Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/24/2025 - 04/25/2025All Day
Celebrate Eden’s 175th Anniversary
Lectures & Panels, Class Reunions and Fellowship
Support, Encouragement, Renewal, and Challenge
Theme: Constructing Communities of Resistance: Complex Identities in Biblical and Historical Interpretation
Presenters:
Charges: $35 February 5 – April 20, 2025 and $50 April 21 – 25, 2025
Check out registration form for groups with no charge. Scholarships available.
Documentation for Continuing Education Units Available
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected] or (314) 918-2691
Thursday, April 24
10:30 – 11:45 am: Empowerment Initiative Soft Launch – Congregational Partnerships
Noon – 1:30 pm: Lunch with Program and Book Signings, Schroer Commons
1:00 – 1:30 pm: Admissions “Imagine Eden” Event – Campus Tour, in-person
Register separately here
1:30 – 2:00 pm: Free Time. Enjoy the Campus, Visit Eden’s Sacred Grove. Stop in at the Book Store.
2:00 – 4:00 pm: Herbster Event for Continuing Education & Support, Press Hall & Online
Graduates of 2020 – 2024, you are special participants in this event. We want to provide travel scholarship to support your attendance.
Presenter: Dr. Luther E. Smith, Jr., author of “Hope is Here! Spiritual Practices for Pursuing Justice and Beloved Community”, Professor Emeritus of Church and Community, Candler School of Theology, Emory University and former member Eden Seminary Board of Trustees
4:00 – 5:45 pm: 175th Anniversary Celebration Reception, Schroer Commons & portions available via zoom
Celebrate Eden’s impact in the church and world for 175 years and presence on Webster Groves Campus for 100 years.
Join us for heavy appetizers, presentations, conversation, and celebration! Special celebrations for 50th anniversary class, class reunions through the decades, families with graduates from all three Eden campuses, visions for the future
6:00 pm: Worship (with Senior Preacher, Kelsie Parrish), Wehrli Chapel in Press Hall & Online
6:45 pm: Presentation, Dr. Henry Kuo, Eden Associate Professor of Church Histories and Historical Theology
Theme: Remembering our Ancestors: Historical Wisdom for Justice Today
Wehrli Chapel in Press Hall & Online
Award Presentations: Samuel D. Press Service Award and Reinhold Neibuhr Award
8:00 pm: Dessert Reception for All, Press Hall
Friday, April 25
7:30 am: EBAA-Coordinated Breakfast and Worship – All are Invited.
Theme: Prophetic Resistance: A Clarion Call to Do Justice
Pastor: Rev. Kevin Anthony
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9:15 am: Presentation, Rev. Dr. Raquel Lettsome, Eden Professor of New Testament and Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Theme: Resisting Death: Womanist Reflections on the Intersections and Resurrection of Tabitha (Acts 9:36-42)
Wehrli Chapel in Press Hall & Online
10:45 am – Noon: Interactive Panel on Presentation Themes
Noon: Lunch and Conversation, Schroer Commons
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker
Panelists: Rev. Lorren Z. Buck, Rev. Dr. Kendall Moore, Rev. Dr. Christie Love
Stay on for post-Spring Convocation events
12:00 pm: Admissions “Imagine Eden” Event – Conversation with Admissions, online
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12:30 – 5:00 pm- Center for Lived Faith and Organizing,
Church Vitality and Organizing – Organizing Seminar.
Participate in Press Hall or online.
For registration and pricing information, click here
