Unit Convention for the newly revised unit will be held on Sat. 9/30 at the Unity Church inWauwatosa.  The Baha’is of Milwaukee will be hosting.  More information to be provided at a later date.

Online registration is open, and you are warmly invited to attend!

All across the country, Bahá’ís and friends are working together to create new communities, fostering love and fellowship with all! At Green Lake this year, we hope to explore what our hopes are for our families, in this ever changing and evolving national landscape.

As mainstage speaker, we are fortunate to have Dr. Robert Henderson joining us! Also sharing their talents with us is singer Shadi Toloui Wallace, and husband and wife duo Genevieve and Eric Dozier. The weekend will be intertwined with interactive art and participatory music, as well as workshops on a variety of topics!

We encourage you to invite your friends! All first times visitors will receive half off their registration fee!

So register today! Early bird pricing is available now through July 15. All attendees will leave with a renewed zeal that will inspire them to reach greater heights of consecration and service.

Discover the latest news about the school as it unfolds on the http://greenlakebahaischool.org/ website or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenLakeBahaiConference

For accommodations—camping, cabins, dorms, and hotels rooms—contact the Green Lake Conference Center at (920) 294-3323 or http://www.glcc.org and make your reservations today!

With love and enthusiasm,

The Green Lake Baha’i School Committee

An agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States
https://www.instagram.com/greenlakebahaischool/

Friday, July 14, 2017 – Sunday, July 16, 2017

THEME: Hope and the Family

Join the Baha’is and the friends of the Baha’i Faith for a loving and nurturing weekend. The school curriculum will focus on the institution of the family and its members’ spiritual and economic hopes. All will study cooperation, reciprocity, fellowship, and other spiritual concepts modeled in stories of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. School participants will also consider the Baha’i Law of Huquq’ullah as an act that revitalizes an individual’s or family’s spiritual connection to Baha’i institutions and as a reform to the imbalanced economics of our world. All are welcome! Through Forum Theater all will get the theatrical opportunity to transform uncomfortable conversational situations into loving, meaningful exchanges. Rhythm and song will also be incorporated into the weekend.

We hope to see you!

Sincerely,
Heartland Baha’i School Committee

For more information, please email heartland-reg@nbs.usbnc.org

Dear friends,

Would you like your middle school students to be immersed in a Baha’i
learning environment for a week? They meet students their own age that
are Baha’is and close friends of the Faith. They learn about planning
devotional meetings, engaging their friends in Junior Youth groups,
Baha’i teachings, history, principals of the faith. There is a very
strong arts program with music, dance, visual arts and
storytelling…. as well as sports and recreation. Music, prayers…
delicious meals and comfortable accommodations.

The program is July 8 – 15, 2016 in Dallas Texas.  It is sponsored by
the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Highland Village, TX.  It is
our 11th year to do the program.  We have about 20 spots available for
students who are finishing 6th, 7th, or 8th grades this spring,
entering 7th, 8th, and 9th grades in the fall.

To register, please fill out the attached form and email it to cftprogram@gmail.com.   For more information, call Ellen Hakala at 214-727-3404 or go to ourwebsite at CFTPRogram.com.

Then please write two checks to pay:  The first dated today for $175, the
second dated July 1 for $425.  We need everyone to pre-pay, or make
payment arrangements (or use paypal to pay by credit card but the fees
are very high for us) before the first day of the program.

Can you come?  Please register ASAP!  We are more than half full!!! We
want to have 45 to 48 students please!!!  We have about 30 as of
today.

For more information, call Ellen Hakala at 214-727-3404 or go to our
website at CFTPRogram.com.

Thank you !

The Muslim community in Brookfield have invited interested individuals to
“Interfaith Iftar” next Sunday, June 11, at 7:00 PM.

Last year Baha’is from different communities participated and enjoyed
fellowship with our Muslim friends.

This a a great opportunity to learn more about the significance of
Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam.

