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The Visitors Center and bookstore are open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday.  The upstairs auditorium (prayer hall) remains open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day.

Devotional Programs--Held daily in the auditorium at 12:30 p.m. 

These brief programs consist of readings from the Baha'i sacred texts and scriptures of other world religions. No talks or sermons are delivered, and no elaborate ceremonies practiced. Since the Baha'i Faith has no clergy, no one person leads devotional programs. Instead, invited readers, who may be adherents of any religion, recite or chant the holy scriptures. Sunday programs sometimes feature music from the House of Worship Choir and chanting in various languages. Only music based on words of holy scripture and sung a cappella by a choir or soloists is used in the auditorium; recorded and instrumental music are not permitted there. 

Prayers in Spanish are offered on the first Sunday of each month at 2:30 p.m. 

Children's classes are held in the Visitors Center on the fourth Sunday of each month from 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

• Sunday, March 7 - SHADES A CAPPELLA from Yale University will join the House of Worship Choir at the 12:30 p.m. devotional program in the upstairs auditorium. SHADES will also offer a short program of music downstairs in Foundation Hall immediately following the devotional program at 1:15 PM.

There are 11 holy days in the Baha'i calendar. Upcoming Holy Day commemorations at the House of Worship:

• Sunday, March 21 - Naw Ruz (New Year) devotional program at 12:30 p.m. in the auditorium

Questions? Please call the House of Worship at 847-853-2300. 

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