The restored bell of First Baptist Church resounded through Scotland Street on Sunday, as congregation members sounded the bell for the first time since the days of segregation. Though the Let Freedom ...
Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...
The Rev. James Arter climbed a narrow ladder several stories Wednesday to reach the bell tower at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leechburg. As he manually rang one of the 28 bells, the melodic ...
From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...
After 22 years of silence, the bell at Bethlehem’s oldest Roman Catholic Church is ringing again. But not everybody is happy about it. The Holy Infancy Church on East Fourth Street in south Bethlehem ...
The 147-year-old bell that once called parishioners to worship downtown was reinstalled at the church's current location on Thompson Lane. "We recovered our bell and we're putting it back in service," ...
Years of fervent prayer were answered Thursday when bells began ringing at St. Stephen’s Anglican Catholic Church. Three bronze-cast bells were installed in the steeple Thursday morning at the church ...
Following an extensive restoration project, the 145-year-old bell in the tower of St. John's Episcopal Church began to regularly ring again in June. Steve Hamm / Special Contributor The loud silence ...
OXFORD, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - The Immanuel Congregational Church in Oxford has been a staple in the community for nearly 150 years. "It was so welcoming," said church volunteer Connie Miller. Miller ...
A climb up three narrow staircase flights and then a steep ladder leads to the belfry high atop Windsor’s historic Assumption Church. And there hangs the 4,000-pound (1.81-tonne) bronze Angelus bell ...