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On Sunday, April 28, the Church of
the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ, together with Tri State Alliance,
will host the annual Southern Illinois Candlelight Memorial Service at 6:30
p.m., at 515 S. Orchard Drive.
The memorial service will honor
those lost to or those currently affected by HIV/AIDS. A reception will follow
the service. The recipient of the evening’s freewill offering will be the AIDS
Holiday Project, an organization that provides food and other gifts to
low-income families affected by HIV/AIDS in the Southern Illinois region.
Father Joseph Brown, Chair of
Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, will be the guest
speaker. Other clergy participants include the Rev. Charlie Cross of Bethel
A.M.E.; the Rev. Sonja L. Ingebritsen of Church of the Good Shepherd UCC; the
Rev. Katherine Bryant-Graves of First Christian Church (DOC); the Rev. Don
Vaughn-Foerster of Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship; and Father Robert Flannery
of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Parish.
For more information, call (618)
457-2232.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
