News for the Feast of 'Izzat عزة Might
The Feast Day starts at sunset on September 7th and ends at sunset on September 8th. We will publish the important communications from the Senior Institutions and the Local Assembly as soon as they are available.
(See Feast resources [suggested readings] below.)
“As to the Nineteen Day Feast, it rejoiceth mind and heart. If this feast be held in the proper fashion, the friends will, once in nineteen days, find themselves spiritually restored, and endued with a power that is not of this world.”~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá,Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 91
Messages from Senior Institutions
Message from the Universal House of Justice:
Message from the National Assembly:NSA Fesst of 'Izzat-Might 2013 (English);NSA Fesst of 'Izzat-Might 2013 (Persian);NSA Fesst of 'Izzat-Might 2013 (Spanish)
National Treasurer's communiqué from the National Assembly:Treasurer's Notes Feast of 'Izzat-Might 2013;Treasurer's Notes Feast of 'Izzat-Might 2013 (Persian)
Other Feast News
International Bahá’í News Update:Passing of Husmand Fatheazam;Reports of the killing of Iranian Baha'i received;Murder of Atalloah Rezvani was religiously motivated
Bahá’í Distribution Service:Free-ebooks available for download
Messages from the Local Assembly and Area Teaching Committee
From the Phoenix Assembly:Assembly Report Feast of 'Izzat 2013
Dear friends: The Assembly will be hosting a bi-election to replace Taraneh Ahourayian and Afshin Ahourayian, on the Spiritual Assembly that will take place atFeast of Mashíyyat, on September 26, 2013, at7:00 p.m., at the Phoenix Bahá’í Center, 944 E. Mountain View Road, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Please note that a Voting List of eligible adults in Phoenix will be available upon request to the Assembly and at the meeting.The election call will be mailed this week.
Message from the Phoenix Treasurer:Treasurer's Report Feast of 'Izzat 2013
Members areColby Jeffers, Phoenix Cluster ATC Secretary,Anna Feria,Ladan Samie, For information on our teaching activities please contact Colby Jeffers, (Phoenix Cluster ATC Secretary) 602/373-8698, Email:.
Expansion Phase~ 23rd cycle:Dear friends of the Phoenix Cluster! The first day of collective expansion went great, as we assisted the Creighton neighborhood with home visits to parents of junior youth in the junior youth spiritual empowerment program. The purpose of the home visits was to register junior youth for the upcoming Cluster-wide Junior Youth Camp, which is being held from Friday, August 23rd to Sunday, August 25th. The camp will bring all of the junior youth groups from across Phoenix together, where they will be engaging in study, games, sports, arts, and service. Today, the Creighton neighborhood registered over 30 junior youth for the camp, and plans to have several more registered over the next couple of days. For those of you who would like to assist tomorrow (Sunday, August 18th) we will be focusing on the Sunnyslope neighborhood. The purpose will be to get all of the junior youth in the Sunnyslope area registered for the junior youth camp. We will be meeting at the home of Colby and Mallory Jeffers, located at 8808 N 8th St, Unit 203, Phoenix, AZ 85020. We will be meeting from 10 am to 1 pm. We will start with some songs/prayers, study some guidance, then home visit parents of junior youth, and finish with some reflection. For those of you that can’t make it (or are involved in individual expansion efforts), please have the Sunnyslope neighborhood in your prayers! With love, Phoenix Area Teaching Committee
Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute ~ Youth & Jr. Youth Programs[Fall 2013 & October 2013]:Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute Youth & Jr. Youth Programs Fall 2013
Sunnyslope Junior Youth group now has a website:www.sunnyslopejunioryouth.com.
Other Activities & Events
The Phoenix Bahá'í Center is located at944 E Mountain View Rd,Phoenix, AZ 85020-2123. Devotionals are held on May 26th at 10 AM beginning with a light breakfast, followed by prayers.
Devotional Gatherings- an opportunity to invite friends, family & seekers in prayers and fellowship. It is the perfect place for them to learn about the Faith and meet some Baha’is. These are held every month; some are listed below.
Prayer Hike- Put on your walking shoes and bring your prayer books to Shaw Buttes Sundays at 7 a.m. We meet in the parking lot, go for a 20 minute hike, re- cite prayers, then go for breakfast or coffee. For any questions, contact Eida Navidi, 602/332-3805.
Prayer and Potluck Breakfast-second Sunday of each Month- 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Home of Kim and Mehran Maie-Oskoii (Near 101 and Camelback on the West Side).To receive codes for entry into the community, please call : 541/390-2178, 541/390-6409.Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Farsi.
Monthly Devotional at the Phoenix Bahá'íCenter- The last Sunday of every month, hosted by the Assembly: Light breakfast at 10 a.m., followed by devotions at 10:30 a.m. This is open to everyone, so come and bring your friends with you!
Peace: More than an end to war:Wednesday,October 16, 2013-11:15 a,m. – 1:00 p.m.ASU Tempe Campus,Fulbright Global Café Lunch,Alumni Lounge, 202 Memorial Union. Lunch is free:RSVP at:http://fulbrightglobalcafe.eventbrite.com/byWednesday, October 9, 2013. Seating is limited, please RSVP soonest! If you have any questions, contact Dr. Angelita Reyes r mobile: 434 738 5788.
Interfaith Event September 17, 2013:Upcoming event hosted by the AZ Interfaith Movement
Feast Resources:Possible Readings for the Feast of 'Izzat/Might:1.Feast of 'Izzat-Might 2013 readings for Phoenix
Prayer for Feast
You must continue to keep the Nineteen Day Feast. It is very important; it is very good. But when you present yourselves in the meetings, before entering them, free yourselves from all that you have in your heart, free your thoughts and your minds from all else save God, and speak to your heart. That all may make this a gathering of love, make it the cause of illumination, make it a gathering of attraction of the hearts, surround this gathering with the Lights of the Supreme Concourse, so that you may be gathered together with the utmost love.
O God! Dispel all those elements which are the cause of discord, and prepare for us all those things which are the cause of unity and accord! O God! Descend upon us Heavenly Fragrance and change this gathering into a gathering of Heaven! Grant to us every benefit and every food. Prepare for us the Food of Love! Give to us the Food of Knowledge! Bestow upon us the Food of Heavenly Illumination!
In your hearts remember these things, and then enter the Unity Feast.
Each one of you must think how to make happy and pleased the other members of your Assembly, and each one must consider all those who are present as better and greater than himself, and each one must consider himself less than the rest. Know their station as high, and think of your own station as low. Should you act and live according to these behests, know verily, of a certainty, that that Feast is the Heavenly Food. That Supper is the “Lord’s Supper”! I am the Servant of that gathering.(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in “Star of the West”, vol. IV, no. 7 (13 July 1913), p. 120)
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