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Join us for reTHINK Student Apologetics Conference
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Who’s waiting for your students? When they leave the relative safety of their homes, youth ministry or church, who is waiting for them at school, or the university? What contrary ideas will the culture throw their way? What challenges will confront their faith in Christ? How will they answer questions about the LGBT movement, Islam, the reliability of the Bible, evolution, etc.? Are they ready?
The reTHINK Apologetics Student Conference exists to provoke a new generation to rethink their worldview, recapture the truth, and then reengage the world for the cause of Christ. This conference is designed for junior high, high school and college-aged students. It will be held Friday, April 20 – Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Briarwood Presbyterian Church, 2200 Briarwood Way, Birmingham, AL 35243. This is a great conference for families, youth groups, anyone! For more info, schedule, list of speakers and to register, click here. This is going to be such an incredible conference for your students!
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We’re celebrating nearly 300 decisions for Christ!
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Do you know what’s new with FPKids?
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The 2017-2018 school year marks First Priority’s sixth year of implementing FPKids in elementary and intermediate schools across the Greater-Birmingham Area. We are passionate about exposing children to the Biblical teachings of what “Jesus Said.” The FPKids curriculum consists of four parts that are repeated every month: Read It, See It, Live It, Tell It. This year’s focus is “Sacred,” teaching a generation about purity without cultural stigmas. Christians are in a battle with the world over what is sacred. From marriage to race or gender, the world has lost its shame and forgotten what is sacred. Sacred means to be set apart, holy, and consecrated to be more like Christ. This year’s focus teaches kids about the transforming power of the Holy Spirit that sets us apart for a specific purpose.
FPKids has been a huge success thus far and is growing vastly with over 40 elementary and intermediate schools with clubs and involving more than 4,000 students. The atmosphere is enthusiastic and safe. Students are excited to invite their friends to attend, pray during club meeting time and learn about Jesus. We have seen the fruit of FPKids as students are attending First Priority clubs once they begin middle school. Our hope is that students will continue attending First Priority throughout high school.
God continues to move in existing clubs, and is already doing great things in clubs that just started. Brookville Elementary School, in the heart of Graysville, Ala., was one of the first elementary schools to adopt the FPKids curriculum and see students really get involved. This club has been a huge success over the past several years as students are engaged with the gospel and want to take part in leading their club. We have two clubs, Wilsonville Elementary School and Oak Mountain Intermediate School, that started meeting again this month after not meeting for two years because God has provided new leadership and volunteers.
None of this would be possible without the local church, parents and community leaders seeing the school as a mission field. There are so many spiritually-hungry kids just waiting to learn. Jesus has given the local church a mission to complete. Thank you to all those who listen to the call! High school students are passionate about answering God’s call and making a difference in the lives of our younger generation. Once a month at FPKids, we focus on what it means to live out what “Jesus Said” in five areas. Local high school students from Oak Mountain High School recently led small groups at Oak Mountain Intermediate’s FPKids club and challenged 4th and 5th graders to represent Jesus in their family, in their school, with their friends, when they’re online, and when they’re participating in extracurricular activities. It is great to witness older students share the love and message of Jesus with younger students. Who are you impacting today?
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” –Mark 16:15
We would like to invite you to become involved with FPKids. Please call our office today at 205.871.8886 to learn about the different ways you can make an impact for God’s Kingdom through FPKids.
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Merry Christmas from your First Priority family!
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Merry Christmas from the staff at First Priority!
Our family at First Priority would like to wish you and yours a joyful, blessed and safe Christmas season. Our prayer this holiday and throughout the new year is that God will bless, protect, comfort and guide you. Thank you for your support and partnership during 2017!
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ~ Luke 2:11
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There’s still time to DOUBLE your gift to reach students with the Gospel!
Some friends of First Priority have gotten together to challenge the ministry to raise $100,000 in November and December, and they will match every penny donated! We would like to invite you to partner with First Priority and get involved in our Victory Matching Challenge campaign.
Your gift of $25 will be immediately doubled to $50. Your $50 gift will be matched to make a $100 gift and $100 becomes $200. We hope you will consider giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge.
The 2017-2018 school year marks First Priority’s 27th year of ministry and it has been very exciting and productive. Tens of thousands of students are touched each semester in Greater Birmingham by the ministry of hundreds of First Priority volunteers and donors like you. During the 2016-2017 school year, out of the clubs that reported, approximately 13,000 students attended First Priority clubs every week and over 550 students made a decision for Christ!
