Ring the Bell

The saga continues… Today they cut two more pieces out of the bell tower. I suspect this will probably go at least through Tuesday, if not into Wednesday of next week. Holes, Inc. out of Houston is doing the work cutting the concrete, and Ray’s Crane Service out of La Grange is taking the pieces […]

Thursday night (well, maybe early Friday morning… I’m in the midst of a “stay up late and do things” streak) I saw a post on the Immanuel Lutheran Church Facebook page announcing that the bell tower demolition would be moving forward today. I decided pretty quickly that I would pack up my laptop and cameras

It was a bit serendipitous that our move to Giddings coincided with Immanuel Gidding’s pressing the gas pedal on their “Ring the Bell” campaign to build a larger narthex for the church. While my eye is naturally drawn to the classic profile of a white-frame church building with a steeple, I do appreciate some mid-century