Pastor’s Welcome
Welcome to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church website.  We are a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  We are a small but vibrant congregation in Davey, Nebraska, six miles north of Lincoln.  We’re glad you are visiting our website and we will gladly welcome you to worship and to grow in faith with us as well.
Blessings!
Pastor Kris Bohac



Pastor Kris Bohac
Pastor Kris is a 2009 graduate of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.  She is a second career pastor and was an internal medicine physician in her first career.  Pastor Kris lives in Waverly with her husband Daryl.  They have two adult children. 

Our History

Bethlehem Lutheran Church was organized as a congregation by Danish settlers in May of 1875 in Rock Creek Township (which became the town of Davey, Nebraska.)  Worship services were initially held in a schoolhouse.   In 1884, a cemetery was laid out near Highway 77 and Davey Road.  The decision to build a church adjoining the cemetery was made in 1890. Subsequent to that, the church split and Nazareth Lutheran Church was established in Davey.  English language services were begun at Bethlehem in 1930.  In 1946 the church was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.  The church was rebuilt in 1949 at the edge of Davey.  Nazareth formed a partnership with Zion Lutheran Church in rural Ithaca, Nebraska in 1959 and in 1962 Nazareth and Bethlehem merged.  The resulting partnership between Bethlehem and Zion continues.  In 2003 Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ceresco became the third congregation of a three point parish, but that partnership was ended in 2010. Bethlehem and Zion remain partners in a two point parish. 

Link to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - elca.org