Below please find details of the program:

Good morning all,

I hope that you all are well. As many of you may know, the Muslim
community will begin their observation of fasting during the holy
month of Ramadan next week. I am writing to cordially invite you all
to join us at ISM Brookfield in breaking our fast on Sunday, June 11th
at 7:00pm. There will be a short presentation about Islam as well as a
description of Ramadan and its importance to us. Please bring your
family, friends, and congregations to this enlightening event. Dinner
will be served after sunset. Please RSVP at
tinyurl.com/noorinterfaithiftar.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Sincerely,

Noman Hussain
Imam/Religious Director
ISM Brookfield-Masjid al-Noor

Sunday, June 25, 1 PM – 4 PM

Nelson Salisbury House (404 W. North St.), Whitewater, WI.

Learn how to increase your meditation skills as a Baha’i through the
use of various meditation techniques including grounding, guided
imagery, mental vacations, progressive muscle relaxation, deep
breathing, and movement/activity techniques.  Dr. Popke is a
psychologist with a private practice in Whitewater, Wisconsin who has
been a Baha’i for over 40 years.  She teaches these mindfulness
strategies to her clients and looks forward to sharing them with her
Baha’i family.

For more information contact Suzanne Popke at intsim@idcnet.com

Camp Kamal July 7, 8 & 9 ,2017 sponsored by Baha’is of Rudolph, WI

Theme: “Create in me a pure heart…”

Starts Fri. evening July 7th and ends with lunch July 9 (supper provided Friday)

Location: 6350 Rock Road, Rudolph, WI 54475
$40 per adult – children Free (meals & snacks provided)
Bring your tents, campers and sleeping gear.
Prayers, skits, archery, crafts, nature activities, swimming……

email: Terry Rahn for more information and registration form
terry9@wctc.net (715-435-3922)

The New Berlin LSA is initiating a series of Firesides, with focused topics.

The first fireside meeting will be on race unity day, Saturday, June 10!

6pm dinner. Main entrees will be provided, both animal protein and vegetarian. Please bring a side or dessert to share.

7pm adult and children’s programs

Hosted at the home of Stewart and Sarah Johnson
squarie@yahoo.com or ssss2art@gmail.com

“Race Unity– one human family” presented by Carolyn and Loren Ritacca.
Carolyn and Loren are long time Bahai’s and as an interracial couple
have unique views and experiences with race unity. Carolyn taught
African-American studies at the University of Wisconsin and is a
published author. Loren has been an educator and published author in
the area of spiritual growth and development for many years.

There will be a concurrent children’s program for ages 5 and up. We
will explore age appropriate topics surrounding race unity and make
time for the children to present their projects to the adults.

All are welcome especially seekers looking to learn more about the
Bahai Faith. We look forward to seeing you!

LSA of New Berlin

The Milwaukee Baha’i community will celebrate the Feast of Nur on Sunday June 4th at 11am at the Stetzer home.

We will celebrate the Feast of Rahmat on Saturday June 24th at 1pm at the home of Terry Hart.

Tutor Training, specifically for facilitating Ruhi Book 3 (Grade 1, at at first) — Increasing capacity to raise up any interested person, Baha’i or not, youth or adult, desiring to serve as a teacher of children’s spiritual education July 8-9, Minneapolis Baha’i Center.  Pre-registration is required.

Dearly loved Teachers of Spiritual Education for Children,

You are warmly invited to attend a training for tutors of Book 3, Grade 1 on Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, 2017. The weekend is sponsored by members of the Training Institute in collaboration with several local Spiritual Assemblies.

This weekend study is designed to raise capacity for serving as a tutor of Book 3, Grade 1: Teaching Children’s Classes. It will be essential that you have already studied Book 3 (in any of its versions), have studied Book 7: Walking Together on a Path of Service, and have taught some of the lessons of Grade 1 with children.

We will study portions of the recent Training Institute document from the International Teaching Center, review relevant portions of Book 7, and focus on the teacher’s portions of Book 3, Grade 1. The goal is to increase the number and quality of tutors of Book 3 to raise up any interested person, Baha’i or not, youth or adult desiring to serve as a teacher of children’s spiritual education based on the Teachings of Baha’u’llah.

