Mark your calendars!
TBS 2020 Winter School
February 14-16, 3:00 pm at DuBose
Program Theme:
Race Amity: A Key To The Future
We anticipate registration will open on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at noon.
Use the Registration Tab (when available) to begin
the registration process for 2020 Winter School.
Use the Registration Tab (when available) to begin
the registration process for 2020 Winter School.
Dearly loved friends,
The very first WINTER Tennessee Baha'i School will be held on February 14-16, 2020 (Presidents' Day weeknd) at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN. Mark your calendar for this first, ever TBS winter school. Registration will open on December 1 (noon).
The curriculum will focus on the Writings of Shoghi Effendi* and especially on his guidance regarding Racial Unity and the Elimination of Prejudice. More details will be provided in the days and weeks ahead.
In the meanwhile, here are some of Shoghi Effendi's thoughts on the subject:
As to racial prejudice, the corrosion of which, for well-nigh a century, has bitten into the fiber, and attacked the whole social structure of American society, it should be regarded as constituting the most vital and challenging issue confronting the Baha’i community at the present stage of its evolution. The ceaseless exertions which this issue of paramount importance calls for, the sacrifices it must impose, the care and vigilance it demands, the moral courage and fortitude it requires, the tact and sympathy it necessitates, invest this problem … with an urgency and importance that cannot be overestimated.
–The Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 33-34 (December 1938)
Furthermore, and as stated by Shoghi Effendi's grandfather, 'Abdu'-Baha:
To bring the white and the black together is considered impossible and unfeasible, but the breaths of the Holy Spirit will bring about this union. . . . the enmity and hatred which exist between the white and the black races is very dangerous and there is no doubt that it will end in bloodshed unless the influence of the Word of God, the breaths of the Holy Spirit and the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are diffused amongst them and harmony is established between the two races.
They [the Baha'is] must destroy the foundation of enmity and rancor and lay the basis of love and affinity. The power of the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh will remove this danger from America.
~ Abdu'l-Bahá. newly authorized translation attached to letter dated 2/4/85 on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.
. . . . .
Along with our individual efforts, family and community are important contributors to the work of building a new civilization; a world society built upon fairness, justice and equality. We urge you to include your family and friends in TBS 2020.
With loving Baha'i regards,
Tennessee Bahá'í School Committee
An agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
The very first WINTER Tennessee Baha'i School will be held on February 14-16, 2020 (Presidents' Day weeknd) at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN. Mark your calendar for this first, ever TBS winter school. Registration will open on December 1 (noon).
The curriculum will focus on the Writings of Shoghi Effendi* and especially on his guidance regarding Racial Unity and the Elimination of Prejudice. More details will be provided in the days and weeks ahead.
In the meanwhile, here are some of Shoghi Effendi's thoughts on the subject:
As to racial prejudice, the corrosion of which, for well-nigh a century, has bitten into the fiber, and attacked the whole social structure of American society, it should be regarded as constituting the most vital and challenging issue confronting the Baha’i community at the present stage of its evolution. The ceaseless exertions which this issue of paramount importance calls for, the sacrifices it must impose, the care and vigilance it demands, the moral courage and fortitude it requires, the tact and sympathy it necessitates, invest this problem … with an urgency and importance that cannot be overestimated.
–The Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 33-34 (December 1938)
Furthermore, and as stated by Shoghi Effendi's grandfather, 'Abdu'-Baha:
To bring the white and the black together is considered impossible and unfeasible, but the breaths of the Holy Spirit will bring about this union. . . . the enmity and hatred which exist between the white and the black races is very dangerous and there is no doubt that it will end in bloodshed unless the influence of the Word of God, the breaths of the Holy Spirit and the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are diffused amongst them and harmony is established between the two races.
They [the Baha'is] must destroy the foundation of enmity and rancor and lay the basis of love and affinity. The power of the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh will remove this danger from America.
~ Abdu'l-Bahá. newly authorized translation attached to letter dated 2/4/85 on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.
. . . . .
Along with our individual efforts, family and community are important contributors to the work of building a new civilization; a world society built upon fairness, justice and equality. We urge you to include your family and friends in TBS 2020.
With loving Baha'i regards,
Tennessee Bahá'í School Committee
An agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
*Read more about Shoghi Effendi at this website: Click Here