Millions of students gathered on school grounds this morning for "See You at the Pole 2012," the annual global day of student prayer.
The theme for this year's event is "AWAKEN," taken from the prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21. At Oxford High School in Oxford, Mississippi, nearly 100 students gathered for the student-initiated and student-led movement.
Caleb Stanley, a senior at Oxford High School and president of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, tells OneNewsNow students interceded for their leaders, schools, and families, asking God to bring moral and spiritual awakening to their campus and community.
"It's great that at a place where we spend most of our adolescent life that we can be closer to God, that it's not just at night at school, on Sundays and Wednesdays, and all the youth groups that … actually can take this time during school and be with God," he shares.
The senior adds that See You at the Pole empowers students in prayer at the beginning of the school year to take leadership at their schools.
"They try so hard to take prayer and take God out of school, and it's just awesome to see all these students come together and … say no -- we're going to be close to God, and there's nothing you can do about it to stop us."
This is the 22nd anniversary for See You at the Pole. The event is held on the fourth Wednesday of September. According to SYATP.com, more than three million students from at least 20 countries participate.