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This Week is HOOK WEEK!!!

This week in Cherokee Trail, Grandview, Smoky Hill, and Eaglecrest High Schools the gospel will be given. 

Each school will send out students two by two to invite students sitting in the hallways to come into a classroom on campus to hear the gospel! 

Please pray that students will be bold to invite students they know and don't know into the room to hear the gospel. Also pray for students that do come into the classroom, to be open to the message that is so prevalent this time of year (CHRISTmas). Pray the holy spirit goes before these students and prepares their hearts and minds so that the truth of the scriptures are revealed to them in a personal way. 

Our youth pastor meeting has grown to 11 youth pastors in the area, and we are starting to film the videos to give to new converts to Christ, to help them become disciples. 

Over 100 students have given their life to Christ on campus this year through First Priority of the Front Range! Praise God for you, this ministry, and what God is accomplishing through it. 

These students that are accepting Christ on campus are not church kids. These kids really are street kids, some coming strait from "smokers corner" into a room to have donuts and orange juice, and to hear what our club is all about. 

These students are not rejecting Christ, they have just never heard it before. This ministry is so important, and is starting to grow quickly. 

Thank you for all you do for my family, and this important ministry. 

If you have a desire to help out with providing donuts and orange juice for these clubs please let me know how you would like to help 

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Youth Pastors Disciple Students!

Well, if you read the title, you are probably thinking duh...
But the reality is, that we had 58 students accept Christ on campus at 3 schools last year (Cherokee Trail, Smoky Hill, and Grandview High Schools) in the last three months of school!!! 
Praise God right!
Well the discipleship depends on a few things
1. student relationship
2. connecting the new Christ follower to the church through the relationship
3. the church the new Christ follower attends has a discipleship program. 


We have been working on a few things over the summer together as one body. First, we have been bringing our discipleship programs at each of our churches up to par. Not just saying to a student "come back next week", but an actual program for new believers to help them become true disciples, not just converts. 


The other thing myself and 7 other youth pastors in the area have been working on, is the fact that because the students are going out into the hallways in their schools, and inviting students in to hear the gospel, that are not necessarily their friends. When the unbelieving student does accept Christ into their hearts, the person that invited them into the club on campus, is not necessarily their friend. So it is tough for the student to get plugged into a church and become a disciple. These students are mostly non-churched kids who have never stepped foot into a church or gone to youth group, but now have the Spirit of God living on the inside of them, and are wanting to know whats next. 


So I believe God has given me a cool, and relevant solution to this big problem of making disciples not just converts. I am working on a video mini series that would be on our website, where a new believer could go to and watch 5 short videos on "What's next" for a student that has accepted Christ into their heart. The theme of the videos is what just happened, what does it mean, and why they need community. Community being the main theme running through out each video, and at the end of the videos, we will have all 7 of our churches youth group meeting times and days that we meet. The point would be to get them to visit youth groups and have the youth pastors ready to plug them into their discipleship program as soon as possible. 


We have already started to shoot the first video and soon we will have the videos up and ready for the new believers, so they can know God and let God guide their life from now on! 


Please pray for the production of the video and for more financial support during these tough times. 


Thank you for all you do for this ministry! 
God is using your money and prayers to fund and drive this ministry forward to reach a lost and hopeless generation with the love and hope of Christ. 

Very Quick Update-7 more saved at GVHS

I am not sure what is with the number 7... other than the obvious, but it seems like the number 7 sure comes up a lot! Praise God. We have had 56 students saved on 3 campuses saved since February 9th!! God is doing some amazing things in this district! 


I am currently working with a few gentlemen in Mapleton (which in Commerce City), and a few youth pastors in Broomfield who are interested in starting First Priority in their schools. 


I met with some youth pastors in Castle Rock yesterday, and told them about how many students have been saved on Campus and they were shocked!! They could not believe what was happening ON CAMPUS! There next question was how do we follow up with the students that accept Christ, and after I showed them how we do it, they were so excited! They are going to be the catalysts to talk to other youth pastors in their area to start First Priority on more campuses in Castle Rock! 


Please pray for those youth pastors to keep that excitement, and to tell other youth pastors about all that is happening on campus. 
Pray for our area to continue to grow. I have talked to 2 more youth pastors who want to not only join our Aurora network, but want to have a big part in the future! 

GODAWEsome!!!!!

God has been doing some amazing things lately. I have met a few more youth pastors who want to be apart of what God is doing on campuses through First Priority. After each hook week, I call the youth pastors of the students that brought a friend to hear the gospel at their school and tell them, that one of their students brought a friend and that friend accepted Christ a which ever school they are from. It has created opportunity for me to have a meeting with the youth pastors and tell them what God is doing on public school campuses through FP!! 


