Pastor – Rev. Phil Haslanger

Rev. Phil Haslanger retired in June of 2017 as the pastor of Memorial United Church of Christ in Fitchburg, WI. Ministry was his second career. For 34 years, he was a journalist in a variety of roles for the Capital Times in Madison. He thinks of retirement as more like redeployment. In addition to doing supply preaching at a number of congregations in the Madison area, he is chairman of the advisory board of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; a member of the board of the Madison-area Urban Ministry; part of the Leadership Circle of Dane County’s Domestic Violence Coordinated Community Response and works as a volunteer with Domestic Abuse Intervention Services.

He enjoys reading, music, walking, traveling and having time to just hang out with his wife, Ellen Reuter. Phil and Ellen are delighted to have the chance to return to Bethany.