World AIDS Day

Loving God, your heart overflows with compassion for your whole creation. We remember those we have lost to HIV/AIDS. We give thanks for continued progress in prevention and treatments. We pray that our work in collaboration with our global partners and companion churches will further develop and expand ministries of HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and advocacy where they are needed most. Grant us compassion and guide us in our work. Pour out your Spirit on all people living with illness for which there is no cure, as well as their families and loved ones. Help them to know that you claim them as your own and deliver them from fear and pain; for the sake of Jesus Christ, our healer and Lord. Amen

Today is World AIDS Day - The ELCA has ongoing ministries for education, prevention, and treatment for those affected by HIV/AIDS. 
You can learn more here:  http://www.elca.org/en/Living-Lutheran/Blogs/2015/11/151201-The-Lazarus-effect-and-AIDS

Read about some of the successes of prevention and treatment work, here:
http://www.elca.org/en/Living-Lutheran/Blogs/2015/11/151201-The-Lazarus-effect-and-AIDS