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Wednesday, July 12, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student travels to world conference
Woman serves on Christian council at international religious gathering
By Trine Nygaard
Kansan staff writer
Jolinda Matthews has worn out three sets of luggage since high school. Soon she will break in her fourth set.
The Centennial is expected to attract 500 students.
On Aug. 22 she leaves for the Ivory Coast in West Africa to represent the United States at the Centennial Gathering of the World Student Christian Foundation. The WSCF in Geneva, Switzerland, is the international link between Christian students.
"Going to Africa is one of those lifetime opportunities, and it will be interesting to put faces with people in the other countries," said Matthews, a WSCF executive council member for 1 1/2 years.
She has been the national Episcopal collegiate representative to the Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministries, or CESCM, since 1993. CESCM connects nine denominations by keeping track of their individual activities. CESCM is the major financier of Matthews' trip to Africa.
In 1994, her work took her to Poland for three weeks to plan the WSCF Centennial.
"I saw a concentration camp, visited different villages and their churches and was invited in for dinner at people's houses," Matthews said.
"That's also what will be so exciting about the West Africa trip. It won't be all business meetings, I'll get to know the culture a little bit," the Garden City senior said. "I'm sure that when I come back, I'll realize that I knew even less about the world than I thought. And that will make me search for more knowledge."
"We choose only one representative per region, and this region usually produces active white males, so it was wonderful to be able to recruit a woman this time," Chu said.
Thom Chu, the national coordinator for Episcopal Church Young Adult and Higher Education Ministries, said he recruited Matthews' because she stood out as a teen-ager in the Youth Ministry Network. Now she brings different perspectives to the work from her political science and Latin American studies background.
Matthews' family and friends always have been active
Jolinda Matthews, Garden City senior, sits on the swing on her front porch. Matthews will be going to the Ivory Coast in West Africa, on Aug. 22 as a member of the World Christian Student Foundation.
in the church.
"Our involvement is right here close to home," said Clarence D. Matthews, Jolinda's father. "We didn't lead her in that direction. She did it on her own. That's where her interests led her."
"Her mom and I are quite proud of her and happy that we can enable her to do the things she does."
Matthews is active closer to home at the Canterbury House, which is near KU's campus. As a peer minister, she is in charge of hospitality dinners after the house's church service every Sunday. She also acts as a link to the national Christian church organizations.
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