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The Presbyterian AIDS Network welcomes those who advocate and care for persons and families who have been infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. They encourage the Church to live out Jesus' ministry of love and justice.
Join PHEWA and take part in this ministry.
Meet the PAN Leadership
Team Members.
Why Wear the AIDS Ribbon?
World AIDS Day - December 1, 2009
When we wear the AIDS ribbon we are:
- Demonstrating compassion and care for people living with HIV/AIDS
- Determined that those who have died from AIDS-related causes will not be forgotten
- Showing support for the ongoing efforts of all HIV/AIDS service organizations, researchers, and dedicated care givers
- Committed to educating others and halting the spread of this horrific pandemic
Wear the ribbon proudly! You are alive and able to carry the message for those whose voices can no longer be heard. Find more ways to get involved.
Get World AIDS Day materials from the Ecumencial Advocacy Alliance.
Presbyterian AIDS Network’s 2010 Faith in Action Award
Call for Nominations
The Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN), one of the 10 social justice networks of the Presbyterian Health, Education & Welfare Association (PHEWA), part of the Compassion, Peace and Justice ministry of the General Assembly Mission Council, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now accepting nominations for its first biennial Faith in Action Award. [Read more]
Seminaries Consult on HIV and AIDS Action
Participants visit the AIDS Quilt/NAMES Project. Photo courtesy of PHEWA by Bob Schminkey
PAN Co-Moderator
The Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN) and representatives from seven PC(USA) seminaries met in Atlanta at Columbia Theological Seminary October 2-4 to consider how we prepare students for ministry in an HIV positive world.
Calling the HIV pandemic the “worst public health crisis in 700 years,” Dr. Donald Messer, professor emeritus at the Iliff School of Theology and executive director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS, preached at the opening worship for the consultation. Reminding us that Jesus preached compassion and not condemnation, Messer called on our seminaries to train pastors prepared to go forth into the world saying, “God is calling us to do God’s healing, redemptive work.” [Read more]
Spotlight on congregations
HopeSprings is a ministry of Central Presbyterian Church and Grace Fellowship of Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in July 2007 to address the pandemic locally in Baltimore and internationally in Malawi, Africa.
McDonough Presbyterian Church is a friendly 775-member congregation about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Led by member Teressa Staten, a new member of the Presbyterian AIDS Network (PAN), McDonough has held a number of AIDS awareness events leading up to World AIDS Day, which occurs on December 1 each year.
Westminster Presbyterian Church is an urban church in Southwest Washington, D.C. Ruth and Brian Hamilton have been copastors of this mid-sized congregation for more than 10 years. Why have an HIV/AIDS ministry? “Many of our primary members are personally affected and it became obvious that the stigma around HIV/AIDS was not attached at our church,” commented Ruth.
HIV/AIDS
Worship Resources
For assistance in preparation for a service lifting up HIV/AIDS, download HIV/AIDS Worship Resources.  These AIDS worship resources additional
resources can be used for
Presbyterian AIDS Awareness Sunday
(2nd Sunday in October),
World AIDS Day (December 1st),
or any time throughout the year.
The resource packet includes:
- Calls to worship
- Calls to confession
- Prayers
- Suggestions for preparing an HIV/AIDS sermon and service
- Suggested scripture passages
- Poems
- Suggested music
Visit the World AIDS Day page for more resources and ideas.
Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, shares a
vespers service for use on World AIDS Day and encourages congregations to promote
awareness, justice, love and compassion. Download
the service.
Visit these Web sites
 Visit the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s International
AIDS office Web site.
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