See You at the Pole
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Photo by Shari Harris
Dr. Dan Hatch addressed the students and adults who gathered in the courtyard of Licking High School Wednesday for the See You at the Pole event.
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By Shari Harris
Co-Publisher
On Wednesday, Sept. 25,
at schools around the country, students and adults gathered around the flagpole
to pray. Wednesday was the middle of the Global Week of Student Prayer (Sept.
22-28). Students were challenged throughout the week to find new, unique ways,
places and times to pray. Students at Licking High School planned their own
gathering.
Licking students who
wished to participate, and several of the adults who support them, filled the
courtyard at Licking High School at 7:45 a.m. The spattering of rain didn’t
deter those present, as guest speaker Dr. Dan Hatch spoke from the steps of the
high school where he has taught for 43 years.
Dr. Hatch spoke of issues
that face students today. He spoke of the need for prayer related to the gun
violence that plagues our nation. He emphasized that the change has “got to
start with us, our family, our relationship with God.” One important component
is love, to “love God,” to “love your neighbor.”
Dr. Hatch stressed
sensitivity, to “think about how others feel.” He addressed how “people seek
out an opportunity to belong to something.” High school can be a place where
many cliques and groups form. He challenged the students to “provide someone an
opportunity to belong to something positive,” and to avoid rejecting others and
turning them “to something negative.”
He encouraged the
students to join with other students in prayer meetings, and to use the prayer
lockers. “Teamwork” is a key. Another key mentioned is to “pray without
ceasing.”
At the end of Dr. Hatch’s
presentation, Mr. Krewson directed the adults to form a circle around the
students, who gathered on the grass around the flagpole. All held hands and
prayed, individually and as a group, most silently, some aloud. The same
actions were carried out across our country. The multitude of prayers going up
must have been awesome.
May the students of
Licking School and all of our area schools always be willing to hold hands with
their neighbor and be sensitive to the needs of others, and may they always
have the support of the adults in the community.
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