MENDOTA ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Come, Share, Grow!

This month’s Rainbow Covenant Mission Focus is the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund (UMGAF). Bishop Sally Dyck has chosen this organization as the 2017 recipient. The World Health Organization reports that 36.7 million people are infected with HIV. Nearly half of those who are infected are women. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago says that over 43,000 people in Illinois are living with HIV/AIDS. The majority of those persons live within the boundaries of our Northern Illinois Conference. The UMGAF assists 287 projects in 44 countries. The goals of the UMGAF are: the prevention of mother-to child transmission of HIV; the prevention of HIV in young people and high-risk populations; increased access to HIV counseling, testing, and treatment services; stigma reduction and psychosocial support to people living with HIV. By giving to the Bishop’s Appeal for the 2017 annual conference, it will help both those who are far away and those who are close to home. Offerings collected this month will be taken to the Annual Conference in June.