The document outlines the training plan and activities for teaching the Bahá'í faith, including: 1) A four phase process of preparation, expansion, consolidation and reflection with specific time periods dedicated to each phase. 2) Activities during each phase including planning, direct teaching, devotional meetings, study circles and classes for different age groups. 3) Current participation levels noting those close to completion and the goal of increasing participation in core activities. 4) Review of a previous campaign and lessons learned about effective teaching approaches.

1. Reflection Meeting 1 week of Preparation by the teaching teams 2 Weeks of Expansion 10 weeks of Consolidation TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES Planning Teaching Direct Teaching Fireside Campaign Consolidation Devotionals Study Circles Children’s Classes JY Classes Home Visits

2. 7 seekers are currently in study circles 2 declarations. 1 of these friends has since completed Book 1 First ever children’s class teacher / junior youth group animator gathering Tutor gathering with outreach component

3. Start Book 1 study circles with at least 20 seekers Complete a Ruhi course in the next 3 months Do the practices associated with the Books Achieve 70 people who have completed the sequence **26 people in our cluster need only one Book to complete the sequence!**

4. Seekers who regularly attend one or more of the core activities (study circles, devotional meetings, children’s classes, junior youth groups).

5. Study circles Devotional meetings Children’s classes Junior youth groups

6. Seekers COI Bahá’ís COI - Seekers regularly participating in core activities (study circles, devotional meetings, children’s classes, and junior youth groups).

7. Previous Campaign: Multiply neighborhood children’s classes and junior youth groups with seekers. Results: 8 children’s classes underway, 3 in planning stage 6 junior youth groups, 1 in planning stage

8. Personal invitations are very effective Identify a venue, trained resources and potential participants before starting a class Be consistent in holding your class Establish relationships with the parents Role-play and prepare before doing outreach Take notes of receptive homes during outreach

9. ATC/ABms accompany teaching teams Human Resource Development (CIC/ABms)

10. Do you have a teaching story to tell? Have you gone on a home visit ? Did you do something courageous and audacious ? Email the ATC Secretary [email_address]

11. “ ...often a period of two weeks, demands the highest level of intensity. Its objective is to widen the circle of those interested in the Faith, to find receptive souls and to teach them.” “ ...the goal is to augment the number of those willing to participate in core activities.” - 27 Dec 2005, Universal House of Justice

12. “ The friends who participate in these intensive programs of growth should bear in mind that the purpose is to ensure that that the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh reaches the masses of humanity and enables them to achieve spiritual and material progress through the application of the Teachings...They cannot withhold whatever effort, whatever sacrifice may be called for.” - Universal House of Justice, 9 January 2001 “ Above all the friends need to remain ever conscious of the magnitude of the spiritual forces that are at their disposition.” - Universal House of Justice, 27 December 2005

13. Save the Date! Next Cluster Reflection Meeting – Jan 13, 2008 Expansion Phase: Jan 19 – Feb 3, 2008 Consolidation Phase: Feb 4 – April 20, 2008