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⋅ ComeUnity
Thursday Feb 8 at 7pm
Second Thursday of every month.
First Church of Lombard 220 S Main Street
Lombard, IL 60148
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⋅ Interfaith Devotions
Saturday Feb 10, 6-8 pm
Held at the Shahrokh residence. Please
text (630)
805-1397 for the address.
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⋅ Fireside
Monday Feb 12, 6pm
Hosted by Mark and Mahshad Movagh
1N571 Main Street Glen Ellyn
For more information, contact Jim Percic (630)
606-8018 orjim_percic@comcast.net
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⋅ Monthly Devotional
Monday Feb 1, 7pm
Hosted by Foruzan Lewis
1114 South Charles Ave, Naperville
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⋅ Fridays By The Fire
Friday the 9th 16th & 23rd at
6pm.
Held at the Dobbs residence. Pleases message
(630-476-1437)
for the address.
Fridays by the Fire is a gathering that was
created with the current guidance from the
Universal House of Justice in mind - the
charge to build stronger and more vibrant
Communities that are open to all... the
yearning for meaningful conversations has
been heightened by the Pandemic as
loneliness and isolation surged through out
the world. Creating a space for
conversations was inspired by smaller
conversations that were already happening in
isolated spaces, so we decided to open our
home where friends could learn more about
how to transform small talk into meaningful
conversations that enhance connectedness,
our understanding of the world and our own
true nature. These conversations have the
power to penetrate humanity and to connect
individuals to the social ,spiritual and
ecological systems that impact them. They
also enkindle fellowship and friendship
throughout by creating bonds of trust and
love.
Our particular gathering is
music driven and snacks are served. We hope
you will join us with your friends or maybe,
simply create a space of your own.
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⋅ Prayer Vigil
Every 9 Days 1pm - 9pm
Feb 6th, 15th,
24th, 4th, 13th, 22nd, 31st, 9th, 18th,
27th
To harness the ‘Spiritual
Energy’ that the Conference released - the
Area Teaching Committee is proposing a 9
hour Prayer vigil from 1pm - 10pm every 9
days until Ridvan 2024.
“The conferences will aim at carrying to the
friends in every land the spiritual energy
released by the gatherings in the Holy Land, as
the community prepares for a dynamic thrust
forward with the launch of the Nine Year Plan.
These conferences, then, will give the
participants an opportunity to gain greater
insight into the nature of the spiritual
enterprise in which they are engaged, a sense of
the distance traversed thus far, and a deeper
understanding of the exigencies of the current
stage in the unfoldment of the Divine Plan. They
will strive to enhance appreciation of the
privilege of being part of a community that has
set its gaze upon the spiritual and material
transformation of society, and of the bounty of
being connected by bonds of love and camaraderie
with brothers and sisters in a global effort,
each one labouring within the same framework for
action, all united under the sheltering shadow
of the Covenant.” - Dept. of the Secretariat,
September 15, 2021
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Contact Details for Area Teaching Committee
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⋅Meaningful Discussions
Join in on studying sections from the Baha'i
writings to provide a spiritual perspective on
challenges that are relevant to the community
today.
Held Sunday mornings at 11AM at the Oak
Park Baha'i Faith Community Center
124 Madison, Oak Park IL
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⋅ Hour of Prayer
Held every Sunday at 10AM at the Baha'i
Faith Community Center
124 Madison, Oak Park and over Zoom. Go to this
website for details and links for Zoom. https://opbahai.org/activities
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⋅Thursday Night Devotionals
Thursdays from 7:30pm-8:30 pm
Hosted by Karen Skaggs via Google
Meet
Please message (815-546-6607)
or Karenskaggs95@gmail.com
for link.
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⋅Blended Sunday morning devotionals
Sundays at 9:00 am please join us on zoom or in
person.
Hosted by Jim & Cheryl Dougherty
1848 Corregidor St Joliet, IL 60435
815-600-1335
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Joliet Ayyam-i-Ha Celebration
Sunday, February 25 from 12:00pm to
2:00 pm
Pizza Ranch & FunZone Arcade
19735 NE Frontage Rd, Shorewood,
IL
RSVP: Cheryl Dougherty, 815-351-3291,
or cdougherty19@gmail.com
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⋅Men's Breakfast
Come and enjoy some flapjacks & Mancakes,
wash it down with a gallon of hot steaming java,
and top that off with an ice cold cup of OJ. Now
that's a breakfast!
Saturday Feb 10
2nd Saturday @ 8am
Uptown Cafe 24 E Miner St,Arlington Heights, IL
60004
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⋅First Friday Conversations
Friday, Feb. 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm at the McKee
residence.
For the address contact Nancy at:
nancy@nibahai.org
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/326557993
⋅First Tuesday Conversations
Tuesday, Feb 6, 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Peoples
Community Church, 650 Lambert Rd. Glen Ellyn, IL
60137
Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/664704223
⋅Third Monday Conversations
Monday, Feb 19 6:30-8:30
1st
Congregational Church
535 Forest, Pilgrim
Hall
Glen Ellyn, IL.
Zoom Link https://zoom.us/j/168998487.
Meeting
ID 168
998 487
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If you feel ready to engage in meaningful
conversations about racism, what it looks like
in the world and in ourselves, and what we must
do to begin rooting it out, this is the place to
come.
We will be serving pizza, followed
by discussion on a topic related to
Racism/Social Justice.
The doors open at 6:30
with the meeting starting at 7:00 pm. Zoom will
be active at 6:45 for those who wish to stay
home or are to far away to join us in
person.
Our goal is building a stronger
community through sharing and
conversation.
Pizza Served at 6:30 pm
Meeting Start time: 7:00 pm
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Saturday Feb 17, 10am - 4pm
All potential volunteers, working with minors under age 18
under our care and supervision, are required to go through
clearance training and background checks to help ensure the
safety of the youngest members of the community.
Please join us in studying the Protection of Minors
documents that have been released by National Spiritual
Assembly as well as going through the Illinois
mandated reporter training with the goal of being
cleared!
Please contact Val Dobbs at (630-476-1437) or
Katana Merkel at (404-734-0693)
for more information.
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Race unity in Naperville
library
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35 participants which 12
of them were friends of
the faith. We shared a
Race amity movement
movie and read from the
writings, and had more
nice conversation over a
nice refreshment!
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We recently started hosting youth gatherings in
our home and have seen the friendship and
fellowship that has come from it. We have
discussed topics ranging from the life of the
soul to does science support the existence of
God or not. Some weeks we have a set topic,
others times we watch a movie and discuss it,
and some times we just let conversation
naturally develop. Every time it is full of
vibrancy and is a much needs space for all. One
of my friends who has ben regularly attending
wrote this about it.
"When I moved to Illinois, I had very few local
connections. I knew very little about the Baha'i
faith, and when I first attended a youth
gathering, I had no idea it could be
considered more than a gathering of friends.
I've come to realize that youth gatherings are
exactly that: a place to find community and
fellowship, to make friends and discuss every
topic under the sun. I am enamored with the
focus on community outreach and camaraderie, and
this introduction to the Baha'i faith
has encouraged me to learn more."
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Northern Illinois Baha'is
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2N500 Bernice Ave.
Glen Ellyn, IL
60137
United States of America
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