06.13.06

Revival the Youth: Not So Easy

Posted in Personal at 3:46 pm by Abbas

For those who do not know, here is our situation. In the late ’90s, the youths of the masjid (ny) here were very active. We had a “youth group.” We hosted youth programs, sponsored sporting events and so forth. But then, gradually our youth programs, and youths vanished.. we went on to college, and the work force. Now that I am back in town, and some of us have now graduated, we have taken a new initiative to rejuventate the youth. Its a very difficult task, but we have the resources and the facilities.

Our purpose is to make the masjid more youth-friendly. We will have at least a program every month that is youth-oriented. The selling of charity wristbands, which was a big hit nation-wide (http://www.jana.org/janashop/charity/) was in fact a youth-initiative. We now have the summer all planned out with four great programs. Details will be posted later!

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