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Watch Night Service — I Learn Something New Everyday

Started by jonmadison · 10 months ago

I had mentioned in passing to some of my friends about how a friend of mine was borrowing equipment because he was djing this New Years Eve joint with his church…and how growing up we always had something New Years Eve with the church I was a part of (mainly because the folk whom we %5 ... Continue reading »

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  • Leslie

    4 years ago

    I wonder why my lily white church in Missouri always had Watch Night service then... ?
  • Hamburger Lad

    4 years ago

    What a cool tradition! The service we went to was just a typical New Year's Eve service which they lamely tried to make liturgical by calling it "The Eve of the Name of Jesus" service. But 'twas a good service, so I can't complain too much...
  • jon

    4 years ago

    Just because its more common among "Black Churches" wouldn't necessarily mean its exclusive, I presume.
  • joy

    4 years ago

    Leslie grew up in an Assemblies of God church, I think, as did I. We always had "Watch Night Services" too. The history of the Assemblies of God, the Church of God and the COG in Christ are linked historically to the the Pentecostal Revival in the US. I'm sure a lot of the practices and traditions are co-mingled in those denominations.

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