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Bishop Kevin talks from New Bethany's Souper Day event with news from the most recent House of Bishops meeting, from the changing role of a Bishop to Parochial Report analysis to Disciplinary Processes for Bishops to to the importance of Safeguarding (or "Safe...

LGBT Center of Greater Reading Opens Lebanon Satellite Location at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church   LEBANON, PA – The LGBT Center of Greater Reading has opened a Lebanon satellite location at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 22 South 6th Street in Lebanon city. The...

Cypress House Bakery at St. Luke’s was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the United Thank Offering (UTO), a ministry of The Episcopal Church. The 2023 UTO grant focused on “innovative mission and ministry projects addressing all aspects regarding the worldwide...

The members of the Reunification Discernment Committee of the Dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Bethlehem are immersed in the work of exploring the possible reunification of our two dioceses into one.  We are busy collating and analyzing information gathered from...

Bishop Kevin announces the following Clergy Transitions in the Diocese of Bethlehem.  In sharing this news, he stated: “Please join me offering your gratitude for the loving and faithful service of our Clergy leaders. Together, we continue to...

Bishop Kevin shares details about the second part of his 2023 Sabbatical in this video.  https://youtu.be/Y7pNUC3X8Dc

The Reunification Discernment Committee wants to hear from you! In June and July, the Committee will be hosting an initial round of Listening Sessions and distributing an online survey for input. The Listening Sessions will be held via Zoom and open to lay and clergy...

Bishop Kevin shares his 2023 Holy Week message from his 2023 sabbatical. How might you be entombed? How might we confront the structures of injustice that keep the most vulnerable among us from knowing the fullness of the Beloved Community? This week Jesus reminds us...

Ash Wednesday, 2023 Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth: grant that these ashes may be to us a sign of our mortality and penitence, that we may remember that it is only by your gracious gift that we are given everlasting life; through Jesus...

Bishop Kevin shares details about his 2023 Sabbatical in this video. https://youtu.be/1X3NZXt-_-U

The Diocese of Bethlehem’s partnership with New Bethany Ministries has recently expanded through the sharing of unused living and working spaces in Diocesan House. New Bethany Ministries was founded in 1985 as an interfaith ministry to relieve poverty within Southside...

Join our upcoming online webinar on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with finance and audit professionals from across the diocese to answer your most vexing concerns about parish financial management. During this session, we hope to provide...