With life changes like these, a city can be changed and a generation can be changed. We thank God for His great power and we give Him all the praise and glory for the lives that were touched and changed throughout the year.
None of this would be possible without you! We thank God for you and your continuous support to ensure the Gospel is shared each year in schools across Greater Birmingham. Please click here to read about a few of the ways First Priority has impacted students’ lives in 2017.
We have been doing our Victory Matching Challenge campaign for over 16 years and because of the impact it has made we have seen tens of thousands of lives changed. Every gift of love, every prayer, every word of support to a Christian student, faculty sponsor or youth worker means that another student will have the opportunity to hear the life-changing Gospel of Christ!
Please prayerfully consider sending a generous gift by December 31! A gift in any amount will be instantly doubled for twice the joy, twice the hope and twice the love to a student who so desperately needs to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ! Please let us hear from you soon! May God bless you this holiday season!
Today is #GivingTuesday – Your gift to First Priority will be doubled!
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Today is #GivingTuesday, a day that charities, families, churches, businesses and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give to causes they believe in. There’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday and now it’s time for #GivingTuesday, which kicks off the charitable season of giving. It’s a simple idea, and we hope you’ll join us and be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity!
This is an especially important time to give to First Priority… Some friends of First Priority have gotten together to challenge the ministry to raise $100,000 in November and December, and they will match every penny donated! On #GivingTuesday, your gift will be DOUBLED! Your gift of $25 will be immediately doubled to $50. Your $50 gift will be matched to make a $100 gift and $100 becomes $200. We hope you will consider giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge.
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How you can be involved:
1) Please pray about a gift and give online. A gift in any amount will be instantly doubled for twice the joy, twice the hope and twice the love to a student who so desperately needs to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ! The great thing about #GivingTuesday is that it is less about the amount each individual gives and more about having many individuals giving on the same day.
2) Please share our #GivingTuesday information with your friend groups and/or church family through social media or other informational channels.
3) After you have given, please tell everyone you can about how you are giving and invite them to do the same. Be sure to use hashtags: #GivingTuesday and #HopeofChrist in your posts!
We are very thankful that for over 27 years we have had such strong support from churches and individuals who love what we do and desire to help the most vulnerable in our society. We hope #GivingTuesday will give you another way to join with us and to invite others to do the same.
Thank you for helping us share the HOPE of Christ with the next generation through your generous donations!
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Happy Thanksgiving from First Priority!
Happy Thanksgiving from the staff at First Priority! May God bless you and your family this holiday season!
We are very thankful for you and your continuous prayer and support of First Priority. It is because of you that we are able to reach tens of thousands of students with the Hope of Christ each week on nearly 200 school campuses across the Greater-Birmingham Area. We are truly grateful for people like you who desire to see students come to know Christ. We serve a great and almighty God! We have so much to be thankful for.
That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever! -Psalm 30:12
DOUBLE your investment to reach students with the Gospel!
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The 2017-2018 school year marks First Priority’s 27th year of ministry and it has been very exciting and productive. Tens of thousands of students are touched each semester in Greater Birmingham by the ministry of hundreds of First Priority volunteers and donors like you. During the 2016-2017 school year, out of the clubs that reported, approximately 13,000 students attended First Priority clubs every week and over 550 students made a decision for Christ!
With life changes like these, a city can be changed and a generation can be changed. We thank God for His great power and we give Him all the praise and glory for the lives that were touched and changed throughout the year.
None of this would be possible without you! We thank God for you and your continuous support to ensure the Gospel is shared each year in schools across Greater Birmingham. Please click here to read about a few of the ways First Priority has impacted students’ lives in 2017.
We would like to invite you to partner with First Priority and get involved in our Victory Matching Challenge campaign. Some friends of First Priority have gotten together to challenge the ministry to raise $100,000 in November and December, and they will match every penny donated!
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Your gift of $25 will be immediately doubled to $50. Your $50 gift will be matched to make a $100 gift and $100 becomes $200. We hope you will consider giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge.
We have been doing this campaign for over 16 years and because of the impact it has made we have seen tens of thousands of lives changed.
Every gift of love, every prayer, every word of support to a Christian student, faculty sponsor or youth worker means that another student will have the opportunity to hear the life-changing Gospel of Christ!
Please prayerfully consider sending a generous gift by December 31! A gift in any amount will be instantly doubled for twice the joy, twice the hope and twice the love to a student who so desperately needs to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ! Please let us hear from you soon! May God bless you this holiday season!
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See You at the Pole Pictures and Recap 2017
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