As a school, we have many yearly traditions. We go on our high school retreat, have lip syncs during Spirit Week, Spiritual Emphasis Day, and Senior Trip. But, one thing we also do every year is See You at the Pole.
See You at the Pole is something that kids do nationwide whether you attend a public school or private. All the students go and stand around the Flag pole (In the past they’ve stood out in pouring rain too!) and pray. This is an event that is not put on by adults but instead it’s up to the students to put it on by themselves. At CCS the seniors are in charge of putting the entire thing together.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 7am there were 40 middle and high school students standing around the flag pole ready, and wanting to worship the Lord through song and prayer. The morning started with reading of Bible verses. We then broke off into small groups to pray and thank the Lord for the things He has blessed us with. After a few minutes of prayer we then gathered back around the flag pole. Hayley Mohr played guitar and Natalie Kapanka led us in the song “10,000 Reasons”. After, more verses were read, and we gathered into our small groups to pray this time for the school staff, and school board members. We began singing “Came to My Rescue” and after that we then broke off into groups and prayed for the last time. This time we prayed for our peers. We also took prayer requests. For the final time we gathered around the flag pole. We ended with singing “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us.” We joined hands and did one final prayer, as a big group.
Sometimes I think when you are allowed to pray, worship and talk about God openly in school, we tend to take it for granted. It was amazing to see 40 students show up not because they had to or their parents made them, but instead because they wanted to be there. We then got to go inside right before school started and got to eat doughnuts together and visit one another right before starting the school day.
- Megan Beals, Senior
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