We are thrilled to share the news that our first ever ministerial student Intern Minister will be Karen Fraser Gitlitz from Vancouver. She will spend the majority of next church year learning and growing in ministry alongside us.

Karen comes to us with an impressive amount of experience already! She is just finishing her Master of Divinity degree at the Vancouver School of Theology, and has already worked as a Field Education Student and Intern Minister in UU churches and fellowships in Victoria, Kelowna and Kamloops B.C. She will be interning with us to gain the experience of ministering to a vibrant and growing mid-sized congregation.

She has also completed a Field Education unit with a United Church ministering in Vancouver's Downtown East Side, and has hospital chaplaincy experience in both Vancouver and in Edmonton, where she is spending this summer doing a supervised unit of hospital chaplaincy and spiritual care.

She has been a member at large for Mainland BC on the CUC Board and has served as liaison to the CUC Statement of Principles Task Force, as well as serving as a Youth Chaplain at several youth conferences.

Karen comes with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Art History as well as a lot of experience as a lay person in her home congregation. She brings many gifts and also wants to learn as much as she can from our "Beloved Community."

We believe that what we have to offer - as both teachers and learners - is a great match for Karen.

Karen and her husband Paul (a folk musician) will be moving to Hamilton in late August for Karen's Internship which begins September 1st.

We know that our church will enthusiastically welcome and enjoy working with Karen in the year to come!

The Intern Committee