Welcome to Kits Matters for May 13th 2010

If you have something you would like the Kits community to be aware of, please email it to Jan. (kccataxion.net)

* Kits-Fairview Garden/Building Clean Up Day – May 15th
* Reminder: Council Meeting May 18th – Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm
* Commissioning Sunday for Regent College Students – May 16th
* Kits 101 – June 6th
* 2010 Father’s Day Celebration (AKA Spring Business Mtg)
June 20th
* Youth Events at Kits for May
* Fairview Spring Celebration – May 21st
* Sunday School at Kits – Summer & Fall 2010
* Bobbi’s Time Away is Coming....

* Kits-Fairview Garden Party and General Clean up Day – May 15th
You're invited to a Garden Party on Saturday May 15th at 9am!! Our community garden is expanding and we would like your help building some new beds, along with other general tidying up in partnership with Fairview. Those who have previous experience with worms, using shovels and pushing wheelbarrows, and are willing to break a sweat are most welcome, and will receive a hug and a lunch. Please let Jan know in the office if you can help....and come even if your forget to do that. Thanks and see you there!

* Commissioning Sunday for Regent College Students – This Sunday!
Over the past several years, Kits has been blessed with a group of Regent College students who are now finishing their studies and moving on into the next chapters of their lives – most far from our community here at Kits. Please join us this Sunday as we support them in this next phase of their lives and thank them for their key contributions to Kits over the past years.

* Kits 101 Class
Are you new at Kits? Or have you been here a while and are ready to make Kits your church home? Well, we aren't just a pretty face at the 9:20 am service - there's a lot more meat and potatoes to us! Want to find out? Come as you are... and join us for a time for discussion and a light lunch on Sunday June 6th at 11:00 am (right after the service) before heading off to the Laws’ send off. Find out more about Kits, our beliefs, vision, and how we live together as a community of Christ followers. This class will provide both a welcome to new faces and the first step in membership for those interested. Please sign up on the clipboard in the next few weeks or let Jan in the office know.

* Free Tickets to Side Show – Pacific Theater – May 14th, 2010
Have you wanted to check out Pacific Theatre’s performances, but never had the opportunity? We have 5 tickets available for the performance on May 14th that we would like to make available to anyone in our community who would like them. Check out the Side Show description at www.pacifictheatre.org If you are interested phone Jan Bingham at the church 604-737-0169 or email her at kccataxion.net . Call soon! First come first serve!

* Youth Events at Kits – May 2010
CANS AND BOTTLES III, POTLUCK STYLE Friday May 14th 5-8pm
PLEASE bring something to eat to share with everyone. It's dinner, so it can't be all sugar. Please let Bobbi know if you can join us.

KITS AND FAIRVIEW GARDEN PARTY/GENERAL CLEAN-UP DAY Saturday, May 15 9am @ the church You'll work hard and have fun! Please let Bobbi know if you can join us.

ROCK CLIMBING
Friday, May 28 6:30-8:30 at Cliffhanger (670 Industrial Avenue, Vancouver BC.You MUST tell ZOE that you are joining us by May 14 (!!!). Email her (asher.zoeatgmail.com), phone her (604.341.2536) , or Facebook her. A waiver is required from your parents: http://www.cliffhangervancouver.com/Waiver - Please hand it into Zoe on or before the climbing date. This is VERY important.

* Fairview Spring Celebration – May 21st 7:30pm at the Church
Join Ann and George Tkachenko who are participating in the entertainment for this wonderful evening for all ages. Music (Celtic, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Gospel), Food, Fellowship, Open Mic, Sing-Along. Come out and enjoy time in community with our Fairview neighbours.

* SPRING BUSINESS MEETING – June 20th
Please make your brunch plans for 12:30 this Father’s Day so that we can gather a quorum for our Spring Business Meeting on Sunday June 20th. We commit to making wise use of the brief time we will have together and will provide you with an agenda for this meeting well in advance. Please plan now, and do join us for this important time in the life of our church community.

* Summer & Fall Sunday School Preparations – We need you!
Please carefully consider how you can support our Kids at Kits this summer and into the fall.
We are seeking ...
o Volunteers to teach the young ones (ages 2 - 5) and the older ones (grades 1-7) through the months of July and August. Consider committing for more than one week in a row to help the most and get the most out of your experience.
o Coordinators in the fall to organize teaching schedules.
o Teachers for all of our classes: 2 and 3 year olds, Pre K/K,
grades 1-3, grades 4-7.
If you can participate in any of these wonderful opportunities to partner with families and our church in the spiritual and total formation of our children, please be in touch with Bobbi at bobbiatkitschurch.com.

* Bobbi’s Time Away is Coming
Please note these Bobbi details: I will be away on retreat and vacation in the UK from May 18 - June 9. You can contact Jenn Milley, the Council Liaison for Children, Youth, and Families, in her absence.

* Who is Mark Fox anyway?
Mark is currently our interim minister, but he has had an eclectic career including 12 years at UBC as a software developer/manager in the computer networking area, 10 years on staff at Olive Baptist Church, 7 years as a remote software developed for Silicon Valley companies, almost a year as a chaplain at Royal Columbian Hosptial before Fraser Health decided to terminate Spiritual Care in their Acute Care Sites. Mark has two graduate degrees – one in Computer Science and one in Theology.

Happily married to Shirley – a Grade 2 teacher, he has three adult children – Lindsey 26, Caleb 24, and Emma 21. Born in India he returned there roughly 10 years ago and taught at the school Jan Bingham had attended as a child.

If you want to know more about him, we suggest you might want to ask him about “trees, ducks, sailing, and
applications for smart phones”! We are so very glad Mark has joined us.

* Mark Your June Calendars!
o David and Jackie Law are leaving for Down Under so come and say
Good-bye. June 6th after church...location and event details
to follow!
o Come and Celebrate your Sunday School Teachers – Pot Luck Lunch
after Church June 13th