For our middle and high school girls & boys (ages 12 to 18), please join us on the first three Fridays in Ramadan for a program just for you: pray Asr in the congregation, listen to a special guest youth halaqa speaker, and enjoy a yummy dinner for Iftar.
Stick around and pray Isha/Taraweeh at 9:15 p.m.
Pre-halaqa attendance is required. Teens may not come for Iftar only.
- – Friday, March 24: 5:45 p.m. Asr prayer, check-in at 6 p.m., halaqa begins at 6:15 p.m. Maghrib at 7:27 p.m.
RSVP at https://mcceastbay.org/youth-1 (opens on Wed., March 22) - – Friday, March 31: 6 p.m. Asr prayer, check-in at 6:15 p.m., halaqa begins at 6:30 p.m. Maghrib at 7:33 p.m.
RSVP at https://mcceastbay.org/youth-2 (opens on Sunday, March 26) - – Friday, April 7: 6 p.m. Asr prayer, check-in at 6:15 p.m.. halaqa begins at 6:30 p.m.; Maghrib at 7:39 p.m.
RSVP at https://mcceastbay.org/youth-3 (opens on Sunday, April 2)
The schedule is:
- 5:45 p.m. – Asr prayer in Prayer Hall
- 6 p.m. – Check-in begins and teens take a seat in the Conference Room
- 6:15 p.m. – Halaqa begins in the Conference Room
- Check-in / icebreaker
- Fiqh of Fasting Workshop (1 hour)
- Q&A (10 mins)
- ~7:25 pm (maghrib: 7:30) Teens go into the banquet hall
- ~7:40 p.m. – Iftar
- 8:15 p.m. – Jeopardy game based on fasting workshop
- 9 p.m. – Â Isha & Youth Taraweeh
- 10 p.m. – Group dhikr: istighfar and salawat
       -Discussion circles
           –Setting goals during Ramadan
       -Popcorn du’a
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Nominal $5/youth cost to have an accurate number of attendees. MCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attending any event held at MCC. For a code, please message scholarship@mcceastbay.org.
Iftar times in Ramadan 2023 at mcceastbay.org/timetable
The youth halaqa is held in the MCC Conference Room. The Iftars are held in the Banquet Hall.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org