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From the Pastor's Desk: November 2025 A Place at the Table Recently, I was invited to enter into a very powerful moment of contemplation.  A group of pastors were asked to draw a table on a piece of paper, we could draw any shape that we might like and any size that we preferred.  Next, we took a deep breath, prayed for a bit, and… began to fill the chairs.  I deliberately wrote the names of each person in their respective spot.  Interestingly, location around the table matt

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” -Hebrews 13:8 This Sunday our congregation will be celebrating its 95th anniversary.  95 years… you know, a great deal can change in 95 years. In October of 1930, the Philadelphia Athletics won the World Series, have you ever heard of them? The first, yep very first, American football game was played indoors. And much more seriously, our country was deep in the throes of what would come

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “This world, as a glorious apartment of the boundless palace of the sovereign Creator, is furnished with an infinite variety of animated scenes, inexpressibly beautiful and pleasing, equally free to the inspection and enjoyment of all his creatures.” Travels and Other Writings, William Bartram The words that appear above were not written a few weeks ago by a recently trained conservation biologist.  The words that appear above were written in our

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection.” -Philippians 3:10 A fancy new restaurant has...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “The next day, the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So...

Dear friends in Christ, I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “April Showers Bring May Flowers” before. I’m so looking forward to creation...

From the Pastor’s Desk July 2024 “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” –John 14:5 You’ll be receiving this...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him and call upon his...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Be still, and know that I am God!  I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.” -Psalm...

A word from our Associate Pastor JUNE 2024 Dear friends in Christ, in our ever-connected world, it has become easier than ever to...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.” -John 14:20 It usually...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be, has not yet been revealed.  What we do know is this;...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and...

TIDINGS from BETHLEHEM -----Monthly News from In & Around Our Parish From the Pastor’s Desk May 2024 “And suddenly from heaven there came...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8 What you see above is one of the Ten Commandments,...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman why are you weeping?  Whom are you looking for?’” -John 20:15 For my birthday, I...

Dear friends in Christ, As April unfolds, we find ourselves immersed in the beauty of spring, a season of renewal and transformation....

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair…...

Dearest Members of Bethlehem, “And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of people.’” Mark 1:17 Just a couple of...

-----Monthly News from In & Around Our Parish----- From the Pastor’s Desk March 2024 “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;...