Next Step
Identify one thing that you could work on in the area of going to the campus. What are your next steps for growth?
The Claim Your Campus Prayer Strategy
CYC is an organization that exists to empower middle and high school students to pray for change on their campus. Their goal is to get one million students to claim their campus for Christ through prayer. CYC offers a phenomenal app you can check out here.
We encourage all campus movements to emphasize prayer and the Claim Your Campus app is a great way to engage students in prayer. Download it now to kickstart a movement of prayer on your campus!
5 Key Features of the Claim Your Campus App
Pray Now:
This section is designed to lead any student through a daily 15-minute prayer time for their school. The format is simple: Listen, Thank, Ask. Each day students read a passage of scripture, thank God for something specific He is doing in their school, and ask Him for help at their school and schools across the country.
21-Day Challenge:
Habits take time to build. The 21-Day Challenge can help you and your students build the habit of praying together daily.
Share Your Story:
Students from all over the country are using Claim Your Campus at their schools. This video feature gives students one minute to capture what God is doing at their school and then share it.
Groups:
Use the Groups section to form your own prayer group and/or join other groups. Students praying together in community for their school(s) is the foundation of CYC. The group feature keeps students connected, motivated, and encouraged to keep pressing on!
Prayer Walk Your Campus:
This feature describes how to prayer walk a campus in three easy steps. Invite. Pray. Report. It includes a brief tutorial and a downloadable prayer walk guide.
Social Media:
Stay connected through Tik Tok, Instagram, and Youtube pages; News and Updates can also be found in the app.
Cast the Vision: Prayer Equals Change
- Use these videos to get excited about how God could change your campus through prayer and how He could use you to build a prayer movement at your school.
- General Promo video
- Marion School video
Invite Students to Be One in the Million
Students download the app using the QR code graphic & claim their campus!
We encourage all campus movements to emphasize prayer and the Claim Your Campus app is a great way to engage students in prayer.
4 Different Ways Students Can Claim Their Campus
- Start a Weekly Prayer Group. The CYC app provides prompts that change weekly.
- Host a prayer walk around your campus. The CYC app features a Prayer Walk Guide.
- Embed 5-10 minutes of Prayer into Your Weekly Cru Club Meeting. Build a CULTURE of prayer. CYC has done all the work for you. Click here for the Leader’s Guide and here for premade slides for up to 20 weeks. That is enough for an entire school year. CYC’s GRAB-N-GO resources make praying EASY.
- Participate in Annual National Events such as SYATP.
Invite the adults in your community to support SYATP by signing up for The Prayer Walk Project. This project offers a way for caring adults to join hands in prayer on the Saturdays before and after SYATP.
Prayer is the real power in any campus movement. Make it a non-negotiable in your ministry to emphasize prayer with adults and students and see how God moves.
Next Step
Download the Claim Your Campus app and consider how you could use it on your campus today. Do you have a prayer strategy for your plans? If not, send the app to a few student leaders and invite them to start praying for their campus!
DOWNLOAD THE APP