Watchnight Communion via Zoom

Please pick up your elements Sunday morning during the service or during the week at the church office so you can have them at home.

What’s a “Watchnight” Service?

A watchnight service is a New Year’s Eve Christian church service. In many different Christian traditions, such as those of Moravians, Baptists, Methodists, Anglicans, and Pentecostals, watchnight services are held to provide the opportunity for Christians to review the year that has passed, confess their sins, thank God for his blessings and then prepare for the year ahead by praying and resolving. The services often include singing, praying, preaching and communion.

Watchnight service has added significance and history in the African-American community in the United States, since many slaves were said to have gathered in churches on New Year's Eve, in 1862, to await news and confirmation of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, on January 1, 1863. In modern southern churches, the Watchnight tradition often includes dimmed lights and a haunting call and response countdown to midnight enacted by designated parishioners singing the part of watch men.

*Zoom Dial-in details: Dial-in number: +1 646 558 8656, Meeting ID: 854 5593 6950, Passcode: nscc2022!