Wednesday, September 23, 2015

JONATHAN

“See You at the Pole”
Good morning! I’m Jonathan Crabtree, Pastor for Student Ministry at Central United Methodist Church. Today is a special day in the lives of our students - It’s a day of global prayer called, “See You at the Pole.” This movement started in 1990 with only ten students, and now, millions of students gather around their school flag poles on the fourth Wednesday in September in which they pray to God for their schools, communities, leaders, the Church, and their families. In fact, many schools gather at the 7 O’clock hour, so even right now, our students are leading the Church in prayer.

Prayer is often said as “talking to or with God.” While it is communicating to God, I find it to be much more than just talking, because I believe words express the fullness of what and who we are as humans. Today, our students are not just praying a yearly-prayer; no, they are expressing their concerns for the world, and through prayer, they listen to and join God in ministry to the entire world.