ADVISORY/Black Ministers Deliver Sermons on HIV/AIDS; Black Faith Community Unites to Recognize World AIDS Day - Sunday, December 1 - as a Time for Remembrance and Hope.

News Editors

ADVISORY...for Sunday (Dec. 1)

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WHO: In a dramatic show of solidarity, more than 40 Black churches
     throughout Los Angeles County will unite to commemorate World
     AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1 as a time for remembrance and
     hope. The Urban Church Task Force on HIV/AIDS - a coalition of
     inter-denominational churches - is working with the Los Angeles
     County Department of Health Services to address the alarming
     spread of HIV and AIDS among African Americans through a
     proactive church-outreach initiative.

WHY: "The Black Community continues to suffer terribly from the
     devastation caused by AIDS; therefore, we must stand together and
     act now." - Reverend Norman S. Johnson Jr. of First New Christian
     Missionary Baptist Church

     In Los Angeles County, 25 percent of all AIDS cases are among
     African Americans, even though African Americans represent only
     about 10 percent of the county's population.
     In the U.S., it is estimated that at least half of all new HIV
     infections are among people under the age of 25. Of this
     population, young African Americans are most heavily affected,
     accounting for more than 65 percent of all HIV cases reported
     among 13 to 24 year olds.

WHAT: Special World AIDS Day services will be held at more than 40
      Black churches throughout Los Angeles County, including the
      following:

      Bryant Temple AME                        7:55 a.m. service
      2525 W. Vernon Ave.                      8:30 a.m. sermon
      Los Angeles, CA 90008 [phone]

      Phillips Temple CME, Rev. Johnson        8:00 a.m. service
      971 E. 43rd Street                       8:30 a.m. sermon
      Los Angeles, CA 90011 [phone]

      First New Christian Fellowship
       Missionary Baptist                      10:15 a.m. service
      Reverend Norman Johnson                  Noon sermon
      1555 S. 108th Street
      Los Angeles, CA 90047 [phone]

VISUALS: Ministers preaching from the pulpit
         Sermons dedicated to World AIDS Day
         Gospel choirs performing