Assembly's Response to Recommendations made at the last Feast

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1.    Provide Core Activity reports at feasts: – Assembly agrees that this is a great idea and encourages friends to not be shy or humble about sharing their experiences in relation with involvement in Core Activities

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2.    Arrange for stories to be shared at the feast regarding sacrificial contributions to the Funds of the Faith - Assembly is hoping to establish an assistant treasurer function and when finalized will be asking that individual to consider this particular recommendation

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3.    Provide a moment of silence prior to start of consultation at each feast as an opportunity for the friends to reflect about the needs of the Funds – Assembly will leave to discretion of feast chair

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4.    Create units of certain dollar amount for friends to accept to adopt in small ‘bite size’ amounts to address the current deficit in the local Fund goal – Assembly has agreed to do this with establishment of $200 units for friends to decide how many units they wish to commit to cover the shortfall and hopefully meet our goal for this year of $99,000. Treasurer may be able to provide more information as part of his report

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5.    Assembly to provide a more detailed report of meetings at each feast, including topics discussed and participation level of members, etc. – Assembly wishes to remind the friends that the minutes of the Assembly, which provide the information about attendance etc. in detail are available for the community to review at any time. Further, the Assembly’s Annual Report, which is provided at the Ridvan Election covers such detailed information.

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A Study of the Institution of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar

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Dear friends,

 

In an effort to encourage the community to study the recent compilation released by the World Centre on the Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, three separate deepening spaces have been organized for the Port Moody friends to come together and study the document together .

 

The details of each space are provided below, and community members are free to attend whichever location may suit them best. Please respond to yasha.khatamian@gmail.com with your choice of location such that the hosts can have an approximate idea of how many people to expect.

 

A limited number of copies of the compilation will be available at the meetings, though they can also be bought at the Vancouver Baha'i Store for $8. A digital copy is available at this link from which hard copies can be made if needed.

 

Location - Mitra and Bahram (Gustaspis')

Start Date: Sunday, February 10th
Time: 1PM - 3:30PM

Frequency: Weekly if needed

Address: 260 New Port Drive, Unit 211 (Buzzer 111) 

 

Location - Parviz and Simin (Rahmanys') 

Start Date: Thursday, February 21st
Time: 7:30PM

Frequency: Weekly

Address: 301 Capilano Rd, Unit 1607 (Buzzer 188)

 

Location - Pezhman and Anusha (Samimis')

Start Date: Saturday, March 2nd
Time: 7:30PM

Frequency: Monthly

Address: 641 Thurston Close

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Home Visits

 

If a home visit… is defined in the courses as an opportunity to enter into a deep conversation on spiritual matters, then it should not be reduced to a mere social call in which the Faith may not even be mentioned. (Universal House of Justice – Turning Point 42.34)

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Believers must learn to draw on each other’s love for strength and consolation in time of need. The Cause of God is endowed with tremendous powers, mighty forces of love and strength and harmony. (Shoghi Effendi, Living the Life, p. 8)

 

A visit to a home should be seen as one element of a coherent pattern of action that seeks to enable specific populations to contribute to the construction of the society envisioned by Bahá’u’lláh. (Universal House of Justice, letter to a National Spiritual Assembly, 28 December 2008)

 

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Dear Friends;

 

With the above guidance in mind, the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Port Moody is wishing to embark on a renewed campaign of Home Visits with the following specific goals and objectives in mind:

 

1. Strengthening bonds of friendship;

2. Enhancing devotional character of the community; and

3. Encouraging active participation in Baha’i community life, including Feasts, Holy Days and Funds of the Faith.

 

Please expect a call from a member of the Port Moody Assembly to schedule a home visit with you over the next few weeks.