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Children’s classes resume after summer break

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Children’s classes have now started up again after the summer break. The regular classes, held on Sunday mornings in Newbury between 9.30 am and 10.30am, alternate between the two age groups.

Myra Erbenova, who leads the sessions, said that the classes encourage youngsters to develop a strong sense of purpose, whilst empowering their own transformation and leading them to contribute to the advancement of society.

She said: “They are designed to help ensure that children grow strong intellectually, morally and spiritually. The Bahá’í writings attach great importance to the periods of childhood and youth, providing clear guidance to parents and communities to raise children in a nurturing and unambigious environment.”

There are two age groups for classes:

  • five to seven year olds
  • eight to 11 year olds.

 For more details, email myra@khorassani.com for information.

Education is the most urgent requirement

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Thames Valley Baha’i Community has relaunched its regular ‘thought for the month’ Baha’i webposts.

 ‘Thought for the month’ highlights selected writings of the Bahá’í Faith, each taken from the Bahai Reference Library.

September’s ‘thought for the month’:

“The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward.

“The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance. Today the mass of the people are uniformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.” The Secret of Divine Civilisation, p109 [32]