Not when you might think, considering that we are celebrating 188 years since the 1834 camp meeting on the banks of Bethel pond. At least there is no record in our written history of a centennial celebration in 1934. Actually, the written history doesn’t mention a centennial celebration at any other time either, but a notation on a picture taken at the 1962 homecoming indicates that it celebrated the “115th Birthday of Bethel Methodist Church”. This would put the 100th in 1947, one hundred years after the deed was given for the land on which Bethel is now located. The earliest church history that we have was written in the front of a membership book begun in 1947. That history indicated that the time period recorded was “from 1834 to October 12, 1947”. So, I think the 1947 Homecoming was probably a Centennial celebration...of Bethel at its current location.