At watchnight services, many Christians prepare for the year ahead by praying and making these resolutions.

A watchnight service is a late-night Christian church service.

It would be interesting to know what message the new Minister gave at the Watchnight service as the people prepared themselves for the twentieth century.

In speeches many years later in England he told of how the people went to the various chapels to share in the watchnight services.

Many Christian congregations have New Year's Eve watchnight services.

In many different Christian traditions, a watchnight service is held late on New Year's Eve, and ends after midnight.

Marble Collegiate, part of the Reformed Church in America, has been holding the watchnight service for decades.

In an interview, Dr. Caliandro recalled attending a watchnight service there in 1953 when he was a college junior.

In the Church of Scotland, the Watchnight service is a popular ceremony marking the beginning of Christmas Day.

The Sarum Consort, an adult voluntary chamber choir, will sing Dec. 31 at the Watchnight Service.

In 2013, over 70 complaints were received by Bromley Council relating to a New Year's Eve event to be held at the venue called "Watchnight".

Should you wish to attend a Watchnight Service on Christmas Eve, you will have the opportunity to do so at nearby Daviot Church (pictured right).

'Watchnight' Many Christians call their New Year's Eve church gatherings "watchnight services."

Greenfields x United Communion Service. x 31 Tuesday 11.30pm Watchnight Service and Holy Communion.

In the run-up to Christmas, Scotland's churches have one of their busiest times of year, with school carol concerts, nativities, Watchnight services and Christmas Day itself.

Before Christmas, there is a Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on the last Sunday of term, and a Watchnight service on Christmas Eve.

WATCHNIGHT SERVICE, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive at 122d Street, Manhattan.

Today, a Methodist watchnight service includes singing, spontaneous prayers and testimonials, as well as scripture readings; the liturgy for this service is found in The United Methodist Book of Worship.

This was perhaps under the influence of a different Methodist tradition, the holding of Watchnight services on New Year's Eve, in competition with the rowdy secular celebrations of the New Year.

As part of the Millennium 2000 celebrations, the WBQ took part in a Watchnight Service on New Year's Eve, broadcast live from Winchester Cathedral on BBC Radio.

When they stand at the watchnight service and hear those self-same carols they will galvanise into action and begin to take up the offering among the congregation and go off to ring it up on the cash register.

At that time Fulmar Alpha was host to a BBC crew who, not only, reported on the event but later delivered a live watchnight service broadcast from the platform in memory of the Piper Alpha disaster.

IF you are venturing out but you'd prefer a bit of peace and quiet amid the noisy celebrations tonight, St Cuthbert's Parish Church in Lothian Road is holding a Hogmanay watchnight service, starting at 11.15pm.

Well, its a busy time for her dad as well, what with those extra services - and a lamentable feature of this day and age is the amount of toerags that roll in bold as brass to the Watchnight Service reeking of drink.

A Watchnight Service to ring in the New Year, with Vaughan Williams's "Old Hundredth Psalm Time," Hoiby's "Hymn to the New Age," and a carillon recital; brass quartet and timpani; Timothy Smith, director.

For a magical hour, just the two of us watched night turn into day.

Through the cracks in the roof he watched night fall.

"Watch Night services have typically been a powerful part of church heritage," he said.

They can't sneak so many boats past us if we're watching night and day.

I want you to have my body watched night and day until I'm cremated.

All the week it was watched night and day.

But perceptions of Watch Night have changed through the years.

He is a joy to watch night in and night out.

We ate on the patio, talking and watching night settle in.

The show was the country's most watched night news and current affairs show.

Later they stood on the small iron balcony and watched night closing over the city.

This was not a violation of the Watch Night for him.

Just because you have a day session doesn’t mean you can’t watch night tennis.

Frustrated, she went towards the kitchen and I pulled the curtains apart to watch night fall.

Which means it'll be watched night and day by Imperial agents, just in case we're stupid enough to go anywhere near it.

He was watching night and day go by over the ruins of that elder Vonng.

A stack of new Watch Night programs lay on the last pew.

He stood at the open window, watching night stretch its long fingers across the Grand Canal.

But its distinction is how it hooks viewers and keeps them watching night after night.

The place was watched night and day.

Some people attend a watch night service.

In a word, the would-be "Immortal" must be on his watch night and day, guarding self against - himself.

He was watched night and day, and at one time it was suggested that I live with him."

She stared out through the glass and watched night descend over the gardens that tumbled in wild disarray beyond the walk.

When a sow produced piglets they kept watch night after night in case she crushed them.