An original hymn with text by Kathryn Hales below.  Watch on YouTube: A Prayer for the New Year

Twas the night before New Year’s and all through the towns,

People were cheering, jumping up and down;

They stood in anticipation to watch a ball drop,

Or exclaimed in amazement as fireworks popped.

What happens next, as a new year begins?

Will people be more loving? Repent of their sins?

A blank calendar now opens__months, weeks and days__

Will we draw closer to Jesus and follow His ways?

That’s the way to make this a truly Happy New Year,

So may we all resolve to fill it with good cheer,

And all anger and fighting immediately cease,

That at last we’ll have a time of good will and peace.