Dawhenya, (Near Tema), Jan. 01, GNA— It was a night of music, dance, prayers, jubilation, and the Word of God as both congregants and visitors thronged the Banner of Grace Ministries at Dawhenya Terrazzo junction to say goodbye to the year 2021 and welcome the New Year 2022.
While in the past most churches, especially the orthodox ones would see everyone attending the December 31 watch night service in white apparel, with the women wearing their slit and kaba, with white headgears to signify their victory for surviving the 365 days in the departing year.
The 2021 watch night service story at the Banner of Grace Ministries was different as a greater number of persons who kept watch went for comfort as most of the ladies were in trousers, with some white casuals, while others dressed in fashionable dresses over flat shoes, slippers or sandals.
The music department of the church stole the show with their sportiness as both men and women of the choir turned up in hoodies over a pair of jeans trousers and sneakers.
They were not limited in the colours of their hoodies and sneakers, bright colours including red, yellow, green, orange as well as dull ones such as black were all duly represented giving the stage which was well lit an ambiance of a concert theater.
The songs and professional striking of chords, keyboards, and melodious beating of the set of drums, coupled with their energetic and rhythmic moves showed that they were in church “not to play” but to lead the people to the throne of grace while thanking God for seeing them through 2021 to the end.
Church members had no choice but to dance their hearts out as it was practically impossible to sit with such good classics, the latest gospel sounds being churned out by such sporty singers on the last night of the year.
Declarations for good tidings and blessings for the year 2022 were made interspersed with music, giving the church members the right mood to start a new year.
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