Tuesday, November 22, 2011

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day Info for Central NE:

Thanks Judy Sandeen for info BELOW on Hastings College World AIDS day : Memorial
Quilt and Speaker from Omaha at Chapel :   Rev Portia Cavitt, Clair Memorial UMC,
Omaha, work in HIV AIDS

Also see Facebook for Kearney NAP for their World AIDs Service Dec 1
World AIDS Day Service :  SEARCH:  Facebook for :  Kearney Nebraska AIDS
project

Nov 30 the Awaken Service at First UMC with UM4GI - the new cooperative
parish in G island will feature Susan Goodman sharing
about World AIDS Day and her work at Central Health Center, G Island :  6:30
PM, West Capital, G Island, NE :  kickoff of the Baskets of Love Silent
Auction too!  Bid for two HIV AIDS funds supported by UM4GI Task force and Cooperative Parish.


Two panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in central
Nebraska
as the Hastings College campus commemorates World AIDS Day on Thursday,
Dec.1, 2011.  One panel will be displayed at Perkins Library (705 E. 7th St.)
during its regular hours on Tuesday, Nov. 29-Friday, December 2.  The
second panel will first be displayed at Hazelrigg Student Union (705 E. 9th St.)
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Wednesday, Nov. 30 and then at
the Morrison-Reeves Science Center (717 Ash) on Thursday, Dec. 1 and
Friday, December 2.
Information from Dr McCarthy about the WAD chapel speaker.  He tells me
she'll be having lunch with anyone interested that day at noon, so please
save the time to do that.

Our preacher is the Rev. Portia Cavitt. Here's what she says about herself:

Rev. Portia Cavitt is the Senior Pastor of Clair Memorial United Methodist Church, Omaha, NE.  She received her M.Div. degree from Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, GA and was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.  She has been the pastor of churches in Missouri, California, Washington, and Kansas before coming to Nebraska in 2004.

Rev. Cavitt has served as a foster mother, a Substitute Teacher for USD 308, a volunteer chaplain, a certified HIV/AIDS instructor with the American Red Cross, and a Nebraska AIDS Project volunteer. Currently, she is a youth mentor and supervises juveniles for community service, a stroke ambassador with the American Heart Association, a member of the HIV/AIDS Community Planning Group, and a strong advocate for children, education, justice, and community involvement as she works with various committees and community organizations within the city.  Recently, she served as the faith community representative for the Nebraska HIV Care and Prevention Consortium
until last year.

Here's more info:  http://cmumc.net/744822
http://leoadambiga.wordpress.com/tag/rev-portia-cavitt/
http://www.umcneb.org/people/detail/41
http://sites.google.com/site/neumcphotographs/home/ministers-by-last-name-2/cavitt-portia

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