PHILADELPHIA - Churches are moving the traditional New Year's Eve Watch Night service online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch Night service. It’s held every New Year's Eve at Black churches everywhere and goes until the clock turns over to a new year.
Cynthia Robinson and Janet Brown-Edmunds say it’s emotional and uplifting. "I was going just to renew my life with God and getting closer to God every year," said Robinson.
Brown-Edmunds also attend."It's family and friends. More than usual too and then people who are recovering from rehab that just want to start new and they do a big long prayer and the countdown starts.