Watch Night

God of the Dark and the Light

Watch Night, Year A

For some, this is a quiet observance, spent in prayer and reflection in anticipation of the new year to come. Others use the opportunity for a joyous celebration of the grace already shared and the promise of God’s presence in the future.

Scroll right to view table data >>>

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 UMH Table Head Info The United Methodist Hymnal MVPC Table Head Info Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Spanish) CLUW Table Head Info Come, Let Us Worship (Korean) TFWS Table Head Info The Faith We Sing SOZ Table Head Info Songs of Zion URW Table Head Info Upper Room Worshipbook WSM Table Head Info Worship & Song, Music Edition WSW Table Head Info Worship & Song, Worship Resources Edition SoG Table Head Info Songs of Grace TAH Table Head Info The Africana Hymnal
All Things Bright and Beautiful 147 63
Beams of Heaven as I Go 524 10
By Gracious Powers So Wonderfully Sheltered 517
For One Great Peace 2185
For the Fruits of This Creation 97 193
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go 438
From the Rising of the Sun 2024
God of the Ages 698 377
God, You Give Us Recreation 67
Great Is Thy Faithfulness 140 30 81 4011
Hymn of Promise (In the Bulb There Is a Flower) 707 338 392
I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051
In His Time 2203
O God, Our Help in Ages Past 117 200

Scroll right to view table data >>>

Psalm 8 UMH Table Head Info The United Methodist Hymnal MVPC Table Head Info Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Spanish) CLUW Table Head Info Come, Let Us Worship (Korean) TFWS Table Head Info The Faith We Sing SOZ Table Head Info Songs of Zion URW Table Head Info Upper Room Worshipbook WSM Table Head Info Worship & Song, Music Edition WSW Table Head Info Worship & Song, Worship Resources Edition SoG Table Head Info Songs of Grace TAH Table Head Info The Africana Hymnal
Across the Lands 3032
All Creatures of Our God and King 62 22
Amen, We Praise Your Name, O God (Amen Siakudumisa) 2067 398
Awesome God 2040 4004
Children of the Heavenly Father 141 335
Creation Sings! Each Plant and Tree 86
Creator God, how great is your name! 69
Creator God, How Great Is Your Name! (Psalm 8) 230
Creator of the Earth and Skies 450
For the Beauty of the Earth 92 8
For the Fruits of This Creation 97 193
From the Rising of the Sun 2024
Glory to God in the Highest 2276
God Created Heaven and Earth 151
God of all creation, we come with grateful 64
God of Wonders 3034
God, Our God, Your Glorious Name (Psalm 8) 229
God, whose fingers sculpt sun 42
God, Whose Love Is Reigning o’er Us 100 73 74
Great Is the Lord 2022
Hallelujah 3027
How Great Thou Art 77 2 61 4015
How great you are 3015
How Majestic Is Your Name 2023
I Sing the Almighty Power of God 152 65
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee 89 5 75 65
Many and Great, O God, Are Thy Things 148 50 71 232
O God Beyond All Praising 2009
O God in Heaven, Grant to Thy Children 119 227
O God, Our Help in Ages Past 117 200
O great and holy God, we sing hymns 109
O Lord, Our Lord (Psalm 8) 231
O Lord, Our Lord (Psalm 8, web)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven 66 75
Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire 492
The Earth Is the Lord’s 1

