AOF January News and Views Newsletter

[AOF News and Views]

Hi everyone,

Hoping you and yours are well this month. 

You may download the most recent issue of AOF News and Views e-newsletter from this location:

http://newsletters.aofonline.org/2012-01-january-aof-news-and-views.pdf

Next AOF general meeting: March

Save the Date! Darwin Day 2012: “Evolution and Modern Religious Thought”

Mark your calendars now for February 12, 2012, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm (doors open at 2:00 p.m.) for the Sacramento Darwin Day Event that will celebrate Darwin's 203rd birthday. It will be held at the John Smith Hall in the La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road, Carmichael, CA.

Dr. Peter M. J. Hess is the Director for Religious Community Outreach at the National Center for Science Education. An engaging speaker, Dr. Hess offers stimulating and thought-provoking lectures and workshops where he addresses religious, philosophical, and historical aspects of the controversy surrounding evolution and creation. He teaches liberal studies at Saint Mary's College in Moraga. He is the author, with Paul L. Allen, of Catholicism and Science.

Tickets are $7.50 in advance (must be purchased before February 8), $10.00 at the door; tickets for students with ID are $5.00.

Please visit http://sacdarwinday.info to purchase tickets and for more information, or call AOF at 916-447-3589 to speak with someone about the event.

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Family News

AOF welcomes family info that you'd like to share with the AOF membership. Please submit items to: newsletter@aofonline.org and specify in the e-mail that you'd like to announce the information in the Family News section.

Newsletter Submissions Policy

Submit your newsletter items to the N&V submissions editor at this e-mail address:newsletter@aofonline.org

or mail item to the AOF mailbox: PO Box 15182, Sacramento, CA  95851-0182.

Preference is given to material in a PC-compatible word processing format (for example, Microsoft Word). To submit, attach your file to the e-mail and send.

AOF also welcomes succinct and substantive letters to the editor. Note: All letters are prioritized by AOF 's publishing criteria deriving from the organization's Statement of Purpose.

Thank you!