Boston Baptist Social Union
A Christian fellowship of men, promoting love among all people.
Established in 1864
Agenda
Reception 5:45 p.m.
Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Meeting after Dinner
Meeting will be held at the Sheraton in Needham
Our Guests | |
| Dr. Owen Gingerich | Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics |
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| Rev. Michael Cunningham | Pastor First Baptist Church, Abington |
| Rev. Dr. Robert Gomes | Pastor Marion Community Baptist Church |
| Mr. Robert Gaffney | Director Boston Baptist Social Union |
| Mr. Robert Jope | Director Boston Baptist Social Union |
Meeting Agenda | |
| Song | “O For a Thousand Tongues” |
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| Invocation | Rev.Michael Cunningham |
| Dinner | |
| Committee on Christian Work Moment | Grant Recipient - Remember Those in Captivity |
| Business Meeting | Mr. Christopher Edwards, President BBSU |
| Program | Dr. Owen Gingerich “The Divine Handiwork: Evolution and the Wonder of Life” |
| Benediction | Rev. Dr. Robert Gomes |
New Member Voted Last Meeting
Mr. Luther Kamborian, First Baptist Church, Braintree was sponsored by Mr. David Kinneburgh
New Members Night
October 5th 2015
Members are encouraged to invite a potential new member to tonight's meeting.
Committee on Christian Work Moment
This month's Moment was brought to us by the Rosario's. Rev. and Mrs. Victor Rosario run “Remember Those in Captivity Ministries”. The mission of the organization is to assist those men and women and their families while in incarcerated and also after the prisoner's release into the community. Mrs. Rosario expressed how important the support of the BBSU was to their ministry.
About the Program
Owen Gingerich is an emeritus professor of astronomy and the history of science at Harvard University and an emeritus astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. He is a leading authority on the 16th century Polish cosmologist Nicholas Copernicus and the 17th century German astronomer Johannes Kepler.
He spent three decades tracking down and examining surviving copies of Copernicus' seminal work, On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres, in which Copernicus first proposed that the Earth is not fixed but revolves around the Sun. Owen wanted to determine who owns these copies, what marginal notes they made while reading the book, and what they thought of Copernicus' then radical idea. In his quest, Owen traveled to libraries throughout North America, Europe, China, Japan, and Australia chronicling these adventures in the The Book Nobody Read.
Owen has been vice-president of the American Philosophical Society — America's oldest scientific academy — and he has served as chairman of the U.S. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union. He collects rare astronomical books; especially epherides (books that give the day to day positions of astronomical objects), and has an asteroid (2658 Gingerich) named in his honor.
Long interested in the science - religion dialogue, Owen gave the William Belden Noble Lecture at Harvard's Memorial Church (published as God's Universe) and he has served as a trustee of the John Templeton Foundation.