The second annual “Gift of the Spirit” arts festival is slated for Saturday, May 31st, 2008. As was the case last year, the festival will take place at the Corvallis Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave. Corvallis, OR 97330, starting at 11:00 AM. Those wishing to submit entries for the festival (visual arts, songs, […]
PHILOMATH, OR
January 26, 2008
What happens when a community wants to bring the teachings of the Bahá’í Faith to an entire town? The Baha’is in Benton County, Oregon found out. Over the past 9 days, about 40 dedicated souls (30 of whom reside in the county) knocked on just about every door in Philomath […]
Philomath, OR
July 27-29th and August 10-12th, 2007
Two highly successful junior youth “Eco-camps” were held in Cluster OR 15 (Benton County) this summer using the Ruhi Institute’s “Junior Youth Ecology Camp 1” materials. The 3-day camps began at 3pm on Friday afternoon and ended at 11:30am on the following Sunday morning. This experience included camping […]
CORVALLIS, OR - 12 May 2007 - The first Annual Arts Festival “Gift of the Spirit” sponsored by the Bahá’ís of Benton County took place on May 12, 2007. Various local artists showed and performed their artistic creations to over 150 visitors. The event took place the entire day at the Corvallis Public Library. […]
CORVALLIS, OREGON, United States, 4 September 2007 - During the summer of 2006, the Bahá’í communities of Benton County have noticed an important increase in the number of Core Activities being offered in Corvallis, Philomath and rural Benton County. As a result, the centralized activity held weekly during the past ten years has now been […]
The 48th Annual Race Unity Picnic was held in Maple Grove at Avery Park on Saturday, August 19.
The event was attended by friends from all over the Mid-valley area. It was co-sponsored by the Bahá’í Faith, the Corvallis Branch NAACP, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission for the City of Corvallis, the Benton County […]