\n When:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday, December 21, 2015, 11:45 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
Where:<\/strong> the front steps of Zion\u2019s \u2018Liberty Bell\u2019 United Church of Christ <\/a>620 W. Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA<\/span><\/p>\n For the first time in more than three decades, the Westminster Chimes will be heard in center city Allentown announcing the time on the restored clock in the steeple of historic Zion\u2019s Liberty Bell United Church of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n Each of the four clock faces has been replaced with specially designed backlit faces to highlight the Roman numerals of the hours. The faces will be illuminated from dusk to midnight every day.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJust in time for Christmas,\u201d the Rev. Bob Stevens, senior pastor, noted, \u201cthe carillon will be playing Christmas hymns on the hour.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The tower clock has not been functional for at least thirty years due to the difficulty of finding mechanical parts for the original complex mechanism that simultaneously turned the clock hands on four faces. The clockworks now are digitized, however the faces preserve the historic look in keeping with the neo-gothic architecture of the building.<\/span><\/p>\n The work is being completed as part of a major restoration project at the church which also includes replacement of the slate roof over the sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n The present church building was completed in 1888, although the congregation has been worshiping in this location continuously since 1762. During the American Revolution, eleven bells from Philadelphia, including the state house bell now known as the Liberty Bell, were hidden under the floorboards of Zion\u2019s church <\/a>for safekeeping from the British in 1777. The church also is home to the Liberty Bell Museum<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information provided by:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Rev. Robert T. Stevens, Sr. Pastor<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n Zion\u2019s United Church of Christ<\/span>
\n home of the Liberty Bell Museum
\n<\/em>620 W. Hamilton Street<\/span>
\n Allentown, PA 18101<\/span>
\n 610-435-2412<\/a><\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.libertybellchurch.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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