Manny Andrade presents
“World AIDS Day 2024: Reflections on 35 years of
Service to the HIV-Positive Community”
Jennifer Bacmeister, Worship Leader
Dr. Gary Smart, Accompanist
Garret Kaplan, Piano, Guest Musician
The people we serve invariably become our best teachers. This sermon will explore lessons in compassion and service.
About our Speaker
Manny Andrade is a lover and explorer of Spirituality. He is a life-professed Franciscan. He completed seminary studies in 2000. In 2003 he received ordination in an independent catholic, (small c) church. Manny is a social worker serving communities living with HIV since 1989. He married Rusty Turner in 2016. Manny is an Honoree of 2023’s Jacksonville Rainbow Awards for Service to the LGBT and HIV Communities.
About our Guest Musician
Garret Kaplan is an accomplished pianist, composer, and record producer. He is a student at the University of North Florida studying Music Technology and has a Conducting Certificate. Garret is a student of Dr. Gary Smart and Dr. Erin Bennett. He is the winner of numerous awards. Most notably, the 2023 UNF Piano Playoff. In his spare time, he enjoys painting, photography, and cooking.
Don’t forget to bring your loose change (paper bills also accepted) for our first Sunday Pennies from Heaven collection benefiting The Clothes Closet & Food Pantry, whose mission is “To nourish and clothe those in need so that no one goes to bed hungry and where all people of our community can feel hope, value, and empowerment toward a better future.”