What Bahá’ís Do
Devotional Life
Prayer and worship are central aspects of Bahá’í life, both as individuals and as a community. The Bahá’í Writings state that prayer, in its highest form, is an expression of love and gratitude for one’s Creator. Prayer can be likened to food for the soul and is a means of attracting divine assistance and blessings. Prayer is not limited to words, but is a state of being that, ultimately, finds expression in our deeds.
Bahá’ís gather with their friends and neighbours to pray and reflect upon the Bahá’í Sacred Texts. These simple gatherings generate a spirit of collective worship that inspire acts of service and increase the spiritual character of neighbourhoods and communities.
If you would like to take part in a devotional gathering or would like to host one, please contact us.
Children's Classes
Children are the most precious treasure a community can possess, for in them are the promise and guarantee of the future. They bear the seeds of the character of future society which is largely shaped by what the adults constituting the community do or fail to do with respect to children.
They are a trust no community can neglect with impunity. An all-embracing love of children, the manner of treating them, the quality of the attention shown them, the spirit of adult behavior toward them—these are all among the vital aspects of the requisite attitude. Love demands discipline, the courage to accustom children to hardship, not to indulge their whims or leave them entirely to their own devices. An atmosphere needs to be maintained in which children feel that they belong to the community and share in its purpose.
If you would like your children to be in a children's class, or would like to experience a taster of one,please contact us.
Junior Youth Programme
Bahá’ís see the young as the most precious treasure a community can possess for in them are the promise and guarantee of the future.
The age group of 12-15 can be a testing time for young people as they begin to build their understanding of themselves and the world around them. Bahá’ís believe that the potential of this age group to contribute positively to the world is often overlooked.
Abdu’l-Bahá says: "the period of youth is characterized by strength and vigor and stands out as the choicest time in human life".
If you would like your junior youth to form a Junior Youth Group, or would like to experience a taster of one,please contact us.
Study Circles
Although our individual desire to positively change the world is inherent within us, like with any skill, the ability to set our sights on service to humanity through our community requires effort, discipline and training. Study circles are spaces for anyone over the age of 16 to begin reflecting on their spiritual identity in groups of people. The diversity of backgrounds that engage in these study circles only aid in helping both the individual and the collective deepen their understanding of the world and themselves.
These study circles are taking place across the world in a wide variety of communities.
If you would like join a study circle and discuss the vision of community building activities, please contact us.
Capacity Building
The energy that Bahá’ís devote to enhancement of institutional capacity, and the care with which they follow the evolution and development of administrative processes and structures, is not motivated simply by a wish to increase the efficiency with which the Bahá’í community’s own affairs are to be managed. They recognize in this development a necessary contribution to the pattern of a new social order envisaged by Bahá’u’lláh, to the new ways that a mature humanity will attend to its political, social, and cultural affairs.
Involvement in the Life of Society
We are living today in a unique period in history. As humanity emerges from childhood and approaches its collective maturity, the need for a new understanding of the relationships between the individual, the community, and the institutions of society becomes ever more pressing.
The interdependence of these three protagonists in the advancement of civilization has to be recognized and old paradigms of conflict, in which, for example, institutions demand submission while individuals clamour for freedom, need to be replaced with more profound conceptions of the complementary roles to be played by each in building a better world.
To accept that the individual, the community, and the institutions of society are the protagonists of civilization building, and to act accordingly, opens up great possibilities for human happiness and allows for the creation of environments in which the true powers of the human spirit can be released.