New years church program

Many locals come from all parts of the island to do their Christmas shopping at the market stalls — selling fruit, vegetables, mistletoe and wheat pots among other Christmas treats. The highpoint of the evening is the carol singing in the fish market square. Bringing in the New Year with a bang! Magic happens when you watch the fireworks display on the old city quay and the party continues into the night with a musical show in Largo das Palmeiras, where entertainment and good cheers for the new year are guaranteed.

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Pray in the New Year with a marathon from 6 a. Designate multiple prayer sites around the church building so several groups can pray simultaneously, and ask every group in your church to pray together for one hour. Create a huge chart listing the 18 hours, and let every adult and youth Sunday School class or small group choose a prayer hour.

Some overlap may occur, but those people can simply choose one or stop by both groups. Send an e-mail or snail mail to group leaders, confirming their prayer hour and assigned room. Groups spend the closing minutes discussing their goals and recommitments for next year. For example, a Bible class could set monthly growth goals or specific outreach plans. The entire church could be invited to return for midnight prayer led by the pastor and a big New Year celebration and snacks.

Sing in the New Year! Recruit 12 capable coordinators to enlist musicians and sound techs for a full hour of Christian music, and then advertise a hour music marathon to bring in the New Year. Who will sing all this Christian music? Include as many different ensembles, soloists, choirs and musicians as possible. Give an open invitation to your church members to participate individually or by forming a group.

Ask everyone who sang in church last year to sing a song. Instrumentalists — even children — can offer a Christian song on the program. Include a wide variety of music styles, with every song pointing the listener to God. Fellow believers from many locations around the world contributed and were involved during the BCC broadcasts. Photo: BCC Media. Johannes Schmechel, as the leader of the media operation, told us that it took a bit to make everything fall into place:.

Even though there are great expectations for the society to open up again, the pandemic has been a period of growth and development in BCC, and the international church has been knit together in completely new ways. There are many who are thankful for the vision which led to the media operation in BCC being so quickly mobilized as the corona pandemic closed the world down, almost two years ago.

Johannes Schmechel points out a Bible verse which has comforted many throughout this time, and comes with an encouragement:.