First-Ever Saddleback AIDS Youth Summit Addresses a Future Without HIV On World... ( First Daughter Jenna Bush U2's Bono ...)

First-Ever Saddleback AIDS Youth Summit Addresses a Future Without HIV On World Aids Day:

Date:12/1/2007

First Daughter Jenna Bush, U2's Bono and Others Challenge 5,000 Teens via Simulcast to 200 Locations in 35 States to Learn More About HIV Care and

Cure

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- First Daughter Jenna Bush, author of "Ana's Story," headlined the first-ever HIV/AIDS Youth Summit at Saddleback Church, held on World AIDS Day, which capped a four-day Global Summit on AIDS & The Church, co-hosted by Pastor Rick and Kay Warren.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071201/CLSA012 )

More than 5,000 teens participated in the event, including more than 4,100 via satellite uplink to 200 locations in 35 states and Canada. Related activities included a kick-off concert Friday evening by Disney musical sensation Jordan Pruitt and a high-flying motocross demonstration by Riders for Christ.

"Nothing has taken so many lives and is so incurable as AIDS," Dr. Rick Warren said. "While we are looking for a cure, we need to care. But before you can care, you need to be aware; then you need to dare to do something about it."

"Why are we doing this conference?" Dr. Warren asked rhetorically. "Because Jesus cared about sick people, and commands us to have that same compassion. Sympathy says, 'I'm sorry you hurt;' Empathy asks, 'How can I help you?' but compassion says, 'I will do anything I can to help you.'"

Kay Warren shared a testimony of her personal journey as a woman "seriously disturbed" by global need as she became aware of how much people around the world want our compassion and love. "We're here on World AIDS Day to help make a difference," she said, referencing this year's theme, 'Leadership: Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise.'

"I pray for you everyday as young people, because you are the future," said Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa, First Lady of the Republic of Zambia. "AIDS has no bou
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