Youth from Baltimore County West cluster who attended the Youth Gathering for Delaware-Maryland summarized their experience at the gathering: “We met & saw old & new friends, and we were energized to move forward on our path of service.” They then quoted these stirring words from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: ” . . […]
Participants at the DC-VA-WV Youth Gathering on August 8-10 in their own words: “The Faith makes a big impact. You’re surprised by how people change because of it.” (by someone not yet registered as a Baha’i) “Through the action taken and experience gained with the core activities since last year, […]
Nearly 150 energetic young people from 15 clusters throughout Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia gathered together from August 8th to 10th in Crystal City, Virginia to reflect on progress made since last summer’s youth conference and to renew and extend our efforts to “build the world anew”. The three […]
Here are a few initial observations and highlights from the first two youth gatherings: More than half of the participants attended last year’s conference. Participants in some groups studied the materials in multiple languages. Discussion was dynamic and lively. Some concepts are now understood more deeply than at last year’s conference. The […]
Some 25 people gathered on July 20, 2014, for the second KY/TN sub-regional animator gathering. The participants represented 9 Junior Youth Groups in the sub-region. Most who attended are already animating a Junior Youth Group; two are in the process of starting a group; and two are part of “support […]
Over the last six months, there has been a steady rise in the number of devotional gatherings, increased participation and enhanced quality as friends in the Washington, DC cluster are beginning to see their acts of collective worship as the seeds of a future House of Worship. These devotional gatherings are taking […]
The Jackson Tennessee Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment program was launched in February 2014, with around 15 junior youth in attendance each week from the Chapel Ridge Apartment neighborhood. Friendships were formed with the apartment managers who gave the Baha’is an empty apartment in which to hold group sessions. A few […]
These past three months have been filled with the start of 14 new study circles, the completion of 11 ongoing study circles, a spring break Book 4&5 intensive with 13 youth from across the cluster, and an intensive from May 16-18 offering Books 1,4,7, and 8 (units 1 and 2) to almost […]
Three “Galas” were held this spring to pray, reflect, and learn more about home front pioneering and other paths of service in goal clusters. In some ways, the various national Bahá’í communities face a challenge of opening clusters on the home front that is as great as that faced by the […]
Animators of Junior Youth Groups reflected on their roles and the progress of the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program during a February 8 gathering at the Washington, DC Bahá’í Center. Common themes in these reflections included: a desire by the animators to elevate the spiritual atmosphere of their groups using […]
