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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What do you picture when you imagine an English village? A village green, and a church will surely be in your mind’s eye. And ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the bronze church bell that has called Mazeppa residents to worship every Sunday morning has temporarily fallen silent. The 141-year-old bell was ...