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Cluster Narratives From This Month
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⋅I met for an hour with a youth about the situation in the Middle East, elaborating the importance of the idea in the Baha’i writings about Justice and also about how the idea of the unity of humanity is important to solving problems like this. Also expressed how working towards building new communities founded on unity is an action we can all take in the face of events out of our control.
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⋅Feeling grateful for a wonderful morning yesterday deepening on guidance as it pertains to home visits and community building. Received wonderful cookies to pass out on visits, and today I had a wonderful visit with a newer neighbor family who was happy to receive the cookies and spend time building our friendship.
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⋅Last week I visited friend , which she is familiar with the faith and we had all kind of conversations, including the faith again.
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⋅This morning, a friend and I met one of the seekers who attended a fireside at my friend's place. We met for breakfast at his residence. We had a good conversation covering many topics about the Faith. He expressed interest in participating in a study circle for Reflections on the Life of the Spirit.
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⋅Last Thursday, I met a man for coffee at a local restaurant. He had requested information on the Seeker Response System. He attended October's fireside at the Movaghs. At our get together, we talked of many things but always came back to the spiritual principles. He is interested in having a group at his retirement home to discuss the Faith and spiritual principles. He will be attending tonight's fireside.
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⋅I visited my coworker at her cubicle and we had a lengthy conversation about how seeing "Killers of the Flower Moon" opened her eyes and deepened her understanding of the importance of hearing others' stories, because even if you know the history of an event, you don't know the entire history. And she highly recommends the film even though it's 3 1/2 hours long.
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⋅Expansion phase, day 12: 2+ lovely hours spent in conversation and fellowship with women of four faiths focused on gratitude. 💞 Too many conversations to count.
And more conversations at the OneCommunity annual Friendship Dinner held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn last night, where I was able to strengthen connections with people from several agencies and organizations including Village Trustees, among others. Count me grateful for the opportunities 💖
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⋅Last week, my wife and I visited a wonderful couple and one of their mothers. The hospitality they showed us as they invited us into their home was full of love. Among many topics, some that stood out were conversing about increasing the devotional characteristic of our community, the spiritual education of children and some of the more advanced content in book 3, the importance of junior youth being spiritually empowered. We were there for about 4 hrs and we covered just about every topic focused on building a vibrant community life.
10 out of 10, would do again!
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⋅Two home visits. Visit A: This was an outreach home visit to one of the Baha’is in our cluster who was not able to attend a recent Reflection Gathering. Accompanied by two friends, armed with cookies and left over Trick or Treat candy, we prayed, reviewed the Jenabe Caldwell story, studied the excerpt from the UHJ Dec 30, 2021 letter, and worked on our Home Visit Planning Guides. And we delivered a love letter! We all left better equipped to home visit during this Expansion Phase. Visit B: This was a home visit to a couple in their 80s to help them pay their rent. Their landlord prefers an electronic online payment and they were having problems accessing their online account. It took a few hours to sort out but they were able to go to bed knowing that the rent was paid on time.
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⋅There was a fireside this evening at Mark & Mahshad Movagh's home. There were seven people present, including two people from the community of interest. One is the gentleman I met with last week. The other is one of our contacts from TheosoFEST. Philip spoke on progressive revelation and the subsequent conversation delved into a lot of related topics and concepts. Both of our friends expressed interest in coming again in December, and in further study, possibly in a Ruhi Reflections on the Life of the Spirit. We will definitely be following up with them.
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⋅I was visited yesterday by 2 beautiful souls. Shared prayers and inspirational teaching stories. Enjoyed meaningful conversation. Feeling uplifted 🥰🤗
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⋅ ComeUnity
Thursday Dec 14 at 7pm
Second Thursday of every month.
First Church of Lombard 220 S Main Street Lombard, IL 60148
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⋅ Monthly Devotions
Saturday Dec 9 6-8 pm
Held at the Shahrokh residence. Please text (630) 805-1397 for the address.
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⋅ Service Project
Saturday, December 2nd 9am-noon
Springbrook Prairie in Naperville
Please join us as we help restore the native prairie land!
This service project is for volunteers 8 and older. With the help of a guide we will be using clippers and bow saws to remove nonnative, invasive species from the prairie. Gloves and tools will be provided, but if you have your own gloves feel free to bring them. This work day will still occur if there's light snow, but would be canceled if there is rain, or colder and windy conditions.
If you are able to join us please sign up at the link below:
https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/fpddc/activity/search/detail/19020?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true.
Please reach our if you have register so we can get a head count for the group. Feel free to text, email, or call for questions at slpollack5@gmail.com or (630)-399-3266
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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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⋅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 October 11th
2nd Saturday @ 8am
Uptown Cafe 24 E Miner St,Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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⋅First Friday Conversations
Friday, Dec. 1, 6:30pm-8:30pm at the McKee residence. For the address contact NancyMcKee at:
Nancy@nibahai.org
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/326557993
⋅First Tuesday Conversations
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 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, Dec 18 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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Northern Illinois Baha'is
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2N500 Bernice Ave.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
United States of America
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