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Winfield, Kan. April, 25, 2002—Karen Bencke, sophomore at Southwestern college, is going to Dallas, Texas, with Project Transformation, a ministry of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is the daughter of Clif and Judy Bencke of Bartlesville, Okla., majoring in biology with a minor in philosophy in religion.

She will be living with 30 other college students from around the country who will break up into teams of five people and volunteer at an inner city churches. There they will run day camps four days Monday through Thursday during the summer for neighborhood kids. On Friday they will participate in ministry exploration activities such as visiting Methodist Hospital and Wesley Rankin Community Center.

Bencke is returning for her second year at the camp. “Last year I saw it as an opportunity to work with kids in a church setting, and this year, my desire to minister to those who need it the most draws me back,” she says. She will work in Dallas from May 25 through July 26.

Bencke is involved with Discipleship Southwestern, an internship at El Mesias United Methodist Church, Wichita, and hand bells on campus.