HIV/AIDS
Living with HIV/AIDS does not have to be overwhelming. If you are HIV positive, SMGW offers a variety of services and support, including:
- Monthly dinners to renew friendships and share news and concerns
- Bereavement support for those losing a loved one to an HIV-related illness
- Burial assistance funds
Spiritual Retreats
Samaritan Ministry’s spiritual retreats for people living with HIV/AIDS provide a safe, supportive and healing environment in which participants can share issues of living with AIDS, their relationships with others, with themselves and with their faith. During the retreats, participants explore some of the spiritual and personal issues of living with HIV/AIDS: guilt, addiction, anger, separation from family and loved ones, loss of self-esteem, and death and dying. Participants experience a sense of camaraderie and joy together.
Who Can Participate?
Spiritual retreats serve both men and women. Many participants are in various other stages of recovery from drug/alcohol addiction; a number have been incarcerated. Most have very limited incomes and some are homeless. Samaritan Ministry’s retreats welcome all people as they take Next Steps in their lives with HIV/AIDS.
We are not currently accepting retreat applications, but stayed tuned for details on the next retreat!
