The Baha'is of Flower Mound will meet tonight to make preparation for the most important date of the calendar:

Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith. Below is a letter for discussion.

"As this auspicious year of the 200th anniversary of the Blessed Beauty’s Birth continues its rapid progress, we

felt it timely to remind you of valuable resources currently available to you in the planning of your bicentenary

observances, and to share our joy in the exciting news recently received from the Universal House of Justice

of some additional resources that are forthcoming. One option given is:  Hosting a special dinner party to share

the life and teachings of Bahá’u’lláh with friends, neighbors, and other guests. Finally, we share your joy in news

recently received from the Supreme Body that? to support your efforts to mark the bicentenary?it has

commissioned the production of a film on the life and teachings of Bahá’u’lláh. In its letter announcing this

development, the House of Justice expressed the hope that the friends, “will put on screenings that stimulate

conversations about the Person of Bahá’u’lláh, about how He was willing to bear extraordinary hardship so that

humankind might be rescued from its confusion and suffering, and about how He now inspires the efforts of

millions of people who derive from His teachings inner strength and spiritual direction for their lives.”

Be assured of our prayers that abundant blessings and confirmations may attend your efforts to befittingly

celebrate this historic occasion and to seize “to its fullest extent” the unparalleled teaching opportunities it presents!

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES