MCC East Bay

ICNA Relief Tables @ MCC Jumu'ahs
2025-09-12 13:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | MCC East Bay, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
ICNA Relief is a nonprofit organization that uplifts lives with compassion, empowering women, supporting refugees, and providing food to those in need.
Stop by their table and discover how you can be part of this beautiful mission!

Afghan Relief Tables @ MCC Jumu’ahs
2025-09-12 13:30 - 16:00
Afghan Relief is a US-based nonprofit that helps widows and orphans in Afghanistan. They are currently assisting victims impacted by the devastating earthquakes that struck Kunar, Afghanistan. Hundreds have lost their lives, and thousands are injured and displaced. Afghan Relief is on the ground providing shelter, food, healthcare, and urgent aid.
Visit the table this Friday to support their relief efforts.

Jumu’ah Services @ MCC & Rosewood
2025-09-12 13:30 - 16:00
For MCC’s four Jumu’ah services on Friday, Sep. 12, 2025:

1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

Hafiz Atef Arabi delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay

1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.

TBA delivers this sermon at Rosewood Conference Center, 4450 Rosewood Dr., Pleasanton

2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Hafiz Atef Arabi delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay

3:40 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Hafiz Yaseen Mahmoud delivers this sermon at MCC East Bay

*Please attend at 2:30 or 3:40 p.m. at MCC to avoid heavier first-service congestion whenever possible, or please attend the off-site MCC Jumu’ah service, that is, each week at the Rosewood Commons, 4450 Rosewood Dr (Building 5)., Pleasanton. Rosewood is just a four-minute drive from MCC.

Please note that the former HP lot (now Pleasanton School District) is no longer available to our congregation. Please come to the third or fourth Jumuah at MCC to ease up parking congestion or, better yet, attend our weekly parallel satellite prayer from 1:40 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. at Rosewood Center (Building 5): https://mcceastbay.org/rosewood

– Virtually watch the three MCC sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live
– More Hafiz Atef: mcceastbay.org/atef
– More Hafiz Yaseen: mcceastbay.org/yaseen

For parents attending with young children indoors at the main MCC facility, we offer private mothers’ and fathers’ rooms with an audio and visual connection to the Prayer Hall. Parents can watch the sermon and pray while working with other parents and young children. The mothers’ and fathers’ prayer room is just past the Banquet Hall doors into the school area.
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org

Grief Begins with Love | Sofia Safi
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:00
Loss touches every soul. It is born from love, and when it arrives, it reshapes the way we navigate the world. Some losses are so deep, they stay beside us—silent companions in every step.
Join Sofia Safi, author of A Flower for You: A Poem for All the What Would Have Been of You, as she shares her story of child loss and the journey of carrying grief with honesty.
This gathering is for anyone who has loved, lost, and continues to carry the “what could have been.” Come as you are with your love and pain.
Friday, Sep. 12 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | Join in-person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
The book will be available for purchase for $14. The author will sign.
The book can also be purchased on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Flower-You-Poem-Would-Beens/dp/1733642102
About the Book
This beautifully illustrated book aims to wrap those who need it in understanding. When a child passes, so does their future, along with the hopes and dreams that parents and loved ones had for them. Those who have experienced child loss may find themselves wondering about the milestones and memories they will now never have with their child. Those thoughts are captured here in words and images by someone who understands. A Flower for You also allows for personalization, with a space for readers to add a picture and share thoughts about the child who has passed away.
Note from the Author
In honor of beautiful baby Hamza, please take a copy of this book and donate it to your local library. Or keep it in your collection. Or gift it to someone who may find comfort within its pages. However you choose to share it, may it offer a moment of solace to someone who needs it.
