Mungsolkanas Mosque is one of the mosques that has a Sharia cooperative that
operates as a community empowerment unit. However, the resulting empowerment
cooperatives are not optimal. It is indicated that this mosque is still finding it difficult
to optimize its empowerment effort to improve society’s quality of life. This community
service activity is intended to provide solutions needed by cooperative managers and
managers so that the resulting empowerment benefits are more optimal. It is also
expected that through this activity, the empowerment effort can be further enhanced
by actively involving the society in economic activity development. The method
used in this community service activity is knowledge improvement through FGD.
After conducting preliminary research, we discovered that the less optimal output of
empowerment is caused by: (a) a lack of knowledge of managers about the activities of
the entrepreneurial concept; and (b) the difficulty of cooperative managers in identifying
the potential of the community in order to determine the type of entrepreneurial activity
to be developed. After this activity, we concluded that there is a significant knowledge
improvement from the participants, by increased knowledge on how to determine the
most suitable business line to enhance the cooperative’s contribution on sovereignty
improvement in society