Bahá’í Member Resources

Baha’i Fasting Period
March 1-19, 2021

Sunrise and Sunset times during the Fast

See calendar times for details and zoom link.

For more information please contact Becky Buckhosh at beckytecky1020@gmail.com

Service Opportunities

Preparing and Distributing Food Donations

Haywood Elementary School is serving as a food distribution center for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Below are the volunteer opportunities they have available:

Location: Haywood Elementary School, 3790 Turley Dr, Nashville, TN 37211
Wednesday mornings:  Preparing and organizing donated food (loading boxes of food) at Haywood Elementary School. 
Wednesday mid-day:  Distributing donations by loading food boxes into cars and/or transporting food to families without transportation.

To volunteer you must sign up for an available date here.

Donating Perishable Food Items

Cole Elementary School
Anytime: Anyone who would like to donate perishable food items to a local school and surrounding community can deliver them to the two large refrigerators outside of Cole Elementary School, 4060 Colemont Dr, Antioch, TN 37013.  Anyone in need can obtain up to 3 items from the refrigerators.

 

March 2021

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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  • First day of the Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
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  • The Fast
  • Dawn Prayers during the Fast
  • Children's Classes via Zoom
  • Assembly
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  • The Fast
  • Children's Classes via Zoom
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  • Children's Classes via Zoom
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  • Children's Classes via Zoom
  • Assembly
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Online Contact Form

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Local Spiritual Assembly nashvilleassembly@nashvillebahai.org
Members:  Sharouk Fani, Faran Ferdowsi (Treasurer), Talieh Ferdowsi, Karen Streets-Anderson (Chair),  Sue St. Clair (Secretary), Juliet Traub, Laura Ware, Jim Traub (Recording Secretary, Vice Chair), Juliet Crossley

Appalachian Regional Bahá’í Council secretary.rbcapp@gmail.com 
Members: Elizabeth Price (Secretary), Aram Ferdowsi, Alison McGee, Craig Turner, Bita Rahmanian,  Craig Turner, Jackie Jenkins, Niaz Khadem

Area Teaching Committee  nashvilleatc@gmail.com
Members:  Laura Ware,  Mahsa Etimadifar, Robin Ballew, Jaleh Namjouyan

  • Facilitates and oversees gatherings for reflection on, and review of, efforts to transform the spiritual life of Nashville’s neighborhoods.
  • Coordinates all devotional gatherings in Nashville

    Study Circle Coordinator Shereen Cook

    • Coordinates all study circles in Nashville

     Webmaster Juliet Traub

    • Updates website and website calendar of events

    Nashville Statistic Officer stats.tn250@gmail.com (Linda Hendrickson)

    • Keeps track of statistics relating to activities and individual progress through the Ruhi institute courses.

    Area Feast Coordinators

    • Coordinate Nashville area feasts and other activities in neighborhoods  divided into the following areas:
      Area 1: 37211, 37222    
      Area 2: 37011, 37013   
      Area 3: 37072, 37115, 37116, 37076, 37201, 37206, 37210, 37214, 37216, 37217
      Area 4 : 37015, 37072, 37143, 37189, 37207, 37208, 37209, 37218, 37219, 37221, 37228
      Area 5 : 37027, 37203, 37204, 37204, 37205, 37212, 37215, 37220, 37235 
      Area 1 & 2 (English) Coordinators: Gina Mendello, Woubit Atnafe, Parisa Heidari  area1@nashvillebahai.org
      Area 1 (Persian) Coordinators: Fariba Bakhtiyari, Mahsa Etemadifar, Siamak Olfati
      Area 2 (Persian) Coordinators:  Roya Hamdi, Shahrooz Eshraghi, Behzad Akbari
      Area 3 Coordinators: Charlene Cage, Sue Senchuk, Susan Crossley
      Area 4: N/A,  nashvillearea4@gmail.com
      Area 5: Ahdieh Shabazian, Shanaz Soroush