Bethel Lutheran Home history

In 1969 440 acres were purchased near Dodgeville, and Bethel Horizons was born.

A proposal was passed on June 11, 1978, to refurbish the Fellowship hall at a cost of $28,000.

In 1991 Pastor Bill White, a Wisconsin native became Bethel’s 10th Senior Pastor.

6/7/02 – LCEF Mortgage Loan for 1992 construction Paid In Full

In 1994, Bethel began a development program that provides for expansions and improvements into the new century.

the opening of a 16-bed assisted living center (Bethel Suites) in 1997

In 2000, The Village by Bethel Lutheran Home was established.

In 2002 Pastor Pedro Suárez was called to establish a Latino Ministry.

In 2005, the congregation dedicated a new 1,050-seat sanctuary and remodeled the old sanctuary into a main floor Fellowship Hall.

the expansion into providing additional housing (Bethel Cottage Homes) in the form of twin homes built within the Bethel Community in 2008

in 2009, a second Cottage Home duplex was built (Units C and D) and the New Hope Childcare Center was built.

in 2011, groundbreaking was held for a million-dollar expansion and renovation project onto the original nursing home, which added new flooring to resident rooms, resident bathrooms, and new flooring in each of the three resident neighborhoods.

The overall project was concluded in 2012.

in 2014, four new apartments and eight attached garages were built onto the original Bethel Apartments complex.