Bethlehem House of Bread provides free food to over 500 families a month. Like making Bethlehem Bread. bread house. We continue to innovate and expand our partnerships to provide more food to our neighbors in need. The little dots are the vowels. House of Bread. The name Bethlehem means “house of bread.” Elimelech’s family was from the House of Bread, but they end up leaving because there is not enough bread there. The free onsite store is stocked with clothing and household essentials. Our garden currently features twenty four raised 4×8′ beds, some with trellises. Thus Bethlehem literally means ‘House of Bread.” Jesus was born in the “house of bread” – how fitting that He called Himself the bread of life! As soon as I recovered from the fact that I must have slept through the Church 101 class where everyone learns Bethlehem means “house of bread,” I immediately assumed people all over the world were making delicious loaves of freshly baked Bethlehem Bread. Jesus was not born in the house of royalty, nor the house of riches, nor the house of celebrity. Our territory will undergo a major transformation to present a small-scale replica of the city of Bethlehem in the first century A.D. “Night in Bethlehem” at House of Bread Church, December 20-22. ‘Night in Bethlehem’ at House of Bread We will have a season of Open Gates at the House of Bread church from December 21 until December 23. In addition to fulfilling prophesy, Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem was in some ways a prophesy itself. The big letters are the consonants. Learn More > > Free Clothing & Household Store. We also have designated food pantry beds, pollinator flower beds, raspberry and blueberry rows and an herb section. Bethlehem House of Bread Community Garden – Come Grow with Us! The Hebrew for Bethlehem is two words – beth (house of) and lehem (bread.) At the end of the story, Naomi, by this time widowed and having lost both her sons, returns with one of her daughters-in-law, Ruth, to the House of Bread. So we are a “house of bread.” Oh, that people might always feed on Christ the living Bread when they come to Bethlehem! CHRIST WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, "THE HOUSE OF BREAD" (the literal meaning of the city’s name), TO IDENTIFY WITH THE COMMON MAN. Luckily, for pride’s sake, my assumptions were wrong. Jesus was not born in … Might we all be nourished not only by natural bread, but “by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 8:3)!