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First Priority has kicked off the second semester of the

hool year by adding Doug Hawkins to our staff; his campus will

Campbell high school. He will lead 20-25 students and staff at

ampbell in a weekly bible study. Doug will also be mentoring

udents through our new mentoring program.

Doug will begin to transition the ministry to the middle

hool level, with sports programs that Campbell high has in

ace. The goal for this year is to seek a chance to be on campus at

ampbell in full time ministry, being the hands and feet of Jesus

at may never hear the gospel if it were not for First Priority

A word from the Executive DirectorGreetings to all our friends, family, and loved ones, this past year has

the most challenging and rewarding year weve had in over 20 years

ministry. We started a couple of years ago trying to quantify what puschool ministry was supposed to look like for First Priority Cobb. We d

want to keep doing what we had been doing the way we had always

ust because thats what we knew. So whats that going to look like?

What if we were to be a bridge from the Christian communi

schools for the sole purpose of serving whatever need the school has?

if we were to reach the people connected to schools (students, teacher

parents, and staff) with the life changing message that has changed u

What if we were to grow those who get it to be bridge builders and

reachers in their own right? The answer is we would be achieving Go

purpose for this ministry!It has taken me a lifetime to realize that God doesnt need me

wants me to care about what he cares about, but He doesnt need me

the fixer. None of us have to look far to find hurting people, people w

desperately need Gods love, grace, and mercy. These are the people G

cares about. God wants me (or us) to care about them enough to live

His love, grace, and mercy. That is the focus of our ministries in West

Campbell HS, East Paulding HS, and Osborne HS; to bridge, reach, and

grow that which God cares about.

We would be honored if you would partner with us in these

actions. You may be praying about how God would have you partnerus: to stand in the gap and pray for His favor in His work for us, or

volunteer to work with us on these campuses, or be a financial partne

help fund this work, and all of that would be great! However we wou

you to consider one more step: How can you bridge your Christian

community to a public school campus or reach those who attend a pu

school campus or grow those on a public school campus? The fields a

ready for harvest, come join us in reaping Gods blessings

We served the wrestling team pancakes before

their meet!

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Bridge the gaps between the Christianommunity and schools.

Reach students, teachers, staff and parentsith the life changing message of Jesus Christ

Growstudents, teachers, and staff into aeeper relationship with a living God

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It has been an exciting year! To recap and fill in the

gaps from the last newsletter; I still work very closely with

he football team and co-lead the FCA huddle. While being

ransformed by God, he has been showing me His will for my

ife in this ministry. Watching Gods love blossom in highchool kids has been like a defibrillator to my walk.

This school year has been very fruitful, as I said

before I was lucky enough to be involved with the football

eam again and through that involvement, and some of your

great financial support, we were able to help send the team

o FCA football camp. At that camp, 17 kids in our program

prayed to receive Christ!! Because of my close involvement

with the team, I have been able to disciple many of those

tudents and have had the privilege to see lives change.As the spring arrives, I am looking at this as a time

or growth and new life in many of the students at Osborne.

Thanks for your continued support, and I hope that all will

be blessed by seeing God working in lives of students

Bridging: Mentoring program just incorporated Bethany UMC Youth Pastor @ Life Church Smyrna Assembly of God was

plug into the Osborne soccer team as the chaplain St. Philip UMC is constantly serving @ our weekly FCA hu

well as tailgate parties and many other eventsReaching

Don was able to serve at the Black History Month Programdoing so we extended our influence into the student popu

The Student Government Association and First Priority @ are working closely for the Senior Picnic in mid April

The mentoring program is building relationships with studwho are at risk in order to increase their success in life At Osborne and Campbell we are involved in the FCA hud

campus (which is our weekly bible study)Growing

In our FCA huddle @ Osborne we have a team of 7 studenwho we currently meet with, weekly to disciple

Our FCA huddle is a great place for students to come and gtheir spiritual walk, as well as new comers to hear about JeChrist

Through our involvement in sports and other areas we hato kids who would never be involved with church, becauthis we also get 1 on 1 opportunities to build relationshipsthem and show them what Christ has done in us

Areas of need: Prayer: Pray that God will lead us and that we will

follow his will. Financial Support: We need monthly donors so that we

can continue and grow the ministry at this campus aswell as others

Volunteers: We have many areas where people can getinvolved. Whether its with your Sunday schoolclass/Bible study group/Community group or all byyour self

Church Partnerships: We need to build relationshipswith churches and members of those churches; wehave a unique opportunity to be able to get peopleinvolved where others cannot