DIOCESE OF ATLANTA
The Diocese of Atlanta web pages: http://www.episcopalatlanta.org
The Bishop of Atlanta: The Right Rev. Neil Alexander
Diocese
of Atlanta representatives to GEM:
Ms. Virginia Peterson, ginireid@bellsouth.net
Companion Diocese:
Diocese of Central Ecuador
Diocese of Rio de Janeiro
Missionaries
from the Diocese:
The Rev. Sandra McCann MD and Martin McCann MD (www.mccannmission.org) are ECUSA Appointed Missionaries from the Diocese of Atlanta working in Dodoma, Tanzania in the Diocese of Central Tanganyika under Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo. Sandi is teaching at the seminary and Martin is working at the hospital in Dodoma.
The Rev. Dr. Paul Elliott, rector of St. Michael's and All Angels in Stone Mountain is spending two months in Dodoma, teaching at the seminary. With the assistance of SPCK, he was able to collect 500+ theological books for the seminary in Dodoma.
Margaret Griffin, Volunteer for Mission, has completed a year in the Diocese of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and has returned after a short furlough at home for another six months.
The Rt. Rev. Wilfredo Ramos, currently Bishop Suffragan in the Diocese of Connecticut, has been selected to be the Bishop of Central Ecuador. He will take up residence in Ecuador after General convention and will be installed in the fall.
Central Ecuador is again available to welcome mission trips from our diocese and is encouragin us to send medical and other mission groups. One hundred copies of THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER-Spanish Version were donated by St. James, Marietta and sent to Central Ecuador.
Diocesan Mission Projects:
Hundreds of volunteers from the diocese, clergy and lay, have traveled to Camp Coast Care in Long Beach, Mississippi to assist with Katrina relief efforts.
A global Mission Event was held in October 2005 and drew 54 people throughout the diocese. The day included cross cultural exercises, workshops, music, various presentations and time for sharing. The Global Mission Committee presented a workshop at the Diocesan Ministry Fair in March 2006. Topics shared by the panel focused on planning mission trips: medical missions to Ecuador, building trips to Mexico with the aid of a professional non-profit mission trip planning group and trips to Camp Coast Care.
The Global Mission Committee is establishing a Speaker's Bureau and now has a page on the Diocesan web site.