Annual Meeting at GSA, 2010

Welcome!

~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!◦ How will you contribute in the coming year?

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.

Newsletter going digital◦ Members should have received an email (Aug. 26)

with newsletter attached as .pdf document◦ Email Keith Miller (keithbmill@gmail.com) to sign

up or change your email address New officers (2010-2011):

◦ Carrigan (Pres.)◦ Steve Dutch (VP)◦ Keith Miller (Treasurer)◦ David Campbell (Newsletter Editor)

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

Dialogue with seminaries & religion faculty Focus our meetings on issues of energy,

climate, water, natural hazards, economic resources, geological missions

Position statement on Environmental Stewardship

Virtual Field trips on the ACG website that focus on geology education