Bethany was founded in 1934 as English Lutheran Church. Eventually a house was purchased on Graham Street. That house was later demolished, and a small church built on the site, which was dedicated in 1951. When it was out-grown, the building was sold to the City of Woodstock which converted it into a children's library and built a connecting enclosed walkway to the main library. It has since been demolished and the library has been rebuilt.

Meanwhile, the church purchased property on Springbank Avenue, bordered by Braeside and Edgewood. In 1964, the current building was erected and dedicated. The sanctuary was designed as a first unit, and seats about 150. There is a large Fellowship hall, a nursery, and a choir room, all three of which serve as meeting rooms and Sunday School teaching areas.

The building is approved for use as a nursery school and the kitchen is inspected regularly by the Oxford County Board of Health and is deemed suitable for public functions. Bethany facilities are available to and used by community groups and designated storage space can be made available for regular activities.




Bethany Woodstock is a member congregation of the London Conference in the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. More information can be found at www.elcic.ca

Our synodical affiliation is with the Eastern Synod, one of five synods in the ELCiC. It stretches from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, made up of eight conferences. The London conference, as its name implies, stretches on either side of London from Windsor to Woodstock, and bounded on the north by a line from Zurich to Milverton.