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QUOTE
“There are many medicines and cures for all
kinds of sick people. But unless kind hands are given in service
and generous hearts are given in love, I do not think there can ever be
any cure for the terrible sickness of feeling unloved.”
~Mother Teresa
In the Heart of the World, published 1997
WHY?
HIV / AIDS changes the lives of individuals, families,
communities, economies, and the world. It has taken much from
us…and it has given us things we would not have sought in this
way. We are fewer in number than we would have been…and we
are stronger, leaner, and more powerful than we might have been.
HIV/AIDS has served as a refiner’s fire for many of us.
WHY?
“Over the past two decades, 65 million people have become
infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Approximately 25
million people – more than the aggregate battle deaths of the
twentieth century combined – have lost their lives to this
plague. More than 40 million are currently infected. Every
day, 8, 000 people die of AIDS.” Greg Behrman – The
Invisible People – 2004
WHY?
We are called to service by the spirit.
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one
member is honored, all rejoice together with it.”
1 Corinthians 12:26
WHY?
There is still no cure. While medical advances have
helped many infected people in North America and Europe, there are still
millions of people with no access to medications, treatment and adequate
support for the prevention of new infections.
“As we work together with God, we urge you also not to accept
the grace of God in vain. For God says, ‘At an acceptable time I
have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped
you.’
See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! We
are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be
found with our ministry, but as servants of God we have commended
ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions,
hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours,
sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness,
holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God;
with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
in honour and dishonour, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated
as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet are well known; as
dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; as
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” 2 Corinthians
6:1-10 – NRSV Bible
One-Click Resources!
Follow the links below for our most up-to-date resources...
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HIV/AIDS & Drug Use and
Addictions
Literacy Programming
Informational Flyer
February, 2006
(Download
it now!)
MCC HIV/AIDS Social Transformation
Ministry Resource Kit
November, 2005
(Includes World AIDS Day Liturgical Resources)
View the kit in HTML
Download in .doc
Download in .pdf
AIDS at 25
How it Began: HIV Before the Age of AIDS
The
Body Looks at AIDS at 25
Joining Efforts
Check out the following organizations for more HIV/AIDS
resources, information, and support!
(Dallas, TX, USA)
(Eurasia)
(Portland, OR, USA)
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EMBODY
A program of the Global HIV/AIDS Ministry of MCC
Em·body
Pronunciation:
im-'bä-dE
1 : to give a body to
spirit
2 : to make concrete
and perceptible
3 : to cause to
become a body or
part of a body
4 : to represent in
human form:
PERSONIFY
We tell the true stories of our lives…and in the telling we
build strength, nurture healing, and fulfill our spiritual call to
service.
The EMBODY program of the HIV/AIDS ministry of MCC wants to hear
your true stories about living in the time of HIV/AIDS.
NEW! Quotes to Engage
HIV/AIDS
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HIV/AIDS News
HHS and Kaiser Team up to Fight HIV
with Text Messaging
30/11/2007
In observance of this World A IDS Day, December 1, the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and the HHS Office of HIV/AIDS Policy is working
with the Kaiser Family Foundation to promote text messaging to help
people identify nearby HIV testing locations. Read more!
When a Pill is Not
Enough
Nevirapine cuts transmission of HIV from mother to newborn from 30 to 14
percent, so why isn't it more widely used?...read more at NY
Times.com!
AIDS AT 25: Reflections from The
Reverend Dr. Troy Perry
This article was authored by Rev. Dr. Troy D. Perry for IN Los Angeles
Magazine as part of the series, "AIDS at 25." The original article
is Copyrighted IN LA Magazine, 2006. Linked with Permission
AIDS – Yesterday and
Today
“Breaking the Stained Glass" by Rev. David Farrell, Pastor
Emeritus MCC San Diego, CA (USA)…one man's
harrowing story of the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the
world’sfirst-ever public AIDS Prayer Vigil.
HIV/AIDS Links
"A Daily Affirmation" from POZ
"Keep the Faith" from POZ
Learn about the HIV Ban at Immigration Equality.org
"Pills Profits Protest:Chronicle of the Global Aids
Movement" - new film by Anne-christine d'Adesky, Shanti Avirgan and
Ann T. Rossetti
HIV/AIDS at the Human Rights Watch
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