Child Care Center

Our center is a Christian Childcare Center. The center hosts a Head Start program for children from low-income homes. The facility implemented a program in conjunction with the Center for Developmental Disabilities to care for and teach children with diverse abilities. The children are served nutritious meals and snacks using the parish kitchen. For more information you can visit the Center's web site: www.gsccconline.net. You can help support the Child Care Center by donating some items on their wish list. The items would bring so much joy to the children and help relieve some financial cost to Center. Please consider making a donation. It can beleft in the back of the Church or dropped oodd in the office. Thank you.

Ecumenical Food Pantry

The Ecumenical Food Pantry provides food to those who are experiencing difficult times. The Food Pantry is open every Friday night from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.  Clients are referred by area churches and social service agencies in the tri-state area (i.e., Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey). Much of the food is bought at low cost from a food bank in Bethlehem. The remainder is donated by parish members, members of participating churches, and local organizations. Our parish hosts the Food Pantry and is responsible for its administration. Parishioners and area churches assist in disbursing the food. Click here for the 2008 schedule of those responsible for weekly distribution

A basket is provided at the rear of the Good Shepherd Church for donations of food for the Food Pantry. Click here to see the recommended items for this week. Each Sunday at the 10:00 a.m. service, the Food Basket is brought forward during the offertory and placed near the altar.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others in their recovery from alcoholism, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in the parish hall.

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others in their recovery from drugs.

Flea Markets

Our Flea Markets are held in the spring summer and fall, and provide clothing, household appliances, decorative items, crafts and collectibles as well as hot and cold food and beverages at affordable prices.

Christmas Tea and Craft Fair

The tea is an old parish tradition. It provides a time of fellowship and camaraderie with parish members and nonmembers during the holiday season. Lunch, tea and dessert are served and handmade crafts are sold.

New Hope Campaign

The New Hope Campaign is a capital campaign initiated by the Diocese of Bethlehem which every member of our Parish is invited to join and which seeks to raise:

• $2.7 million in order to build educational and organization centers in the Diocese of Kajo-Keji (Sudan) and to provide “micro-finance” funds to enterprising persons (largely women) to help the economy in this war torn part of the world; and

• $900,000 to aid the poor in the Diocese of Bethlehem. These funds will be given to various churches to support new and existing outreach ministries.

Bishop Paul has called each and everyone of us to join in this campaign. Charlie Barebo is the Diocesan chair of the New Hope capital campaign. Click here to see details as published on the DiocesanLife.  For further information, please contact our Parish representatives to this campaign: Kathy Wieboldt or Hank Radcliffe.

Annual Gift Giving Sunday and Moses Basket

The Annual Gift Giving Sunday is traditionally in December. Wrapped gifts for all ages are offered at both services for distribution to the Food Pantry families and through a local charity to needy members of the community. The Moses Basket is kept at the front of the church during the winter, and parishioners provide handmade or store-bought gloves, mittens, hats and scarves to be distributed to children in need.

Coat Closet

The Coat Closet was implemented in the winter of 2002-2003 to provide warm coats and jackets to the Food Pantry families. The coats and jackets are accepted donations and are distributed on Friday evenings during Food Pantry operations. Parishioners manage the closet on a voluntary basis.

Caroling and Concerts

The church schoolteachers, children, and parishioners go Christmas caroling to area nursing homes. The church is also starting a choir, click here to see how you can join.

Prison Ministry

Originally set up as a ministry by Betsey Myers in the 1990's, it was resurrected with this ministry in 1993 when Fr. Bill was approached by the Hope program. The Pike County Correctional Facility female inmates participate in a Women's Bible Study that is held every Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 8:30. The study is titled "The Joy Filled Servants of Good Shepherd."