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SUMMARY:2026 Homecoming: Many Voices United
DESCRIPTION:United Days has a new name! Join us in the Twin Cities October 26–27\, 2026\, for Homecoming. Themed Many Voices United\, this event promises to be a wonderful time of connection and reconnection. Reunite with fellow alums and faculty while building relationships with new generations of United students\, and be the first to hear a surprise announcement from President Molly T. Marshall. \nThroughout our time together\, we will be uniting our voices in word and song over our commitment to the planet\, cultivating friendships over meals\, engaging in conversations over coffee\, and visiting sacred sites of resistance and justice in the Twin Cities. Attendees will gain a better understanding of theological education today\, justice work and collective action in the Twin Cities\, and leave with a deeper awareness of the earth’s spirit and resilience. \nCEUs are available for all plenary sessions for interested attendees. Keep scrolling for more information on our speakers and registration. \nNeed a place to stay during Homecoming? Hampton Inn is one option close by. \n\nMeet Plenary Speaker Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes\n2026 Picard Lecture on Environmental Theology and Ethics  \nRev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes—earth thinker\, theologian\, liturgist\, performer\, artist\, and playwright\, a native Brazilian from São Paulo—is the Marylin Seven Endowed Chair in Religion and the Arts at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In the Spring of 2023\, Carvalhaes received his Full Professorship at Union Seminary. In the Summer of 2023\, Carvalhaes received the Honorary Degree Sacrae Theologiae Doctor bestowed by the Board of Trustees of Starr King School for the Ministry. \nIn the Fall of 2023\, Carvalhaes received the award for The Most Creative Play at the New York Theater Festival with his play When Wajcha Meets Pachamama. He is the author of several books including: Spiritual Practices for Ecological Survival: Rituals of Resistance; Liturgies from Below: Prayers from People at the Ends of the World; and Inventory\, Metamorphoses and Emergenc(i)es: How Do We Become Green People and Earth Communities. \nTake a few moments to familiarize yourself with Carvalhaes and his work by viewing the video below. \n\n\nSchedule\nMonday\, October 26 \n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nRegistration\, Welcome\, and Coffee\n\n\n9:15 AM\nWelcome and Opening Worship\nJoin your voices in Singing Resistance\, worship\, and a time to honor those who have departed since we were last together.\n\n\n10:15 AM\nBreak\n\n\n10:45 AM\nPicard Lecture on Environmental Theology and Ethics: “An Earthly Pneumatology—Learning About The Spirit of the Land\,” by Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes\n\n\n11:45 AM\n\nLunch\nJoin classmates and meet new people for over lunch table conversations. \n\n\n\n1:00 PM\n\nFaculty Mini-Lectures\nSelect one of three faculty lecture options and learn what United’s faculty are teaching about today. \n\nDr. Ginger Morgan: “Caring for Communities Facing Catastrophe”\nRev. Dr. Andrew Packman: “The Role of Attention in Seminary Formation”\nDr. Demian Wheeler: “United’s Invitation to Theology: Truth\, Goodness\, and Beauty”\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM\nBreak\n\n\n2:15 PM\nPicard Lecture on Environmental Theology and Ethics: “The Work of Perception and Imagination” by Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes\n\n\n3:15 PM\nBreak\n\n\n\n3:30 PM\nMeet United’s Students\nJoin President Molly T. Marshall for a Q & A with some of our current students. Learn more about what brought them to United\, what they hope to do after they graduate\, and how their educational experience is transformational.\n\n\n\n4:15 PM\nBreak\n\n\n5:00 PM\nSocial Hour\nVisit with classmates\, current and former faculty\, students\, and the broader United community. All are welcome\, but we particularly invite members of the classes that end in a 1 or in a 6! We will be celebrating you.\n\n\n\n5:45 PM\nBanquet in the United Campus Atrium (Advanced Reservation Only)\nEnjoy a meal with friends from your class (especially anniversary classes) or meet someone new. Request a faculty or staff person (current or former) that you and your classmates would like to sit with over dinner. First come\, first served.