Annual Village Day & Neighborhood Halaqa 2025

Inspired by the way of the Prophetic community, the intention of the Annual Village Day & Neighborhood Halaqa is to come together for the purpose of remembering Allah and reflecting on Prophetic character. Every member of a family and community is invited to travel together in spiritual development and to improve our relationship with Allah, His messenger, and our faith.

The Neighborhood Halaqa is our humble effort to provide a sanctuary for children, young adults, parents, and professionals to come together to travel on this path together.

For the Annual Village Day, we also wanted to have a sense of travel in search of knowledge and good company, to get away from the day-to-day grind we experience. We are big on nature and Allah's natural world at Sanad Trust, so the other main objective was to be in a setting that embraces us with His beautiful natural world.

That's why we are meeting up at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, the largest state park in Southeast Florida. We have plenty of space and the largest pavilion in the park is reserved for us!

More details about the program can be found below.

The Neighborhood Halaqa

Something for Everyone

For children, we are currently telling the story Dip & Dive, two young sea turtles on a journey of a lifetime navigating their new world and life. Along the way they learn about faith-based principles, Prophetic character, and purpose through their travels and interactions with the wondrous creations of Allah. This epic narrative poem is written by Rehan Mirza and it is premiered chapter by chapter in the Neighborhood Halaqa.

For young adults (12 to 18 yrs), we have a short reminder based on the current chapter being read in the text. Themes of spiritual development and Prophetic character are shared in relevant and engaging ways.

For adults, we're reading the Book of Assistance by Imam al Haddad which summarizes the stages of our spiritual journey and its most important milestones, such as certainty in the Afterlife, the stages of spiritual development, and presence of heart in acts of worship.

The Neighborhood Halaqa is intended to facilitate the spiritual journey of all those who attend by creating an environment of adab, shared experience, and communal support. The Halaqa concludes in remembrance with the recitation of the Ratib al Shahir of Imam al Haddad and dua.

The Village Day, Food, and Activities

In keeping with our goals for this event we are asking that everyone respects the following requests:

• Families should bring their own lunch and snacks.
• Group Activities:
  • NEW Kayaking/Canoeing: This optional activity will begin at 9:30am, for families wanting to do this activity you will need to arrive at an earlier time of 9am in order to park your vehicle and rent the equipment.
  • Biking: Families can choose to join us biking on the two-mile paved trail. Bring your own bikes from home or the park offers bike rentals.
  • Hiking: You can also choose to trek with us on one of the beautiful trails that can be found within the park’s 16 natural communities.
  • Team Building Activity: Every year these activities are the highlight of our day from obstacle courses to scavenger hunts. It's going to be a blast! 😎
  • Sports/ Open Play: We will arrange a few team sport activities like soccer and a few smaller games for everyone to enjoy!

• To guarantee admission to the park, purchase the ticket on the day of the event, as the ticket is only valid on the day of purchase.
• Plan to arrive 30 mins early giving your family time to go through the entrance which can be busy at times and to find the pavilion location, which is at the very end of the main park road.

Park Rentals
All information about the kayak, canoe and bike rentals including costs can be found at the park's rental site here.