Friday, January 12, 2018

Church to thieves: Give our bell back and all will be forgiven

From RNS-

Who would steal a 400-pound church bell?

That’s the question baffling the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church near Norris, S.D., where the hundred-year-old bell has chimed for news, services and emergencies from atop its small wooden tower.

The bell was swiped between Dec. 30 and Jan. 6, the church’s pastor guesses, and would be welcomed back with thanksgiving and forgiveness.

“(B)ecause that’s what we do in the Church,” the Rev. Lauren Stanley said in a Facebook post appealing for the bell’s return.



More here-

http://gazette.com/church-to-thieves-give-our-bell-back-and-all-will-be-forgiven/article/1618854

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