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1977 30 Dec - 1 Jan
197-		 The third Annual Bahá'í Studies was held at Rosemary Heights, in Surrey, BC. A record 168 registrants attended the 12 formal presentations and many viewed an art display arranged for the Association by local Bahá'í artists. The Annual Meeting is composed of three distinct elements:
1) The membership meeting, during which the executive of CASBF, appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly, reviews the budget and consults with the membership on the aims and direction of the Association.
2) A forum for the formal presentation of original papers and reviews of subjects pertinent to the Faith. Peer review of submitted manuscripts and scheduled discussion of designated papers are intended to maintain a high level of scholarship.
3) The opportunity for Bahá'ís with scholarly interests to meet and informally discuss their own studies and the work of the Association.
This year's meeting was marked by the active participation of Bahá'í youth, many of whom came from the Pacific Youth Conference on Vancouver Island. The National Spiritual Assembly recently assigned CASBF a membership goal of 200 youth, and has consequently encouraged Canadian youth to become involved in its work. The executive also underlined the need for more input from Association members with regard to the possibility of establishing courses on the Faith in specific institutions of higher learning, and in identifying reference materials which contain statements about the Faith.
Formal presentation of the following 12 papers.
1) "Health and Healing", by Dr. Hossain Danesh (presented by Dr. Peter Morgan).
2) "A Review of Maitrya-Amitabha Has Appeared", by Jane Nishi-Goldstone.
3) "The Rise and Fall of the Russian Bahá'í Community: An Historical Sketch", by Anthony Lee.
4) "In Search of a New Visual Myth", by Keith Bloodworth.
5) "The World Centre of the Bahá'í Faith: An Analysis of the Sacred Landscape", by Ken Goldstone.
6) "Nazorean/Ebionaean Christianity and the Emergence of Historical Theology", by Christopher Buck.
7) "Zarathustra and the Bahá'í Faith", by Alan Coupe [no 'r'; later Doug Couper].
8) "Towards a Universal Auxiliary Language", by Kay Balser.
9) "Erikson and the Worldwide Crisis of Identity", by Dr. Anne Schoonmaker.
10) "The Legal Personality of Baha'i Assemblies", by Richard Heiser.
11) "The Dispersion of the Baha'i Faith in North America", by Michael Vermilyea and Spike Hampson.
12) "Human Rights as God-given Rights", by William Barnes. [BC Issue No 312 February 1978 p5] .		 Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Hossain Danesh; Peter Morgan; Jane Nishi-Goldstone; Anthony Lee; Keith Bloodworth; Ken Goldstone; Christopher Buck; Alan Coupe; Kay Balser; Surrey, BC
1977 20 Nov
197-		 A new directive from the Universal House of Justice regarding assembly formation was announced.

The Universal House of Justice has decided that during the last year of the Five Year Plan, i.e. from April 21, 1978 until April 20, 1979 inclusive, Local Spiritual Assemblies being established for the first time, as well as lapsed Assemblies which achieve adequate strength to regain their Assembly status, may be formed at any time during that year. This means that Local Assemblie: formed at Ridvan 1979 will not be counted towards the fulfilment of the goals of the Five Year Plan. [CBN No 314 May 1978 p 4]

Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; - Bahá'í World Centre
1977 9 Jul
197-		 "The first new Spiritual Assembly since Ridván this year was formed in Hull-Ouest, Québec, on July 9. The National Spiritual Assembly warmly commended them on this victory of "establishing a new pillar of the Cause in so important a region of the country." The inaugural members were: Denys Laurin, Yves Charbonneau, Pierre Dagenais, Martel L.F. Piché, Jean-Guy Galipeau, Bill Lemmon, Phoebe Anne Lemmon, Robert Chaffers, Kaye Chaffers. [CBN Issue 306 July 1977 p11; from an email 4 November 2022 from National Archivist Ailsa Hedly Leftwich]
  • The assembly area is now known as Chelsea. Chelsea was named after the Vermont town of its first settler, Thomas Brigham, who was a partner and son-in-law of Philemon Wright and arrived there in 1819. The name has been in use since the early 19th century: Old Chelsea (1819), Parish Saint-Stephen-of-Chelsea (1835), Chelsea (circa 1870). In 1875, the municipality was established as Hull-Partie-Ouest, or commonly referred to as West Hull. The municipality was renamed to its current name in 1990. [Wikipedia]
    		• Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Hull-Ouest, QC; Hull-Ouest, QC; Chelsea, QC; Outaouais Cluster; Denys Laurin; Yves Charbonneau; Pierre Dagenais; Martel L.F. Piché; Jean-Guy Galipeau; Bill Lemmon; Phoebe Anne Lemmon; Robert Chaffers; Kaye Chaffers; Hull-Ouest, QC; Chelsea, QC first Spiritual Assembly in what is now called Chelsea, QC
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