See You At The Pole

• See You At The Pole

History of SYATP
On 1990-APR-6, a group of teenagers in Burleson, TX assembled for a discipleship retreat. That night they decided to go to three schools and pray around the campus' flagpoles for their friends and fellow students. In 1990-JUN, at a rally of teenagers in Dallas TX, over 20,000 attendees were challenged to organize prayer sessions at their schools, following the Burleson example. Some 45,000 students at 1,200 schools in 4 states did just that on 1990-SEP-12 at 07:00 hours. The movement went national one year later.

In 1998, over 3 million students in all 50 U.S. states and in over 20 other countries met at their school flagpole for prayer. Groups range in size from 1 brave soul, to several hundred students. About 75% of the public schools had a prayer service.

The events are monitored by the National Network of Youth Ministries. However, each prayer meeting is sponsored, organized and led by local students at each participating school. Sometimes, they meet for individual silent prayer; at other schools they sing and are led in audible prayer by one of their fellow students.