We are excited to invite you to a (belated) kick-off event for the (relatively new) West Michigan Chapter of the ASA. The event will include dinner and a presentation by Biologos President, Dr. Deborah Haarsma, on "The Webb Telescope, God, and the Multiverse”. Details are provided below:

WHEN:  Saturday, November 12, 2022

WHERE: Calvin University, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan  49546.

PROGRAM:

5:00 - 6:30 pm — ASA Dinner at the Prince Conference Center, Hickory Room

6:30 - 7:00 pm — Break

7:00 - 8:30 pm — Public Lecture: "The Webb Telescope, God, and the Multiverse", Covenant Fine Arts Center Recital Hall by Deb Haarsma.

We have reserved 30 seats for dinner which will be provided FREE for the first 30 current ASA members who sign up at:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MbT2hcr37i-se-BjASm8br9JoryOGHDfxBQKx-EVAhs/edit#gid=0

While the dinner is for ASA members in West Michigan only, everyone is welcome to join us for the public lecture at 7:00 pm.

An abstract is given below. We look forward to seeing you there!

Public lecture abstract:

The new Webb Telescope is showing us beautiful new vistas of planets, nebulae, galaxies, and the earliest epochs of our universe.  Yet research hints that our universe may be just a tiny part of a multiverse of imagination-staggering immensity—a prospect that has echoed in interesting ways throughout our society. From the widely successful Marvel superhero movies, to TikTok, to the frontiers of theoretical physics, the idea of a multiverse? is impacting our view of the world.  What does science actually have to say about alternate universes?   And how would the various multiverse theories intersect with our understanding of God, and of ourselves? Join us for a tour of our universe from the Webb Telescope and an exploration of the multiverse.