Come join us for our last gathering of the academic year, below.  PLEASE RSVP to me, Lynn, at lynn.l.billman@gmail.com or 303-902-5783, so I can plan refreshments.

“Are We Alone in the Universe?” 

Speaker:  Ken Touryan, physicist and long-time ASA member

Thursday, May 16th, 7:00-9:00 pm

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Education Center

15013 Denver W Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401

RMASA Chapter Website Up and Running!

Check out our new website at  https://network.asa3.org/members/group.aspx?id=85553  .    Here you can find our list of current faith/science activities in Colorado; our chapter blog; our list of local speakers; and information on the RMASA Board members. 

What’s Happening at RMASA

Your RMASA Board met this month and identified several activities we intend to pursue in the Denver Metro area for the Sept 2019-May 2020 academic year; see below.  We also expect to have some activities in the Fort Collins area.  If you are interested in getting more involved in local activities, for Denver Metro, Fort Collins, or (especially) for the Colorado Springs area, please let Lynn know (contact info above). 

1.     Monthly gatherings featuring a speaker, excellent lecture by video, article in the ASA Journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, or similar, and lively discussion

2.     Support to Colorado Christian student chapter events, such as supplying speakers etc.

3.     Support to the start-up of some activities at Colorado School of Mines

4.     Outreach to churches of RMASA members, to offer an activity or speaker for the church youth group, young adult group, or whatever their interest. 

Don’t Miss the ASA Annual Conference near Chicago

We encourage you to consider attending the ASA national conference, held this year at Wheaton College west of Chicago, July 19-22, 2019.  Get details and register here:  https://network.asa3.org/mpage/ASA2019   The annual conference is the absolute best way to get involved in ASA; you’ll meet many inspiring people and make new contacts with people who think like you do (well, sort of… we are pretty diverse, within boundaries!  But we pride ourselves on that.)

Hope to see you May 16!  And at Wheaton in July!

Lynn Billman

Co-Chair with Terry Gray

Rocky Mountain ASA

Lynn.l.billman@gmail.com

303-902-5783

Mostly this is to provide a more up-to-date entry on our local chapter blog.

We had a meeting at Colorado State University in late January and at Colorado Christian University in mid February. In both we showed videos by plenary speakers from the ASA 2017 Annual Meeting at the Colorado School of Mines. Ian Hutchinson from MIT spoke about energy issues, and Katharine Hayhoe from Texas Tech spoke about climate change. These and similar resources are available from the ASA web site.

A unique feature of both of these meetings was that both Ian and Katharine agreed to join the meeting via Skype from their homes after the video for a live Q&A with the gathered audience. Thanks to both for their participation. 

Additionally, I was not able to make the trip from Fort Collins to Denver for the CCU meeting. However, I joined via Apple FaceTime for the Q&A time. (I had seen the original presentation and had also recently watched it.) Lynn Billman texted me toward the end of the Q&A to see if I had a question or comment for Katharine (which I did). I did have to have a cooperative person on site who pointed their computer camera at the screen.

Overall, it was a very profitable use of audio/video and network technology that I would commend to others.