Central Presbyterian Church issued the following announcement on Nov. 30.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will commemorate World AIDS Day with an online chapel service at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Dec. 1, featuring the Rev. RJ Robles, a Nashville-based HIV/AIDS activist.
Observed around the globe, World AIDS Day is designed to increase HIV awareness and knowledge, reduce the stigma surrounding HIV and increase efforts to end the HIV epidemic. About 1.2 million people in the United States have HIV and about 13 percent of them don’t know they’re infected.
Wednesday’s service at facebook.com/pcusa “is an invitation to rise up as the church and to intercede and respond on behalf of the least that are among us,” said the Rev. Alexandra Zareth of Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (REWIM), where she is the Associate for Leadership Development & Recruitment for Leaders of Color.
The Rev. Shanea Leonard, Coordinator for Gender & Racial Justice for the PC(USA), further explained the significance of the day.
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Source: Central Presbyterian Church
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