Adopt-A-School

The Adopt-A-School presentation will help your church make a difference in the public schools in your community! For example,

here are 30 ways that your church can make a difference…

(download a PDF version of this page)

Churches

1. Dedicate a bulletin board in your church to encouraging prayer for schools.

2. Create prayer magnets to remind people to remember schools in their prayers.

3. Buy resources to help students have a successful See You At The Pole event (www.syatp.com)

4. Buy Bibles, Gospels of John, tracts, etc. for Christian students to distribute at school (www.ibsdirect.com,

www.pocketpower.com, www.bookofhope.com, www.atstracts.org).

5. Plan a Plan a commissioning service to pray for/over Christian teenagers as “missionaries” to their schools.

6. Buy tickets to Christian concerts that students can give out to friends at school. (www.genexconcerts.com – western PA only)

7. Buy pizzas for the Christian club at a local school to do an outreach to their friends.

Parents

1. Pray for schools as you drive near/through school zones (www.prayerzonepartners.com)

2. Start a Moms in Touch prayer group (www.momsintouch.org)

3. Organize monthly prayer walks at local schools (www.reviveprayerwalk.org)

4. Become a mentor to a teenager in your church or community (www.mentoryouth.com)

5. Join your school’s PTA group.

6. Organize parent meetings on a regular basis to pray for schools, communicate prayer needs, resource needs, and volunteer needs.

7. Meet with school officials and ask about ways to volunteer.

8. Run for election on the School Board

9. Support your church’s youth pastor / youth ministry

Students

1. Download the 9 Month Mission Trip resource guide!

2. Start a Bible Club, prayer group, FCA, Youth Alive, Club 121, or First Priority Club (www.gocampus.org, www.catchthis.net, www.campusmissions.org,

www.fca.org, www.fpoa.org).

3. Organize See You At The Pole

(www.syatp.com)

4. Participate in Fields of Faith

(www.fieldsoffaith.org)

5. Claim Your Campus

(www.claimyourcampus.com)

6. Participate in MBA day on January 22 (www.teensforchrist.org/ mba.aspx).

7. Copy pages out of a school's yearbook and ask adults in your church to pray for a page.

8. Organize Jesus Week

(www.teensforchrist.org/jesusweek.aspx)

Youth Pastors

1. Equip students with the knowledge of their legal rights at school (www.aclj.org).

2. Make appointments to meet with school administrators. Ask them what they need and how you can help.

3. Work with other youth pastors to bring school assembly programs to schools.

(www.feelthepower.org, www.reachyourcity.com, www.thesevenproject.com, www.sethfranco.com)

4. Become an assistant coach.

5. Do the Campus Checkup with your students and other youth groups.

(www.everyschool.com)

6. Sponsor an evangelism/ campus ministry training event with other youth pastors in your community.

7. Connect with other youth pastors in your community to share ideas, create a common strategy, etc...