A Spiritual Enterprise

A Spiritual Enterprise with Rachel

Great emphasis on Youth Empowerment (Page 12) It seems that mentionin 'contributing to the betterment of society coupled with spiritual themes is very succesfull.

Attraction to Worship attraction to service.(P17) Holy Day Commemorations.

Page 18 Abdul-Baha's statement

Abdul-Baha: How many the lands that remained untilled and uncultivated; and how many the lands that were tilled and cultivated, and yet remained without water; and how many the lands which, when the harvest time arrived, no harvester came forth to reap! However, through the wonders of God’s favour and the revelations of His loving-kindness, We cherish the hope that souls may appear who are the embodiments of heavenly virtue and who will occupy themselves with teaching the Cause of God and training all that dwell on earth.

Page 21 Read Tablets of The Divine Plan. Abdul-Baha

These collective letters (Tablets of The Divine Plan), along with Bahá'u'lláh’s Tablet of Carmel and `Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament were described by Shoghi Effendi as three of the "Charters" of the Bahá'í Faith.

Abdul-Baha: God hath Prescribed upon everyone the duty of proclaiming His Message

Page 22 Para 5 This is awesome from the UHJ Read aloud! 'Irrepresible love amd unbounded admiration!' ========================================================================= The New 5 Year Plan Page 23 Share accounts of Baha'u'llah's Life

Strengthening the process of growth in every clusatr.

Last in the series of 5 year plans.

Use every God given skill and talent you possess Page 24-26

A tremendouse flourishng of activity is the most distinguishng feature of the Bicentinary celebrations

Reach out to the widest possible cross section of society.

Flourishing of activity in local communities.

Page26 What it means to humanity that The Bab and Baha'u'llah arose. Worship and meaningfull service.

========================================================================= Page27-28 The call for Homefront as well as International Pioneers Telford, Evesham, Builth, Llanidloes, Wellingborough, Oswestry...Ireland, Monte-Negro, Australia.

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Raise the number of clusters where growth has become intemsive to 5000 by Ridvan 2021

3 Educational Imperatives

1 The spiritual education of children 2 The JY Empowerment project 3 The main sequence of courses

Srvice Projects; Raising the number of Tutors; A programmme of growth; Homefront Pioneers may be Tutors; A steady flow through the main sequence; Firsides and Home Visits.

Aspects for ma]eaningfull discussions: Worship, service, The life of the Soul, children, youth, education

Prayer and reading daily the Writings

JY at 15 take up the main sequence of courses

Support from a veteran Tutor or co-ordinator, Aux Bourd Member or Assistant.

Animators and colaborators.

Area Teaching committee

Finances and Statistics.

Tablets of the Divine Plan Number 6

Abdul-Baha:...be wholly severed from the physical world, become heavenly angels, and travel to these countries. I swear by Him, besides Whom there is none other God, that each one of you will become an Isráfíl of Life, and will blow the Breath of Life into the souls of others. Upon you be greeting and praise!

NOTE: Israfil The angel of the Quoran Who will blow the Trumpet on the Day of Resurection...Raphael in The Bible ...also Israfil The Angel that gives us the Music of the Heavely Spheres.

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Tablets of the Divine Plan Number 8 (Lord of Hosts)

THE Blessed Person of the Promised One is interpreted in the Holy Book as the Lord of Hosts—the heavenly armies. By heavenly armies those souls are intended who are entirely freed from the human world, transformed into celestial spirits and have become divine angels. Such souls are the rays of the Sun of Reality who will illumine all the continents. Each one is holding in his hand a trumpet, blowing the breath of life over all the regions. They are delivered from human qualities and the defects of the world of nature, are characterized with the characteristics of God, and are attracted with the fragrances of the Merciful. Like unto the apostles of Christ, who were filled with Him, these souls also have become filled with His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh; that is, the love of Bahá’u’lláh has so mastered every organ, part and limb of their bodies, as to leave no effect from the promptings of the human world.

These souls are the armies of God and the conquerors of the East and the West. Should one of them turn his face toward some direction and summon the people to the Kingdom of God, all the ideal forces and lordly confirmations will rush to his support and reinforcement. He will behold all the doors open and all the strong fortifications and impregnable castles razed to the ground. Singly and alone he will attack the armies of the world, defeat the right and left wings of the hosts of all the countries, break through the lines of the legions of all the nations and carry his attack to the very center of the powers of the earth. This is the meaning of the Hosts of God.

Any soul from among the believers of Bahá’u’lláh who attains to this station will become known as the Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh.

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31.40 page 6 (9 in pdf)

========================================================================= WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG??? In 2011 adherents of the Baha’i Faith increased to 5,021 from 4,645 in the 2001 census. If my math is correct, that is an annual 0.78% growth per year. Put more simply, between 37-38 new Baha’is have been added per year since 2001. I’m not sure that you can call that ‘growth’ but it is slightly higher than the general population growth of 0.70% per year.

The greatest increase in enrolments into the Bahai Faith in America happened in 1970-71. 32,000 enrolments in 2 years.

In 1963: 10,000 1969:18,000 1970:31,000 1971:40,000

This increase was due mainly to huge unrest, the war in Vietnam, The shooting down of John F Kenenndy and Martin Luther King etc...but also

This increase was due to Pioneer Teachers in the Southern states of America knocking on doors and saying Baha'u'llah has come and He is the Return of Jesus Christ and he is going to stamp out racism.

The greatest gift teaching...the most meritoriuos act teaching, the greatest service teaching the greatest glory and honor is to guide one soul. The will and testament of Abdul Baha.

The dominating passion of our lifes...teaching! Our most urgent obligation...teaching!

"I think you are a Bahai"

No clergy but soemtimes we behave as if there is, we think o that esteemed persom on the UHJ or the NSA or the auxiliary Board they are the real Teachers and makers and shakers of the Bahai World they domt need my little effort...but this is not true...the Faith depends onm the actions of the individual and what is the greatest Glory and Honor to which a sould can aspire....to guide one person!