"See You At The Pole" School Prayer Rally
(for the week of August 21 – 27, 2005)
FROM THE NATIONAL PRAYER EMBASSY, HERE IS
TODAY'S PRAYER ALERT: A VOLUNTARY
NATIONWIDE PRAYER MEETING FOR U.S. PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 7 A.M. IN
EACH SUCCESSIVE TIME ZONE. THIS MEETING IS
CALLED "SEE YOU AT THE POLE," SINCE IT IS
HELD OUTDOORS NEAR THE FLAGPOLES AT
EACH SCHOOL. LAST YEAR OVER TWO MILLION
STUDENTS IN EVERY STATE AND IN MANY
FOREIGN NATIONS WERE INVOLVED. THIS
PRAYER MEETING HAS SPECIAL MEANING IN
LIGHT OF THE FATAL SHOOTINGS IN RECENT
YEARS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS
ACROSS AMERICA. THESE "SEE YOU AT THE POLE"
SCHOOL PRAYER MEETINGS HAVE BEEN RULED
LEGAL BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, SINCE
ONLY STUDENTS LEAD THE PRAYERS, AND SINCE
THE MEETINGS ARE HELD BEFORE REGULAR
SCHOOL HOURS, ON THE SAME BASIS AS ANY
OTHER SCHOOL CLUB. AGAIN THIS YEAR ADULTS
ARE BEING URGED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS
BY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE
PRAYER MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME, OR THE
NIGHT BEFORE, AT HOMES, CHURCHES, CITY
HALL FLAGPOLES, OR IN VEHICLES PARKED
NEARBY OR CIRCLING THE SCHOOL GROUNDS.
SOME CHURCHES ARE PLANNING "CAMPUS
CHALLENGE" SERVICES FOR THE PREVIOUS
WEEKEND, TO RECOGNIZE AND PRAY FOR
STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. LET'S PRAY ABOUT
ALL THIS TODAY: "ALMIGHTY GOD, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK YOU FOR
PERFECTING THE "SEE YOU AT THE POLE"
PRAYER MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. WE
THANK YOU LORD FOR GOOD WEATHER, GOOD
ORGANIZATION, GOOD TURNOUT AND A GOOD
SPIRIT OF UNITY AT EACH PRAYER MEETING,
SO THAT YOUR WILL ALONE CAN BE DONE IN
AND THROUGH OUR NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN!" FOR FUTURE ALERTS
CALL 1-800-828-PRAY OR WWW.NATLPRAYEMB.ORG
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