\n\n\n\n7:00 PM\n\nProgram: Many Voices United\n\nMusic\nWelcoming United’s New Bossard Ward Members\nCelebration of United’s new Distinguished and Spirit of United Alums\nUpdates and Surprise Announcement from President Molly T. Marshall\n \n\n\n\n\n  \nTuesday\, October 27\nFaithful Resistance in Practice \nPeople of faith and conscience were very visible during Operation Metro Surge earlier this year\, resisting the federal government’s violent tactics and providing spiritual and material care to those impacted. On Tuesday\, you can hear more about how local leaders responded effectively to these challenges and learn about the roots of this resistance—roots that go back more than a hundred years to the time when Dakota/Lakota people fought for their survival against the federal government and Dred and Harriet Scott challenged their enslavement. \nWe’ll begin with a panel presentation by United leaders\, have a time of reflection\, and then travel to local places of remembrance and resistance\, including Bdóte; the Whipple Federal Building; George Floyd Square\, where Rev. Dr. Julia Starr Brown (’23) will lead a meditation; and the Renee Good and Alex Pretti memorial sites. You will learn about Minnesota’s practice of “neighboring\,” the ongoing struggle to offer pastoral care to detainees\, community members providing care and mutual aid\, and the outpouring of generosity that continues today. We will end the morning by returning to the seminary for prayer and a closing.  \n\n\n\n9:00 AM\nPanel\n\n\n9:30 AM\nPilgrimage to Sacred Sites\n\n\n12:00 PM\nReturn to United for Closing\n\n\n12:15 PM\nDepart\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nRegistration Details\nSpace is limited. If you intend to register for the banquet or lunch\, we must receive your request by October 16. Onsite registrations (with no food) will close on October 23. We will not be able to accommodate late registrations. \n\nCEUs are available for all plenary sessions for interested attendees.\nIf you have food allergies\, please contact Andrew Fox at afox@unitedseminary.edu.\nWe also have limited scholarships available. If you are unable to cover your registration costs\, please contact Rev. Dr. Cindi Beth Johnson at cbjohnson@unitedseminary.edu.\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Attendees\nEarly Registration \nby October 1\nRegular Registration \nby October 16\n\n\n\nBoth Days\nincludes lunch and banquet \n\n$75\n$120\n\n\nBanquet Only\n$45\n$55\n\n\n\nPlenaries and Lunch\nno Banquet \n\n$35\n$45\n\n\n\nDistance Only\nnot in-person \n\n$20\n$20\n\n\nTuesday Only\n$15\n$25\n\n\n\n  \nIf you cannot attend during the day on Monday\, join us for the 7:00 PM CT program on Monday! You’ll hear from our Distinguished Alum and Spirit of United Award recipients as well as an exciting update from President Molly T. Marshall. \n  \n\n\n\nUnited Students\nmust register with United email\n\nEarly Registration \nby October 1\nRegular Registration \nby October 16\n\n\n\nBoth Days\nincludes lunch and banquet \n\n$50\n$70\n\n\nPlenaries and Lunch\nno Banquet\n$15\n$15\n\n\nDistance Only\nnot in-person\nFree\nregistration required\nFree\nregistration required\n\n\nTuesday Only\nFree\nregistration required\nFree\nregistration required\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n  \n\nThe Picard Lectures on Environmental Theology and Ethics are supported by an endowment made possible through the generosity of United alum\, the Rev. Frank Picard\, and members of the Picard family. The purpose of the lectureship is to explore questions and issues concerning the state of the creation from theological and ethical perspectives. The lectureship seeks to raise questions such as the relation between our spiritual life and the state of the natural world\, and the response of religious leadership to the decline of the planet. In establishing the endowment\, the Picard family especially wishes to remember the deep appreciation for God’s creation they shared with the late David and Roland Picard.
URL:https://www.unitedseminary.edu/event/2026-homecoming/
LOCATION:United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities\, 767 Eustis St.\, Suite 140\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55114\, United States
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