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Bahá’í, Interfaith, and Literary Meetings
Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship
Bahá’u’lláh
If you would like to post Bahá’í, interfaith, or literary meetings in Montreal in this group, please contact Martin Serge Langevin at:
[email protected]
We shall permit the posting of six types of meetings open to the public:
1. Bahá’í holy days and any other Bahá’í event,
2. The holy days of any other Faith,
3. Interfaith devotions,
4. Interfaith vegan social meals,
5. International days and weeks, and
6. Poetry recitations.
Though you may organize another meeting in the same room after the one you post in this group, please consider that:
1. Registration to an event posted in this group indicates interest only in the event posted in this group and
2. A participant might have suffered past religious or other trauma and might therefore expect much respect for boundaries.
To ensure that a participant can make a free and informed choice on whether to attend a following meeting, please:
1. Schedule it to start fifteen minutes after the scheduled end time of the previous one;
2. Locate it in a different room; or
3. Explicitly:
1) Inform the participants when the meeting has reached its scheduled end and that another meeting is about to start, and
2) Invite them to either remain for the following meeting or leave and return to another future posted meeting, according to their preference.
We shall present the posting rules below:
1. Bahá’í holy days and any other Bahá’í event: The poster must provide enough detailed information to allow a reader to make an informed decision about whether to attend. For example:
Naw Rúz
A Bahá’í Holy Day
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent)]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: To commemorate Naw Rúz.
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and with instrumental accompaniment or a capella, the Bahá’í writings that you judge pertinent to Naw Rúz in any language, or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
You may even install a Bahá’í Prayers app into your Android device if you wish:
https://bahaiprayers.io/app?ref=s_aai
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
2. The holy days of any other Faith. The poster must conform to the following model while changing only the information between the brackets. We shall present an example for the Christian commemoration of Christmas below:
[Christmas]
A [Christian] holy day
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent]]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: [To commemorate Christmas.]
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and [with instrumental accompaniment (should you permit it) or] a capella, [any version of the Bible that a historical or current Bible society has authorized] that you judge pertinent to [Christmas] in [any language], or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
[You may even install a Bible app into your Android device if you wish:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.king.james.app
]
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
3. Interfaith devotions. The poster must conform to one of the following two models while changing only the information between the brackets:
1) More broadly interfaith devotions:
Interfaith Devotions
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent)]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: [Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.
Bahá’u’lláh]
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and [with instrumental accompaniment (should you permit it) or] a capella, the writings of any religion and any poetry in any language, or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
[You may even install a Bahá’í Prayers app into your Android device if you wish:
https://bahaiprayers.io/app?ref=s_aai
]
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
2) More narrowly interfaith Devotions. They could consist of interfaith Bible or Qur’án devotions or of any other religious writings. We shall present a Bible example below:
Interfaith [Bible] Devotions
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent]]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose:
[In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
Psalms 56:10]
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and [with instrumental accompaniment (should you permit it) or] a capella, [any version of the Bible that a historical or current Bible society has authorized] in [any language], or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
[You may even install a Bible app into your Android device if you wish:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.king.james.app
]
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
4. Interfaith vegan social meals. The poster must conform to the following model while changing only the information between the brackets:
Interfaith Vegan Social Meal
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent)]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[Scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: [Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.
Bahá’u’lláh]
Please bring yourself and, if you can, an alcohol-free vegan dish to share with the other participants.
[You can even install a vegan cookbook app into your Android device:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.veganbowls
]
Please note that while we shall not share any spontaneous prayer, we shall allow a minute of silence at a participant’s request.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
5. International days and weeks. The poster must conform to the following model while changing only the information between the brackets. We shall present an example for the International Day of Peace below:
[International Day of Peace]
An international [day or week]
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent)]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: To commemorate [the International Day of Peace]
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and [with instrumental accompaniment (should you permit it) or] a capella, the writings of any religion and any poetry that you judge pertinent to [the International Day of Peace] in [any language], or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
[You may even install the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson into your device if you wish:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eWcbAgAAQBAJ
]
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
6. Poetry Recitations. The poster must conform to the following model while changing only the information between the brackets and you must specify a poet (whose works might include many books) or a book (which may include the works of many poets). We shall present the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson as an example below:
Poetry Recitations of the works of [Alfred, Lord Tennyson]
[The information to connect on Zoom (if pertinent)]
[Location (if pertinent)]
[Address (if pertinent)]
[The scheduled start and end times and any other pertinent scheduling information]
Purpose: [A purpose of your choice]
Program plan:
You may, in turn, recite, chorally or solo; in speech, chant, or song; and [with instrumental accompaniment (should you permit it) or] a capella, [the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson] in [English], or just listen to the other participants in their turn, according to your preference.
[You may even install them into your device if you wish:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eWcbAgAAQBAJ
]
To protect everyone’s health, we ask that you limit all amplification to a maximum noise level under 70 dB.
For more information, please contact [the facilitator] by email at:
[the email address]
