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Meet our May Presenters  

The course below is offered at 50% of the usual price: $105 for the three day weekend with standard housing.

May 1-4  Teaching the Cause: Ruhi Book 6 Intensive (Part 1)(3 days)
with Greg Wooster

Teaching the Cause is the sixth in a course sequence designed to raise up human resources capable of fostering the growth of the Baha’i Community with efficiency and love. The participants will develop a "healthy, sustainable growth pattern which is characterized by a focus on direct teaching" and prepares them to "taste the sweetness of teaching" in a collective endeavor at the cluster level.

Required Preparation: Book 6 should be obtained ahead of time, and Units 1, 2 & 3 should be filled out to help facilitate the intensive process.

Prerequisite for Registration: Ruhi Books 1, 2, 3, and 4.

May 2-4  Hands of the Cause of God: The Heart and Soul of Teaching the Faith, with Jane Failey and Brett Gamboa

The Master wrote in Tablets of the Divine Plan that Bahá’í teachers must have love, purity of heart, detachment, and magnanimity. The Guardian stressed that the triumph of the Cause required the "inner life" of the Bahá’ís to "mirror forth in their manifold aspects the splendor of those eternal principles proclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh." This weekend will explore how to attain such qualities within a decadent society, with recourse to the examples of the Hands of the Cause of God and how they embodied the attributes we seek as Bahá’í teachers.

Dr. Faily is a psychologist with degrees from Harvard and the University of Georgia.  She was a pioneer to France in the Ten Year Crusade, and has served as an Auxiliary Board Member for Protection in the southern region and an NSA member in Canada.  She traveled extensively for the Faith in Africa.  She is currently in private practice in Marietta, Georgia.

Brett Gamboa serves as a member of the Auxiliary Board for Protection in New England and is a PhD candidate at Harvard University. His writing and teaching focus on Renaissance and other dramatic literature, and he directs Shakespeare for the theater. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife Gladys, a medical doctor.

May 16-18  Persian Conference - The Covenant of Baha’u’llah
with Mehrdad Fazli 

Reflect with us on the majestic Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh and learn more about the faithful Exemplar of that Covenant – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Through this process, you will gain greater insight into the current Five Year Plan and this wonderful reminder from our beloved Universal House of Justice: "Above all, the friends need to remain ever conscious of the magnitude of the spiritual forces that are at their disposition." Persian friends of all ages are invited to a weekend of spiritual transformation and rejuvenation. Come together for inspirational talks, stimulating discussions, devotional periods and artistic performances.  (Includes classes for ages 3-14.)

Mehrdad Fazli lives in College Station, Texas. He is a Professional  Engineering Trainer and conducts professional seminars for many Fortune 500 Companies as well as US Government Agencies. He has traveled the world extensively offering talks, workshops, and seminars on different Bahai subjects, to the Bahai communities in more than 140 cities within 28 countries and on 4 different continents of the world.  He has served in the Bahai administration on both Local and National level in different countries.

May 23-25   Latin American Weekend: Espiritu Latino - The Joy of Teaching: Reaching Out to the Latino Community,
with Alessandro Giua, Bill Stover and Artemus Stover

This weekend’s program will focus on the joy of teaching and building community with our Latino brothers and sisters. We will study the goals of the Five Year Plan through the eyes of our Latino culture. What can we do to attract this receptive population and integrate more Latinos into our core activities? Join us as we study, talk, discuss, and share wonderful Latin music, dance and food!
(Includes classes for ages 3-17.)

Bill Stover lives in Columbia, CT with his wife Leslie and his son Luke.  He also has two grown sons, Artemus and Sultan, who are active in the Baha'i community in New York City.  Bill is the Director of NCLB and Supplemental Programs for the Windham Public Schools.  He began his career in education in Honduras, Central America where he traveled for a summer Baha'i project and where he decided to stay for more than 20 years.  In Honduras, he served as a member of the National Assembly and a member of the Auxiliary Board for many years as well as a board member of Tierra Santa, a home for abandoned children. For the past five years, Bill has attended the Latino weekend and is excited to share his teaching experiences in Latin America in conjunction with selected writings of the faith.

The course below is offered at 50% of the usual price: $105 for the three day weekend with standard housing.

May 23-26   Teaching the Cause: Ruhi Book 6 Intensive (Part 2)(3 days) – with Greg Wooster

Teaching the Cause is the sixth in a course sequence designed to raise up human resources capable of fostering the growth of the Baha’i Community with efficiency and love. The participants will develop a "healthy, sustainable growth pattern which is characterized by a focus on direct teaching" and prepares them to "taste the sweetness of teaching" in a collective endeavor at the cluster level.

Required Preparation: Book 6 should be obtained ahead of time, and ALL Units should be filled out to help facilitate the intensive process.

Prerequisite for Registration: Ruhi Books 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Summer registration at Green Acre is in full swing, with hundreds of children and youths registered so far,  as well as many adults and family groups. Check the webpage below for information about summer courses.

Details on all courses may be found at

http://www.greenacre.org/upcoming.htm