While most were out celebrating the dawn of the New Year, others took a more tranquil approach.

Celebrating New Year's Eve in church was described as a way of calling for God's direction and setting the year 2024 off on the right foot.

Some people, whom the nbc News team spoke to, said that celebrating New Year's Eve in church is a way of thanking God for all he has done and setting the right pace for the new year.