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Little did I know that I would have the opportunity to have dinner with Scot McKnight on the same week that he was my blog of the week.  It just so happened that he is in Denver speaking at a conference.

As time went on and people purchased alarm clocks and automobiles the church bells were replaced.  The call to worship moved from being the bell that signaled to the song that started the service.  In some church traditions the opening song is done with ceremony and procession.  In other cases, the volume is turned up…

Bell ringing became an art and it even gained a fancy latin name:  Campanology, the study of bells. There were two main ways to ring the church bell…

Look up at most church buildings that are over a hundred years old and one thing you’ll notice is the bell tower.  Now days, if these are ever used, it is for special occasions, holidays, weddings, events like that. Originally, the bells rang for one simple reason:  To call people to worship. 
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