Local Activities
The Chattanooga Baha'i Center (pictured above) is used for a weekly devotional gathering on Sunday Mornings from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. All are welcomed to join us as we gather for prayers, music, and meaningful conversations on spiritual concepts.
Additionally, the Center is the location for many of our other regular community gatherings and celebrations such as Feasts and observances for Baha'i Holy Days.
Baha'is are encouraged to engage in community building activities which occur in individual homes and neighborhoods. The focus neighborhood in Chattanooga for our Core Activities is East Lake. For information more information, please contact: Neda Long (615)513-6454
Core Activities
Bahá’ís, along with their friends and neighbors, are putting Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings into action through the Core Activities. These collaborative grassroots efforts focus on empowering individuals of all ages and backgrounds to recognize and develop their spiritual capacities. These activities are offered by Bahá'í communities around the world and they involve people of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of religion, who share a common purpose: to promote the welfare and wellbeing of all.
The activities at the heart of this process are; meetings that strengthen the devotional character of the community, classes that nurture the tender hearts of children, groups that assist junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives, and study circles that foster the understanding and application of the Baha'i teachings to individual and collective life.
Devotional Gatherings
A regular gathering of people from all faiths and backgrounds who come together to strengthen our spiritual foundation through prayer and song. Often held in homes, neighborhoods, or community centers. Devotional gatherings are considered an essential practice of the spiritual wellbeing of a community, and follow no set form or rituals.
Study Circles
Small groups gather to learn by exploring key spiritual concepts, share spiritual insights, and develop skills to enable them to improve their own inner lives and to contribute to the betterment of society. This is done through systematic study of a sequence of courses based on the Bahá’í Writings using the courses of the Ruhi Institute.
Children's Classes
Baha’i Children’s classes aim to nurture the hearts and minds of children. The emphasis of these classes is on helping children lay the foundation of a noble character by learning to develop their innate capacities for love, unity and justice to improve their own lives and the lives of those around them.
Junior Youth Empowerment Program
The Junior Youth Empowerment Program engages peers aged 11 to 15 to help them develop their moral identity, their powers of expression, capacities for moral reasoning, and an ethic of service to others. The program combines study, mentorship and social action.
Additionally, the Center is the location for many of our other regular community gatherings and celebrations such as Feasts and observances for Baha'i Holy Days.
Baha'is are encouraged to engage in community building activities which occur in individual homes and neighborhoods. The focus neighborhood in Chattanooga for our Core Activities is East Lake. For information more information, please contact: Neda Long (615)513-6454
Core Activities
Bahá’ís, along with their friends and neighbors, are putting Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings into action through the Core Activities. These collaborative grassroots efforts focus on empowering individuals of all ages and backgrounds to recognize and develop their spiritual capacities. These activities are offered by Bahá'í communities around the world and they involve people of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of religion, who share a common purpose: to promote the welfare and wellbeing of all.
The activities at the heart of this process are; meetings that strengthen the devotional character of the community, classes that nurture the tender hearts of children, groups that assist junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives, and study circles that foster the understanding and application of the Baha'i teachings to individual and collective life.
Devotional Gatherings
A regular gathering of people from all faiths and backgrounds who come together to strengthen our spiritual foundation through prayer and song. Often held in homes, neighborhoods, or community centers. Devotional gatherings are considered an essential practice of the spiritual wellbeing of a community, and follow no set form or rituals.
Study Circles
Small groups gather to learn by exploring key spiritual concepts, share spiritual insights, and develop skills to enable them to improve their own inner lives and to contribute to the betterment of society. This is done through systematic study of a sequence of courses based on the Bahá’í Writings using the courses of the Ruhi Institute.
Children's Classes
Baha’i Children’s classes aim to nurture the hearts and minds of children. The emphasis of these classes is on helping children lay the foundation of a noble character by learning to develop their innate capacities for love, unity and justice to improve their own lives and the lives of those around them.
Junior Youth Empowerment Program
The Junior Youth Empowerment Program engages peers aged 11 to 15 to help them develop their moral identity, their powers of expression, capacities for moral reasoning, and an ethic of service to others. The program combines study, mentorship and social action.