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Empowering Ordinary People To Defend Our Family & Social Values |
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Friday, August 29, 2008 | |
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C2A... FYI See You at the Pole! Wednesday, September 26th Friends, In 2 Chronicles 7:14 God told us that He would heal our land, but there were a few things we needed to do first:
See You at the Pole (SYATP) began on September 12, 1990 when 45,000 students in four states gathered at their school flag poles at 7am to pray for theirﾃつfriends, schools and leaders (check out the inspiringﾃつhistory here).ﾃつ Next Wednesday, September 26th,ﾃつover 3 million students across America will do the same.ﾃつ Will your children be a partﾃつof thatﾃつconcert of prayer?ﾃつ Will you? If we aren't willing to pray about the things that we hold dear, all the activism in the world won't work.ﾃつ If you have children in school, please encourage them to take part in SYATP 2007!ﾃつ We also want to encourage YOU to be there as well...and yes, even Teachers can participate!ﾃつ The SYATP website has some tremendous information about thisﾃつannual event as well as great resources and even some "clip art" so you can make your own invitations!ﾃつ Visit them online at www.syatp.com .ﾃつ Many local churches are encouraging their students to take part, so be sure to check with your youth program as well! You may be wondering about the so-called "separation of church and state" issue as it relates to this type of event.ﾃつﾃつSYATP is student-led, it is before school hours, and it is outside of any school building. It does not cost the district anything financially for students to meet to pray, so they arenﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢t ﾃ｢竄ｬﾅ兎stablishing religionﾃ｢竄ｬﾂ with tax money.ﾃつﾃつ Teachersﾃつhave a constitutional right to take part as well...but they need to do so as private citizens and they should not discuss any school issues during the event.ﾃつﾃつOur legal friends atﾃつthe Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) also suggest that teachers go straight to the pole for the event before they enter the school for their work day.ﾃつ Unfortunately,ﾃつlast year one of the schools in Wake County (Root Elementary), under the direction ofﾃつWake Co. Public School System Attorneys, actually informed teachers that they were not allowed to take part in SYATP!ﾃつﾃつOur friends at ADF sent them a letter outlining the legal precedents that clearly showed this move was a violationﾃつof teacher's rights under the U.S. Constitution.ﾃつ Just last week, we had them send another letter toﾃつSuperintendent Del Burns as well as the rest of the School Board Membersﾃつreminding them of the constitutional rights of allﾃつteacher's.ﾃつ If the school system violates these rights, we have Christianﾃつlegal defense organizations ready to file suit. Finally, students do have the right to pass out invitations to other students, teachers and staff...but should do so during non-instructional times (lunch, before or after school). The SYATP website also has good legal support information. With all the turmoil that our school systems have to deal with, let's gather at the pole on Wednesday, September 26th at 7:00amﾃつand liftﾃつthem up in prayer! In His Service, Steve Noble, Chairman ﾃつ ﾃつﾃつﾃつﾃつﾃつﾃつ ﾃつﾃつ Back to Home Page |
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