Kim is no stranger to church settings: she is a “PK,” (pastor’s kid) and sympathizes often with Emma Tidd. After enduring years of attending two services each Sunday in white flats, she attempted liberation at Calvin College, only to meet a Canadian hockey player. He convinced her that Church wasn’t all bad, as long as you didn’t have to sit down and stand up more than 15 times per service. Kim and Harvey married young and then moved around the country a bit—Kim attempted to corrupt many young minds in California while teaching high school English, and then got chased all the way to Colorado. She and Harv decided that Denver might not be so bad since Kim’s parents were both here and they needed as much help as possible raising the two monsters they decided to experiment with (one son biologically created, one “Made In China”). They found out shortly after moving to this state that the same zany hippy that had led a church camp in California (that Kim had attended as a high school student) was preaching in Denver.

It didn’t take them long to reconnect with Mark and realize that God must be as crazy as they had always guessed: to use such a freak show in ministry--they couldn’t resist joining in the fun. So here they are with their mismatched, loud, and messy family. You can find them at ice arenas, crashing parties with free food, and occasionally making appearances at local emergency rooms, never with their hair combed. Currently, Kim has decided to quit teaching high school and is making a strong attempt at becoming a trophy wife--though volunteer work and reading with funny voices at her sons’ schools are all that have matriculated thus far. She is thrilled to put some of her skills to work on the Highlands Leadership Team.