Weekend school
Qur'an, Arabic, and Islamic studies for ages 5 to 15, every Saturday through the school year.
Elmsworth · Since 1996
The doors have been open every day for thirty years.
Riverbend Islamic Center serves 400 families. Five daily prayers, a weekend school, janazah at any hour, and a place to sit when you need one.
Today at Riverbend
Prayer times, always current.
Set by the board and updated from the office, so what you read here is what is called. No printed sheet on a noticeboard, no schedule three weeks out of date.
Monthly timetable and Jumu’ah
What we do
More than a place to pray.
Four things this community runs, week in and week out.
Janazah services
Ghusl, salah, and burial coordination. Someone is reachable on the office line at any hour.
Nikah and counselling
Marriage services and pre-marital counselling with the imam, by appointment.
Food pantry
Open to anyone in Elmsworth, no questions asked. Wednesdays and Sundays, 10 to 4.
Programs
All programs
Learning that runs all year.
What is on
Full calendar
Come to something.
The Expansion Fund
The extension is paid for by the people who pray in it.
Every dollar goes to the building fund. Riverbend takes no platform fee on what you give, so the amount you enter is the amount that arrives.
- Zakat eligible, and receipted for your records
- Set it monthly and forget it, cancel whenever
- Give to a specific fund or leave it to the board
Visiting
First time? Here is everything you need.
Come ten minutes before any prayer and ask for anyone at the desk. Nobody will mind if you get something wrong.
- Address
- 1420 Riverbend Road, Elmsworth
- Parking
- Free lot behind the building, plus street parking on Vine
- Office hours
- Weekdays 9:00 to 5:00
- Phone
- (555) 014-2200
- Accessibility
- Step-free entrance on the north side, lift to the upper hall
- Sisters’ entrance
- Signposted, east side, with its own wudu area
The prayer hall on Riverbend Road, extended in 2019 to seat 600.