Pastor Don - Wake and Memorial Service Information
With heavy hearts we are letting you know that Pastor Don went home to be with the Lord. Pastor Don Voegtlin served as pastor of Bethany from 1990 to 2012.
During his time as pastor, he served the congregation in his down-to-earth way. He gave countless rides to church, made hundreds of hospital visits, and since this was pre-uber era he even gave numerous rides to the hospital too.
God blessed him with a blue-collar background which gave him the ability to tackle all types of projects around the church. No job was beneath him. Even if that meant the pastor needed to change the toilet seat, or shovel snow or work on the church van or bus.
His sermons were well studied with a handwritten outline, clear points and a clever title. His love for God grew greater over the years and he desired that the people would grow in their love for God too.
Probably what people remember most was how he cared for them and related to them, taught them; comforted them and showed genuine interest in them.
After retiring he enjoyed many more years attending Bethany and enjoying the fellowship of longtime friends and making new friends. He spent a lot of time on the front porch and somehow, he seemed to meet almost everyone that walked by the house. You can be sure they were all invited to church too. He never got out of the habit of being the last to leave the church building on Sundays.
Viewing:
Tuesday December 2
Between 4:30 -6:30 pm
Wollshlager Funeral Home 3604 S Hoyne Ave Chicago, IL 60609
The church will be open, and you can move between both places.
Memorial service
Tuesday December 2
7 pm
Bethany Baptist Church
3532 S Hoyne Ave
Chicago, IL 60609
During his time as pastor, he served the congregation in his down-to-earth way. He gave countless rides to church, made hundreds of hospital visits, and since this was pre-uber era he even gave numerous rides to the hospital too.
God blessed him with a blue-collar background which gave him the ability to tackle all types of projects around the church. No job was beneath him. Even if that meant the pastor needed to change the toilet seat, or shovel snow or work on the church van or bus.
His sermons were well studied with a handwritten outline, clear points and a clever title. His love for God grew greater over the years and he desired that the people would grow in their love for God too.
Probably what people remember most was how he cared for them and related to them, taught them; comforted them and showed genuine interest in them.
After retiring he enjoyed many more years attending Bethany and enjoying the fellowship of longtime friends and making new friends. He spent a lot of time on the front porch and somehow, he seemed to meet almost everyone that walked by the house. You can be sure they were all invited to church too. He never got out of the habit of being the last to leave the church building on Sundays.
Viewing:
Tuesday December 2
Between 4:30 -6:30 pm
Wollshlager Funeral Home 3604 S Hoyne Ave Chicago, IL 60609
The church will be open, and you can move between both places.
Memorial service
Tuesday December 2
7 pm
Bethany Baptist Church
3532 S Hoyne Ave
Chicago, IL 60609
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We proclaim the good news that Jesus Christ offers peace with God and eternal hope to all who trust and obey him, and we've been doing it since 1888.
Located just a few blocks from I-55 and near the 35th & Archer L stop on the Orange Line (in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago), Bethany is easy to get to by bus, train, or car!
We proclaim the good news that Jesus Christ offers peace with God and eternal hope to all who trust and obey him, and we've been doing it since 1888.
Located just a few blocks from I-55 and near the 35th & Archer L stop on the Orange Line (in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago), Bethany is easy to get to by bus, train, or car!