Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/04/2024 - 04/05/2024All Day
Convocation Theme: “Confronting Christian Nationalism: Creating Communities of Resistance and Hope”
2024 Spring Convocation April 4th – 5thOn Eden’s campus at 475 E. Lockwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63119 with presentation events also available online via Zoom.
(Register for Awe and Aesthetics of Nature Festival separately through this link.)
Register for the Eden Black Alumni Association Breakfast & Worship event through this link.
Spring Convocation Presentations, Reunions, Small Groups, Meals and More!
Email Eden at [email protected] or call (314) 918-2691 for assistance.
Thursday, April 4
- 3:00 – 6:30 PM: Herbster Event (Alumni Classes 2019 – 2023) on Campus
- “Conversation on Ministry In These Days” with Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould and Rev. Dr. Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.
- 4:30 – 6:30 PM: 50th Anniversary Reunion (Class of 1974) on Campus
- 4:30 – 6:30 PM: Mixer Hosted by Student Cabinet Committee, Common Ground on Campus and Online; All are Invited
- Common Ground is a student cabinet organization for the Queer community and straight allies
- 5:45 – 6:30 PM: Gateway Mens’ Chorus Performance
- 7:00 PM: Opening Worship & Presentation on Campus and Online
- Presenter: Rev. Dr. Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Adjunct Professor, Departments of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University
- Presentation: “Confronting Christian Nationalism: Creating Communities of Resistance and Hope” (Brueggemann – Kuhlenkamp – Schmiechen Lectureships)
- 8:30 PM: Reception & Book Signing For All on Campus
Friday, April 5
- 7:30 AM: Eden Black Alumni Association Breakfast & Worship; All Are Invited (Separate registration & payment required)
- Preacher: Rev. Dr. Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Adjunct Professor, Departments of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University
- Sermon: “Resistance: From Rhetoric to Prophetic Action”
- 9:00 AM: Worship (With Senior Preacher) on Campus and Online
- 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM: Presentation & Panel Discussion on Campus and Online
- Presenter: Rebeccah Bennett, Founder and Principal of Emerging Wisdom LLC
- Presentation: “Seeding Healed Futures” (Brueggemann – Kuhlenkamp – Schmiechen Lectureships)
- Panel: “The Awe of What Can Be”
- Panelists: Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, Rev. Dr. Sonja B. Williams, Rev. Nikotemo Sopepa, Rev. Brian Kirk
- 12:30 PM: Lunch & Conversation on Campus
