1. Annual Meeting at GSA, 2013 Welcome! Charles W. Carrigan, ACG President Prof. of Geoscience, Olivet Nazarene University ccarriga@olivet.edu Please feel free to contact me regarding ACG news, events, etc.

2.  ~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! o How will you contribute in the coming year?

3.  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.

4.  Elections for new officers are needed! We need volunteers for all of the positions. Please consider stepping up and helping out! ◦ President ◦ Vice President ◦ Treasurer ◦ Newsletter Editor  Please pay your annual dues!

5.  Our website: www2.wheaton.edu/ACG  Our sponsored GSA session  Geosci & Intl. Dev: Tuesday 1 PM, Room 402  Like us on Facebook  Our email list: sign up at our website!  Our Newsletter: Contribute! ◦ Members should have received emails with newsletters attached as.pdf document over the past two years. ◦ Email Keith Miller (keithbmill@gmail.com) to sign up or change your email address.

6.  “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” - Proverbs 29:18  We must craft an intentional future and be a people of faith & vision.  “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”  Frederick Buechner

7.  “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” - Proverbs 29:18  We must craft an intentional future and be a people of faith & vision.  What are the ideas big & small that will take us into the future? What do we need to be doing? Impact!  What specifically are YOU willing to do to participate & serve the organization in the next year?