HIV/AID Ministries

Province IV Network of AIDS Ministries of the Episcopal Church exists to work collaboratively among member diocese to build opportunities for people with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends, caregivers, and people involved in AIDS ministries to come together for spiritual and emotional renewal, expressed within the traditions of the Episcopal Church. This manifests itself through the annual HIV/AIDS Retreat, held at the Kanuga Conference Center annually since 1992. The Network also builds bridges so that people involved in AIDS ministries can share information and support across diocesan lines, foster dialogue and share information that impacts the Church on the issues of HIV/AIDS.

   The Gathering of Spirits

The 20th Annual HIV?AIDS Retreat will be held at Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC, Friday-Sunday, June 10-12, 2011

The retreat, whose theme is "The Gathering of Spirits," is a spirit-filled weekend of hope, music and rejuvenation.

The Rev. Lesley Brogan, a minister in the United Church of Christ from Decatur, Ga., will be the retreat leader, and Fred Childers, a church organist for Central Congregational Church in Atlanta, will be the music leader.

Applications are due by May 27.
For a brochure and registration form, contact these diocesan leaders:

• Alabama - Alan Woelhart, (205) 648-0452
• Georgia - Rosalyn Panton, (706) 627-2046
• Atlanta - Lola Thomas, (770) 606-0953
• Louisiana - Trey Mangum, (504) 458-6678
• Mississippi - Ella Tardy, (601) 892-3686
• North Carolina - Geoff Atack, (336) 707-9854
• Western North Carolina - Ray Clarke, (828) 277-5369
• Eastern North Carolina, (252) 522-0885
• South Carolina - David Hoyle, (843) 834-2386
• Upper South Carolina - Ruth Webb, (803) 366-7361
• Tennessee- Elizabeth Johnson, (865) 425-9965



Download the HIV/AIDS Retreat registration form here:
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Lola Thomas became involved in AIDS ministry in 1991 and has served on the Diocese of Atlanta’s Task Force on AIDS ever since. In 1992, she helped institute an AIDS outreach program at her local parish, the Church of the Ascension in Cartersville, Ga., which later became incorporated as a community based non-profit, serving people living with HIV/AIDS. She remains the executive director of this organization, the AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia. After serving on the Planning Team for the Province IV Network of AIDS Ministries for many years, she became chair in 2008.

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