Expansion Zoom Sessions Saturday 20 September & 11 October 2025
Dearly loved friends of North-Eastern Australia,
The Regional Council sends you love and best wishes as the cold winter days come to an end, and we see the warmer spring days of Cycle 15 of the Nine Year Plan are in front of us.
These words, written by the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of world on 18 January 2019, are a potent reminder of the precious responsibility our community carries:
“The establishment of peace is a duty to which the entire human race is called. The responsibility that Bahá’ís bear to aid that process will evolve over time, but they have never been mere spectators – they lend their share of assistance to the operation of those forces leading humanity towards unity. They are summoned to be as leaven to the world. Consider Bahá’u’lláh’s words:
Address yourselves to the promotion of the well-being and tranquillity of the children of men. Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply the dissensions that divide it may, through the power of the Most Great Name, be blotted out from its face, and all mankind become the upholders of one Order, and the inhabitants of one City.”
We hope your efforts in the field of service and your involvement in this current phase of community reflection have offered renewed opportunities to see and strengthen the connection of your individual and collective efforts to the establishment of peace.
Our region’s expansion phase for Cycle 15 starts on Saturday, 20 September 2025. Collectively, we will be meeting that morning from 8:45 – 10:00 am on Zoom (link below) for prayers and sharing of plans and insights from our dear Area Teaching Committees and cluster friends. These spaces have been arranged to facilitate connection and a flow of learning as we transition into the new cycle with a collective period of intensive action.
You are warmly welcomed to join us for prayers, inspiration, and mobilisation.
We will also be meeting again a week after the end of the cycle on Saturday, 11 October 2025, 8:45 – 10:00 am to reflect on the learning from the Expansion activities and consider our next steps as we move into the Consolidation phase of the cycle. Please note that this is one week later than our usual pattern to allow for expansion activities to be fully supported on the last weekend (4&5 October) and for the friends and Area Teaching Committees to reflect on the expansion phase for sharing of learning and insights in the 11 October 2025 Zoom space.
The zoom sessions for both dates can be joined through the following:
The Expansion SWAY page with last cycle’s recordings and resources can be accessed: Here.
May we collectively draw inspiration from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to better understand the highest aspirations of each soul:
“But human flight is through faith. Human flight is through the virtues of the world of humanity. Human flight is through the acquisition of perfections. Human flight is through adherence to the divine teachings. Human flight is through service to the oneness of the world of humanity. Human flight is through heedfulness to the verses of God. Human flight is to become the sign of guidance among the people. Human flight is to become a heavenly standard. Human flight is to become illumined with the light of truth. Human flight is to be detached from all save God. Human flight is to turn to the Abhá Kingdom. Human flight is to carry out the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh in their entirety. It is my hope that ye will all take flight; that your spirits, your hearts, and your minds will soar; and all your conditions will fly upwards. Such is my hope. God willing ye will be aided therein.”
With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Bahá’í Council for North-Eastern Australia