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		<title>National Spiritual Assembly co-sponsors National Race Amity Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States is one of several supporting sponsors, along with the Boston Globe and public television station WGBH, of the National Race Amity Conference which will be held May 18-19 at Wheelock College. The second annual conference opens with a Thursday evening welcome reception that features sponsor presentations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edward Price: I realize with astonishment what incredible mercy and kindness Baha’u’llah showered upon me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I became a Baha&#8217;i on the Feast of &#8216;Izzat in 1973, 38 years ago. I grew up in a Jewish family in Newton, Mass., but my family was not devout. We celebrated Passover and Chanukah and my parents sent me to Hebrew School when I was little but, honestly, none of it connected with me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Baha&#8217;i Temple Choral Concert on Sunday, May 27</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 talented voices from nine nations will sing beautiful sacred music at the 2012 Baha&#8217;i Choral Festival with two free public concerts on Sunday May 27th at Wilmette’s renowned Baha&#8217;i Temple. Rich harmonies and uplifting music will fill the 1,200-seat Baha&#8217;i House of Worship beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. that Sunday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith and Race: A Dialogue Worth Having</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the blog State of Formation, Phillipe Copeland emphasizes the importance of engaging in interreligious dialogue and being attentive to including the intersections of faith and race into these conversations. &#8220;According to the Abrahamic traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i Faith, the universe itself was spoken into being. This offers a fitting metaphor for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/10/faith-and-race-a-dialogue-worth-having/</link>
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		<title>Temple echoes with strains of a century ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery Centenary devotional programs bring thousands to the Baha&#8217;i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois Click to enlarge and browse a gallery of related photos. Every seat filled. A hush in the air. That was the Auditorium of the Baha&#8217;i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, until the strains of &#8220;Ya Baha&#8217;u'l-Abha,&#8221; sung by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/08/temple-echoes-with-strains-of-a-century-ago/</link>
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		<title>Baha&#8217;i House of Worship listed as Illinois attraction in Enjoy Illinois sweepstakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy Illinois is doing a fan favorite sweepstakes! Beginning Monday, May 7th, you can vote for your favorite Illinois attractions for a chance to win an Illinois getaway and a $500 Shell Gift Card! The Baha&#8217;i House of Worship has been paired with the Adler Planetarium. Vote now at:  https://www.facebook.com/EnjoyIllinois/app_263653463729978. The winner will be chosen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/06/bahai-house-of-worship-listed-as-illinois-attraction-in-enjoy-illinois-sweepstakes/</link>
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		<title>Feeling renewed after Baha’i convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By. Tracy Simmons as originally posted on SpokaneFAVS A Spokane Valley man joined Bahá&#8217;ís from across the country this weekend in Wilmette, Ill. to elect a new National Spiritual Assembly, discuss spiritual issues and celebrate Ridvan. Joseph F. Urlacher, the Bahá&#8217;í delegate for Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, said the 104th Baha’i National Convention was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/03/feeling-renewed-after-baha%e2%80%99i-convention/</link>
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		<title>Residents of Arizona neighborhoods inspired to work for change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outreach in two areas flanking Phoenix, Arizona, has inspired residents who have their own struggles to work alongside Baha&#8217;is for change where they live. In Mesa in the East Valley cluster of Baha&#8217;i communities, the junior youth spiritual empowerment program for ages 11–14 has captured imaginations in neighborhoods. They have encountered many people who share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/01/residents-of-arizona-neighborhoods-inspired-to-work-for-change/</link>
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		<title>Helping hands bring Georgia community &#8216;alive&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dalton, Georgia, Baha&#8217;i community once was much larger and quite active in the greater society. The director of a new community center in the recession-devastated &#8220;Carpet Capital of the World&#8221; remembers. When Baha&#8217;is recently took a barrel of donated canned food items to the center, he spoke of attending events they had sponsored. Would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahai.us/2012/05/01/helping-hands-bring-georgia-community-alive/</link>
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		<title>Mavis Creager served Faith in Japan, Wisconsin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mavis Creager spent nearly 15 years in Japan teaching conversational English and making many connections to help Baha’i communities grow. She passed away January 18, 2012, at age 76. Her home of the past 18 years was La Crosse, Wisconsin, and she lived most of her life in that state. In a letter of condolence [...]]]></description>
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