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November 2007
November 30, 2007
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Wilkes-Barre Interfaith Clinic has closed
The Interfaith
Health Clinic, which has operated at St. Stephen's, Wilkes-Barre for the past ten years, serving the uninsured and the underinsured, has
closed its doors. The clinic, which had been a joint endeavor of St.
Stephen's, Mercy Health Partners, and the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center
Residency program, has closed because the VA no longer operates a residency
program and no physician replacement could be found.
Discussions are underway to have another area free clinic move into the space vacated by the Interfaith Health Clinic. Other public health agencies have also expressed interest in the facility to see indigent patients in a central city location.
During its years of operation, the Interfaith Clinic treated thousands of patients, mostly the working poor, Wednesday mornings and Thursday evenings. Despite all efforts to keep the Interfaith Clinic open, no sustainable option could be found.
See the website of St. Stephen's Church for more information.
On what floor do you live your life?
By Priscilla Payne Hurd
Before she married my father, my mother taught kindergarten in the Hull House district of Chicago. Her experiences as a young teacher, which she shared with me, profoundly impacted me and cemented my personal value system which I have strived to adhere to throughout my life.
November 24, 2007
Parish Newletters
Updated January 27. [If a link does not appear below the name of the parish for the newsletter itself, please click on the parish name which, in most instances, will take you to the parish website where the newsletter may be available.]
Crop Walk
The Church of the Mediator, Allentown, joined the local Crop Walk in October. Some 25% of funds raised support the Allentown Ecumenical Food Bank and Lehigh County Conference of Churches Soup Kitchen. The remaining 75% goes to disaster relief and assistance to poor families and communities in developing countries so they can learn to feed themselves through the seeds, tools and irrigation provided. Download the photo of Mediator participants below.
Children's Sabbath in Dallas
Prince of Peace Church in Dallas celebrated Children's Sabbath on the Sunday when Bishop Jack Croneberger visited with them. Download the photo by David Dillon and the story by Jennifer Martin below.
November 21, 2007
Advent Poster
Designed by Jenifer Gamber, printed by Richard Woodyatt (Minuteman Press), photo by Rick Cluett. Download it below.
Download poster.Advent 2007.pdf
And find more info here.
Your parish name could be inserted where "the Diocese of Bethlehem" appears on this poster.
Today we remember tomorrow
In our eucharistic remembrance, always and everywhere giving thanks, gently healing our past and calmly embracing our future, we remember tomorrow. Download the reflection by Bill Lewellis below.
Download 0711.Lewellis.TodayWeRememberTomorrow.pdf
November 17, 2007
November 12, 2007
New Hope reaches 75% of goal
By Charlie Barebo
Our Diocesan Convention marked the coming of age of the New Hope Campaign and our relationship with our companion Diocese of Kajo Keji. To date we have received approximately $2,700,000 in pledges, 75% of our goal. And pledges have come in from only 6.5% of the families in our Diocese.
Jubilate
Hymnody for First Advent 2007 to Last Epiphany 2008 (Dec. 2 to Feb. 3), published by the Diocese of Bethlehem for
our diocesan community and
for free distribution to the world, may be downloaded below as an
Acrobat or MSWord file. Jubilate is a service of our Liturgy and Music Commission, specifically Canon Cliff Carr who has been doing this for 30 years. Download jubilate.Advent2007 Christmas Epiphany.doc Download jubilate.Advent2007 Christmas Epiphany.pdf
November 11, 2007
This is a call ...
A "Sunday before New Consecration Sunday" talk by Joe Jackloski, a member of Grace Church, Kingston. Download it below.
Diocesan Life, December 2007
Cover: Advent and New Hope
November 10, 2007
Good News from the Northern Tier
The eleven parishes of the Northern Tier of our diocese want to share with our sisters and brothers the good news that we are experiencing. This is an outgrowth of our Under One Roof Assembly. Download the good news below.
Download 0711.Christ Church.Forest City.pdf
Download 0711.New Milford.Big Read.pdf Download 0711.Montrose.Crafters Corner.pdf
November 05, 2007
Victoria Lala Leach
Victoria Lala Leach, 88, died Friday, November 2, 2007, in
November 02, 2007
All Souls Day Sermon -- Bishop Paul
There is but one fundamental
truth for Christians: in Christ we are tied to God and each other in a way that
the circumstances of time and space cannot defeat. But that great truth has to
be constantly broken down into its smaller component mysteries, and several of
them are before us tonight.
Memorial List
This is the Memorial List for Trinity, Easton, posted here so the webmaster there can provide a convenient link to it.
Nightmares, by Bishop Paul
I was asked to pray at the recent Souper Day event that helps support the many ministries to the needy in my area. I went prepared to deliver the usual, but found myself pulling over to the side of the road to write and then deliver the following ... I thought not of a short denominational prayer, but of a prayer I do not have the courage to pray. It would pray that God would liberally bless everyone here with a sleepless night, a night whose wakefulness was interrupted only by nightmares. In those nightmares, I wish God would give us each a ...
Download Bishop Paul Marshall's November column for daily newspapers below.
