This link began in 1981 with the House of Hope for blind and disabled children in Bethlehem and the Bethlehem Bible college in 1983. We have hosted Palestinian choirs from the college, help a Bethlehem co-operative sell goods in the Christmas market in Bath and are involved in the struggle for peace between Jew and Arab.St Philips church has had a link with Bethlehem in Palestine with two groups for over 20 years.