Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park

Augustana welcomes our 2025/26 Pastoral Intern – Elizabeth Schoen! Here is her brief bio:

Elizabeth Schoen (Lizzy) is a second year Masters of Divinity student at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is pursuing ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and serves as the ministerial intern at Augustana. Lizzy graduated with a B.A. from St. Olaf College majoring in Religion and English Literature, receiving distinction for her project “Women Writing of Divinest Things: Why Theologians Should Study Early Modern Female Poets”. She has also been involved in interfaith work serving as an Abrahamic Program for Young Adults Cordinator at the Chautauqua Institution and in college as an interfaith fellow at the Lutheran Center for Faith Values and Community. Lizzy wants to make church a place where everyone feels included and part of the body of Christ which receives God’s unconditional love and mercy. In her free time Lizzy enjoys making music, reading fantasy novels, and watching masterpiece mysteries. She is also accompanied by her faithful guide dog Eva.