Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Anne Jackson’s FB page.  After a season of contemplation, Anne, known to the blogsphere as FlowerDust.net, has pulled the plug on her facebook page – well actually deleted her account completely.  You can read her entry here.

Fortunately for Anne’s community of followers, it doesn’t really matter.  She’s present in so many ways online that she will still be connected and reachable.  You can find her on twitter (@flowerdust) and at her blogsite FlowerDust.net.

In fact, Anne, whose blog has 2 key features – a large readership and an engaged, connected community – will still be considered a leader in online community ministry.  As you may know, she’s an experienced wired fundraiser who’s been known to ask for support and raise $1800 in 18 hours, $800 in 15 minutes for Compassion International’s Global Food Crisis, etc.  Oh, no wait, …that’s her online community.  Anne just acts as a conduit for the generosity of her readers.

I was just in Nashville a couple of days ago and got to visit Anne’s church, CrossPointe.   She mentioned nothing to me of her impending demise!  I got to spend quite a bit of time with Anne’s Pastor, Pete Wilson who is equally involved in mobilizing his online community.   Ironically, he told me how amazingly useful his Facebook profile has been for helping him accomplish some of his goals.  More on that later as it will be part of a larger article to be published over the summer…..

Goodbye Anne Jackson’s FB page, may you Rest In Peace.