I sat down with one yesterday who is totally on board with what we are doing. From wants to help out in every area, from his students becoming leaders in the club, promoting it at his youth group, to helping out financially if possible!! 


I am meeting with another youth pastor tomorrow for lunch. Please pray that it goes well. 


This morning at Smoky Hill high school 2 more students accepted Christ for the first time!!! The numbers were down a little bit from weeks past, but we had 17 students in the room. We played a game, had donuts, and I gave the gospel. One of the students that accepted Christ at SHHS was a boy who came in for just the donuts and a glass of milk. He was leaving, and literally when he had one foot out of the classroom, and one foot in, he stopped and turned around. I told him he was welcome to stay, and he said "I think I will" Anyways short story long, he was one of the students who accepted Christ this morning!!!! God actually stopped him at the door and convicted his heart, and He gave up his life and accepted Jesus!!!! His name is Josh M. please pray for him. 


At Cherokee Trail this morning there were 28 students, and 9 of them accepted Christ today!!!!! That school is rocking Jesus! Courtney a junior there, showed the Propaganda video, and then explained the gospel to everyone. She prayed with them and 9 of them accepted Christ! How cool is that. Propaganda is a Christian music artist who raps about God. The video explains the gospel well. It is pretty cool. you can check it out below. Just click the link below and you can watch the 5 minute video. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gb7n9B_8m8


Please keep praying for these students to hear and respond to the gospel!! 49 students have accepted Christ since January 1st of this year on public school campuses! 


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Thank you all for all of your support

6 More saved at Grandview!!!!

This Morning at Grandview HS Jess, a junior there, gave the gospel and 6 students raised their hands to say they gave their life to Christ! The students went into the hallways and invited other students in to hear the gospel! 
Things are a movin and a shaken in GVHS!! Please continue to pray for them. 


I spoke at Smoky Hill HS this morning. It was Inspiration week, and the club is starting to grow. There were 2 new boys that showed up today. (The club was made up of 14 girls before). Please continue to pray for SHHS, that there will be some strong leaders raised up there to take over the club, and make it student lead, instead of Shannon lead. 


At Cherokee Trail this morning it was Inspiration week too. They had Tiffany's Pastor come and speak to them about staying strong, and that there are people to help you to stay strong! I heard it was awesome and very impacting. 


Please keep praying for students to come to know Christ on all of these campuses, and that we can duplicate this strategy all over the Denver metro area!

9 saved this morning on 2 campuses

Nikki went to Cherokee Trail this morning, and went with the students into the halls and invited students to come to a class room and have some donuts. They met 2 students who were very against "religion" and would not come in. Please pray for them and the rest of CT to be open to the gospel. 
The gospel was given in a classroom on campus and they made it clear that if you have accepted Christ before, mark that box, and if you only came for donuts, just write that, but if you accepted Christ today for the first time please mark that box, and 7 students accepted Christ for the first time this morning at CT!!!


I was at Smoky Hill this morning, and the morning started slow. Ten minutes in only 3 students were there. A few more came, but we were running so far behind. 3 Students went into the hallways and came back with zero new students. Still running late, 3 other students went into the halls and came back with 7 or 8 new students, one looked like she needed Jesus bad. (Don't judge me... lol) 
We played a very quick game, and I had 6 minutes to explain the gospel,and follow up with the students. I gave the gospel as fast as I could (do not try this at home) The one girl who I thought needed Christ, was so uncomfortable during the gospel, I thought she was going to burst out of her skin! At the end I did not have time to hand out the follow up cards so I asked everyone to keep their head bowed, and eyes closed, and as soon as I said that, the same girl opened her eyes and looked around. When I asked if anyone accepted Christ for the first time today, 2 girls sitting right in front of the one girl with her eyes opened, raised their hands. The girl with her eyes open looked like a ghost at this point. The bell had already rung, so the students got up and left. fortunately for me, the 2 girls that accepted Christ have been coming since last hook week. I plan on following up with them in 2 weeks. (after spring break). Please pray for the other girl, that she will come back. 


Praise God


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Student Leader Meeting

I met with the 7 student leaders at Grandview High School today. We planned out the rest of this month and the beginning of next month. Tomorrow they are having the pastor from the Ethiopian Evangelical Church come and inspire them to live like Christ! Should be awesome!! 
Next week is spring break and then they will be back for Share week in April. They have 3 students lined up to share what God is doing in their lives! 
This club is doing so awesome, and all the students seem to be excited to go into the hallways and invite students to come and hear about Jesus! 


Tomorrow I am going to Smoky Hill High School for hook week. Please pray that the students who are bold enough to go into the hallways and invite students into a classroom on campus to hear the gospel will be able to do so with Christ like love. Pray that students will receive the gospel and respond to it. 


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