Bahai School, Retreat & Conference Center
Current Programs
Winter, Spring & Summer Programs 2010
All Summer Program are now open for registration. (Five programs opened on February 10th and the remainder opened on February 18th, as was announced in the Green Acre eNewsletter. Subscribe to the eNewsletter and see current and past issues here: http://www.greenacre.org/enews.aspx )
Waiting Lists: If a session is full, there is now an option in the registration process to check “waiting list” and be added automatically. You must complete the registration process, clicking “finish”, in order to be added to the waiting list. (There will be no fee.) If you have any questions, please email greenacre@usbnc.org
March 5-7 - Spiritual Retreat for the Fast for College Students
Full weekend (2 nights, 4 meals, no lunches) $100. Scholarships are available; the application form can be downloaded at http://www.greenacre.org/reginfo.aspx#discounts. Commuter rate is $17 per day plus meals, $7 for breakfast and $11 for dinner. Come for rest, reflection, inspiration and the joy of being together during the Fast.
Thaddeus Herman
Mar 12-14 - Spiritual Retreat for the Fast for Young Adults
Full weekend (2 nights, 4 meals, does not include lunches) $136 for adults, $123 for college students. Scholarships are available; the application form can be downloaded at http://www.greenacre.org/reginfo.aspx#discounts .
Mark, Renu and Ken Cabot
March 24-28 - Writing and Spirit Shape Each Other, and Us: Retreat for Writers
Phyllis Ring
March 26-28 - Two Programs:
Grandparents and Grandchildren Weekend: God is One
Joannie and James Yuille and Susan Nolan
Promptings of the Spirit
Suellen Howley
April 2-4 - Handmaiden’s Weekend #10 - WOMEN, WISDOM and WELLNESS
Barbara Markert
April 9-11 - Two Programs
Badasht Prep X: for Middle School Students in Grades 6-8
Joel and Vickie Nizin
Hot Topics, Cool Conversations
Holly Hanson
April 16-18 - Two Programs:
Prosperity: A Bahá'í Imperative
Russell Ballew
Faith & Pancakes: Friends & Family Weekend III
Paul Robbins and Willard Cofield
Details and Registration for both programs
April 30-May 1 - Youth Institute: Selected Topics from Some Answered Questions
Kamran Hakim
May 14-16 - Regional Training Institute Weekend
Gerardo Vargas (Institutional meeting - by invitation only)
May 21-23 - Persian Weekend
Rezvanullah Tavakkoli
May 28-30 - Latin American Weekend - How I Can Contribute More Effectively to the Goals of the Five Year Plan - Translating What Is Written into Reality
Enidia Rinaldi
June 4-6 - Two Programs:
Secrets of Divine Civilization
Peter Terry and Farhad Rassekh (Jointly with Wilmette Institute)
Second Program - information coming soon
Details and Registration for both programs
June 11-13 - Race Unity and the Process of Community Building
Tod Ewing and Lex Musta
Summer Programs
June 18-23 - Peace as Humanization: A Bahá'í Perspective
Nader Saiedi
June 25-30 - Camp Green Acre 2010
for children going into grades 4, 5, 6
Coordinators: Roger Davis, Mark Cabot, Sharon Sharifi, and Lisa Sobhian
June 25-30 - Spiritual Parenting in Practice
Meishi and Michael Haslip
July 2-8 - Spiritual Descendants of the Dawn-breakers:
12th Annual Badasht Academy for Youth in Grades 9-12
Jen Wilson and Vahideh Rambaud
July 17-21 - Translating the Word into Action and Prerequisites for the Peace and Tranquility of the World: Translating “that which hath been written into reality and action.”
Janet and Rodney Richards and Barbara and Bob Harris
July 17-21 - Creativity and the Faculty of Meditation – Spirit of Children Conference
Facilitators and Presenters to be announced
July 23-28 - Spiritual Empowerment Program for Junior Youth
for those going into grades 7, 8, 9 - Jessica Meurer and Miles Sobhani
July 23-28 - Revelation: The Creator and the Impulse Toward a Divine Civilization - Contributing to a Transformative Social Reality
Gordon Naylor
July 30-Aug 4 - Discharging Our “Inescapable Duty” – Raising Children, both as Parents and as Community
Layli and Gil Miller-Muro
Aug 6-11 - Exploring Themes In “Revelation And Social Reality”
Valerie Dana
Aug 20-25 - The Soul as the Essential Inner Reality of Man and The Life and Significance of Bahá’u’llah
Hartmut and Ursula Grossmann
Aug 27-30 - The Power and Influence of Music in Our Communities
Van Gilmer
September 3-6 - The Cluster and the Covenant: Following the Minor Plan of God
John Hatcher
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