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Local Support
Groups & Healing Services We provide this listing as a service to the Seattle/ King County community. If you would like to add a listing or make corrections, please email Multifaith Works. You may also read more about Multifaith Works philosophy on Spiritual/Emotional Support. For a complete list of Seattle/King County HIV/AIDS Resources, please visit the Seattle/King County Public Health HIV/AIDS Program website at www.metrokc.gov/health/apu or click here to open their resource listing as a PDF document. Adult Day Health
services
are available for people living with HIV/AIDS at Elderhealth Northwest.
Call 206-467-7033. Buddhist Meditation Group for Gay Men, Sundays at 11:00 a.m. at Dunshee House (formerly SASG), 303 - 17th Ave. E. Non-sectarian, optional discussion afterwards. For more information, please contact Mark at 206-325-9517. Catholic Parents Group
for parents of gay or lesbian children meets every third Monday at 7:00 p.m. at
St. Benedict Parish Rectory, 1700 N. 49th St., Wallingford.
Call Marilyn Cass at 425-820-7466, or Fr. David Jaeger at 206-382-4885. Eucharist with Litany of
Healing and Laying-On of Hands
at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral every Sunday at the 11:00 service. 1245 10th Avenue East, Seattle. Call 206-323-0300. HIV Positive Support Group
for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.
A
confidential place to talk every Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Call Pauline or Reuban 206-324-9360 Ext. 802. Monthly Interfaith Healing Services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends. Held at 5 p.m. at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 345 South 312th Street, Federal Way. For details or to arrange transportation, call Dennis Hollinger-Lant, 206-838-0915. Multifaith Works AIDS CareTeams offer friendship and practical support to individuals and households living with AIDS. Call 206-324-1520 x226 or email careteams@multifaith.org for services or to volunteer. Pierce County AIDS
Foundation (PCAF) currently offers four
support groups for people affected by HIV/AIDS. The Gay & Bisexual
Men’s Support Group meets the first and third Thursdays. The
Heterosexual Support Group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each
month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Latino/ Hispanic Support Group meets on
Saturdays. The Women’s Support Group
meets on the first and third Wednesdays. A
workshop, HIV in the New Millennium is offered on the third Thursday of
each month. PCAF is located in Tacoma at
625 Commerce Street, Suite 10. Please contact Hilary Klein at 253-383-2565 for
more information.
Rise n’ Shine
provides emotional support to children and teens affected by HIV/AIDS.
Call 206-628-8949. Sacred Heart AIDS Ministry
sponsors a Healing Mass for HIV/AIDS and
other needs. Held on the fourth Monday of
each month at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred
Heart Church in Bellevue, 9460 NE 14th Street. Call
Bev Coco at 425-828-4682 for details. Saint Joseph’s Healing
Service.
For all people affected by AIDS. Fourth
Monday of each month, 7:00 p.m. Reception
follows. 732 18th Avenue E. and Aloha, Capitol Hill, Seattle.
Call Lynn Holly for details at 206-322-7593.
Dunshee House
(formerly Seattle AIDS Support Group or SASG),
is located at 303 17th Avenue East, has
support groups for people living with HIV/AIDS, caregivers, partners, families
and friends. Support groups are also held for
individuals who are gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgendered. Please call 206-322-2437. Shanti
volunteers
provide free, confidential, one-to-one emotional support for people affected by
HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. To receive services or to become
a volunteer, call 206-324-1520 x3 or email
shanti@multifaith.org. Stevens Hospital has open
and ongoing bereavement support groups, a
safe supportive place for people experiencing loss of all kinds.
Held at 21601 76th Ave West, Edmonds, in the Kruger Quiet Room, 3rd Floor
Lobby near the west entrance. Meets
on Tuesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
You may come once or as often as you wish.
Call Chaplain Mary Hanke at 206-640-4019.
No registration required. Taize Service. Wednesday evenings at 6:45 p.m., University Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 16th Avenue NE, Seattle. All whose lives have been touched by AIDS are welcome to this meditative nondenominational Christian service. Please call 206-524-2322 for more information. |
