Family picnic promotes vibrant community life
The community of Shellharbour in New South Wales recently hosted a vibrant and artistic picnic to attract more families into the local community-building endeavours.
Prior to the day’s activities, the local youth gathered to create a bold and creative banner and prepare for the day ahead, ensuring the picnic unfolded seamlessly.
Activities focused on the theme of love, kindness and unity, with many newcomers drawn into meaningful conversations about community-building and the spiritual and moral education of children and junior youth.
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Shellharbour
A seaside community south of Wollongong, New South Wales, the friends in Shellharbour are working to strengthen the Baha’i moral education process taking root in the locality, such as through the community-building activities unfolding in the neighbourhood of Shell Cove.
Published in January, 2025, in Community Stories > Community Arts
Available online at: horizons.bahai.org.au/community-stories/family-picnic-promotes-vibrant-community-life/
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