Holidays

Listen to the Bells

by PamFord Davis 
12/06/24
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Church bell choirs will soon ring out to commemorate Jesus’ birth. Patiently, each member will wait their turn to ring a bell. Each note played joins those from other bells creating a beautiful Christmas carol.

I heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Originally titled Christmas Bells)
      Henry Wadsworth Longfellow /1868

'I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
    And wild and sweet
    The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men !

And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
    Had rolled along
    The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men !

    The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men !'

Again this Christmas, most will hear the familiar sound of bells ringing by Salvation Army volunteers. Listen...

We can pass by or stop to drop money into the kettle. Remember, collections will be used to brighten the Christmas of those less fortunate.

"So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7 NKJV)."