See you @ the Pole?

Celebrating its 18th year, See You at the Pole will sweep the nation on Wednesday, September 26th @ 7 a.m! Initiated, organized and led by students, the annual event encourages youth to simply gather at the flagpole before school and pray.

In high school, I never really attended the Christian club nor did I ever
feel the need to engage in a round of 'religion debates' in the quad (I never hid my faith or the fact that I am a Christian, but felt my actions and character spoke louder that my words). See You at the Pole was one event, though, that I made sure to attend. It was always well publicized, as news photogs were always present as was the local Christian radio station with free breakfast and giveaways. We only had about 50 students gathered (and the occasional youth pastor who braved the morning hours and traffic); but, what I remember most about SYATP wasn't so much the early morning start or even the jokes made by others passing by. It was what I heard.

For about 30 minutes, I stood hand-in-hand with other Christians at my school around the flagpole. One by one, students would begin praying for our teachers, school administrators, the student body, for our city and even our nation and its leaders. Hearing these heartfelt prayers was not only encouraging, but it definitely gave me hope. Hope for the unsaved and un-reached, hope for our schools and hope that I wasn’t alone. Even in a public school, believers could rally together for the sake of His name. How cool is that?!

So tell us, what happened @ your flagpole?