The Interfaith Earth Network has monthly events called “Faith and
Ecology” on the third Tuesday of every month at the Riverside Urban
Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee 53211.

The summer series is “Mindfulness for Families” and will be held Tuesday, July 18
from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free. Please pass the word along.

Details on their website:
http://interfaithconference.org/cms-view-page.php?page=earth-network
(right edge article)

A map including the Riverside Park branch appears at
http://urbanecologycenter.org/our-branches/plan-a-visit.html

As we come very close to the historical Bicentenary celebration of Baha’u’llah’s birthday, we invite our region’s institutions, agencies, teams, and individuals to come together to study guidance, consult together, reflect on opportunities and possibilities, and make plans. We realize that many of our communities and individuals are already working on plans, so we hope that their experiences and ideas will add to the richness of this gathering!

As the Universal House of Justice in the Ridvan 2017 message states, “Viewed aright this year presents the single greatest worldwide opportunity there has ever been for connecting the hearts to Baha’u’llah.” And further, “As a highly auspicious year now commences, might not each one of us contemplate what heavenly deeds His grace may aid us to perform?”

Event: Bicentenary Meeting
When: Sunday, August 6th
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Madison Baha’i Center

*A burrito lunch will be provided. Please bring a small salad, fruit or dessert to share.

**Childcare will be provided during the meeting times; parents will be responsible for their children during the lunch period.

Please RSVP to Sue so that we can prepare enough materials, food, and childcare resources! Also, feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestions you may have.

We sincerely hope to see many of you there!

With love,
Sue Manners and Jordan Van Rijn
smanners@abmamericas.org (608) 556-1285
jvanrijn@abmamericas.org (608) 215-3896

47th Annual family Picnic
Baha’i Faith

All Peoples and Religions invited
Fun
Games! Fellowship

When
12-3PM
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Eat at Noon

Where?
Palmer Park, East Pavilion, Janesville, Wisconsin

We furnish meats and buns, beverages, and table service

You can:

Bring a dish to pass if you can
If not, that is ok.
Invite family and friends
Fun activities for Children and adults

Directions:
Exit I-90 at Hwy 11 (Racine Street west)
Go West on Racine to first traffic light where Palmer park is located
on north west (opposite right) corner. Look for picnic sign on right
hand side.

From: The Janesville Baha’is
Call 608 757 2860 for more information

Jolene and Kooroush Saeian invite you to
An Interfaith Prayer and Potluck Gathering on
Saturday, August 19th, 5:00 p.m.

“Devotional meetings are occasions where any soul may enter, inhale
the heavenly fragrances, experience the sweetness of prayer, mediate
upon the Creative Word, be transported on the wings of the spirit, and
commune with the one Beloved. Feelings of fellowship and common cause
are generated particularly in the spiritually heightened conversations
that naturally occur at such times….” December 29th, 2015 Universal
House of Justice

Open to all; please bring your friends and a prayer from different
Faiths! We will begin the evening with a potluck dinner at 5:00.

Questions or directions, please call Jolene at 262-719-0047

Dear friends,

We are happy that our plans to offer the study of Book Five: Releasing
the Powers of Junior Youth are set and we will begin as planned on
Saturday July 8th beginning at 10 a.m. and studying until 4 p.m. We
will have our first session at the Wauwatosa Public Library Firefly
Room, 7635 W. North Street Wauwatosa 53213. We will offer some
refreshments and drinks. This is such an important step forward to
have as many as possible prepared to assist our youth and junior youth
in this dynamic offering and we encourage all to consider coming to
join in this study no matter your age. The entire community benefits
from understanding the spiritual basis of this program being offered
all over the world!

We are excited to do our part and eager to meet you Saturday July 8th.
Please email: Ellen Parmelee, Cluster Institute Coordinator, at parmelee.ellen@gmail.com.

Bicentenary celebration in Milwaukee on Saturday, October 21st

Please mark your calendars for an area-wide celebration of the
bicentenary of Bahá’u’lláh’s Birth on Saturday, October 21, 2017!

The program will be at Alverno College, 3400 S 43rd St, Milwaukee from
3 to 7 pm. There will be food, music, learning, interaction,
devotions, and stories with new and old friends.
All ages are welcome and the event will be open to the public, so be
encouraged to invite your friends, family and neighbors

What a great weekend and start to the next 100 years!

Hosts and sponsors:
Spiritual Assemblies of the Baha’is of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa
Feel free to contact Dick Smith (cdsmith@wi.rr.com) if you would like
to participate in planning or participating.

The “From the Same Dust” group has been busy!! New community connections have been
made and ongoing activities are occurring with these new connections:

We brought various organizations together to plan an event called:
Fair Schools. Exfabula storytellers and a keynote speaker, Reggie
Jackson prepared listeners for a facilitated conversation.
Organizations involved in the event are interested in coming together
again for a future event.

We now have an ongoing monthly book study around the book, A Safe
Place to Talk About Race.

The past 4 weeks we have been meeting with others in Whitefish Bay who
are interested in racial justice. A facebook page will be coming out
soon highlighting upcoming events with a goal to try to grow our
group. There will be a village wide house-to-house flyer distribution
about the events and the facebook page. We’ll keep you updated!

Now we feel the need to have a meeting for our group, From the Same
Dust. It is time for prayer, reflection, studying the writings, and
thinking about next steps.

All are welcome and encouraged to join us in this process. We will
gladly welcome a Baha’i perspective and consultation to positively
impact our purpose to stimulate and animate a welcoming and diverse
Baha’i community.

Arrangements to care for children during the meeting can be made if a
week’s notice is given.

July 20, 7 pm

Kathy Wurzer
kmwurzer@gmail.com

The Milwaukee community Feasts for July and August have been
scheduled:

Feast of Kalimat: 6:30 pm Wednesday July 12th at the home of Rommy
Rowhani

Feast of Kamal: 1pm Saturday August 5th at the home of Gloria Oatis

Feast of Asma: 1pm Saturday August 19th in the first floor community
room of the apartment building of Chris Kelley.

For more information, please email lsamilwaukee@gmail.com

The Baha’is of Kenosha and Racine in Cluster WI-24 invite any interested
Baha’is to join us in launching our first Children’s Class Outreach on
Saturday, July 15, at the home of Steven and Courtney Mui in Kenosha. The plan is to contact and invitefamilies living in and around the Bain Park Neighborhood to a craft
fair and future scheduled children’s classes for the balance of the
summer. The day’s schedule will be as follows:

9:00am – Potluck Breakfast
10:00am- Devotion/Planning Session
Late Morning & Early Afternoon – Neighborhood Outreach (Lunch will be provided)
Late Afternoon – Reflection on Results

For those interested in assisting in this important effort, please
RSVP by no later than Thursday, July 13 so we can properly plan for
the event. The host can be contacted as follows:

Steven Mui
swmui986@gmail.com