Dear Colleague, Springtime greetings from the ASA leadership team in Topsfield.
We were delighted to have so many join us for our first-ever member assembly meetings last week! The video-recording is now available so check out the links for these excellent presentations. While most of the staff is working remotely from home, we find ourselves busier than ever. In addition to adjusting to our new normal, we are diligently at work repositioning our business model and looking toward new, creative opportunities for enhanced member services. Amidst our disappointment of this summer's cancelled annual meeting, we remain hopefully optimistic that God is using this COVID-19 crisis as a time for real redemptive possibilities and his purposes. Please know that we are praying for you on a regular basis. If you have specific requests, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. In the meantime, check out this NewsNote for many notable ASA items from around the world. Yours in Christ, John and Vicki
|  | | Successful Annual Fund Giving for FY2020! We are pleased to report that we ended our fiscal year on 3/31/20 with record annual fund giving of $163,169, exceeding our goal of $160,000. Additionally, after recently implementing a planned giving program, we were grateful for several planned gifts as well. Thank you very much for your generous participation and financial support of our important work. To God be the glory! |
|  | | Did you miss our April member assembly meeting? The ASA held its first-ever online meetings on April 24 and 25, 2020. Both meetings were well attended with 100+ participants each. John Pohl, MD and Patrick Franklin, PhD spoke about the current COVID-19 pandemic from a medical and theological perspective, respectively. Watch the recorded meeting here. |
|  | | ASA 2020 Postponed to 2021 Because of the current situation with COVID-19, it has become necessary to cancel our annual meeting at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego this summer. Although we are very disappointed to miss seeing you in person, we are planning to hold an interactive "State of the ASA" virtual business meeting this July. Please continue to hold July 24 and 25 open on your calendar for this meeting. We are working on the revised program now and will post details on asa3.org and Facebook pages soon. Our program will be rolled over to 2021, if large, public meetings are safely possible next year. We are working with Point Loma Nazarene University in hopes that we can be at their beautiful facility, tentatively July 29 – August 2 (subject to change). Additional information about ASA 2021 will be communicated as it becomes available. |
|  | | COVID-19 Resources
The ASA has a list of COVID-19 resources available on our website. To review the current resources please click here. |
|  | | CWiS LIVE May Meetings
CWiS LIVE will be meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:30 pm EDT and Sunday, May 17 at 5:00 pm EDT. We hope to "see" all women in ASA at one of our May Zoom meetings! The topic being discussed this month is how to navigate your career when your life is on hold. Information on how to join the meetings can be found on the ASA events page by clicking here. |
|  | | God and Nature Highlight Check out this thought-provoking article "How Does It End – The Cosmos and Theology in Dialogue" by Mario Russo. You can read the full text here. |
|  | | Member Corner - Sy Garte CT podcast Sy Garte, was recently featured in a Christianity Today podcast, "Should Christians 'Believe in Science' in the Midst of a Pandemic?". To listen, click here.
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|  | | Request for Essays A group of Christian researchers are interested in making contact with those who have come to faith as a result of the New Atheists such as Richard Dawkins. Inquiries and essays should be sent to Denis Alexander at dra24@cam.ac.uk. |
|  | | Member service is our priority
Need help from the ASA? The Topsfield office is open during the pandemic with some staff members working from home. The office hours are Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT. For the quickest response during this time, email us at asa@asa3.org. If you call the office, feel free to leave a message and we will return it as soon as possible.
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|  | | May 5 - Global Day of Giving
#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday – as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.  |
|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on May 1 at 4:00 pm EDT. Please feel free to submit prayer requests at prayer@asa3.org.
If you want to join the prayer committee
and pray for your fellow members,
click here. |
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