Friday, September 6, 2024
By Justin Buchanan
Contributing Writer
GREEN BAY – The First Evangelical Lutheran Church is hosted their annual Carillon concert this week, playing many different hymn songs throughout the city of Green Bay.
Before the concert, a tour was offered showing the many unique glass window sets around the church and murals of biblical characters set up on the walls.
The bells are inside of the tallest part of the church, with 47 bells in total.
Each of the bells gives off their own unique sound to create the songs.
Through this event, the community has an opportunity to learn more about Carillon bells.
This Carillon bell is one out of the three sets in Wisconsin.
The other bells are located at UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University — the only opportunity to hear the unique harmonies of the Carillon Bells.
The Carillon bells have been set up at The First Evangelical Lutheran Church for over 50 years — first built in 1957 by a local Green Bay family who had the idea of bringing these unique bells to their hometown.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kaap donated funding toward the bells to honor their grandparents so they could be reminded of their grandparents’ love every time the bells would play.
The bells are not just played for the annual concert; they play every day through an automatic player at noon and 6 p.m.
The First Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at 743 S. Monroe Avenue in Green Bay.
