West Berkshire Bahá'i community

Marking Naw-Ruz, the Bahá’í New Year’s Day, was both a fun and a spiritual event for Bahá’ís throughout West Berkshire.

Bahá’ís are taught, in the words of Abdu’l-Baha, that: “Training in morals and good conduct is far more important than book learning." Now Thames Valley Bahá’ís are to explore what that means to them.

"Education has a universal influence, and the differences caused by it are very great" - these words of Abdu’l-Baha have prompted Thames Valley Bahá’í Community to choose 'education of man' as the subject for its next 'Time to Unwind' meeting.

Study predicting religion’s extinction in some countries is ‘just part of the natural order of things’, says West Berkshire's Bahá’í Community

At this time of unrest in parts of North Africa and the Middle East, Bahá’ís in West Berkshire made world peace the focus of their attention for their recent'Time to Unwind' evening.

Thames Valley Bahá’í Community is taking an active part in 'Celebrating RE Month' this March. The celebration is organised by the RE Council for England and Wales and financially supported by the Bahá’í National Spiritual Assembly.

At Valentine’s Day some people think more deeply about what love means to them than at other times. Now Thames Valley Bahá’í Community is inviting non-Bahá’ís to come along to a regular meeting to talk about what love means to Bahá’ís.

West Berkshire Bahá’ís have joined Bahá’í communities around the world in asking their MPs for support in defence of Bahá’ís in Iran, following an open letter from the Bahá’í International Community to the Head of Iran’s Judiciary.

Senior officers of the Bahá’í Faith from around the globe have gathered at The Bahá’í World Centre to discuss future evolution. Thames Valley Bahá’í Community welcomes the conference.

Unity and religion are not always seen as easy bedfellows, but people living near Newbury will have the opportunity to join a discussion about the unity of religion and the purpose of religion on 22 December.