on 3/30/07 5:58 AM, David Friedman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a recent cluster meeting it had a list of things like home visits and
> devotional meetings that people could aim to take part in. It seems to me
> that home visits can be limited by ones age and gender. I'm 29 and most
> people in my community are middle aged. If I rang one of them up asking if
> I could come over I don't imagine they'd be particularly keen. As far as
> youth are concerned I wouldn't even bother trying any of the girls as they
> would think I was making a move on them and probably come up with an excuse.
> There's only one male youth in my community and the person he's living
> with doesn't want him to have visitors, so I don't know of anyone who I
> could make a home visit to.
I think you need to back up, take a broad view, and take other people's
interpretation of the Ruhi purpose with a grain of salt (or two or three.)
First off, the true purpose of the Ruhi curriculum is to develop a sense of
community and make it available to entire community, including non-Baha'is,
especially in the form of the "core activities."
Part of this process is to get Baha'is to turn off the TV, put away the
video games and get out and socialize. It may be difficult to believe, but
30 years ago, this happened a lot, like on a daily basis. Interestingly
enough, that just happened to be the same time that we had the most dramatic
growth in the U.S.
Looking at it from that perspective, guess what? *You* don't have to be the
one that is doing the *going*. You can invite people over. For coffee and
conversation. For supper. Singles, btw, are often suckers for the latter.
You can talk to a couple other people and agree to host a monthly pot luck
to which they can invite non-Baha'is. Not to have a fireside, but just so
they can get to know some Baha'is. So the Baha'is can get to know each
other. With the latter in mind, inter-generational social gatherings are
essential. And the number should be small enough so that everyone feels
comfortable talking.
Don C
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