Later in the summer, August 12-13, there will be an opportunity to study Book 3, Grade 2 and September 23-24 to study Book 3, Grade 3. The August and September gatherings will both be training for teachers of grades 2 and 3 as well as for tutors. We are hoping to determine your preferred location for these gatherings. When the location has been decided you will have the opportunity to register for the Grades 2 and 3 training sessions. For now, kindly indicate your location preference using the same link you would use to register for the Grade 1 training.

Please register for training for tutors of Book 3, Grade 1 as soon as possible, but no later than June 18. The study will be Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9 at the Baha’i Center (3644 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407). We will meet from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm on Saturday (yes, we know it’s a long day!). Sunday we will begin at 8:30 am and end at noon to allow the friends to attend Holy Day commemorations for the Martyrdom of the Bab. Lunch and supper on Saturday, as well as light refreshments in the morning and afternoon both days will be provided. The friends in the Minneapolis area will make arrangements for accommodations for travelers and childcare needed for families traveling with children. Please indicate your needs when completing registration.

Registration link: https://goo.gl/forms/e9cQr691KSMD9mf33

Kindly bring this invitation to the attention of any in your community who teach or have taught children’s classes. We look forward to learning together!

“Among the greatest of all services that can possibly be rendered by man to Almighty God is the education and training of children, young plants of the Abhá Paradise, so that these children, fostered by grace in the way of salvation, growing like pearls of divine bounty in the shell of education, will one day bejewel the crown of abiding glory.”
– Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Sec. 106, pp.133-34

With loving Baha’i greetings,
Elma, Margaret and Suzanne
Elma Strom
Regional Institute Coordinator
estrom@rbcheartlandstates.org

Margaret Hetman
Cluster Institute Coordinator

Suzanne Kinney
Secretary, Local Spiritual Assembly of Plymouth, MN

A Safe Place to Talk About Race

A book discussion about the thought-provoking interviews in the book:
“A Safe Place to Talk About Race: 10 Thought-Provoking Interviews with
Sharon E. Davis” from her VoiceAmerica radio show

The book is an INTERACTIVE LEARNING TOOL. If you’re looking for a way
to cut through the noise of news headlines, this easy to read book is
geared for classes, book clubs, friends, and community organizations
to engage in dialogue together. Individuals can also privately absorb
and reflect. Chapters include transcripts of the interviews and:

– An introduction
– Point-by-point Section Headings ? Summary
– Stimulating and Provoking Questions AND
– Space for Notes.

~a sound platform to start the discussion on race and why race is a
necessary discussion. – Amazon Review

The first meeting was held Thursday May 11, 2017 at the Whitefish Bay Library. Join the group when you can and it is not necessary to read the book prior to coming.

Contact Kathy Wurzer for future dates: kmwurzer@gmail.com

You’re white. You live in Milwaukee, the most segregated city in the country. What can you do?

https://medium.com/@garrettbucks/youre-white-you-live-in-the-most-segregated-city-in-the-country-what-can-you-do-d32f15c30125#.e2hkqdkd0

The Milwaukee County Cluster Reflection Meeting:
An important part of Baha’i community life

Date: Friday, 16 September, from 7 – 9 p.m.

We invite you to join us in our efforts to carry on the “sacrificial
work that has gone before it, opening the way for a new stage” to
achieve the aim of our current Five Year Plan.

It is our hope that we plan, commit to and realize individual and
collective goals for the upcoming two-week Expansion Cycle. As we move
forward, we appreciate that learning together unites our actions into
an emerging mode of operation.

Let us all come together to learn from past experience and revise
action accordingly, to “make each morrow richer than its yesterday”.
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Location: 1600 E. River Park Ct. in Shorewood (Note: There are two
high-rise buildings. The first is the 1700 building; the second is the
1600 building.)

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Public parking is located before you arrive at 1600 E. River Park Ct.
Please do not park in front of the building as that parking lot is
reserved for tenants.
Someone will greet you at the front door who will direct you to the
elevator. Take it to the lower level. Follow the nine-pointed stars to
your final destination, the “Social Room”.

Light refreshments will be provided.