The Rev. Elizabeth Goodman

Denomination: United Church of Christ (UCC)
Organization: Monterey United Church of Christ, Monterey, MA

The Rev. Liz Goodman has been pastor of the Monterey United Church of Christ as the only staff member since 2001.

A lifelong member of the United Church of Christ, raised on the seacoast of New Hampshire, Liz was educated for ministry at the Divinity School at Harvard, is a contributor to Journal for Preachers, and has a collection of sermons published by Wipf & Stock Press entitled 'Breaking and Entering: Unexpected Sermons for an Unfinished World.' 

Liz lives in Lenox, Massachusetts, three towns away from Monterey, with her husband, Jesse, who is a psychotherapist in private practice and the consulting psychiatrist at Gould Farm, and with their two sons, Tobias and Jack.

In her free time, she walks her three dogs, rows and competes in regattas, writes short stories, reads important books, watches unimportant TV shows, and listens to frivolous music.