Keeping up with General Convention
With the theme “Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me,” General Convention 2009 focuses on celebrating the Episcopal Church by telling its stories and informing people about its unique role as one part of the church in the world. People in the Diocese of Olympia can learn and celebrate along with deputations and the rest of the public by visiting the following sites:
General Convention Blogs
Read reports and see photos from deputies, alternates, bishops and other convention attendees from the Episcopal Church in Western Washington. Also check out the blogs young adult deputyKatrina Hamilton and Greg Rickel. Others from across the Episcopal Church are blogging, as bishopsand deputies on the ground.
Twitter
Get real-time convention news by following the diocese at www.twitter.com/ecwwtweets. The tag for all things General Convention is #ecgc; you can search for this code and other keywords at search.twitter.com. Don’t have a Twitter account but want to see what people are tweeting? Go to TweetBeep and create your personal alerts for topics like “General Convention,” “Diocese of Olympia,” “#ecgc” and more.
Episcopal Church Media Hub
Offering one-stop shopping for worldwide coverage of General Convention, this site features video, audio slideshows, news stories, Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, Flickr photo galleries and more.
Look for news on: economic justice (including domestic poverty and the current financial crisis); eradicating racism; the Genesis Covenant; work of various committees represented by members of the Diocese of Olympia; Bishop Greg Rickel speaking at a Disneyland workers’ labor rally as well as introducing Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori at an event with the Archbishop of Canterbury; and much more.