Praying for Moore Schools

I was recently privileged to participate in a prayer event

directed at building up and supporting every school in 

Moore County.  Christians gathered at every campus on

a Sunday afternoon to pray for every aspect of the coming

school year.  The prayer guide below states the mission

of Praying Moore Schools.  Note their website, which I

encourage you to visit.

Did you realize we have this many schools in our

community? They sought to be inclusive of public schools,

Christian schools, and other private schools.  I would like

to add the numerous home schools to our prayer list.

I was impressed with the thoughtful manner

in which prayer needs were suggested, including items

 that adults, teens, and younger children might pray for.

As someone who has been a student, a parent,

and a teacher, I can vouch for the fact that prayer

is needed not only at the beginning of the school

year, but on a daily basis.  It is a myth that God is

not in our schools.  In fact, most teachers I know are

professing Christians.  It is also not widely known 

that our county has a written policy mandating a 

moment of silence in every classroom each morning.

While prayer cannot be dictated as the purpose,

parents should provide guidance to their children

in the use of that time, also bearing in mind that

children are in no way restricted from private prayer

during the school day.

I have no doubt that the efforts to educate, grow, 

and nurture thousands of children will prosper if

we all commit to undergirding them with prayer.