April 2006
Shirley Hill of Kansas City, Mo,. has been appointed by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to serve as an HIV/AIDS consultant in Cameroon. She will work with the HIV/AIDS ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon as it seeks to care for people affected by AIDS and provide prevention education.
A registered nurse, Hill was recently ordained to the ministry of the Word and Sacrament by Heartland Presbytery at Gashland Presbyterian Church in Kansas City.
From 1997 to 2002 Hill worked at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Mo., as a health educator and parish nurse coordinator. As a parish nurse coordinator she taught nurses how to develop health ministries in congregations. She has also taught HIV/AIDS prevention as a volunteer for the Red Cross.
She entered Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., in 2002, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in family pastoral care and counseling. Prior to her overseas appointment she was a resident chaplain at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Ga.
Hill is pursuing a certificate in spiritual direction from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. Her nursing degree is from Missouri Western State College.
Hill is the fourth PC(USA) mission worker appointed to serve in HIV/AIDS-related ministries in Africa. She joins regional consultants Janet Guyer in southern Africa, Dorothy Hanson in eastern Africa and Caryl Weinberg in central and western Africa. Weinberg is currently a missionary in residence in the PC(USA) Worldwide Ministries Division offices in Louisville.
Hill’s work in Cameroon is supported by the Mission Initiative: Joining Hearts & Hands, a five-year campaign to raise funds for international mission personnel and domestic church growth. |
