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 ...

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 ...

On Jan. 19, eight people gathered in a room below the bell tower of First Christian Church in Glendora. They ranged in age from 8 to 79 years old. Among them was Rev. Karen Davis, pastor of First ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Hundreds of residents in the historic Vollintine-Evergreen district are calling a nearby church bell a nuisance. Andi Bailey said the recorded ringing of bells from St. Theresa The ...

When the bell stopped ringing is a question parishioners at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jefferson City are trying to answer. The 800-pound bell fell silent sometime before the turn of 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 ...

ANTIOCH – For the Zamora family, the sound of the 700-pound First Congregational Church bell in Antioch isn’t just a piece of history, it was a part of their childhood. Roxanne Zamora-Solak remembers ...

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 ...

AMBRIDGE ― The iconic belltower in Ambridge will tick and chime like it did generations ago, as part of a special celebration at St. John's Lutheran Church. Everyone's invited to an Aug. 18 ...

WETUMPKA, Ala. (WSFA) - Not long after sunrise Friday morning, a church bell sat in a pick up waiting to come home, all 1,100 pounds of it. Phil Borel refurbished it back in his shop in Louisiana. “It ...

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 ...