Students design and paint flower pots in the Ram’s Den at a Spring event hosted by Sojourn Collegiate Ministry. PHOTO CREDIT: Skylar Connor | Staff Photographer
Spring is in the air and faith-based organization, Sojourn Collegiate Ministry, hosted a flower pot painting night on April 9 in the University of Rhode Island Ram’s Den.
Sojourn exists to give students a place to go, make friends and participate in different planned activities, according to Tyler Nobis, the chaplain of Sojourn at URI.
“We are a group that focuses on community,” Nobis said. “We want people to come; we want to learn a name and story.”
Students gathered in the Ram’s Den to give their own personal touch to flower pots and started growing flowers in them that same night. The organization provided paint and soil.
The flower pot painting event was inexpensive, according to Sojourn Treasurer Aria Oakes. They mostly used supplies that they already had to make the event possible.
Sojourn has activity nights on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and they have Bible discussions and deep conversations about life and faith in general on Mondays, according to Nobis.
Even though Sojourn is a faith-based community, they have members that aren’t religious, and all are welcomed to join regardless of their religious beliefs, according to Nobis.
These events exist in order for students to partake in something fun, get to know each other, build friendships and help each other, according to Nobis.
Sojourn is a coalition, according to Nobis. However, they don’t exist purely at URI. Sojourn expands its organization onto college campuses throughout the area, one being Rhode Island College in North Providence.
Sojourn’s next event is a graduation celebration for seniors in their organization. The celebration will be hosted on Wednesday at the SouthPointe Christian Church in Warwick.
