Every year, Christian students in public and private schools are invited to demonstrate their faith by gathering for prayer across the nation one day each year. Many local school campus ministries use this catalytic event to launch their first meeting of the year. For many, See You At The Pole (SYATP) is the school's largest demonstration of prayer for the entire year.
See You At The Pole is designed to jumpstart prayer in our schools, however for many, it has become the pinnacle. I love SYATP, but we often forget that SYATP exists to stir students to launch more than just one annual day of prayer. SYATP is a wonderful opportunity for prayer to be established, but it is also a representation of our need to make prayer a daily (or at least weekly) reality. What was meant to jumpstart daily prayer has become the pinnacle of prayer in our schools.
It is important to see SYATP not as the height of prayer in our schools, but as the baseline. One annual day of prayer is not enough. Therefore, I encourage you to use SYATP as a launchpad and catalyst. Use the national gathering of students to give vision for not only one day out of the year but daily prayer launched in our schools.
Imagine the impact of prayer happening not just once each year, but daily...
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