From left, Abbie Vavrik, Bekah Goebel, Noelle Taylor and Makenna Gray, members of the bell choir at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Champaign, rehearse Wednesday evening at the church ahead of their ...

First United Methodist Church’s Handbell Choir is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a concert, free to the public, on Saturday. The choir performs during services, bell choir festivals and ...

The sound of a five-octave bell choir ringing echoes off the walls of a large church sanctuary can be described as a spiritual listening experience, in which the harmony of ...

“It’s the church’s bell choir but it is operated independently,” explained Michael Eaton, 64, a gay man and lay leader at the church. A founding member who continues to perform with it, Eaton said the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Asbury United Methodist Church in Smyrna, the handbell choir has had only one director since the program started in 1976. Marie ...

MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. -- After lightning struck the bell tower at Messiah Lutheran Church and burned the building to the ground here in 1998, the congregation had to make a sound decision. Finances ...

After lightning struck the bell tower at Mountain Iron's Messiah Lutheran Church and burned the building to the ground in 1998, the congregation had to make a sound decision. Meghan Manninen (left) ...

MIDDLEBORO - The North Congregational Church Bell Choir will hold it's debut performance on Easter Sunday as part of the holiday service. The multi-generational group was recently formed after the ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s become a lost tradition for many churches in the metro. On Saturday, St. Thomas Lutheran Church held a handbell festival Jason Horner the music director of the church said ...

The Wesley Bell Ringers, a youth choir from Salt Lake City, that features more than 150 handbells and handchimes, is performing this weekend in Plymouth, according to a community announcement. The ...

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