
"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