Heights Church Gets a New Bell Tower for the Holidays
First Presbyterian Church in Chicago Heights is getting a new bell tower, just in time for Christmas.
With all our electronic devices, an old bell wouldn't get much attention these days, but at First Presbyterian Church in Chicago Heights, that chiming is meant to bring a call of peace to the north side of the Heights. The First Presbyterian's bell will sound a little different this holiday season, as the church will make a return to its roots and have its original bell from more than 150 years ago brought back to life inside a new bell tower, according to the Rev. Delmar Meester. "Originally when the bell was first used in 1843, it was a call to worship," says Meester. "The history goes back a long way." Read: The Rev. Delmar Meester, the Heights' Piano-Playing Preacher Meester shares a newspaper article written in 1913, appearing in …
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