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Show Baha'i global peace discussion March 14 well for both the presenters and the audience. The range of subjects and the brevity of the talks kept every-one's every-one's interest and provided fuel for the discussion that followed the presentation. And the refreshments were yummy!" Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. Please call 298-4507 for more information. r the Philippines. While his employment employ-ment was as a graphic illustrator, Jones considers himself a pilgrim, just like you. While he entitles his talk "Crisis," he hopes he will interact with his audience as "a caring car-ing listener." "You always look a little silly when you try to present people with 'The Truth,' " he said in a phone interview. in-terview. "A favorite author of mine said that, meaning that the truth is really inside you and you can't, in that sense, really present it to anyone else. I think social change and personal transformation are really an inside job." r A member of the Baha'i Faith since 1967, Jones describes himself as just that a member of the Baha'i Faith rather than "A Baha'i." He says the latter is too big a claim for him to make. Nevertheless, he will tackle all of these subjects in his talk. LeDuc has been involved with music of one sort or another for most of his life. He has been a member of the Utah Opera chorus since 1988. He will accompany himself on acoustic guitar. Of the first program, in which he participated, Webb said, "The format for-mat of short talks and songs worked BOUNTIFUL The Baha'i Community of Bountiful will sponsor spon-sor the second of several presenta-Lons presenta-Lons on the subject of global peace. Entitled "Continuing to Live in a vorld Without Walls," the meeting will be held on Saturday, March 14 3t 7:30 p.m. in the basement meeting room of Servus Drug, 55 N. Main, Bountiful. The programs combine short i Jks on subjects relating to the baha'i Faith and current world af-f af-f urs with musical presentations and dramatic readings. Each program includes time for questions and discussion. The public is invited to participate. "Many people have been hoping, praying, and working for years for an age where there will be no more saife," said Paul Webb, a member of the Baha'i Spiritual Assembly of Fount iful. "We wanted to explore ideas about what we do now that the walls are down. Now that we have ;n end to overt hostilities, where do we go? We're all wise enough to know that it doesn't end here, that global peace is more than just an end to war." Participants in Saturday's program pro-gram include speakers Jerome Jones of Layton and Barbara Lachmar of Logan and musician Nelson LeDuc. Lachmar is an attorney. She has recently moved to Utah from Colorado, where she worked for the Ethics Committee of the State Supreme Court. Her husband Tom teaches at Utah State University. Between taking care of their three children and serving as secretary of the Baha'i Assembly of Logan, Lachmar works part-time as a public pub-lic defender. She will speak on Scriptural references to a time of universal peace found in Christian Scriptures as well as in Scriptures of other major world religions. Jones and his wife Helene came to Utah via a somewhat circuitous route that included, most recently. |