About us....

Bethany Lutheran Church of Mauston is a congregation of 850 baptized members.  The congregation is relatively young, founded in 1944, but we have many members at each end of the age spectrum.  
                                                                                                                                                  
         Our roots.  Bethany's founding church was the Plymouth Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, located about five miles west of Mauston on Johnson Road.  Today all that remains on the site of the original church building is the steeple.  It is now a landmark that indicates the entrance to the Plymouth Cemetery. 
         Windows.  Other treasured pieces of Bethany's roots can be found in our stained glass windows. The stained glass windows from the Plymouth Church were saved and kept in storage after the building was dismantled in the early 1960s.  The medallions (colored symbols) and some of the amber glass were then incorporated into the stained glass windows of our current building in 1998.
         The bell. In 1968 the original bell was moved from the Plymouth congregation to Bethany. A local builder provided the crane for lifting it and the truck for hauling it.  This bell continues to be in use at Bethany today.

Our Staff:

Interim Pastor - James Steinbrecher
Administrative Assistant -- Sara Hanko
Financial Secretary -- Don Hoffmann
Custodian -- Ruth Marose
Parish Nurse -- Mary Pirwitz
Council President -- Norma Smith

Map directions 

Bethany Lutheran Church
701 Grove Street
Mauston, WI  53948
(608) 847-6690

These directions use Mauston's four stoplights as landmarks.

From Interstate 90/94 exit 69:  Go west on Hwy 82 to the first stoplight.  Go straight.  Continue to the 2nd stoplight.  Turn left onto Union Street.  Go about 3 blocks to the 3rd stoplight and turn right.  (You'll be heading northwest on State Street.)  Go about 4 blocks to the 4th stoplight.  Go straight  for a short 1/2 block and then turn left onto Elm Street.  Follow Elm until you come to a Y.  Take the right fork (which is West Avenue) and go to the stopsign.  Bethany's parking lot is straight ahead with the church to the south.