Students turn to small groups to foster spiritual community on campus during COVID-19
Every Thursday night, Ashley Forman grabs her Bible and heads out the door to worship with her friends in Soma for what she describes as some of the most authentic community she’s experienced all school year.
Forman is one of several students who participate in some sort of small group each week on campus. Some of those groups are official and sponsored by the chaplain’s office or the counseling center, while others have been organic and popped up out of what students say is their need to connect, pray with and be in community with people.
“There’s something so special about being able to do life with these people and see them every day. They’re like my family,” Foreman says.
Students gather for worship at Soma. Photo by Sommer Bright.
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