Month 9 · September 2027
Commitment
Gathering question: Which commitment from Du'a al-'Ahd will I live this month?
- Servant Leader
- Ch. 8 Devoted to Service and Supplication (Nudba, 'Ahd, Al Yasin)
- Skill
- Innovation I: ask better questions
- Tool of the month
- A More Beautiful Question (Warren Berger)
- Season
- ENGAGE preparation
All Volunteers
2 hours this month
Faith reading: L27 What We Owe Each Other
Foundations of Faith, student reading.
Check your understanding: L27 What We Owe Each Other
Short answers from the course's own assessment.
Gathering question: Which commitment from Du'a al-'Ahd will I live this month?
Ch. 8 Devoted to Service and Supplication (Nudba, 'Ahd, Al Yasin)
Tool of the month: A More Beautiful Question (Warren Berger)
Innovation I: ask better questions. Do the 20-minute routine: executive summary and infographic, the one framework, the bridge question, your plan.
Apply it this month
Collect 5 "How might we…?" questions from community members.
Reflection
How do Dua al-Nudba and Dua al-Ahd reshape my understanding of my role in the Imam’s mission?
SERVE Mentees
4 hours this month
Faith Circle: L26 When Is It Your Business?
Taught in Faith Circle; the reading opens after class.
Check your understanding: L26 When Is It Your Business?
Your instructor reads these.
Faith Circle: L27 What We Owe Each Other
Taught in Faith Circle; the reading opens after class.
Check your understanding: L27 What We Owe Each Other
Your instructor reads these.
Mentor Pod
Du'a al-'Ahd as a personal pledge.
Tool of the month: A More Beautiful Question (Warren Berger)
Innovation I: ask better questions
Crew role
Gather "How might we…?" questions from peers at school or the masjid.
Journal
How do Dua al-Nudba and Dua al-Ahd reshape my understanding of my role in the Imam’s mission?
SERVE Mentors
6 hours this month
Read the full chapter: Ch. 8 Devoted to Service and Supplication (Nudba, 'Ahd, Al Yasin)
Before the Gathering and the Mentor Circle.
Mentor Circle
The mid-year motivation dip; renewing commitment.
Prep your mentees' lesson: L26 When Is It Your Business?
Read the student reading before Faith Circle.
Prep your mentees' lesson: L27 What We Owe Each Other
Read the student reading before Faith Circle.
Mentor title: Creativity, Inc. (Ed Catmull)
Coaching depth for this month's skill.
Pod and crew responsibilities
Run the crew's question hunt; re-plan the goals.
Chapter reflection questions
1. How do Dua al-Nudba and Dua al-Ahd reshape my understanding of my role in the Imam’s mission?