First Priority

^{Are you ready to LIVE THE LIFE?}

^{Come to First Priority.}

This group is made up of middle&high school students striving to make our relationship with God the “1^st Priority” in our lives. All students are welcome, there are no dues to pay. Weekly meetings may include eating, singing, prayer, testimonies and devotions from students, teachers or local youth leaders.
First Priority is active in service to the school, community, and the world.

MEETING SCHEDULE FOR FIRST PRIORITY
Thursday at 7:30 a.m.
1st&3rd Thursday - Middle School
2nd&4th Thursday - High School
5th Thursday - Meet together

Upcoming Events&Possible Projects for 2010-2011

*See You at the Pole – Wednesday September 22
*The 2010 See You at the Pole™ theme is - Reveal - based on the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9–13

PJs for Mexico – Love the Children Ministry

Christmas gifts for Orphans

Adullam House Outreach
Leaders Conference

Past First Priority Projects

See You At The Pole http://www.syatp.com/home/
EA Trunk or Treat - 1st Place Booth
Christmas Bags for the Ukraine CHRISTMASMAS%20HOPE%202009EA.doc
Operation Christmas Child http://samaritanspurse.gotdns.org/
Youth Inspirations Conference
Adullam House Service Day http://www.adullamhouse.org
First Priority Leaders Summit - check out photos from the gallery at First Priority of Alabama http://www.gofirstpriority.com/
See You At The Pole http://www.syatp.com/home/
Christmas Bags for the Ukraine CHRISTMASMAS%20HOPE%202009EA.doc

At SYATP last September, Mr. Clark gave a testimony of how God answered prayer in his life. Students shared Bible verses, prayed and sang. Over 75 students, faculty, parents and youth leaders joined at the flagpole to pray for our school, our families, our community and our nation.

CHRISTMAS OF HOPE for Ukraine Orphans

We received this letter from Mr. Tom Phillips regarding our Christmas bags for the children of the Ukraine:

First Priority

Edgewood Academy

PO Box 160

Elmore, AL 36025

Dear Mrs. Powell, staff, and students,

Christmas is observed on January 7 in Ukraine. A typical January day is overcast and gloomy. Because the government can afford only basic utilities, the orphanages are dimly lit and frigid. Children move slowly with frosted breaths and hands blue from the cold. The teachers and counselors are overworked and underpaid; dispirited by the dull plight of their own lives and the fading hope in the eyes of the children.

According to Kristina, a beautiful Uglegorsk teen, “The worst part of life in the orphanage is the boredom.” There are few recreation opportunities and the educational program is anemic and unstructured. The children are unloved and unchallenged. They are intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually adrift in a forgotten world of loneliness.

But the Edgewood staff and students are helping change this climate of despair! You are planting the seed of hope by assuring them they are loved.

Thank you for your generous help in touching the lives of these abandoned children. The Christmas of Hope gifts you contributed, enabled us to reach more than 1,000 children in Uglegorsk and three other orphanages in Donetsk. Ukrainian Christian will deliver the gifts.

James (1:27) tells us there is a special place in the Lord’s heart for those who touch the lives of the orphans. Your gift was a gift of joy and a message of God’s love. May His special blessings be upon all of you during the coming year.

For the children,

Tom Phillips