Bahá’í Faith

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We are invited to celebrate the Bahai New Year this Sunday in Thorpe St Andrew 3pm to 6pm.

Contact: iain-bridget@hotmail.co.uk

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An Invitation to members of the Baháʼí Faith

Bridget and Iain Macdonald warmly invite you to share in both this reflection and further reflections on the theme of:

‘Hope Gives Rise to Hope’  
On Friday 19^th January 2024 at 7 30pm

(PLEASE NOTE: If you need to contact Iain and Bridget regarding this meeting, please use the Contact Details form and we will forward on to them) 

Not one of us is unaware of the terrible realities of this world: wars fueled by hatred and aggression; a global environment under existential threat; searing racial, religious and social prejudice and injustice and indeed a seemingly consistent human capacity for mutual cruelty and abuse, BUT we can celebrate other perspectives, and maybe it is not altogether inappropriate to evoke these song lyrics:  

You’ve got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive 
Eliminate the negative 
And latch on to the affirmative 
Don’t mess with Mister In-between

The reflective programmes will seek through a range of sacred and other writings, and through their inspiring, constructive and positive language, to identify the unique reality of human potential, and what gives us reason for real hope!  

“…Consider not the present condition, but rather foresee the future and the end. A seed in the beginning is very small, but in the end a great tree…” (Abdu’l -Baha)  

‘Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship.’
(Bahá’í Writings)

The Bahá’í Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent religions. Its founder, Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by his followers, the Bahá’ís, as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretch back beyond recorded time and that includes Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

The central theme of Bahá’u’lláh’s message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá’u’lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilisation. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and assist in the process of unification.

A world-wide community of over six million Bahá’ís, representative of all the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings practical effect. Their experience serves to encourage all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.

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For more information about the Bahá’í faith, please follow the links below.