Opening Convocation

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Date(s) - 09/02/2025
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us on Tuesday, September 2nd for Fall 2025 Opening Convocation, an evening to kick off the 2025-2026 Academic Year. Be part of our community on campus or online. Schedule:

4:30-5:15pm – Reception in Schroer Commons with heavy appetizers, school updates, and book signing

5:30-7:00pm – Convocation begins in Press Hall’s Wehrli Chapel and via Zoom

7:00- 8:00pm –  Fellowship in Schroer Commons with ice cream truck and book signing

Advanced registration is requested.  Please register below.  Your registration response will include Zoom link for Opening Convocation service.

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Opening Convocation Speaker: Rev. Mary Nelson

Eden Seminary is happy to welcome Rev. Mary Nelson as preacher for opening convocation, which begins the 2025-2026 academic year.
Rev. Nelson serves as the Transitional Conference Minister for the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the United Church of Christ and previously served as a Regional Minister (ACM) in the Connecticut/Southern New England Conference. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Rev. Nelson earned her Bachelor of Arts at Grinnell College and her Master of Divinity at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

Authors available for book signings will include:
J. Marshall Shamell,  “40 Years in the Wilderness: How the Church can Support Those with HIV/AIDS”
Mary Schaller Blaufuss, “Joining God in the Thin Places: Theologies Active in Natural Disaster”