Dear Colleague,
Springtime greetings from the ASA leadership team! We are delighted to bring you ASA 2021 this summer, our virtual meeting in partnership with the Carl Henry Center. Our planning team is diligently working on a top-notch conference that you won't want to miss. Also, the Executive Council will convene this Saturday for their spring meeting. As they provide institutional leadership for the ASA, please pray for wisdom and discernment as they strategize and vision for the future. In the meantime, check out this NewsNote for many notable items from around the world. Joyfully in Christ, John and Vicki
 | | Successful Annual Fund Giving for FY2021! We are pleased to report that we ended our fiscal year on 3/31/21 with record annual fund giving of $237,360, exceeding our goal of $220,000. Additionally, we are grateful for our consistent monthly donors as well as those who made legacy gifts. Thank you very much for your generous participation and financial support of our important work. To God be the glory! |
|  | | ASA 2021 – The Gift of Scientia, the Body of Christ, and the Common Good We hope you will plan to join us for ASA 2021, our first virtual conference! The event will start on the evening of Thursday, July 29 and run through Sunday, August 1. Registration will open on May 15. Watch for more detailed information here. |
|  | | Now Hiring! The ASA is looking for a Communications and Marketing Coordinator, 12-hours per week in our Topsfield, Massachusetts, office. If you or someone you know is interested, email vicki@asa3.org. The job description can be found by on our website or by clicking here. |
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|  | | Member Corner ASA Fellow and author Katharine Hayhoe's new book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World was will be released in September 2021. Katherine will be joining The Nature Conservancy as their Chief Scientist in June 2021. To pre-order your copy, click here. |
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|  | | Partners in the News ASA Fellows Kathryn Applegate and April Cordero are on the curriculum development team for BioLogos INTEGRATE. INTEGRATE is a flexible teacher resource for exploring biology from a Christian worldview. This curriculum highlights many ASA members and their resources. To learn more, click here. |
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|  | | Diving Deeper Discussions The next Diving Deeper Discussion is scheduled for Saturday, May 8 at 2 pm ET. The topic will be the book review of Sarah Richie's Divine Action and the Human Mind that appeared in the March 2021 issue of PSCF. More information about the Diving Deeper Discussion series along with the link to join can be found here. |
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|  | | God and Nature Highlight Check out the Spring 2021 issue of God and Nature, available online now. Included is a compelling essay "God Positioning System (GPS)" by member Angie Cornwell. You can read the full text here. |
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|  | | Upcoming Chapter & Affiliate Events DC Chapter
Friday, April 16, 2021 – 7:30 pm ET
The topic will be "God's Agape/Many-Routes Design for the Universe" with Chris Barrigar. For more information or to register for the meeting, click here. Montreal Chapter
Saturday, April 17, 2021 – 1:00 pm ET
The Montreal chapter will hold an event "A Scientist Comes to Christ: Finding a New Perspective on Reality" with Sy Garte. For more information and to attend this meeting, click here.
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Monday, April 19, 2021 – 7:00 pm MT
Ecologist Brittany (Ederer) Michalski will be presenting "Plastics in the Food Chain." Brittany and Robert Sluka's article by the same name appeared in the September 2020 issue of PSCF. For more information or to join this event, click here. North Star Chapter
Saturday, May 8, 2021 - 8:00 am CT
Grab your binoculars, hiking shoes, water, sunscreen, and bug repellant, and join the North Star Chapter bird watching at the Vadnais-Sucker Lake Regional Park. For more information and to register for this event, click here. CWiS LIVE!
Sunday, May 16, 2021 – 5:30 pm ET
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – 7:30 pm ET
Join the next CWiS LIVE! event where we will read and discuss two brief articles on career development and ambition. For more information and to join this online event, click here. |
|  | | Meet-up On the Airways Tired of Zoom? ASA/CSCA members will find each other virtually anywhere! Recently members Derek Schuurman and Bob Geddes chatted "on the air." Both are licensed Ham radio operators and wondered if there were others that would like to meet-up as well. If you're "surfing the airways" sometime, feel free to reach out to Derek or Bob. |
 | | Watch, Share and Like! Many people have asked for the link to hear Francis Collins's talk on "Spiritual and Scientific Lessons in the Time of COVID" from the ASA Winter Symposium. Great news, it has had more than 4,300 views to date and is available to watch, share and like on our YouTube channel. The video of this inspiring talk can be accessed here. |
|  | | ASA Prayer Committee
The ASA prayer committee is holding their quarterly prayer meeting on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET. 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. |
|  | | Amazon Smile Thanks to designating the ASA as your charity of choice, we have received $236 in AmazonSmile gifts last year! To ensure the ASA receives a donation based on your purchases, go to smile.amazon.com and designate American Scientific as your charitable organization. Amazon will donate 0.5% of each sale to the ASA! |
|  | | 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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