See you at the pole

Wednesday, September 26^th a group of Coronado students gathered in front of the school for the international event of See You at the Pole. See You at the Pole is a global day of student prayer that began in 1990 when ten students met at school to pray. It is simply a prayer rally that began as a grass roots movement where students gather at the school flagpole before school starts to lift everyone, including their friends, families, faculty member, other students, and nation to God. It is a student-initiated, student-organized, and student-led event.

At Coronado, traditionally the seniors lead the event each year. Last year Garret Oden and a few of his friends got to together to organize and lead See You at the Pole (SYATP). This year Hannah Solomon and I took the liberty of planning and initiating it. When she approached me about it that Sunday morning at church I had no idea what we were supposed to do because we had no one to help us. We ended up asking a lot of people to participate in the event by bringing donuts and leading worship.  Many people were more than willing to help out with the cause. There was a student from each grade that agreed to share something with the group that morning; including Chris Cisneros, Tyler Blackwell, Averie Ruiz, and Anna Beth Lane. Also, Brianna Burns, a senior at Coronado, offered to bring donuts to the event. Throughout all the planning and organizing, we became very excited for Wednesday morning.

We all woke up bright and early that morning excited for what was going to take place. Several students showed up and enjoyed the donuts and coffee. As we began to pray and worship more and more people gathered to see what was going on. Chris Cisneros lead worship by playing the guitar as we all sang along. We had a good time together praying and worshiping God that morning. It was nice being able to be a part of such a large movement. I feel lucky to be able to contribute to such an important event that takes part around the world. It impacted people just by knowing the reason for us being there and for us taking action. It is a fun and meaningful tradition that I know will carry on at Coronado for many years to come.