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Month 5 · May 2027

Anchored in Justice

Gathering question: Where am I unjust in small ways?

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Servant Leader
Ch. 4 Morally Anchored (justice, amanah, sincerity, patience, accountability)
Skill
Problem Solving II: decide with consultation
Tool of the month
Decisive (Chip and Dan Heath)
Season
Eid al-Adha (~16 May); Ghadir (~24 May)

All Volunteers

2 hours this month

  • Faith reading: L9 Why Would Anyone Need Telling?

    Foundations of Faith, student reading.

  • Check your understanding: L9 Why Would Anyone Need Telling?

    Short answers from the course's own assessment.

  • Gathering question: Where am I unjust in small ways?

    Ch. 4 Morally Anchored (justice, amanah, sincerity, patience, accountability)

  • Tool of the month: Decisive (Chip and Dan Heath)

    Problem Solving II: decide with consultation. Do the 20-minute routine: executive summary and infographic, the one framework, the bridge question, your plan.

  • Apply it this month

    Make one crew decision using WRAP plus shura (consultation).

  • Reflection

    Which ethical qualities do I naturally embody, and which require intentional cultivation?

SERVE Mentees

4 hours this month

  • Faith Circle: L13 Who Decides What It Meant?

    Needs care

    Taught in class only; the reading is not released for self-study.

  • Check your understanding: L13 Who Decides What It Meant?

    Your instructor reads these.

  • Faith Circle: L14 Everyone Agrees It Happened

    Needs care

    Taught in class only; the reading is not released for self-study.

  • Check your understanding: L14 Everyone Agrees It Happened

    Your instructor reads these.

  • Mentor Pod

    Justice among friends; fairness online; Ghadir.

  • Tool of the month: Decisive (Chip and Dan Heath)

    Problem Solving II: decide with consultation

  • Crew role

    Help run the crew's decision process; take notes for the shura.

  • Journal

    Which ethical qualities do I naturally embody, and which require intentional cultivation?

SERVE Mentors

6 hours this month

  • Read the full chapter: Ch. 4 Morally Anchored (justice, amanah, sincerity, patience, accountability)

    Before the Gathering and the Mentor Circle.

  • Mentor Circle

    Hard conversations with teens and with parents.

  • Prep your mentees' lesson: L13 Who Decides What It Meant?

    Needs care

    Lesson that needs care. Succession: frame as a fourteen-century intra-Muslim disagreement; never ask a student to speak for a sect.

  • Prep your mentees' lesson: L14 Everyone Agrees It Happened

    Needs care

    Lesson that needs care. Succession (Ghadīr): same framing as Lesson 13.

  • Mentor title: Crucial Conversations (Patterson et al.)

    Coaching depth for this month's skill.

  • Pod and crew responsibilities

    First progress note shared with each family; Lesson 13 debrief.

  • Chapter reflection questions

    1. Which ethical qualities do I naturally embody, and which require intentional cultivation?