The social networking site, "ctmissionconnect.org" was closed in
February following several notices to its more than 600 members.It was designed
as a way to connect online as common participants in God's mission, and was an
experiment that didn't work as it might have. Thanks to all those who
participated and contributed, and we move forward.
In fact, there are other options now and planned for the future, including a collaboration with Episcopal Relief and Development to create an asset map that we believe will support collaboration.
ctmissionconnect debuted in April 2011 as part
of the Mission Discernment Initiative launched following Bishop Ian T. Douglas'
2010 Annual Address, and has run its course. There is now a general "God's
Mission" blog on the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) website where we can post stories and links in
different media. Development of a secure area of the website to store documents
for various ECCT committees is on the 2015 agenda as is a redesign of the
parish website template. A speakers bureau is starting up. We continue to add
resources to the ECCT website and we're present in other social media. We
support your communication and media work including mission-focused blogs,
Facebook groups, and more.
More recently I have been working with Episcopal Relief and Development as they build and develop an asset-mapping tool that will support ever more collaboration as we participate in God's mission. The maps are similar in approach to the simple online Google ministry maps I created in the past, yet more expansive, comprehensive, robust, and (God willing) they will be church-wide. ECCT Operations Manager Matt Handi and I are exploring how the map might integrate with our newly-redeveloping ECCT database. Look for this in the coming months.
Thanks for sharing the journey.
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