The Ubuntu as a community began August 29th 2009. Andrea Flack, Jason Frey and Judah Weinhardt, all seniors are the three individuals who started discussing the idea of creating a simple community through the campus’s themed housing program.
Flack, Frey and Weinhardt, all shared an interest in simple living and intentional community, but felt as though to pursue these interests they would have to wait until after college. For Weinhardt, “My interest in simple living started back in Phoenix, when I randomly purchased Submerge by Richard B. Hayse. In this book, Hayse discusses living a simple life modeled after Christ. I was challenged positively to change my life style”. Flack was motivated to action after a conversation with then senior Teresa Hershberger about her desire to incorporate simple living and intentional community into her college experience, had she been able to re-do her time at Bluffton University.
After several meetings with friends (future members) and last year’s pastoral assistant Scott Schomberg, the group created a proposal for Ubuntu. The proposal includes programs such as; faculty mentorship, a partnership with various faculty members for accountability, sharing weekly meals on Sunday evenings that the group cooks together and attempts at weekly blogging on the community’s group blog- www.rileycourtubuntu@blogspot.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment