Baha'i Treasurers Bulletin

Feast of 'Azamat/Grandeur - May 17, 2012

In this issue:

Welcome to a new fiscal year!

The Life of Your Contribution - a video to share

New Fund established by our beloved Supreme Body

Treasurers Notes for the Feast of 'Azamat/Grandeur

Welcome to a new fiscal year!

The excitement, love and unity of the recent National Convention is still stirring in our hearts and minds. Our National Treasurer for this year is Juana C. Conrad and we look forward to continued collaboration in service to the Funds of our beloved Faith.

As we reflect on this past year, its tremendous significance becomes apparent. Not only did we raise one of the largest amounts for the National Fund in history, but we did it through the grassroots efforts and sacrifices of the friends. In fact, more than 2,800 individuals contributed to the National Fund this year who had not given the previous year and more than 3,200 believers increased their gifts this year by an average of 72% more than they gave the previous year! The level of sacrifice from the friends to give so generously to propel our Faith forward leaves us full of humble gratitude to Bahá'u'lláh for His eternal bounties and blessings.

The Life of Your Contribution - a video to share

Click here to download an AVI version of the film which may assist with creating a DVD. Clicking on the Vimeo logo on the lower right of the player will take you to the Vimeo page from which you can download MOV and MP4 versions.

New Fund established by our beloved Supreme Body

The astounding and profound spirit of this year’s Ridván Message will surely be with us for a long time to come. Our hearts are filled with love and joy at the announcement that two national and five local Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs will be established in the world. The Universal House of Justice states:

“To support the construction of the two national and five local Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, we have decided to establish a Temples Fund at the Bahá’í World Centre for the benefit of all such projects. The friends everywhere are invited to contribute to it sacrificially, as their means allow.”

We wanted to let you know that you can now contribute to this Fund by writing a check or contributing using the Online Contribution System (OCS) at mybahaifund.us. Your check should be made out to the National Bahá’í Fund, with a note in the memo section designating it for the “International Temples Fund”, which gives the House of Justice the ability to use these funds as needed for the Temples. When using OCS to contribute, please scroll to the bottom of the Fund name list and there you will find “International Temples Fund” as an option. Please remember that by designating “yes” in the discretionary box, you are indicating that it is your “wish, hope, and desire” that your contribution be sent to the International Temples Fund and this will make it tax deductible.

We look forward to witnessing the confirmations that will surely come about as we all unite together in this special effort for the advancement of civilization.

Treasurers Notes for the Feast of 'Azamat/Grandeur

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