Lighten the Burden: A Gathering of United Methodists Working to Fight AIDS

September 8-9, 2006Washington, DC
Registration: $60
Registration Deadline: August 15, 2006

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How can United Methodist churches work together to lighten the burden of AIDS and HIV?

Designed to help equip clergy and lay leaders who want to join in the global response to the AIDS crisis, this intensive conference offers valuable opportunities for learning, skill-building, and networking. The two-day agenda includes an array of compelling speakers, insightful workshops, inspiring messages, and thought-provoking discussion groups. Join us in Washington, DC and help make a difference!

Sponsored by the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund Committee.

Highlights
Author and teacher Musa Dube, associate professor at the University of Botswana, will bring us together at opening worship. Dube has served as a consultant for the World Council of Churches on Theological Institutions and HIV/AIDS curriculum. She is based in Gabarone, Botswana, and is the author of Preaching to the Converted: Unsettling the Christian Church and The HIV and AIDS Bible: Selected Essays.

Bishop João Somane Machado of the Mozambique Annual Conference will give participants a close-up view of the pandemic through his ministry in Southern Africa. Bishop Machado is a leading advocate in the UMC for the eradication of HIV/AIDS and Malaria (tentative).

Closing service of commitment will be led by the Rev. Mpho Tutu, an Episcopal priest who is currently a Clergy Resident at Christ Church in Alexandria, Va. She is the executive director of the Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage, which honors the life and ministry of her father, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She chairs the board of the Global AIDS Alliance.

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Location Details
Doubletree Hotel1515 Rhode Island Ave. NWWashington, DC(202) 232-7000

For Further Information Contact
Sarah Langford Phone: (202)488-5646Email: Slangford@umc-gbcs.org