During my early teenage years our family attended an Independent Baptist Church. It was very fundamental in its approach and “straight lace” with rules like: No dancing, movies, “mixed bathing” in swimming pools, or dating without another couple. I’m not sure if it was just part of the era I lived in or a tradition of this type of church, but we always had “Watch Night Services” on New Year’s Eve. We gathered for three to four hours of sermons, … Continue reading Watchnight Services