The bells are back.
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Joan Carles Osuna is a student of the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers in Spain. He plays bronze bells in a church tower. (AP/Emilio Morenatti) -
Mr. Osuna has ropes looped around both his feet and hands. He rings all four bells at once. (AP/Emilio Morenatti) -
Roser Reixach is a bell ringer student. She wears headphones to protect her ears. (AP/Emilio Morenatti) -
Xavier Masó plays two bronze bells at the church tower in the tiny village of Joanetes in Spain.(AP/Emilio Morenatti) -
The bell tower is in the Sant Romà church. The bell ringer school trained its first class of 18 students. Would you like to be a bell ringer? (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
People used to ring bells long ago. Clang clong! Bells let folks know the time of day. They gong when church starts.
Spain has a bell school. Students learn to ring news to neighbors.
Pray: Thank God for bells and music. Thank Him for the ways music gathers people together.
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How did people send neighbors messages before phones and the internet? They used church bells. Some clangs warned about bad weather. Others let you know when someone died. Some told when a person needed help. Many churches switched to mechanical bells in the 1970s and 1980s. These do not sound like real clanging bells. They cannot announce as much news. Spain now has a school for bell ringers. Teachers taught the first 18 students old chiming patterns. They graduated last summer.
“Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.” (Psalm 95:1)
For more about another kind of bell, see The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins in our Recommended Reading.
