Random childhood memory

I lived on an island down the road from a girl who lived in an old church with a big bell which the mom used to ring to call the kids home when they were out playing (in the actual woods and stuff, thank you very much, not on the internet or gaming) and we went down to the shore and swung out over the water on a big rope swing, it was fantastic, and then we met some adult friends of theirs, later I found out they were in some way connected or perhaps were the original creators of Gumby.