So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...

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 ...

SNOHOMISH — The church bell echoed through the Snohomish River valley. Farmers heard the sound and knew. The service was starting soon. Time to get going. A hundred years ago, locals gathered at the ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - When was the last time you woke up to bells ringing from a tower? It’s probably been a while with all the technology around. However, one church in Greenville brought back a ...

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 ...

Fr. Don Antweiler uses his knuckles to rap on the church bell in the tower at Immaculate Conception Church. With money received specifically for that purpose, the parish recently had an automated ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Williamsburg church founded by slaves marked its 240th anniversary with the sounding of a restored bell to mark the start of Black History Month. The First Baptist Church ...

LORI AND JERRY, THIS SECTION OF NORTH EIGHTH STREET WAS CLOSED FOR FEAR THAT THE BELL TOWER MIGHT FALL AND TOPPLE ON CARS OR PEOPLE BELOW. THE CITY JUST REOPENED THE ROAD ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THE ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Williamsburg church founded by slaves marked its 240th anniversary with the sounding of a restored bell to mark the start of Black History Month. The First Baptist Church ...

EMMASTE, Estonia -- Just days before Christmas, a lone church bell clangs in this forested hamlet, sending out echoes much like those of thousands of church bells in towns and cities around the world.