KENTUCKY BAHA'I SCHOOL
An Agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
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The Kentucky Baha'i School The Kentucky Baha'i School offers a full program of adult, youth, and children’s classes from Saturday morning through Monday noon each Labor Day weekend. Many recreational activities are available in a relaxed and loving family-oriented atmosphere, with affordable cost and comfortable facilities in a beautiful wooded setting near Lake Cumberland in southern Kentucky. The lodge, which will only be hosting the school, has big porches with rocking chairs, providing a great place for relaxing, visiting, and singing. |
Theme for 2008: "Creating a Climate of Encouragement in These Times of Change"
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, Kentucky Leadership Center. Please set aside the dates of August 29 - September 1, 2008 (Labor Day weekend) in anticipation of this exciting event!
We are very excited and fortunate that Ms. Erica Toussaint, a member of our National Spiritual Assembly, will be teaching the adult course, "Creating a Climate of Encouragement in These Times of Change," throughout the entire weekend. She will also be presenting a session for the youth. Ms. Toussaint is a very knowledgeable, inspirational, and much-sought-after speaker and facilitator. This is the course description:
“When training and encouragement are effective, a culture of growth is nourished in which the believers see their duty to teach as a natural consequence of having accepted Bahá'u'lláh…. In such a culture, teaching is the dominating passion of the lives of the believers. Fear of failure finds no place. Mutual support, commitment to learning, and appreciation of diversity of action are the prevailing norms.
(The Universal House of Justice, 2001-01-09, to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors)
“In this deeply text-based course, participants will focus on practical, daily applications of the spiritual principles essential for unified and loving interactions, as individuals, communities and institutions move through the Five Year Plan processes, and experience the culture of change characterized by an attitude of learning. Participants will take an in-depth look at the way they view the world vs. the way that Bahá’u’lláh guides us to see it. In a lively, laughter-filled atmosphere, we will explore spiritually-based solutions to such challenging topics as justice, forgiveness, dissension, criticism, true consultation, and the purpose of tests.”
Special activities include a coffee house with Ms. Toussaint and our annual infamous talent show. Also planned are exciting children, pre-youth and youth class activities; book store; seeker classes; magnificent audio-visual productions by Tom Kimmerer; and morning yoga.To prepare our communities for more opportunities to use the arts, including Ruhi activities, a special part of the school this year will be "Community Building through the Arts." You will be invited upon arrival at KYBS to sign up for one of the following groups: Singing, Chamber Music, Comedy, Dance, Drama, Storytelling, or Visual Arts. During the school there will be time to practice, and on Sunday night we will do our presentations. So be thinking about what group you want to sign up for, and if you would like to assist the group coordinator with ideas, etc., please contact the Registrar
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.
