Inviting students to play nighttime ultimate frisbee with glow sticks and a light-up frisbee, Sojourn Collegiate Ministry hosted their Glow in the Dark Frisbee event on Sept. 5 on the University of Rhode Island Quad.
This event was not to recruit more members, but to gather people on campus to have something fun to do after a full day of classes, according to chaplain Tyler Nobis. Additionally, Sojourn had the goal of giving students who may be experiencing loneliness or isolation an opportunity to go out and meet new people.
“We love gathering people to have a community on campus,” Nobis said. “Sometimes it can be lonely on campus, so we like to have community events on campus for people to have fun.”
There is an ultimate frisbee team on campus, so Sojourn figured that glow-in-the-dark frisbee would get individuals to know more people, according to Andrew Pry, the vice president of Sojourn.
“We like to have community events on campus for people to have fun,” Nobis said. “We believe that fun is the best connector for people.”
The intention of this club’s events is not just for popularity; it is also for students to have the chance to connect and make friends. Even though this club is not for everyone, Nobis said Sojourn has proven that they just want to get to know more people and bring them together.
“I would say it’s different,” Nobis said, “We really just focus on having as much fun as possible and connecting with people; we say, ‘if we can learn a name and a story.’ ”
Hayden Monti, a second-year student who joined the Glow in the Dark Frisbee event, expressed that he had a good time at the event.
“I get to play with all my friends still here at Sojourn, our club…I pretty much scored every point so far,” Monti said.
Sojourn understands that sometimes students on campus have a tough time finding their crowd or groups of friends, so they want to welcome everyone with open arms to prevent students from always staying in the dorm alone, according to Nobis.
URI’s Sojourn Collegiate Ministry meets every Monday at 7 p.m. in the Ram’s Den, where they have Bible discussions and talk about faith and their experiences. To learn more about the club, visit its webpage on the URI website.
