Transcript Affiliation of Christian Geologists

Annual Meeting at GSA, 2011
Welcome!
Charles W. Carrigan, ACG President
Assoc. Prof. of Geology, Olivet Nazarene University
[email protected]
Please feel free to contact me regarding ACG news, events, etc.
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~300-400 members
Membership fairly evenly divided between
academics & industry
Our website: http://www.wheaton.edu/ACG/
This is YOUR organization – nothing happens
without the involvement of many!
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How will you contribute in the coming year?
Please pay your annual dues!
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Formed in 1989 to:
◦ Promote fellowship among Christian geologists;
◦ Promote the integrity of geology as a scientific discipline;
◦ Investigate the ways in which Christian faith & geology bear
on one another;
◦ Educate the Christian public about geology;
◦ Develop avenues of witness to non-Christian geologists;
◦ Promote Christian stewardship & service in the geological
sphere; and
◦ Provide intellectual leadership at the interface between
Christian and geologic thought.
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New this year: Find ACG on Facebook!
Newsletter has gone digital
◦ Members should have received 3 emails with newsletters
attached as .pdf document over the past year+.
◦ Email Keith Miller ([email protected]) to sign up or
change your email address
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Current Officers (2010-2011):
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Carrigan (Pres.)
Steve Dutch (VP)
Keith Miller (Treasurer)
David Campbell (Newsletter Editor)
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Last ASA meeting July 29-Aug 1
◦ North Central College, Naperville, IL.
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Stephen Moshier organized & led an all-day
ACG field trip
◦ Paleozoic strata & Pleistocene glacial landforms in
northern IL.
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Next ASA meeting: July 20-23, 2012, at Point
Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
◦ Theme: Science, Faith, and the Media.
◦ Need a volunteer to lead an ACG field trip!
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Considerable debate (mainly through the
email list) on the purpose of a statement
Originally written by Max Reams
Edited by Officers
Submitted to the membership via the email
listserve for comment & discussion
Officers re-edited
Final adoption by the Officers
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Initial drafting of the statement by Michael
Guebert in the lead role.
Soon to be considered by the Officers.
Following the Council’s editing, will be
submitted to the membership by the email
group list for comments & discussion.
Final editing by the Officers & adoption.
Now is the time to get involved if you are
passionate about this issue!
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Dialogue with seminaries & religion faculty
Focus our meetings on issues of energy,
climate, water, natural hazards, economic
resources, international development
Position statement on Environmental
Stewardship
Virtual Field trips on the ACG website to
encourage geological education