Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian
Help this pastor help people with AIDS

Help this pastor help people with AIDS

Last updated on: December 13, 2013 at 7:52 pm by John Shore

Help this pastor help people with AIDS 2013-12-13T19:52:48-08:00 John Shore

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Meet David Stambaugh:

David was a child actor. Here he is as infielder Toby Whitewood in the 1976 hit movie The Bad News Bears:

Today David is associate pastor of Hollywood United Methodists Church. Like a great many UMC churches, Hollywood UMC is a reconciling congregation—meaning (taken from HUMC’s website):

. . . a reconciling congregation invites gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons to share our faith, our community life and our ministries. But it does not stop there. A reconciling congregation affirms the same for all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, economic status, or physical or mental condition.

How lovely is that? 🙂

Here’s a picture of Hollywood United Methodist:

That 20-foot red ribbon, a show of support for people affected by HIV/AIDS, has been showing on UMC Hollywood church tower for twenty years.

Rev. Stambaugh is a long-time stalwart supporter of full LGBT rights. Here he is doing one of the best things that pastors get to do, which is marrying dedicated, loving couples:

Rev. Stambaugh also made a video for the Not All Like That (NALT) Christians Project:

(Last October David also ordained me a pastor for the Progressive Christian Alliance.)

In June 2014 Rev. Stambaugh is going to bicycle 545 miles, from San Francisco to Los Angeles, as part of AIDS Lifecycle’s Ride to End AIDS 2014. The ride will benefit the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, which provides services such as:

Free HIV/AIDS care and medications for those most in need
Low-cost counseling and addiction-recovery services
HIV prevention programs
housing, food, clothing and support for homeless LGBT youth.

David is, to say the least, an avid cyclist. He would bicycle 545 just for the fun of it. Here he is, being all bicycle-y:

David’s donation page for AIDS Lifecycle 2014 is here.

This is from the Why We Ride page of the AIDS Lifecycle website:

In California alone there are 151,000 people living with HIV. Nationally, 70 percent of all new infections occur in communities of color and people under the age of 25 are increasingly affected.

The costs associated with medical care and treatment for a person with HIV are about $20,000 per year. Access to life-saving drugs, clinical trials and state-of-the-art treatment helps those with the disease live a longer and better quality of life. AIDS/LifeCycle will help those living with HIV/AIDS gain greater independence and get the treatment and care they need. Prevention services geared towards high-risk populations will ensure that future generations will not experience the same level of loss that we have faced in the last two decades.

As the number of people living with HIV increases, so does the need for the services provided by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, the two agencies producing this event.

Please pitch in and sponsor the good Rev. David Stambaugh for his upcoming week-long bicycle ride. Any amount helps.

Please also share this post so as many as possible might help our friend David as he does his part to contribute to such a worthy cause.

Christian Issues

Previous Post

November 29, 2013

Christian leaders call U.S.'s new ambassador to the Dominican Republic an "insult," a "faggot," and threaten him physically

Next Post

December 2, 2013 For the doubting Christian

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Christian Issues Christian Spirituality Dear John En Espanol Everywhere She's Not Humor Look See Pastor Bob's Corner Personal Portuguese Relationships Russian Short-short story Smith Family Chronicles Uncategorized

Select a Month March 2024 August 2022 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 February 2020 December 2019 June 2019 December 2018 May 2018 May 2017 January 2017 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What city did Jesus grow up in?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Jerusalem Bethlehem Jericho Nazareth

Books by This Author Books by John Shore

See All Titles »