Beloved friends,
As we enter the spiritually-nourishing period of fasting, the Training Institute rejoices in sharing with you news of appointments to the following functions within its structure: Regional Co-ordinator: Arjang Agahi Area Co-ordinators: Michelle O'Mahony, Colette Rodgers
These appointments signal an important milestone in the ‘efflorescence’ of the training institute in Northern Ireland. They mark a significant development in the Institute's system for co-ordinating the delivery of its sequence of courses, courses that are aimed at developing the human resources necessary to foster large-scale expansion and consolidation of the Faith in our dear land.
To a great measure, reaching this milestone has come about as a result of the spontaneous response that you, the loved ones of Bahá'u'lláh, have made to the summons from the Universal House of Justice for the friends to participate in the institute process
For the purposes of co-ordinating study circles, their multiplication and the movement of the friends and enquirers through the sequence of courses, two areas according to clusters have been created in the Province. Area 1 and Area 2.
Area 1: Causeway, Clougher Valley, Flax & Apples, Hainsworth, Heartland, Lakeland, South Down and Strule Valley. Michelle O'Mahony is the area co-ordinator now responsible for this area. Area 2: Alder Grove, Ballymena & the Glens, Charles Dunning, Downe and Peninsula. Colette Rodgers is the area co-ordinator now responsible for this area.
The Regional Co-ordinator assumes the role of directing, guiding and monitoring the work of the Area Co-ordinators as well as being generally responsible for the efficient and effective operation of the Institute's system for delivering the courses. The Area Co-ordinators take on the all-important role of directly supporting, guiding and sustaining the tutors in the vital function as well as of co-ordinating, supporting, promoting and monitoring all study circle activity in their respective areas.
This exciting development requires the establishment of new lines of communication between the Institute and the three components of the Five-Year Plan, the individual, the community and the institutions:
At individual level, the individual's contact with the Institute will be through the area co-ordinator of the cluster area in which she/he lives. Any of you who wish to participate in, or to form a study circle should contact the area co-ordinator of the area in which you live. At community level, the Institute Board continues to be directly responsible for assuring its representation, where appropriate and called for, at cluster reflection meetings, and all communication with the Institute at this level should be through the secretary of the Institute Board. At institutional level, all institutions, including all agencies or committees of the Council, will continue to communicate with the Institute through the secretary of the Institute Board.
With warmest Bahá'í greetings, TRAINING INSTITUTE BOARD, James Holmlund E-mail: jpholm@utvinternet.com
The new Regional and Area Co-ordinators
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