
An Invitation
To: All Friends Residing in Kentucky and the Neighboring States
(and anywhere else!)
Dearest Friends,
Plans are under way for our annual Kentucky Bahá’í School at
Lake Cumberland 4-H Educational Center (formerly Kentucky Leadership
Center). Please set aside the dates of September 4-7, 2009 (Labor Day weekend) in anticipation of this exciting event!
This year the adult sessions consist of workshops that
encourage participation more than listening to speakers. Presenters include:
Mr. Steven Fletcher, a Baha'i author, storyteller,
musician, and songwriter from California who has lived much of his life
overseas, mostly in Africa. He will lead two workshops that will also include the
youth:
-- "Creating Vessels of Meaning: Stories and the Five Year Plan"
Within the sequence of courses stories are used in many different ways. They
are embedded in the Ruhi materials and they are explicitly called for in
activities and service projects. Anna’s presentation is a well-known
example.
We learn through stories in ways that we do not learn through other
educational methods. This workshop will help participants gain an
appreciation of stories and how they assist in communication and learning.
It will teach skills that can be used both within Bahá’í Communities and in
the world at large.
-- "A New Race of Men: Entry by Troops and the Five Year Plan"
The history of the Faith is full of uneducated and materially impoverished
souls who were set aglow by the flame of faith and performed miraculous
deeds in the path of God. What does God put into our hearts that “…can
change a gnat into an eagle, a drop of water into rivers and seas, and an
atom into lights and suns?”
Drawing upon the examples of Badi and Fred Mortensen (who was a convicted
felon and a fugitive when he first met 'Abdu'l-Bahá), this workshop will
explore themes including rank and station, purpose of the Bahá’í Faith, the
nature of transformation, and the meaning of "a new race of men."
Additionally, the Kentuckiana (Louisville area) Cluster Area Teaching Committee will discuss Intensive Program of Growth activities and successes in
their cluster.
Special activities include a coffee house,
dance party, and our annual
infamous talent show. Also planned are exciting
children, junior youth, and youth class activities;
book store; pontoon
boat rides on Lake Cumberland; magnificent audio-visual productions by Tom
Kimmerer; and morning
yoga.
The session opens on Friday evening with registration and fellowship. Participants are encouraged to arrive as early as possible so as to
settle in and be ready to begin with breakfast on Saturday
morning. The school will end after lunch on Monday.
Come and bring your
family, friends, and guests and enjoy spiritual fellowship in the great
outdoors.
