#WatchNightServices - Twitter Hashtag

over 2 years ago

Weird how some churches are closing down on Dec 31. I remember when they would all stay open and have watch night services and worship the year in. Churches need to stay open. The devils crowd doesn't close. #NewYearsEve #2024 #WatchNightServices #PraiseTheNewYearIn #stayopen

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Dr. Melvin G. Brown

@GRevmgbrown4

over 8 years ago

@GRevmgbrown4_ #FreedomsEve("#WatchNightServices") should #NEVER be forgotten or discontinued by the #BlackCommunity & #AfricanAmericanChurches!!! #Future generations should be enlightened on the many struggles of our very painful #Past here in #America!!! https://t.co/cQmNWVvU49

Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC

over 8 years ago

#OTD in 1862, the 1st Watch Night Services, known as Freedom’s Eve, were celebrated in African American churches across the nation—waiting for word that those enslaved in Confederate states—were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. More: https://t.co/t91HzYl5pi #ANationsStory