8A= THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY,APRIL17,2003
Methodist works to improve youth-pastor connections
By Megan Hickerson
mhickerson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Every face in the crowd and every name in the phonebook has a story behind it. Every week, Kansan writer Megan Hickerson tells the story of a randomly selected KU student.
Arthur Jones is working to improve the relationship between Methodist youths and their pastors.
The Dallas freshman is a member of the General Board of Discipleship, a 13-year
old national Methodist organization that provides resources to help church leaders encourage their congregations to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Jones is one of the youngest members of the organization to attend regular meetings.
He was raised going to church every Sunday as a child. Although he was denied some things, such as watching The Simpsons, he appreciated his Christian upbringing.
Jones said he planned on going into the ministry and becoming a pastor after college as his father did. Jones will be the fifth generation of Methodist pastors in his family.
"My dad had such a good relationship with youth in the church," Jones said.
Unlike his father, Jones said, the pastor at Trietsch Memorial United Methodist in Dallas communicated poorly with youths in the congregation.
"My pastor is afraid of youth," Jones said. "The only time that a youth Bible study was held, he was shaking the whole time."
Jones is trying to change this relationship. He attends youth ministry conferences six times a year, where he participates in discussions about improving the Methodist church.
"The Methodist church began as a movement of young people who wanted to teach others about God," Jones said. "I want another movement to begin, whether they're old people, young people — it doesn't matter."
Marynell Jones, Arthur's twin sister, sees many similarities in her brother and father.
"Arthur and my dad are both good public speakers," Marynell Jones, Dallas freshman, said. "They have a way of getting the message across without being condemning."
Jones rises early every Tuesday and Friday morning to volunteer at the Jubilee Café, 10th and Vermont streets, serving food to the homeless.
"It really changes my sleep schedule but it helps me stay focused," he said.
Dan Nelson/Kansan
Edited by Andrew Ward
Arthur Jones, Dallas freshman, is active in the youth ministry of the Methodist church. Jones comes from a long line of Methodist pastors and plans on entering the ministry himself.
Architecture students design building interiors for agency
By Erin Ohm
eohm@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Food normally doesn't appear on the resumes of most architecture students, but Kristin Winters, St. Louis senior, received "The whole enchillada" award and $100 for a project she designed for Van Go Mobile Arts.
A panel of judges chose Winters' design us the best fit for the agency's goals among seven entries from University of Kansas students.
Heather Hoy, development specialist for Van Go, said the
company gave each student an award named after a foodlic che
Twelve fourth-year architecture students in a computer-based architectural design class agreed to create design ideas for Van Go, 715 New Jersey St. to make use of a warehouse.
Lynne Green, executive director of Van Go, approached the School of Architecture and asked whether students would be willing to help develop design ideas for the interior of the warehouse.
Van Go made the assignment a competition and offered first- and second-place prizes. But each student in the class received a cash prize of at least $50 because of a $300 donation from Dru Sampson, KU alumna and Lawrence resident who viewed the students' presentations on Friday.
Van Go is an arts-based nonprofit social service agency that employs high-risk youth in Lawrence to create artwork sold in the community. The agency owns part of the space in the warehouse and plans to raise money to purchase the rest of the space.
Paola Sanguinetti, professor of architecture and urban design who teaches the class, said she consulted the students first to see whether they were interested. She said the class voted to take on the project to have a break from a semester-long class project.
Students designed and submitted the projects individually or in groups in one week. They designed how the interior of the warehouse would look including walls, ideas for an art gallery space and functional workshop space. Winters said she tried to make her design as flexible as possible to allow for Van Go's changing needs. She said the class members thought their work was for a worthy cause, and Van Go appreciated the work students put into the projects.
"It was really cool to have almost a real client, not someone who is into all the theory behind architecture," she said.
Steve Mueller, St. Louis senior, worked with Adam Gumowski, Barrington, Ill., graduate student. The team tied Keith Van de Riet, St. Louis senior, for second place, and received $75.
design used a sequence of frames that were incorporated throughout the building. Mueller said the two received the "Pie in the sky" award because their idea was interesting and attractive but not economically practical. Mueller said his design was presented first, and he thought Green was impressed with the presentations.
"I think she was expecting chicken-scratch floor plans, and we came in with all these digital images," he said. "Her mouth was just hanging open for the entire presentation."
Mueller and Gumowski's — Edited by Julie Jantzer