The Baha’i Community

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CORVALLIS, OR - Aug. 22, 2009
The Annual Race Unity Picnic was held in Avery Park with over 100 participants. The joyously diverse program included the Unity Choir, a latin altiplano musical duo and the Hispanic Children Dancers. It was a wonderful moment to share diverse colors and music as well as to renew friendships, reflecting […]

PHILOMATH, OR
20 Aug. 2009
During six days and five nights, youth between the ages of 11 and 14 gathered with their older youth animators to participate in a summer community building activity based on prayer, singing, deepening on spiritual themes, personal reflection and community service. The curriculum was based on new materials recently published by the […]

Promoting the arts to uplift the human spirit and build community is an activity of increasing interest of the Bahá’ís both in Benton County, Oregon as well as worldwide. The third annual “Gift of the Spirit” arts festival, organized by the Bahá’ís of Benton County, is currently being planned for February 13, 2010, from […]

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, […]

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 […]