Baha'i Youth Conference

In February of this year, the Supreme Body of the Baha'i Faith wrote to the Baha'is of the world, inviting them to participate in one of 114 youth conferences which would be held around the world

"To every generation of young  believers comes an opportunity to make  a contribution to the fortunes of humanity, unique  to their time of life.  For the present generation, the moment has come  to reflect, to commit, to steel themselves for a life of service from  which blessing will flow in abundance."

This past weekend, we attended the Madrid youth conference, which included hundreds of youth from Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, and Canary Islands.

It was energizing to have these conversations with others in and around our community, to start planning how we can contribute to our community life. Kilian and I are living in a small town that at present doesn't have any children's classes or any junior youth groups. The three of us from our community were able to set the goal to become trained as junior youth animators and begin a junior youth group in El Vendrell as soon as we could. Establishing a unity of vision and relationships of mutual support and friendship are some additional fruits that came from this conference.

Here is a short video summarizing the conference in Madrid.



This is a great song that the Portuguese Baha'i Community put together for the Youth Conference.


Some photos, courtesy of Francisco González Pérez, more can be viewed on Google+:

Our facilitator, full of joy, as we consult in our small groups.

Youth performing at a plenary session.

Listening and engaged in thoughtful conversations.

Jumping!