See You at the Pole!

SACRAMENTO – As students return to school in the fall, many gear up for an annual student-initiated, student-organized, and student-led event, See You at the Pole (SYATP). SYATP provides students with an opportunity to join like-minded fellow students to pray together at school flagpoles. 

 

Now in its second decade, SYATP began in Texas in 1990 and has since grown to 3 million students in all 50 states and on six continents. Last year’s participants reported how their faiths were stretched as they were tasked with leading prayer on their campuses. Some prayed alone; others led hundreds of fellow students in prayer. In all cases, they prayed, lifting up themselves, their schools, their communities, and their nation in prayer. This year, students of all ages will unite on September 23 to blanket their campuses and communities in prayer. 

 

A San Diego youth pastor reported that 70 students – who planned to continue meeting weekly – met at Westview High School for SYATP 2008. Only four students gathered at Menlo-Atherton High School last fall, yet they experienced a rich time of ministry and fellowship; two of those students planned to begin a Christian club on campus.

 

The theme for See You at the Pole 2009 is “Engage: Go and Pray,” taken from II Kings 22. When a teenaged King Josiah began to pursue God passionately and ordered his officials to “Go and pray to God for me and for the people,”  (II Kings 22:13a, the Message) the result was revival in Israel. As students rise to the challenge to step out in faith and lead or join a SYATP event, the results can be staggering – perhaps revival will begin on the nation’s campuses. 

 

For more information, see syatp.org.