Overview

Family Sunday Circle is a live online program designed to nurture a shared spiritual rhythm between parents and teenagers. Together, families will build a foundation of learning, remembrance, and connection with God, self, family and community.

The teenage years are a particularly sensitive and challenging time for maintaining consistent spiritual growth and identity formation, and there’s often no structured program for this, or relevant mentorship which developing teens require.

Having a trusted support system — including a caring teacher and a connected community — can offer essential strength during both the ups and the downs of this stage of life for the whole family.

SUNDAYS | TIME (8:30AM–10:30AM)

Live via Zoom, and includes (in the following order):

• 8:30AM - Parent Lesson (45 minutes)

• 9:15AM - Family Dhikr Circle (30 minutes)

• 9:45AM - Teen Class (ages 12–19) (45 minutes)

Weekly Structure

Classes will be recorded for participants (to be deleted after 7 days to maintain privacy), and families will stay connected through a private WhatsApp group for reflection, reminders, and encouragement.

Tuition

Full Family Package:

$299/month

Includes adults and teens ages 12–19 in the same household, and 1 yearly in-person Atlanta weekend program with Imam Deeb. This will be open to the public; however, families in the program will attend at no cost.

Enrollment Cap

Limited to 15 families for the first year. Designed for depth, personal connection, and true community building.

Community Gatherings

In addition to online learning, Family Sunday Circle seeks to cultivate deep connections with other members throughout the learning process. Local families will host regular in-person gatherings throughout the year to build this community of sacred suhbah, including:

Family Dinners

Community Park Hangouts

Coffeehouse & Ice Cream Socials

These gatherings offer an opportunity for hearts to connect, friendships to grow, and community to flourish in real life. We will also host 1 exclusive yearly weekend program with Imam Deeb in Atlanta.

Teacher

Dr. Ahmad Deeb

My name is Ahmad Deeb. I have over a decade of experience in community development, serving in multiple capacities, including as an Imam. I am a community psychologist, a pastoral counselor, and a teacher of Islam.

I am also an aspiring writer and social entrepreneur.

I grew up in Orlando, FL, and began serving communities from an early age under the training and mentorship of my father, shaykh Abdallah Deeb. After my bachelors degree in Psychology, my existential angst and desire to seek higher truths paused my pursuit of medicine and led me to Cape Town, South Africa. While there I pursued formal seminary training in Islam.

Upon returning, I worked in different community organizations and Mosques, while continuing my education, earning an M.A. in Islamic Studies and Leadership. At the time, and till now, I was fascinated by legal theory and its intersection with the boundaries of religion and theology. This led to my thesis topic, which was titled “Re-Forming Islamic Reform: Ma’loom min al-Dīn bil Darūrah, the Theology of Law, and the Epistomological Limits of Ijtihad.”

My extensive experience working in religious communities, as well as my academic interests and love of community work, led me to community psychology at NLU in Chicago, where I recently finished my PhD. My dissertation was titled: “Remoqued: Loneliness, Governance, and Psychological Sense of Community Towards Holistic Wellbeing in the American Masjid. It is still the first-ever Psychological and academic study on sense of community and governance within American Mosques, as well as the first-ever study on loneliness in the American Muslim community. It was exciting to do groundbreaking work, and I am unbelievably grateful. However, it is also deeply concerning that it has taken this long for this topic to be studied properly.

Currently, I am the co-founder and teacher at Pillars Seminary—a part-time institute that seeks to provide formal, balanced, and structured training in Islam to the general public.

Central to my work now is simulating what a true, loving, and spiritual community is meant to feel like through retreats across the country with my father to combat a severely troubling loneliness epidemic. Most recently, we held the first-ever 30-day Ramadan retreat on a Muslim-owned farm on the coast in California. It was undoubtedly the greatest Ramadan of my life. For the first time, I experienced what life in Madinah may have felt like.

For the last 3 years, I have worked on providing consulting and programming to organizations across the country in hopes of professionalizing community development, particularly in Mosque communities, but also beyond it.

With any free time I have left, I am mostly consumed by continued study of Islam with scholars across the world, which is my great love, and dabbling constantly in social entrepreneurship, which is my other great love.

With Syria’s liberation, I am now in deep reflection over my role in healing my people and rebuilding my ethnic homeland.

In addition to all of this, I played a small role in co-founding Itqaan Institute (www.itqaaninstitute.com), a premier Qur'an learning institute established for and led by my father, whom I should’ve written this entire blurb about instead, for I owe much of my good qualities to him.

Registration

Click the link here to begin your enrollment:

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this program for?

Family Sunday Circle is for households with preteen / teens ages 12–19 in the Atlanta area who want to grow together in their faith, deepen their connection to Allah, and nurture healthy family relationships. Parents or guardians attend alongside their teens.

Is this in lieu of in‑person Sunday school?

It could be, depending on your family’s needs. However, we always encourage families to remain engaged with local, in‑person environments. This program offers a consistent, efficient way to keep parents and teens connected in a home‑based spiritual rhythm, with both generations learning the same lesson, practicing dhikr, and engaging in Islamic meditation together.

Do both parents have to attend?

No. We encourage both parents to attend when possible. Because a program goal is for parents and teens to build a meaningful connection through shared learning and practice, we strongly encourage parents to attend consistently

Will families outside Atlanta be able to join?

Yes, however we are capping this first year at 15 families and focusing predominantly on Atlanta area families.

What if we miss a class?

Recordings will be available for 7 days after each session so you can catch up. They are deleted after that to protect privacy.

What are expectations during class?

Details about any costs or fees will be provided upon registration for the program.

Will there be opportunities to ask questions?

Of course! Mentorship is central to this program. Each class will include a Q&A portion and space for open discussion, allowing both parents and teens to engage with the material and the teacher.

Families commit from September through May to build consistency, trust, and lasting relationships. The Circle will continue beyond the first year, and to complete the full curriculum in this format, will require at least 3-5 years.

What is the commitment period?

What is the curriculum?

It will follow the Pillars Seminary curriculum Imam Deeb built over the last 5 years, beginning this year with an in-depth study of the life of the Prophet Muhammad and Islamic History.

Is this a tax‑deductible donation?

No. Tuition is not tax‑deductible. The program will be run through Imam Deeb’s LLC. This is because donations to a non-profit in direct exchange for a service cannot be tax-exempt unless the donation is far above the fair market value. If you’re interested in that route, please reach out.

Local Program Organizer – Atlanta

For local questions, logistics, and community gatherings in Atlanta, please contact Dr Sakib Qureshi by cell (678)-361-9075, or email sakibq@gmail.com