Bethlehem Christian Church was founded in September, 1832.  We had a celebration worship service on Sunday, September 23, 2007, beginning at 10:00 am.  The legal-size program for that service can be downloaded by clicking here.  The official attendance for this worship service was 326.  After the service, a congregational photograph was taken, along with a photograph of the choir and of the small children in attendance (see thumbnails).  While the photograph was being taken, we handed out a chronology of events in the first 175 years of our church's history. 

After the photograph, a covered dish lunch, attended by approximately 200 people, was served in the Fellowship Hall.  On the tables were commemorative placemats showing two of the four church buildings and all of the pastors for whom we had photographs at that time.  After lunch, we held a hymn and remembrance service where members and a former minister shared their memories of Bethlehem.  To close the day's events we gathered in the cemetery to read a poem composed by Rev. Jeremiah W. Holt, who served the church for thirty years and was Pastor Emeritus.  It had been originally read at the homecoming and memorial service on May 17, 1902.  The pastor dismissed the congregation with prayer.