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On Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Westminster United Church of Christ will toll its historic bell 50 times for each of the Orlando shooting victims.
In 2012, the church did the same for the Newtown shooting victims.
The church invites anyone to join for worship at 10:30 a.m., or gather outside to hear more clearly.
Is your church also ringing its bell for the Orlando victims? Share the details below in the comment section.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
