| As we travel across the US, we experience incredible stories of parents who hear about what their children are involved with in the name of First Priority at their schools and find themselves drawn to become a part of what God is doing on their student’s school campus.
I learned of one great story in Shreveport, LA this past month and want to share it with you. David is a businessman in the Shreveport area and was part of the team that helped launch First Priority locally, 3 years ago. As he began to investigate First Priority through conversations with other members of the launch team, he came to realize that this “club” was different. What David learned is that First Priority is NOT a club; the club is simply the outcome of what First Priority does. First Priority by definition is a local organization that unites the body of Christ to reach students on the public school secondary schools.
It was in his conversations with John Carruth, another part of the launch team and current director in Shreveport, that David realized he too had a role to play in uniting the body of Christ around the local schools. As a business leader, David was able to bring to the table other businesses in his network that were interested in seeing positive influence brought to this local school. As parents, he and his wife have been able to share all that First Priority as meant to their family over the past few years with many other families in their area.
David now serves as the Board president for FP ArkLaTex, which is the First Priority organization based in Shreveport. His families support of the multiple schools that are served by FP ArkLaTex is awesome. We are so thankful for the thousands of parents like David and his wife that play an active role in uniting the body of Christ around a school, or a community to reach every student. Two Questions tend to come out of a story like this…
First, what role can i play to support my student on their school campus through First Priority? We urge parents to get involved, through the 4 P’s “Praying, Participation, Promoting, and Providing.” Those are pretty self explanatory, however we offer a very simple guide that helps you put those ideals to action. To order your Priority Parent guide, click here…
Second, how can i find the local FP organization in my community? There are over 50 organizations across the US, just below in this email you will se a FP logo in the Social Networks listing, click on that logo, and it will take you to the National FP website. There you will find in the Get Involved section a listing of organizations with contact info. |
