Sarah Jane Farmer, the daughter of electrical genius Moses Farmer and the humanitarian Hannah Shapleigh Farmer, became a pioneer in the movement for peace. She founded a conference center in Eliot, Maine where progressive subjects were discussed, and the arts thrived....
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Video | 2021 Sarah Farmer Peace Award
The 2021 Sarah Farmer Peace Award was awarded to Voices from the Heart in a virtual Zoom ceremony on Sunday, November 21st. The two-hundred-strong women’s choral group specializing in “soulful multi-cultural music.” Inspired by “Sweet Honey in the Rock,” the group was...
A Daily Celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Video recordings of this summer’s daily online celebrations led by Dr. Anne Gordon Perry commemorating the historic visit of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, to Green Acre in 1912. Part of His eight-months long journey in America, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá...
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre, the “Acca of the Western World” | Dr. Anne Perry & Dr. Robert Stockman
Green Acre and the Bahá’í Publishing Trust welcome you to a special edition of Conversations of the Heart honoring ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s historic visit to Green Acre in August of 1912, with two special authors. Anne Gordon Perry, primary author of Green Acre on the...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 8* AUGUST 23rd Are you all well and happy? This is a delightful spot; the scenery is beautiful, and an...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 7* AUGUST 22nd "He paid a glowing tribute to Miss Farmer’s Green Acre and said how much he prized His stay...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 6* AUGUST 21st ". . . He went with them to the hill of Monsalvat. As soon as He arrived about four hundred...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 5* AUGUST 20th “My thoughts are wholly absorbed by this journey. I can think of nothing else because the...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 4* AUGUST 19th THY DESIRE TO SERVE Green Acre is in reality a very important matter. This name (Green Acre)...
Celebrating ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre
Welcome to our celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Green Acre in 1912. Click the link below to download the materials for today’s session. MATERIALS for DAY 3* AUGUST 18th Are you all well and happy? This is a delightful spot; the scenery is beautiful, and an...