FROM THE NATIONAL PRAYER EMBASSY, HERE IS TODAY'S PRAYER ALERT:

A VOLUNTARY NATIONWIDE PRAYER MEETING FOR U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCEDFOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 7 A.M. IN EACH SUCCESSIVE TIME ZONE.

THIS MEETING IS CALLED "SEE YOU AT THE POLE," SINCE IT IS HELD OUTDOORS NEAR THE FLAGPOLES AT EACH SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR OVER TWO MILLION STUDENTS IN EVERY STATE AND IN MANY FOREIGN NATIONS WERE INVOLVED. THIS PRAYER MEETING HAS SPECIAL MEANING IN LIGHT OF THE FATAL SHOOTINGS IN RECENT YEARS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ACROSS AMERICA. THESE

"SEE YOU AT THE POLE"SCHOOL PRAYER MEETINGS HAVE BEEN RULED LEGAL BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, SINCE ONLY STUDENTS LEAD THE PRAYERS, AND SINCE THE MEETINGS ARE HELD BEFORE REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS, ON THE SAME BASIS AS ANY OTHER SCHOOL CLUB.

AGAIN THIS YEAR ADULTS ARE BEING URGED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS BY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE PRAYER MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME, OR THE NIGHT BEFORE, AT HOMES, CHURCHES, CITY HALL FLAGPOLES, OR IN VEHICLES PARKED NEARBY OR CIRCLING THE SCHOOL GROUNDS.

SOME CHURCHES ARE PLANNING "CAMPUS CHALLENGE" SERVICES FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND, TO RECOGNIZE AND PRAY FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.

LET'S PRAY ABOUT ALL THIS TODAY:

"ALMIGHTY GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK YOU FOR PERFECTING THE "SEE YOU AT THE POLE" PRAYER MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

WETHANK YOU LORD FOR GOOD WEATHER, GOOD ORGANIZATION, GOOD TURNOUT AND A GOOD SPIRIT OF UNITY AT EACH PRAYER MEETING, SO THAT YOUR WILL ALONE CAN BE DONE IN AND THROUGH OUR NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN!"

FOR FUTURE ALERTS CALL 1-800-828-PRAY OR WWW.NATLPRAYEMB.ORG