Tahir Anwar – Lets Build an Inspired Future The MCC at a Crossroads

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The speaker discusses the progress of the MCC's renovations, including a daycare center, a remodeling of the lobby, bathrooms, and a women's prayer area. They also mention the construction of new builds and the renovation of the grand entryway to MCC. The speaker emphasizes the importance of helping the community grow and offers an investment in helping them achieve their goals.

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			Brothers and sisters, assalamu alaykum. It
		
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			has almost been a decade since MCC has
		
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			opened its doors to this beautiful community,
		
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			a place where members of society have come
		
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			together and have grown as Muslims and human
		
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			beings.
		
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			Over the past few years, we have built
		
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			a daycare center,
		
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			repaved our parking lot,
		
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			upgraded our lobby, bathrooms, masjid carpets, and proudly
		
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			extended our women's prayer area.
		
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			From educational programs to nikas,
		
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			we are gratified to say that we have
		
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			come a long way, and we couldn't have
		
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			done it without your contributions.
		
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			May Allah reward each of you and multiply
		
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			your rewards in this dunya and akhirah.
		
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			Ameen.
		
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			We are now in the month of Ramadan
		
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			and have some major milestones we need to
		
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			complete with your support, insha'Allah.
		
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			There is no better time than now to
		
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			help build the house of Allah for your
		
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			family and community
		
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			during this blessed month.
		
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			The messenger of Allah, salallahu alayhi wasalam,
		
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			peace and blessings be upon him, said, whoever
		
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			builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build
		
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			for him a house like it in paradise.
		
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			So let us come together and take advantage
		
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			of this time we have right now to
		
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			multiply our rewards, insha'Allah.
		
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			We currently have 2 phases of renovations we're
		
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			planning to accomplish, insha'Allah.
		
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			In the first phase, we're working on our
		
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			new banquet hall, a cafe, and an industrial
		
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			grade kitchen to help serve the community.
		
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			For the second phase, our plans are to
		
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			focus this stage on our future, the youth.
		
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			We will build boys and girls youth lounges,
		
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			a remodeled Sunday school, and a multipurpose
		
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			room. The community understands the importance of making
		
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			our youth have an outlet accessible for them.
		
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			So we're making this a major priority to
		
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			have these services available.
		
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			Also, we will be renovating the grand entryway
		
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			to MCC,
		
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			as well as raising our ceilings in the
		
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			Masjid prayer area and conference room, which then
		
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			permits us to add a mihrab and mimbr,
		
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			insha'Allah.
		
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			It is our goal to have these renovations
		
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			completed in the next 2 years, but our
		
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			hope is to beat our timeline with your
		
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			aid. We're aiming to achieve completion as early
		
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			as 2020,
		
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			which would mark our 10 year anniversary as
		
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			the MCC,
		
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			Insha'Allah.
		
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			Our community is growing, Masha'Allah,
		
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			and we'd like to maintain its growth.
		
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			We would not ask you for this investment
		
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			unless we felt it was important for the
		
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			community.
		
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			Please
		
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			continue to support us with your generosity
		
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			as we position the MCC
		
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			to be the thriving regional hub for the
		
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			Muslim community in the East Bay.