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GA Bahá'í Summer School 2008 Adult Curriculum

Inspiration, Understanding, Execution

Goals:

1. To be inspired to participate in direct support of the plans four core activities.
2. To understand the process of sustainable growth and the steps your community must take to get there, the resources it needs, and where you can best support the process.
3. To enhance your skills to specifically support tactical portions of the plan.

Structure of the program will be to have speakers address goal 1, facilitators lead discussions for goal 2 and workshops for goal 3.

Saturday Morning Sessions

• Slot 1 – Inspiration - by Sahail Zebarjadi

Saturday Afternoon Sessions

• Slot 1 – Understanding - Leonardo Duque

Sunday Morning Sessions

• Slot 1 – Workshops (choice 1 of 2)
• Slot 2 – Workshops (choice 2 of 2)

Workshop Facilitators for:

• Study Circles – Cliff Owens-Leach
• Direct Teaching – Rich Pellegrino
• Devotion – Greg Kagira-Watson
• Children Class Management – Seniada LeBlanc
• Junior Youth – Kit Carson
• Initiating Children Classes – Desiree Carson
• Home Visits - Sherry Schwabacher
• Firesides - Larry Gates

Sunday Afternoon Sessions

• Huququllah

Monday Morning Sessions

• Slot 1 - Just Do It! - Michael O'Neal

Potential Discussions:

Propitious Conditions for Sustainable Growth: A Review

Potential Workshops

(workshop attendance may be limited for each session to even out demand; sign up sheet provided at registration table for workshops)

Developing your Community of Interest

Ways to qualify and quantify your community of interest, build the numbers, strategies for invitations, at the cluster, local or individual level.

Neighborhood Children’s Classes

Methods for targeting neighborhoods, establishing classes, inviting non-Bahá'ís, developing resources.

Junior Youth

Devotional Gathering

Study Circles

Anna’s Presentation

Practical application of this direct teaching method, including rehearsal and role playing. NOTE: Committee should discuss providing the flip book version being used in the Metro Atlanta IPG.

Handling Christian Concerns -

Cluster Development

Best practices, lessons learned, organization, etc. from cluster representatives that have experience with several IPG phases.

We are asking the facilitators to help the friends with the following:

• identify where they are in the particular activity
• where the Faith needs them to be
• build bridges to get there

We expect that by sharing their own experiences the facilitator and the participants will learn from each other, gain insights, and develop plans of action to become more engaged in the activity