Scroll right to view table data >>>

Revelation 21:1-6 UMH Table Head Info The United Methodist Hymnal MVPC Table Head Info Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Spanish) CLUW Table Head Info Come, Let Us Worship (Korean) TFWS Table Head Info The Faith We Sing SOZ Table Head Info Songs of Zion URW Table Head Info Upper Room Worshipbook WSM Table Head Info Worship & Song, Music Edition WSW Table Head Info Worship & Song, Worship Resources Edition SoG Table Head Info Songs of Grace TAH Table Head Info The Africana Hymnal
All Who Hunger 2126
Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come 725
Awesome God 2040 4004
Beams of Heaven as I Go 524 10
Blessed Quietness 2142 206
Christ the Victorious, Give to Your Servants 653 380
Come to the Water 3114
Come, let us dream 3157
Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above 709 387
Come, We That Love the Lord (Marching to Zion) 733 3 139
Come, Ye Disconsolate, Where’er Ye Languish 510
For All the Saints 2283
For the Healing of the Nations 428
From the Rising of the Sun 2024
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken 731 256
God, Whose Love Is Always Stronger 77
God, Your Love and Care Surround Us 43
Here, O My Lord, I See Thee 623
I Want to Be Ready 722 151
I'll Fly Away 2282 183
Joy Comes with the Dawn 2210
Joy in the Morning 2284
Living Spirit, holy fire 3109
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling 384 100
My Faith Looks Up to Thee 452 215 4104
O Come and Dwell in Me 388
O Day of Peace That Dimly Shines 729
O Freedom 2194
O God, Our Help in Ages Past 117 200
O God, Whose Loving Has No End 44
O Holy City, Seen of John 726 390
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be 727
Open Our Eyes 2086
Sing with All the Saints in Glory 702 382
Soon and Very Soon 706 385 198
Spirit Song 347 190 91
There’s a Spirit in the Air 192
There’s Something About That Name 171 74
There’s Within My Heart a Melody 380 289
There's a war going on just across the street 3114
This Is a Day of New Beginnings 383 208 311
This Is the Feast of Victory 638
We Look to You, O Jesus 47
We Shall Overcome 533 140 127 4048
We Will Glorify the King of Kings 2087
When All Is Ended 133
You Who Are Thirsty 2132

Scroll right to view table data >>>

Matthew 25:31-46 UMH Table Head Info The United Methodist Hymnal MVPC Table Head Info Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Spanish) CLUW Table Head Info Come, Let Us Worship (Korean) TFWS Table Head Info The Faith We Sing SOZ Table Head Info Songs of Zion URW Table Head Info Upper Room Worshipbook WSM Table Head Info Worship & Song, Music Edition WSW Table Head Info Worship & Song, Worship Resources Edition SoG Table Head Info Songs of Grace TAH Table Head Info The Africana Hymnal
A Voice Was Heard in Ramah 72
All Who Hunger 2126
All Who Love and Serve Your City 433
As We Gather at Your Table 2268
As you have been fed at this table 169
Carol of the Epiphany 2094
Christ Is the World’s Light 188
Come, Share the Lord 2269
Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast (Communion) 616
Come, Ye Disconsolate, Where’er Ye Languish 510
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 694 241
Crown Him with Many Crowns 327 157
For One Great Peace 2185
For the Healing of the Nations 428
Forward Through the Ages 555
Gather Us In 2236 54
Go! Never stop going out from church 167
God of Creation 66
God Weeps 2048
God, How Can We Comprehend? 70
Great God of waves and flames, 12
Here Am I 2178
Here in this sanctuary we remember 158
How Can We Name a Love 111
How shall I come before the Lord 3124
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord 617 120
In Remembrance of Me 2254
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love 432 288 179 116
Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands 273 176
Looking Back, O God, We Wonder 48
Lord God, let me give until it helps the poor 98
Lord of the morning I awake to this new day 217
Lord, When Were You in Prison
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service 581 204
May the Christ who walks on wounded feet 27
Now It Is Evening 2187
O God of the Crucified Christ 199
O God, Our Help in Ages Past 117 200
O Lord, You Called Disciples 15
Once a Woman Seeking Water
People Need the Lord 2244
Rescue the Perishing 591
Shout to the Lord 2074
Sisters and brothers, let us claim the freedom 20
Sisters and brothers, whom will you seek 159
Sometimes the footfall seems incessant
Sometimes When I'm Praying
Star-Child 2095
Sunday's Palms Are Wednesday's Ashes 2138
The Children Come
There’s a Spirit in the Air 192
Together We Serve 2175
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing 131 361
What Does the Lord Require of You 2174
When the Church of Jesus Shuts Its Outer Door 592
When the Poor Ones (Cuando El Pobre) 434 301 138
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life 427 296
Wounded World that Cries for Healing 2177
You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd 3043