at the entrance. The first door is open and you may enter. You will see a doorbell on the left hand side, please ring and we will let you in the second door.
We will be serving dinner during the social portion.
For any questions, you may call/ text Neisan at
(215) 740-5099.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there. ”
Thanks,
Alaleh Khademi

Allentown/Reading Cluster meeting at the home of the Khalighis. Click here for details.
2026-06-26 19:00 - 21:00
May 20, 2026

Dear Friends,
We are sending this love letter to all of you in our Cluster with a video clip to impart some of the amazing spirit and diversity of the Greenacre conference and to invite you to a special meeting of as many of the friends in our Cluster as we can possibly gather together in person: Friday Evening June 26, 7pm at the home of Shirin and Koroush Khalighi.
Zoom link and address for the Khalighis emailed to the friends directly.
As a blessedly chosen Goal Cluster of the Northeastern States, we are all helping to launch the second five-year phase of the Nine Year Plan and we need each and every one of you to understand the significance of the call from the Universal House of Justice and our National Assembly for participation in the Common Endeavor of community building for a better world.
The focus of our meeting will be to bring you more details of the prayerful hope, love, assistance, and meaningful strategies in the form of simple and diverse “friendship gatherings” of every size and format that we gleaned from this meeting at Greenacre. We will reflect together on where we are and what our next steps might be.
Please plan to join us!
With loving greetings,
Bridget George and Shirin Khalighi
Video Clip: Youth including Makena contribute to the Morning Devotions – “Now is the time to Serve”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RpkJSKkmv_DIbKbFxI6exkQE7MNkqAXD/view?usp=sharing

Study of Ruhi Book 7, Walking Together on a Path of Service - tutored by Roseann Bowerman
2026-07-06 19:00 - 20:30
Forwarding this email on Behalf of the Bahá’í Learning Center planning committee:
Dear Friends,
We would like to invite you to participate in our study of Ruhi Book 7, Walking Together on a Path of Service to begin on zoom starting on Monday July 6 at 7 pm. This Ruhi Book Study Circle will be tutored by Roseann Bowerman. We will meet Monday evenings online 7 to 8:30 pm (unless specified otherwise) and once a month in person on Sundays at the Bahá’í Learning Center (Lehigh Valley Center for Sight, 1739 Fairmont Street Allentown, PA 18104) beginning on September 27, 10:30 to 12 noon. The online studies will continue Mondays in the intervening weeks as follows:
Monday July 6
Monday July 13
Monday July 20 or Tuesday July 21 (RB unavailable on Monday)
Monday July 27 or Tuesday July 28 (RB unavailable on Monday)
Monday August 3
Monday August 10
Monday August 17
Monday August 24
Monday September 14
Monday September 21
Sunday September 27 at BLC 10:30 am
Monday October 5
Monday October 12
Sunday October 18 at BLC at 10:30 am
Monday October 26
Future sessions will be scheduled as needed. The study materials will be provided on-line and in person.

Commemoration for the Martyrdom of the Bab. Hosted by the West family. Click here for details.
2026-07-10 11:30 - 14:30
Commemoration for the Martyrdom of the Bab will be hosted by the West family. Details of home address and cell phone number will be shared via email to the friends.
Dear Friends,

You are warmly invited to the West family home for the observation of the Martyrdom of the Bab on Friday, July10. Please arrive by 11:30 a.m. so we can begin with reading some history on the significance of the day and at noon recite the Tablet of Visitation. The Martyrdom of the Báb in 2026 should be observed at 12 noon on July 10. This sacred holy day marks the anniversary of the execution of the Báb in Tabriz, Persia, in 1850.

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Address: 1266 Stafore Drive,
Bethlehem, Pa. 18017.

Mobile: 610 662 1860.

Lunch will be served after the meeting. Please bring a dessert or juice to share.

