Episode 217 - Blessing Our Schools With Prayer with David Schmus & Olivia Williamson

“Looking at our world today, I can’t think of a better time to be
praying for our schools and a more strategic mission field.”
Today Stacy is joined by David Schmus, Executive Director of
Christian Educators and Olivia Williamson, Director of Claim Your
Campus.  Listen in as they inspire and encourage us from the
perspectives of our educators and our students.  You won’t
want to miss their amazing testimonies of what our prayers are
doing on school campuses across the nation and around the
world.    


ABOUT OUR GUESTS:


David Schmus is the Executive Director of Christian
Educators Association International (ceai.org), which seeks to
encourage, equip, and empower Christian educators to transform
our public, charter, and private schools with God’s love and
truth. Prior to his tenure at CEAI, he was a high school AP US
History/Government teacher and a Christian Club adviser for 15
years, being repeatedly honored as Most Inspirational Teacher. He
holds an M.A. in Biblical Studies and Theology from Biola
University, and has taught Biblical Worldview and Introduction to
Teaching classes at Biola as an adjunct
professor. David has provided leadership for gatherings
and weekend conferences around the nation during which thousands
of Christian Educators have been equipped and inspired to walk
out their faith legally in the mission field of our public
schools. David and his wife Elizabeth have been married
for 28 years, have 5 daughters, and are based in Orange County,
California.


Olivia Williamson began working for Never the Same in 2019 as the
Director of Mobilization for Claim Your Campus 2020. Her new role
is Director of Campus Ministries (for Claim Your Campus and
Enlightened Students). She founded Enlightened Students in 2014
and continues to equip student leaders to lead worship events for
their schools across the country. Olivia is an engaging
speaker, musician (Olivia Harmony), passionate worship leader,
and writer. She has a heart for schools, the Church, and
developing young leaders to rise up and take their place in the
Kingdom.            
 


SCRIPTURE: (NIV unless noted)


“When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed
by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken
captive. So David and his men wept aloud until they had
no strength left to weep. David’s two wives had been
captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of
Carmel.  David was greatly distressed
because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was
bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But
David found strength in the Lord his God.” 1
Samuel 30:3-6


“When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the
noisy crowd and people playing pipes, he said, “Go
away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they
laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he
went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News
of this spread through all that region. Matthew 9:23-26


LINKS:


Bless Our Schools Sunday


Christian Educators


Teachers in Prayer


Claim Your Campus


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