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Help Us Give Hope This Holiday Season For Twice The Impact!

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First Priority Student Leader Riley Testimony

Take three minutes to watch this incredible testimony from First Priority Student Leader Riley as he shares about how God completely changed his life. “Once I got started with, my journey with First Priority, I immediately knew that it was going to be like my family, and that’s how I found my beloved Christ.”

Dear First Priority Partner,

Thank you so much for your continued partnership in reaching every last student with the Hope of Christ. This generation needs Hope – the assurance that God can do what He says He can do. Students need to know that anxiety, depression and loneliness can be healed in Jesus’ name. As I mentioned before, teenagers are “open” to Christianity but if the Gospel message is not seen and proclaimed to them, how will they know? Trust me, the world is screaming its agenda at them. First Priority clubs have such an incredible opportunity to change this generation. Since school started, 554 students have given their hearts to Jesus Christ. Will you partner with us to make sure Every Last One has a chance to know that Jesus can change their life? He will never abandon them. There is still time to have your gift matched dollar-for-dollar.

If you have already given this holiday season, thank you! I pray that God will richly bless you and your family this Christmas!

Keeping Christ the First Priority,
Debi DeBoer
Ministry Director

Your gift will be doubled on #GivingTuesday; will you help change lives?

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Your gift will be doubled on #GivingTuesday!
Help change lives today! 
Tomorrow, November 29, 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! Your gift of $25 will be immediately doubled to $50. Your $100 gift will be matched to make a $200 gift and $250 becomes $500. We hope you will consider giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge. We have been doing this campaign for over 15 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 giving a gift for our year-end Victory Matching Challenge.

How you can be involved:

– 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.
– Please share our #GivingTuesday information with your friend groups and/or church family through social media or other informational channels.
– 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 so very thankful that for over 26 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! If you have any questions about #GivingTuesday, please contact us at 205.871.8886 or info@firstpriorityal.com.

Check out the amazing things God has done in our schools!

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God is doing amazing things in our schools through First Priority 

For the past 25 years, First Priority has worked to see the Hope of Christ in every student across the Greater-Birmingham Area. During this time, we have seen hundreds of thousands of lives transformed for the Kingdom. We thank God for His great power and we give Him all the praise and glory for these changed lives. First Priority works! We want to share with you the great things God is doing in our schools through First Priority. The following are two of many testimonials we have received for the 2015-2016 school year:
I have had the opportunity to be a part of First Priority for many years. Over the years, I have had the joy of sharing, as well as receiving, the Gospel with students in both elementary and middle school. First Priority has made such a positive impact on the lives of our students. It is a place where all students can come to belong. Students reach out to all students, those who are cheerleaders, football players, honor students, etc., and those who are in need of a place to belong. Many students have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. Those students who don’t attend church, have expressed such enthusiasm about attending the meetings. Ministers and guest speakers have encouraged all students to find a church of their choice and get involved. I’ll never forget the little girl raised of the Muslim faith. After a few years of questioning and impolite remarks, she finally decided to come to the meetings. What a blessing to hear her questions and to see the change in her behavior and attitude toward others and herself. We have had students raised of different faiths come together to pray for one another, work together to share the love of Jesus with others, and most of all, to lift up THE TRINITY! No club has ever had a greater purpose! It has truly been an honor and privilege to be involved with such a great group.
Kelly Green
First Priority Faculty Sponsor
Corner School

This is our first year to have FPKids at Oak Grove Elementary School (OGES). Approximately 116 kids attended our first meeting. Our kids love it so much and it’s a blessing to me every time I walk in the room with them. These kids are showing a passion for Christ that one doesn’t usually see these days. The Bible verses are exciting and cool for them to learn with the hand motions. One hundred Bibles were generously donated to us at the beginning of the year for every student to use. We have truly been blessed by these kids at OGES but could not have done it without First Priority. The organization has the curriculum all laid out for us and unique tools for us to use as we are teaching the kids about what Jesus said and how we can learn so much from the Bible.

Here is an example of the blessings we’ve received. Just today, I had a mom tell me that her child is getting baptized Sunday. She told me that she wanted it to be her child’s decision and that she knew what she was doing by being baptized and living for Christ. So I asked if the child really understood what she was doing and the mom told me, “Because of you and Mrs. Jenny she knows exactly what she is doing.” I was so proud at that moment. Those are the small rewards we have received from this great ministry.
Michelle Ray
Jenny Yearby
FPKids Faculty Sponsors
Oak Grove Elementary School
What is your First Priority testimony? Share it with us today at: info@gofirstpriority.com. Let us know the amazing things God has done in your school this year through First Priority.