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Pastoral Letter from Bishop Kevin

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...

Expanded Partnership with New Bethany Ministries

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...

Reunification Discernment Committee Named

Bishop Kevin, working with the Standing Committee and Diocesan Council, recently shared the Diocese of Bethlehem members that will join the Reunification Discernment Committee as set out in the 2022 Diocesan Convention Resolution #5. The. Rev. Rodney Conn – Cathedral...

Clergy Transitions

Bishop Kevin announces the following Clergy transitions in the Diocese of Bethlehem.  In sharing this news, he spoke of the extraordinary Pentecost Dawns moment that is before us as we welcome over 20 Clergy leaders serving in new calls across...

Lambeth Conference – God’s Church for God’s World

On July 26, Bishop Kevin D. Nichols will be joining other bishops within the Anglican Communion at the Fifteenth Lambeth Conference in Canterbury. This gathering which occurs every 10 years provides a space for bishops to confer and express their collegiality, as well...

A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Kevin

Pentecost 2021 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Acts 2:1 Pentecost dawns. That moment when God’s Spirit is so ever-present and transformative that the only option for...

Save the Date: Convocation Meetings

We are excited to invite you to a Convocation meeting with Bishop Kevin to hear about upcoming efforts to enhance the mission and ministry of the Diocese of Bethlehem during the next five years. Bishop Kevin will discuss our Five Priorities, the goals of Convocations,...

Good Friday Crosses

https://vimeo.com/532369399   Good Friday Message- Bishop Kevin Nichols Like our young Artists we enter the story of Christ’s Passion and death. We bring the tapestry of our own lives... Our joys and our burdens? What have these last few months or this past year...

A Statement from Bishop Kevin

January 7, 2021 Dear beloved of the Diocese of Bethlehem, Even there your hand will lead me  and your right hand hold me fast.    If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night,”   Darkness is not dark to you;...

Bishop Kevin’s Christmas Sermon 2020

Christmas sermon video (English subtitles)  Download this video Christmas sermon video (Spanish subtitles)  Download this video Christmas sermon audio (MP3 file) MP3 File Bishop's blessing video (English subtitles)  Download this video Bishop's blessing video...