January 2010 Newsletter

Annual Dues Renewal Time

If you are not a Lifetime or Beneficiary Member of AzOSA, please click HERE, either to renew your annual membership or become a member for the first time.  It is important to do this in January so that you may vote at the annual members’ meeting in February to elect the Board of Directors.

Annual Members’ Meeting February 27

Please set aside the afternoon of February 27 for the Annual AzOSA Members’ Meeting.  In addition to the election of the Board of Directors, planning for upcoming activities will be discussed and decided.  Membership input is highly desired – some of the best ideas and information come from the general membership.

Frank Sherwin – January Speaker

Frank Sherwin, Zoologist, of the Institute for Creation Research, will be presenting Wonders of the Human Body at Community Church of Joy in Glendale on Monday, January 18 and The Wonderful Mighty Oceans at First Baptist Church of Mesa on Tuesday, January 19.  Please click HERE for details and maps.  Please note the new locations.

Yavapai Division Winter Meeting

AzOSA’s Yavapai Division will hold its second meeting Saturday, January 16 in Prescott at Willow Hills Baptist Church.  This is a daylong event with 5 speakers: Dr. Kevin Anderson, Frank Sherwin, Dr. Joseph Kezele, Jim Clarke, and Ron Crawford.  This will also be a recording session for new releases in the AzOSA Creation DVD Series.  Please come and support these speakers as they present in front of the cameras.  A larger audience provides more energy for them.  Please click HERE for details.

AzOSA at Waking Up America

Joseph Kezele, M.D., AzOSA President, will be speaking at the Waking Up America Conference at the Scottsdale Double Tree Inn Resort, January 23.  His presentation is titled From Darwin to Dictatorship – A Tale of Three Countries.  Joseph starts with a review of events in Germany and Russia based on evolutionary thinking and the disastrous consequences for tens of millions of people; he concludes with a review of what is happening in the U.S.  You won’t want to miss this conference.  Click HERE to learn about Mike Riddle, David Hocking and the other speakers at the conference.

2010 Field Trip Schedule

March 27th:               Superstition Hike – Wildflowers and Geology, Lost Dutchman State Park

May 1st:                     Sedona – Hike the Huckabee Trail (approx. 2 miles)

June 12th:                 Grand Canyon Bus Trip

July 10th a.m.:          Raft trip from Glen Canyon Dam to Lee’s Ferry (ages 4 and up)

July 10th p.m.:          Glen Canyon Dam tour

July 11th a.m.:          Antelope Canyon expedition (Lower Antelope Canyon)

July 11th:                   Dinosaur Tracks near Tuba City (on the way home from Page, AZ)

August 7th:               Fossil trek (exact location TBA, probably near Payson)

September 18th:      Lava River Cave Hike (near Flagstaff)

October 9th:              Day Hike to Plateau Point in Grand Canyon (Full round trip is 12 miles; people can join and hike as far along as they like).

Please contact Jim or Terri Clarke at geology@AzOSA.org for details and to sign up.  Please click HERE for the raft trip flyer.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!