National Day of Prayer

One of the great things about Unity Christian School is that a very detailed operating constitution has been established. The operating constitution includes the school mission and vision statements, Christian education philosophy, core values and operating principles. You may be asking how the UCS operating constitution relates to an essay on the National Day of Prayer. The reason is at UCS, prayer is a core value.

When the National Day of Prayer comes around each year it gives us a reason to celebrate school-wide prayer during a school day that is already marked with prayers of students, teachers, administrators, parents, and countless other UCS prayer warriors. Each and every day is opened with prayer and devotion in home room. Additionally, faculty and staff have daily prayer and devotion and the administrative team has devotion and prayer every Thursday morning from 8:30-9:30. In fact, UCS would not be what it was today if it wasn’t for the fervent prayers of all those who love and support the school.

During the National Day of Prayer students, faculty, and administration led the school in a moment of prayer at the beginning of each hour of the school day. The following schedule outlines the specific area of prayer each hour:

8:00am - Praise to the Lord for His Blessings and Goodness
9:00am - Prayer for classmates and all schools located in Rome/Floyd County
10:00am - Prayer for faculty, staff, and administration
11:00am - Prayer for state/local officials, safety personnel (Sheriff, Police, EMS, Firemen)
12:00pm - Prayer for President Bush, Congress and Federal Employees
1:00pm - Prayer for leaders of other countries
2:00pm - Prayer for missionaries in the USA and foreign countries
3:00pm - Prayer for military personnel

What a blessing it is to live in a country where the open prayer to God is a freedom enjoyed by all.

Glenn Getchell,
Headmaster