Prayer & Active Service
The Pupil Of The Eye Cultural, Learning & Visitors Center holds regular Prayer Devotionals, Fireside Intros to the Baha'i Faith, Annual Stop The Violence Devotionals in the Sherman Heights neighborhood park, Children & Youth classes and offer tutoring services by request.
We sponsor and hold Neighborhood Cultural Events, Neighborhood Community Gardening Projects, and offer Elderly Food Distribution, Art workshops for children & youth, have adopted and serve Angie & Aliyah's Angels - a service to select seniors we serve that include food service, transportation service, shopping and accompaniment services, and holiday gifting by adoption of the seniors by local Baha'is.
We now add The Pupil Place residence and residential services which includes homefront pioneer relocation services and travel assistance.
We are proud to recognize our collaborators who work very closely with us in much of our distance learning and service efforts. Thank you Barbara Talley & Foundation Hall, Jay Craig of The Baha'i Agricultural Network, The Baha'is of Birmingham, The Sacred Space Garden, Willie Williams of Studio 2500 Art Gallery, Christi N'Tchougan's Overcoming Racism Series, Frederick Murray Professional Services, Doug Gilbert of Conversations With Friends, and a special thanks to Charli Smith & Bill out of Atlanta and all of the in-kind and monetary donors & visitors that supported the center.
We would like to give special recognition, with much gratitude, to Mr. Augustine "Uzor" Ogbue', Aliyah Aziza's husband, for donating the main building of "The Pupil Place" Residence for homefront pioneers and traveling teachers coming to Birmingham, Alabama to serve.
THE UNIVERSAL
HOUSE OF JUSTICE
24 May 2022 ; P:1
To the Bahá’ís of the World
Dearly loved Friends,
Since ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s clarion call in His Tablets of the Divine Plan for the believers to arise and travel far and wide, to plant the “pure seeds” of the divine teachings, and to “become the cause of the illumination of the world of humanity”, wave upon wave of His loved ones have responded enthusiastically to enter the pioneering field. The Divine Plan—whose unfoldment is now in its third epoch—as well as the global Plans of the Bahá’í community that constitute its successive stages, continue to inspire and channel the efforts of the friends and reinforce their sense of mission and commitment to creating a world materially and spiritually prosperous. Indeed, through these dedicated efforts the Faith has taken root in the farthest corners of the earth and is flourishing in numerous settings, and where the soil of the human heart has been especially fertile, the release of its society-building power is increasingly evident. Owing to the requisites of the last two Plans, greater emphasis was given to homefront pioneering, resulting in over 7,000 friends entering this field of service, while some 700 responded to the call for pioneers in the international arena. Considering the restrictions on movement and travel in place for a significant part of this period, this achievement is truly remarkable. Even more astounding is the fact that these pioneers were raised in 169 countries—a testament to the spiritual capacity, consecration, and resolve of the followers of Bahá’u’lláh.