A Watch Night Service is a late-night Christian worship service, traditionally held on New Year’s Eve. Its purpose is to offer reflection, thanksgiving, and anticipation for the new year. This New Year’s Eve Pausing With God Ministries will be hosting it’s first ‘Virtual Watch Night Service’ .
If you would like to join us for the ‘WATCH NIGHT SERVICE’ see below to register!
A Brief Summary Of The Historical Legacy of Watch Night: On the night of December 31, 1862, enslaved and free African Americans gathered, many in secret, to ring in the new year and await news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect. Just a few months earlier, on September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the executive order that declared enslaved people in the rebelling Confederate States legally free. However, the decree would not take effect until the clock struck midnight at the start of the new year. The occasion, known as Watch Night or “Freedom’s Eve,” marks when African Americans across the country watched and waited for the news of freedom. Today, Watch Night is an annual New Year’s Eve tradition that includes the memory of slavery and freedom, reflections on faith, and celebration of community and strength.
(courtesy of https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-watch-night)
If you would like to join us on Zoom, register by entering your information and send us a message: ‘I’d like to join the ‘WATCH NIGHT SERVICE’
Zoom information will be emailed to you by midnight on December 30, 2024.
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