Community

What Is A Community

Groups of mentoring and checking-in

• This is to have groups of 3-5 people who get along or leave in the same street of subdivision

• They check on each other daily

• They pick up some of the group some days on the way to the masjid

• They review Quran together

• The mentor of the group is the most active and he should belong to a higher group

• Each one of the group (after some training) would mentor another group or new group

Masjid Store

Masjid Library

Meaningful membership

• Affordable and equal membership

• Regular (quarterly) general assembly meetings

• A clear channel to voice recommendations and to implement them

• Transparent and organized elections and governance

Opportunity to serve

• Equal chance to volunteer

• Equal chance to help in programs

• Equal chance to serve on committees

• Equal chance to run for positions and elections

Recognition

• Donors

• wall plaques or wall of honors

• naming rooms in the facilities after big donors and businesses

• Sponsoring events

• Sponsoring tables during the events

• Thank you letters and postcards

• Thank you phone calls

• Thank you emails

• Thank you gifts

• Thank you visitations

• Thank you in newsletters and community announcements

• Volunteers

• Same strategy used above with donors

• Special talents

• must also be recognized by the community

• Board members

• the outgoing board members must be recognized and thanked but try to avoid thanking the current board members because the decision to recognize is usually made by them

• Special achievements: must be celebrated

• Hifz Quran

• Hijab

• High school and college graduations

• Special occasions

• Weddings

• New borns

• Death

• Sickness to ask for prayers, visitations and support

Safety

• Secure facility

• Controlled activities especially children

• Anti-terrorism measures

Communication:

• Announcements are usually made by: emails, website, social media and occasionally by mail

• Regular Newsletter

• Calendar of events

• Regular meeting with members to explain policies, decisions, budgets and seek feedback and recommendations

• There must be a clear channel of voicing concerns and addressing them. The most important point here is to visit any member who is concerned and talk to him/her to understand his views and explain the board decision.

• No member should be ever alienated or labeled as trouble maker for voicing concerns

• Conflict resolution is a must and every effort should be made to communicate and lessen the differences

Services and programs

• Education and training

• Islamic education: for non-Muslims, new Muslims and Muslims

• Vocational training

• Tutoring

• College prep

• Job shadowing

• Job mentoring

• Sickness visitation

• At home

• At hospital

• Funeral arrangement and condolences

• Funeral arrangement

• Funeral assistance

• Condolences

• Family assistance afterward if needed

• Networking

• Connecting professionals

• Professionals educational events

• Guidance and mentoring

• Matrimonial: get to know each other appropriately, nikah, wedding

• Health: health education, clinics, assistance

• Social: food, housing, government programs, and refugees

• Legal: civil rights and immigration

• Youth

• Women

• Family counseling

• Shelter

• Dawa: interfaith, open mosque day, volunteering, food pantry, health clinic

• Celebrations

• Eids festivals

• Completing Quran

• Graduations

• Hijab

• Parents

• Weddings

• Graduations

Checking on system

• Develop a list of members

• If they do not come to the masjid regularly, contact them and check on them

• Make sure to visit them too