PCS FORUM: A Window onto Jesus’ Awakening  and His Early Vocational Discernment: Diving deeply into the first chapter of Mark’s gospel

    PCS FORUM: A Window onto Jesus’ Awakening  and His Early Vocational Discernment: Diving deeply into the first chapter of Mark’s gospel

    Posted on November 2, 2022 Posted By: Mary Theresa Streck Categories: Blog

    PCS FORUM: A Window onto Jesus’ Awakening  and His Early Vocational Discernment: Diving deeply into the first chapter of Mark’s gospel

    Presented by Dr. Lizzie Berne DeGear

     Tuesday, December 6, 2022 – 7pm EDT – FREE  – Zoom link:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84965259983?pwd=VFl1cWhjV2UvMGl1cWFyR05mU2xKQT09 Meeting ID: 849 6525 9983
    Passcode: 868236

    In this forum, meet Dr. Lizzie Berne DeGear who will introduce her new course: PCS 202: A Window onto Jesus’ Awakening and His Early Vocational Discernment: Diving deeply into the first chapter of Mark’s gospel. The first cohort for the course begins January 11, 2023 at 7pm EST. Participants will seek to experience the good news — traveling alongside a very human Jesus during the first days of his ministry, and walking with each other into 2023 as they will make their way through the first section of Dr. DeGear’s book-in-progress, Jesus Found in Translation. Join the forum to learn more about Dr. DeGear and her work. Enrollment is now open for PCS 202 at https://pcseminary.teachable.com

     Lizzie Berne DeGear

    Dr. DeGear’s scholarly training includes a PhD in theology from Union Theological Seminary with a focus on psychoanalytic theory and the Hebrew Bible; a Masters in religion and religious education from Fordham University; and a BA in comparative literature from Brown University. She is currently Scholar-in-Residence at the New Shul in New York City.

     For the past two decades, Lizzie has been teaching bible studies in various forms, including her 2020 award-winning animated short film (m)adam: Adam’s Rib Reframed, and the 2021 FutureChurch Lenten bible study: Women Rediscovered in the Bible. 

     Certified with the National Association of Catholic Chaplains since 2002, Lizzie’s passion for facilitating group experience was sparked by her hospital chaplaincy work on the inpatient psychiatric unit and with those facing addiction. For fifteen years, as chaplain for the Center for Urban Community Services, she created and led memorial services for people who knew homelessness during their lives. She currently offers programs and retreats in a variety of settings.

    Excited to be living in a world that is growing out of patriarchy, she co-founded the Feminism & Faith in Union movement in 2017, works with a variety of faith-based organizations who empower women, including Women’s Ordination Conference and Discerning Deacons, and is looking forward to incubating her newest scholarly project, The Women Who Wrote the Bible.