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Welcome to the Blog of the World Mission Network!

This Blog:

• To comment on any article, click on "comments" at the bottom of the article, fill in the box provided, and add your name. Choose the "anonymous" option so you don't have to create an account.
  
• To see photos with captions from mission activities, click on the slideshow "Partnership in Action" in the top right corner
• To see documents produced by the WMN, see the "Mission Data Files" section in the right side bar
• To see Personal Stories about mission work and parish relationships see "Your Mission Stories" in the right side bar
• To see websites of our mission partners see: "Links- Our Mission Partners" "Links- Our NGO Partners" in the right side bar
• To see background resources see: "Links- Resources" in the right side bar
  

About us:

The World Mission Network is a forum of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real. Each parish in the diocese is encouraged to have at least one person on our contact list. We send out a monthly update with info from this blog, as well as the roster from all the churches. The network has a non-hierarchical structure. There are no officers, and it is not a decision making body. Those who wish to be more involved in the running of the network can join the “Mission Circle” which is a group of people within the network who have agreed to receive more frequent communications, and participate in promoting the network, information sharing, and visioning.

• If you are new to this site, let us recommend some important articles:

Concerning the World Mission Network:

• Report to Convention 2008: who we are, accomplishments, challenges: click here
• See upcoming events in the right-hand sidebar
• Video Presentation (10 minutes) of mission involvement around the diocese 2008: click here

Concerning our new Triad Companion Relationship:

• Bishop Mary’s Powerpoint Presentation outline of the relationship 9-25-08: click here
• Discussion Topic about the Relationship: 9-11-08 click here
• Bishop Mary’s Address to Convention 2008, introducing the relationship: 11-21-08 click here
• Convention accepts relationship: 11-9-08 click here
• A Message from Bishop Gerard (Western Tanganyika): 11-25-08 click here
• Companionship Prayer: 11-25-08 click here

Mission Involvement around the Diocese and contact info for parishes:

• Mission Data File: posted in the right hand column, updated monthly: click here
• Monthly Updates: posted in the right hand column: November update click here
• Graphic: Map of involvement: click here

Discussion topics – You can add your thoughts on these or on any article:

• Triad Companion Relationship- click here
• Millennium Development Goals- click here
• Anglican Communion- click here

Questions? Please contact us!

Communications: Joanna Shreve: jrshreve AT aol.com
Blog: Michael Ridgway: mwridgway AT earthlink.net

Mission Circle:
Jerry Drino, Hope with Sudan: jdrino AT hopewithsudan.org
Julie Fudge, St. John’s Capitola
Sylvestre Romero, St. Phillip’s San Jose
Charles Greenleaf, St. John’s Capitola
Karen Greenleaf, St. John’s Capitola
Celeste Ventura, St. Mary’s Pacific Grove
Peter Troop, St. Jude’s Cupertino
Bill Shreve, St. Timothy’s Mountain View
Joan Anderson, St. John’s Capitola
Linda Morris, St. Jude’s Cupertino
Gloria VanBree, All Saint’s Palo Alto
Mary Lou McKenney, All Saint’s Watsonville