PASTOR ELIZABETH TYSON & FAMILY
REAL NAME
Anne Elizabeth Dodge Tyson
(I use my middle name, Elizabeth, because my mom’s name is Anne)
DATE OF BIRTH
May 10
HOMETOWN
La Canada, California
(Pronounced La Can-yada which is “canyon” in Spanish)
EDUCATION
- La Canada High School
- University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A. Environmental Studies w/ geology concentration)
- Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston (M.Div.)
- Yale Divinity School (S.T.M.)
- University of Edinburgh, Scotland (Ph.D. Ecclesiastical History)
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- None; this is my first official appointment!
- Director of Christian Education at Trinity UMC (Jacksonville, NC) & Haymount UMC (Fayetteville, NC) in the 90s
FAVORITE AUTHORS
- Frederick Buechner
- Madeleine L’Engle
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Robert McCloskey
FAVORITE TV SHOW
- Duke Basketball
FAVORITE MOVIES
- Out of Africa
- Toy Story 2
FAVORITE FOODS
- Tomatoes
- Almonds
- Chocolate
STUFF YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW
- Hiked the Grand Canyon rim to rim
- Invited to train with the US Olympic luge team at Lake Placid
- Studied Latin, Spanish, German, Greek, and Hebrew (and cannot speak any of them fluently!)
- Driven across the USA at least 5 times
STUFF YOU WISH YOU DIDN’T KNOW
- Has crooked 4th toes
- Once got so sunburned that my knees and eyelids peeled
- Couldn’t whistle until middle school