With kind regards,

Feast of Kalimat (Words). Hosted by Henry & Laura Lawrence. Click here for details.
2026-07-12 18:30 - 21:30

Sunday night Zoom Healing Devotions hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Canceled. Click here for details.
2026-07-12 19:30 - 20:30

Study of Ruhi Book 7, Walking Together on a Path of Service - tutored by Roseann Bowerman.
2026-07-13 19:00 - 20:30
Dear Friends,
We would like to invite you to participate in our study of Ruhi Book 7, Walking Together on a Path of Service to begin on zoom starting on Monday July 6 at 7 pm. This Ruhi Book Study Circle will be tutored by Roseann Bowerman. We will meet Monday evenings online 7 to 8:30 pm (unless specified otherwise) and once a month in person on Sundays at the Bahá’í Learning Center (Lehigh Valley Center for Sight, 1739 Fairmont Street Allentown, PA 18104) beginning on September 27, 10:30 to 12 noon. The online studies will continue Mondays in the intervening weeks as follows:
Monday July 6
Monday July 13
Monday July 20 or Tuesday July 21 (RB unavailable on Monday)
Monday July 27 or Tuesday July 28 (RB unavailable on Monday)
Monday August 3
Monday August 10
Monday August 17
Monday August 24
Monday September 14
Monday September 21
Sunday September 27 at BLC 10:30 am
Monday October 5
Monday October 12
Sunday October 18 at BLC at 10:30 am
Monday October 26
Future sessions will be scheduled as needed. The study materials will be provided on-line and in person.

Nazareth Area monthly gatherings at the Heritage Village home of Roseann Bowerman - 7 p.m.
2026-07-15 19:00 - 21:00
Hello dear friends,

The Nazareth Area Baha’is are resuming the monthly gatherings at the Heritage Village home of Roseann Bowerman, beginning on Weds. July 15. This month, in memory and honor of Roseann’s husband Douglas, we will be exploring the topic of Life after Death. Laura Lawrence and Roseann will look at the topic from the arenas of philosophy, psychology, and spiritual teachings and introduce the concept of this material life as a proving ground and preparation for the life to come, giving particular focus from the perspective of the Baha’i Faith.

We hope you can join us at 7 pm. Email Roseann for home address – rb04@lehigh.edu If you have interesting ideas you’ve come across from your own search for understanding please bring them to contribute to the discussion after the presentation.

As a heads up, 2 additional gatherings are planned for this summer. Tentatively they are:

Weds. Aug. 12: “Aha” moments and the independent investigation of Truth. Leader: Sally Eiler Cordova
Weds. Sept. 16: A Common Endeavor: Realizing the Promise of America. Leader: James West

If you can let us know in advance that you are coming that would be great but if suddenly at the last moment you can make it please just come! Bring a friend if you wish. RSVP to rb04@lehigh.edu

Sending you warm wishes,

Roseann

Monthly Friday night devotions/Study Circle in person or via Zoom. at the home of the Khalighis.
2026-07-17 18:00 - 21:30

Little Pond monthly Sunday devotions hosted by Bill & Bridget. 1-3 pm at Little Pond, Nazareth. Click here for details.
2026-07-19 13:00 - 15:00
Dear Friends,

Here is an invitation to our next Little Pond Devotional on Sunday July 19, at 1pm. Also, here is a list of our Little Pond Devotional dates through November – All Sundays at 1pm.
February 15, March 8, April 12, May 3 (this May date is reserved for possible Devotional by the youth involved in the Arts and Spirituality workshop with Erika Batdorf)
June 14, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, and November 15. Thanks for putting these dates in your calendars! – Bridget.

It helps us to know who is coming, so please respond to bridgetgeorge9@gmail.com if you are planning to join us. Please note that we have reverted to the start time of 1pm since quite a few people have expressed a desire to get home from Little Pond in the daylight.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Bridget & Bill George

Directions to Little Pond
To find Little Pond, 92 South Penn Dixie Rd., Nazareth PA, take Rt. 248 (east from Rt. 512 in Bath PA or west from Rt. 191 in Nazareth PA) and then turn onto Penn Dixie Rd. After about a mile, look for the No. 92 mailbox on the left and opposite it on the right is our private lane with the Little Pond and Preserved Land sign. Please make sure to follow these directions since the GPS sometimes takes you to a different private lane further along Penn Dixie Rd., which leads to a different house! After turning onto our private lane, you will find us in the last building on the left – the Great Room of the Long Barn. You can also find directions on our website littlepond.org.

Cancelled - Sunday night Zoom Healing Devotions hosted by Moira & Randy Padfield. Click here for details.
2026-07-26 19:30 - 20:30
