Nearly 40 years ago, a small group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas, came together for a DiscipleNow weekend. They came seeking God, and little did they know how powerfully He was about to move. Feeling compelled to pray, they drove to three different schools on that Saturday night. Not knowing exactly what to do, they went to the school flagpoles and prayed for their friends, schools, and leaders. This led to sharing their vision of students throughout Texas following these examples and meeting at their school flagpoles to pray simultaneously. The challenge was named See You at the Pole™ and was shared with 20,000 students in June 1990 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.
Only God had envisioned how many students would step up to the challenge. At 7:00 a.m. on September 12, 1990, more than 45,000 teenagers met at school flagpoles in four different states to pray before the start of school. A few months later, a group of youth ministers gathered together for a national conference in Colorado. Many of them reported that their students had heard about the prayer movement in Texas and were equally burdened for their schools. It was determined that students across the country would be creating their own national day of student prayer based upon their reports.
On September 11, 1991, at 7:00 a.m., an estimated one million students gathered at school flagpoles all over the country. From Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, from North Dakota to the tip of Texas, students came together to pray. Some sang, some read Scripture, but most importantly, they prayed. Like those first students, they prayed for their schools, for their friends, for their leaders, and for their country. God used the obedience of a small group of teenagers to ignite what has become an international movement of prayer among young people.
Since 1991, the movement began to spread to other nations through missionaries from the U.S. Now each year, an estimated 1 million students from all the world participate in See You at the Pole™. Students in more than 64 countries have participated. God is continuing to call His people to repentance and prayer. Countless inspiring testimonies of how He has used See You at the Pole™ to bring students to Christ and to change lives affirm God’s power to answer those who cry out to Him in humble dependence. – History of See You at the Pole taken from SYATP Website.
Summit Christian Academy will be participating in the See You at the Pole event on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 7:45 am. Parents are invited and encouraged to join us! This event is indescribable, and has a great impact on all who attend.