Our Team

We are pleased to have Pastor Gloria Stubitsch as our interim pastor.  Pastor Gloria has been serving Bethany since December 2019, providing uplifting energy.  She brings 16 years of experience to us with previous calls in congregational ministry, as a chaplain and grief counselor for hospice and as a supply Pastor for congregations in transition.  Pastor Gloria has been a Mauston resident for two years.  We are delighted to be working together with Pastor Gloria in doing God's work here at Bethany.  If you have a pastoral emergency please call the church office Monday-Thursday between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM.  After hours and on weekends, please contact Pastor Gloria at 608-712-3510 (cell).

Marie McDonough, Administrative Assistant

Marie McDonough has been a member of Bethany since   and began her work as the administrative assistant in December 2020.  She brings 24 years of experience working in Administration, a love for Bethany and its members, and great ideas for helping Bethany's office run smoothly.

Dick Pirwitz, Youth Ministry Leader

Dick has been a member of Bethany since 1991 and has been the Youth Leader since 2004.  Dick has a bachelor’s degree in youth work from UW-Milwaukee and graduated from the Wartburg Seminary Certification in Youth and Family Ministry course in 2005. “I am so blessed to have so many people who I work with in this ministry that deeply love younger people.  Youth and family ministry is so much fun and so rewarding and challenging.  We have such awesome youth.”  Dick has an office full of water pistols, balls, mustaches, and games.   He is also the Bethany Facebook guru and the leader of the Bethany 2020 initiative to create Bethany 2.0.  He lives with his beautiful, caring wife Mary who does not laugh at his jokes.

Ruth Marose, Custodian

Ruth views her work as a ministry.

Linda Bohnert, Organist

Linda has been a member of Bethany since 1956 where she was baptized and confirmed.  She has been a part of the music ministry at Bethany over the past 45 years serving as organist, choir accompanist, Sunday school music director and playing in Bethany Band.  Linda is retired from the United States Postal Service where she spent 33 years as a rural mail carrier.  She has two grown sons and their families who are all members of Bethany.  She has five awesome grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  In her spare time she enjoys volunteering at church, working in the music libraries at Olson Middle School and Mauston High School, reading, boating, fishing and watching the Brewers.

Diane Huebner, Organist

Diane has been playing organ for over forty years.  She learned organ “on the job” at her home church of Trinity Lutheran near Amery.  At Trinity she was a third generation organist as her grandmother and one aunt also played for services.  Since 1986 Diane has taught general music at Royall School District and she really enjoys the younger students’ enthusiasm!  She plays for church as well as special music and loves playing clarinet and piano in the Bethany Band.  Diane has been very involved with 4-H and currently still volunteers at the Juneau County Fair.  She has been married to Paul (a fellow Royall teacher) since 1990 and they have three awesome adult children and a wonderful son-in-law.  In her spare time Diane loves gardening, traveling and playing in the Mauston Community Band.