Dear Colleague,
Fall has arrived here in beautiful New England and the ASA office is as busy as ever. If you or one of your family members is heading back to school, we pray that your year ahead will be filled with God's blessings amidst the challenges. Now that the dust has settled from the Summer Something Series, planning for the fall member assembly meeting and the winter day conference has begun. In addition, we are delighted at the number of chapter meetings happening and taking advantage of our corporate Zoom license. Please check out this NewsNote for the exciting activities taking place around North America. Joyfully in Christ, The ASA Team – John, Vicki, Lyn, Becky & Dana
|  | | Leading Lives of Purpose – The Science of Discerning Your Calling and Work for a Lifetime Friday, October 16 – 7:00 pm EDT
Saturday, October 17 – 12:00 pm EDT Join us in October for Living Lives of Purpose. Together with Bryan Dik we will explore the dynamics of our careers in the sciences. Register in advance for the webinar here. Upon registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. See full details here. Please note we are giving away copies of Bryan's new book, Redeeming Work, to the first 100 registrants. |
|  | | Templeton Prize Ceremony We are happy to share that this year, everyone is warmly encouraged to invite friends, family and people in your network to the virtual ceremony on September 24 at 7PM EDT. Please feel free to share with anyone you know who you think might be interested in the event – or people who might simply enjoy receiving this opportunity. Please register for the ceremony yourself if you haven’t already. (Only guests registered before Sept. 15 will get the link to join.) Please feel free to forward your invitation or the following link to any of your contacts who might be interested. (This is the easy option. You can do this at any point.)
https://mailchi.mp/templeton/join-us-at-the-templeton-prize-ceremony-general
What’s happening at the ceremony?
It’s an hour long show through a custom-built virtual portal. The laureate, NIH Director and ASA Fellow Francis Collins, will be appearing live from the National Academy of Sciences with Heather and a special musical guest, singer Renee Fleming. We’ll also have speakers including N.T. Wright, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, and messages from a former president or two. It should be an enjoyable event (and not too long) with the opportunity to submit questions in a moderated Q&A with Francis Collins at the end. |
|  | | Upcoming Chapter Events Boston & Gordon College Chapters
Friday, September 11, 2020 – 7:00 pm EDT
Asymptomatic Racism: The Silent Contagion of Hatred in Us All with Frank Robinson. For more information and to register for the Zoom meeting, click here. California Baptist University Chapter
Sunday, September 13, 2020 – 4:00 pm PDT
Science and Faith Conversation with Sy Garte. For more information and to register for the Zoom meeting, click here. West Michigan Chapter
Friday, September 18, 2020 – 7:00 pm EDT
Mars Exploration and the Search for Life in the Universe. For more information and for the Zoom meeting link, click here. |
|  | | Upcoming Chapter Chats Wednesday, September 22 – 2:00 pm EDT
Wednesday, September 23 – 7:00 pm EDT Chapter leaders are invited to attend one of the September Chapter Chat meetings to network and discuss important upcoming events. More information and the Zoom meeting link will be sent by Dana Oleskiewicz prior to the meeting. |
|  | | Member Corner - Carol Hill's Newest Book
Geologist Carol Hill's newest book, A Worldview Approach to Science and Scripture was released in November 2019. Additional details on ordering can be found on Amazon here.
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|  | | Amazon Smile Doing more shopping online at Amazon during COVID? Be sure to start with smile.amazon.com and designate American Scientific as your charitable organization. Amazon will donate 0.5% of each sale to the ASA! |
|  | | CWiS LIVE October Meetings
CWiS LIVE will be meeting on Sunday, October 4 at 5:00 pm EDT and Tuesday, October 6 at 7:30 pm EDT. We hope to "see" all women in ASA at one of our October Zoom meetings! More Information on how to join the meetings can be found on the ASA events page by clicking here. |
|  | | Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Highlight The September 2020 issue of the journal is now available online here. Among the informative articles included, don't miss Steven Hall's "Raising Food for Thought." |
|  | | God and Nature Highlight Check out this thought-provoking article "God and the Virus" by Lucas Mix. You can read the full text here. |
|  | | Auto-renew is here! For your convenience, beginning with membership renewals of December 31, 2020, memberships will auto-renew if you paid the previous year's invoice with a credit card or
ACH/E-check. If you would like to confirm if you are scheduled for auto-pay or if you would like to opt-out of this option, please email asa@asa3.org.
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|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 3:00 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. |
|  | | Virtual Bookstore Check out our online bookstore in partnership with Christianbook. This bookstore expands our available online resources, gives our website greater visibility, and allows us to offer books recommended by ASA readers at a discount to members and visitors alike. And the best part is the ASA receives a 10% sales commission on all purchases made through the Christianbook virtual bookstore. |
|  | | See You on Facebook! Connect with ASA members on Facebook. We would love to see you there. Like our page and
you will find many interesting and educational posts in your newsfeed.
Each is an opportunity to interact with
other ASA members. |
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