SOUNDS OF HOPE

During the course of the pandemic schools across the nation conducted a week-long event called “Field of Lights.” Every night for 20 minutes schools would light up their football fields to commemorate the senior graduates who that year would not be experiencing a traditional high school graduation experience. BStronglife joined in the special event by lighting up the chapel steeple of the nearby Historic Nipomo Chapel. The BStronglife team also rang the Chapel bells to synchronize with the “Field of Lights.” The nightly Chapel Bell ringing was so well received that it extended out over three weeks. Additionally, BStronglife Team members programmed the bell tower to play inspirational hymns as a way to recognize first responders, and all those on the front lines during the height of the pandemic. The public gathered from miles around to be present at the Chapel grounds for the nightly bell chimes.

Why bell ringing? In Christianity, the bell is said to represent the “voice of God.” And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. The sound of the bell is universally accepted as a way of communicating with the spirits, or as a herald for the arrival of a supernatural, holy power.