From Bethlehem-
The group of Bethlehem-area churches that runs a winter sheltering program isn’t the first group of Christmas City-area churches to open its doors to the homeless.
In the 1980s, a group of five South Side churches rotated opening their parishes to the homeless for food and shelter. Recognizing a need greater than they could serve, church officials in 1983 petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem for help.
On Dec. 5, 1985, the diocese opened the door to its first family at the New Bethany Ministries transitional housing facility on Wyandotte Street in Bethlehem.
More here-
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2011/07/new_bethany_ministries_celebra.html
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