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Josiah Potter performs a skit with members of the Milligan theater department during the See You at the Pole Rally Saturday. |
Photo by Jason Harville |
Over 200 middle school and high school students gathered in Seeger Chapel on Sept. 14 for a See You at the Pole praise and worship pre-rally.
The event was the project between a partnership of Milligan, Youth in Ministry, and Ground Zero.
The evening included an original drama written by
Dick Major and performed by Milligan students, praise and worship led by
Ground Zero, See You at the Pole videos and guest speaker Kenny White.
White emphasized for students to gather under their
school’s flagpoles on Sept. 18 as part of a nationwide prayer gathering. He
urged students to pray publicly for the nation and for President Bush and to
praise God for free worship in America. White is the senior minister at
Christ’s Church at Whitewater in Fayetteville, Ga., and former youth
minister of First Christian Church in Johnson City.
Ninth-grader Barry Lindamood of Hunter First Baptist
Church, said he plans to meet at his school’s flagpole at Mountain Empire
High School in Bristol, Tenn. “It’s going to rock the nation…prayer,
students praying…God honors it,” he said.
“It is our goal at Youth in Ministry to increase
participation in the See You at the Pole rallies in the area,” Phyllis
Fox, director
of Youth in Ministry, said. “Through this pre-celebration, we hope to create
awareness and build excitement in the area youth.”
Mandee Geiselman, a 13-year old eighth grade student
at Science Hill High School, came with her youth group from Southwest Baptist
Church in Johnson City to the event.
“I’m learning new things about Jesus, how he
sacrificed and died,” she said.
Kristin Land, director of marketing for Ground Zero,
said the organization seeks to introduce high school students to Christ and
equip them to make a difference.
“We want to be innovative…this is such a
media-saturated generation,” she said.
Ground Zero projects that its nightclub for high
school students will open in about one year. Club 121 is another student
outreach effort by Ground Zero that is currently located on six local high
school campuses. Students participate in peer-to-peer evangelism and are led
by youth workers.