Webcast: San Antonio World AIDS Day Interfaith Service

REPLAY THE VIDEO: More than 25 local faith organizations gathered Dec. 1 for an Interfaith Service of Remembrance and Hope for World AIDS Day. 

NOWCastSA webcast the event live from the TriPoint Grantham Center, 3222 North St. Mary’s St. The event was sponsored by the San Antonio World AIDS Day Collaborative.

(Editor's note: At the 41-minute mark on the video, Pastor Tom Heger of the Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church is misidentified as Gary Bagley of the Community Church, UCC. Subsequently, Pastor Bagley is misidentified as Bret Lortie of the First Unitarian Universalist Church. NOWCastSA deeply regrets the error.)

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Metropolitan Community Church Pastor Mick Hinson organized the service with a diverse group from the community. 

“This is brought together by a wonderful group of 10 different faiths and 25 different organizations are involved in the effort,” said Hinson.

This year’s theme is, “Remembering, living, hoping and overcoming stigma and apathy. It’s a service that brings the entire community together in hope of educating people,” Hinson said.

“You will know that this is the face of HIV/AIDS pandemic. It affects everybody," Hinson said. "We have tried to do our best to get the word out every year, but this year we are trying to include people who think they don’t know someone with HIV/AIDS or think this doesn’t affect them. We want to empower them."