Churchbells ringing I am Listening

As the years had continued, my curiosity and fondness of church bells had increased. I remember back where I used to live on Janet Street, that on really gorgeous bright warm sunny days, as I was blowing bubbles, I was able to hear some faint sounds of church bell music coming from the other side of the woods across the street. “Where is this church bell music coming from, is it just from the Centereach Church?” I wondered. Sometimes a faint cool breeze had come by to bring in the bell music a little closer, and I still wondered even more on where it came from. On and off, I had gone to church on Sundays, and occasionally hear the bells playing, but it wasn’t from the church I heard them from. Back then, I mostly remember going to a church during the week for a daycare program, or Sunday School, and whenever our teacher heard the bells ringing, she said that class was over. Another place I went to as a daycare program was at a church within the area that wasn’t too large. Mostly, I remember the teacher’s name being Mrs. Day and we went downstairs for playtime and such. Mrs. Day would ring a large handbell to inform us that playtime is over and it’s time for something else. We also went upstairs to the main worship room to sing. Somehow I do remember the large round glass lamps that hung from the ceiling that gave off a pleasant glow, and one time I remember seeing a moth flying inside it.


There’s another church I went to as part of a day care that was a little down the road. It was huge, but confusing to me as there was someone on the stage making announcements and I hardly knew what was going on. I do remember asking one time if this church had played bells, and I was told “Yes it did, but it doesn’t anymore as they are broken.” This brought about more of my curiosity of church bells and where did they come from.