Today was SYATP for our students. We had teens from Sullivan High School, Sullivan Middle School, Spring Bluff, and Cuba participate in the national See You At The Pole event. Even students in our Elementary school were able to participate.
So what is SYATP?
See You at the Pole™ is a student-initiated, student organized, and student-led event. That means this is all about students meeting at their school flagpole to pray—for their school, friends teachers, government, and their nation. See You at the Pole™ is not a demonstration, political rally, nor a stand for or against anything. See You at the Pole™ is scheduled annually on the fourth Wednesday in September. (http://www.syatp.com/home/)
The theme this year was “Be Still and Know that I am God.” found in Psalm 46:10:
In a world of chaos, clutter, and endless activity, God is calling for us to PAUSE . . . and listen to Him.
Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations.”
The context of this familiar Old Testament passage includes powerful images of mountains falling into the ocean and cities under assault with burning chariots. Yet God’s instruction, in the midst of this chaos, is to HALT! The Hebrew word “raphah” here means: be quiet, relax, quit, do nothing, cease striving, step out of the rat race, get off of the treadmill of life, slow down, be silent, let go, be still, or perhaps, best of all, STOP!
You can’t live a life full of busyness all the time and expect to truly hear from God. If you genuinely want to see, hear, and experience the extraordinary power of God on your campus you will have to purpose to be a part of what He is doing. It won’t come by accident! Such movements all through history always began with prayer and most often with students.
See You at the Pole™ is simply a starting place and an opportunity for you to pause and unite with others, pleading for God to do a mighty work in your midst. It is very simple!—Be still. Know God. (http://www.syatp.com/home/)
If just for a moment, our students were able to remove themselves from the busyness of going to school to take just a few moments in the morning to pray for their schools, their peers, and the nation. It was a time to bill still in the midst of the chaos they experience every week. Overall over 80 students participated in SYATP in our community.
At Sullivan High School the students met together and prayed in small groups first:
After they finished praying in their small groups, they held hands around the flag pole and began to pray as a larger group.
