On Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, First Priority held its seventh annual Leader’s Summit sponsored by Chick-fil-A, Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence at Samford University and Food for the Hungry. Nearly 1,000 students, teachers, youth leaders and parents from 85 middle, intermediate, junior high and high schools across Central Alabama attended this year’s event. Leader’s [...]
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Leader’s Summit Recap and Pictures
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Campus Update – Hueytown Middle School students and local churches uniting as ONE for Christ
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012First Priority is a mid-week must for most students at Hueytown Middle school. It’s not hard to find the students on Wednesday morning standing outside the door telling their friends to come worship and hear the word. Local youth pastors and worship leaders join together to help students reach their peers with the message of [...]
Update and pictures from Alive in the Mountains
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011We are at Alive in the Mountains this week. More than 650 students and group leaders have joined us for this life-changing retreat. We ask you to continue to pray for students as they are challenged to embrace Scripture, God’s Word, for answers and direction for their lives. God has already begun to move in [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from First Priority
Thursday, November 24th, 2011We hope you and your family have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving holiday. We are so thankful for you and your continuous prayer and support. It is because of you that we are able to reach students with the love and message of Jesus Christ each week on more than 250 school campuses across the [...]
Campus Update – Great things happening in our Schools!
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011Despite tornados, great things happening at Daniel Payne Middle School Daniel Payne Middle School is just one of the many schools across our state with a First Priority Club. It is also one of the many schools affected by April’s disastrous tornados. More than 100 students have been misplaced and did not return back to [...]
Millions attend See You at the Pole “Converge”
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011On September 28, 2011, more than 30,000 local students participated in this year’s “See You at the Pole.” Millions participated world-wide. Before school, students joined together at their school’s flagpole in prayer for their friends, school, city, state, nation and the world. Many lives were touched, changed and challenged by one of the nation’s largest [...]
See You at the Pole News Coverage
Thursday, September 29th, 2011See You at the Pole was incredible! You could truly feel God’s presence. Be sure to check out the different videos, pictures and news articles about this momentous day from different TV stations and newspapers below. “See You at the Pole” on Wednesday – The North Jefferson News: http://www.njeffersonnews.com/local/x1860101949/-See-You-at-the-Pole-on-Wednesday First Priority Executive Director Matt Wilson on ABC 33/40′s Talk of [...]
First Priority Golf Tournament was Huge Success!
Friday, September 23rd, 2011We would like to thank all those who participated in our Tee Time Golf Tournament with husband and wife Doug Bell and Brenda Ladun. The weather was amazing and everyone enjoyed a round of golf as well as breakfast from Scott’s Koneys and lunch from Farmlinks. We would like to give a special thanks to [...]
See You at the Pole 2011
Thursday, September 8th, 2011A small group of teens in Burleson, Texas started a movement in 1990 when they went to their school’s flagpole and prayed for their friends, schools and leaders. Since that time, an entire generation of students in all parts of the world has met on the fourth Wednesday morning of September at their school’s flagpole [...]
Students and Movements – City-Wide Recap
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011First Priority held a City-Wide Network Meeting on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Regions Park. More than 100 youth leaders across the Greater Birmingham area attended for a time of equipping, encouragement and fellowship. Everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch from Scott’s Koneys. Our special guest speaker Dr. Alvin Reid, professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry [...]