Community Building Activities

The Bahá’í Community engages people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds in a process of community building through programs inspired by the Bahá’í Faith. Through a process of prayerful study, consultation, action, and reflection, children, youth, and adults engage in their own spiritual development. They explore spiritual concepts together and apply them in their communities. Capacities for service are developed and increasingly complex collective action becomes possible. Transformation of self and scoiety go hand in hand.

All programs are free. 

Study circle

A study circle is a small group that meets perhaps once a week for a few hours, usually in the home of one its members, to study courses, which include passages from the Bahá’í writings related to specific themes and acts of service. In response to the materials they study, participants, men and women, young and old alike, come to recognize that they have the power to re-create the world around them. As more and more people become committed to the vision of individual and collective transformation, capacity is gradually built in the community to reflect a pattern of life that places at its heart service and worship.

Children education

Family is the nucleus of human society and family life is the primary place to develop values and capacities essential to the betterment of society. The moral and spiritual education of children assumes vital importance in a world where the joy and innocence of childhood can so easily be overwhelmed by materialism. The ultimate aim of this program is for children to increasingly grow up free from all forms of prejudice, recognizing the oneness of humanity, and appreciating the innate dignity and nobility of every human being.

Junior Youth empowerment

The Junior Youth Empowerment Program is a global movement that motivates young people aged 12 to 15 to work together with parents and community members to contribute to the well-being of their neighbors and the world at large. The program is founded on the idea that, to help young people achieve their highest potential, education needs to address both their intellectual and spiritual development. While inspired by the Bahá’í Faith, the program does not approach education in the mode of religious instructions. It affirms that young people have a vital role to play in helping communities grow.

devotional gatherings

The spirit of fellowship and harmony that binds us together is strengthened through acts of worship. Devotional gatherings are held in community centers or in one another's homes and consist largely of reading prayers and passages from holy scriptures in an informal, yet respectful, atmosphere. Uplifting music and song are often included. There are no rituals; no individual has a special role. These simple gatherings bring people of all backgrounds and beliefs together in prayer and generate a unifying spirit that begins to permeate the community.