First Priority Decatur Alabama

🎉 Meet another one of our First Priority Scholarship recipients, Ally Belle!

Ally Belle played an important role in launching First Priority at her school, helping recruit Student Leaders, organize meetings, and encourage her team throughout the year. Her willingness to step out in faith helped create a place where more students could hear about Jesus.

Congratulations, Ally Belle!

As students head back to school, let’s remember: their campus isn’t just a place to learn... it’s a mission field. 🙏

Pray for boldness. Pray for opportunities. Pray that students would live and share the hope of Jesus right where God has placed them.

Your campus is your mission field. Go make a difference for the Kingdom! 💙

This week we celebrate an eight year anniversary and a bittersweet anticipation for what is to come, as our dear friend and Ministry Director for Lawrence County Schools, Clint Wortham, is beginning a new journey.

For the past eight years, Clint has poured his heart into this ministry, into our schools, and into students. He has faithfully shown up, built relationships, shared the Gospel, encouraged volunteers, and made an eternal investment in the lives of countless students. We will miss having Clint on our team, but we are excited to see where God leads him in this next chapter!

Please join us in celebrating Clint and honoring his eight years with First Priority at a Farewell Reception on Thursday, August 27th, from 11:00 AM–2:00 PM at the First Priority office.

Come by, grab some refreshments, share a memory, and help us send Clint into this next journey knowing just how loved and appreciated he is!

It's back-to-school season! A new school year means a new mission field.

As students across our communities head back to school, we’re praying - for their safety, their teachers, their friendships, their decisions, and most of all, that they would know the hope of Jesus. 🙏

Every hallway. Every classroom. Every lunch table. Every student.

Our mission is to take the hope of Christ to every student. And we believe God has placed students and volunteers in schools for such a time as this.

Would you join us in praying for students as they begin a new school year? ❤️

We’re honored to be featured as the July Member Spotlight in the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Beacon newsletter! 🎉

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share the heart behind First Priority of Greater Decatur and Clothe Our Kids of North Alabama, and the incredible ways God is moving in the lives of students across our communities.

Thank you to the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce for highlighting our mission and helping us spread the word about what God is doing through these ministries.

You can read the full July Business Beacon newsletter here: https://hartselleareachamberofcommerce.growthzoneapp.com/ap/r/38f68d7436ac47e7a749d4e3904abb89

Thank you for praying, serving, giving, and partnering with us as we work together to bring the hope of Christ to every student. ❤️

Last night, believers from churches across Morgan, Lawrence, and Cullman Counties gathered on school campuses to do what Scripture calls us to do: pray.

Every school. Every central office. Every community.

We prayed for students, teachers, administrators, support staff, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians, coaches, and every person who will walk through those doors this school year. We prayed for protection, wisdom, unity, salvation, and that the name of Jesus would be lifted high on every campus.

To every person who took time out of your evening to stand in the gap for the next generation - thank you. Your prayers matter more than you know.

As this new school year begins, let’s continue to faithfully pray for our schools all year long. We can’t wait to see what God will do.

Here are a few photos we’ve seen so far from last night. Feel free to post yours below! 🙏🏻

Tonight’s the night!! We are covering every school in Morgan, Lawrence, and Cullman county in prayer! Join us at 6PM at your local campus! 🙏🏻

See you tomorrow!!! 😊

🚨🚨🚨LAST CALL!!! 📢📢📢
Our LAST volunteer training for the 2026-2027 school year is THIS Thursday at 10AM at the First Priority office! If you want to serve in an elementary, middle, or high school First Priority club, you MUST be trained! Don't miss out!!! We need you! 🫵

Do you have friends or family in Guntersville or Boaz who have a heart for reaching students with the hope of Christ? Help us spread the word about volunteer training for Marshall County!

Join us this Sunday for volunteer training and learn everything you need to know about serving in a First Priority club during the 2026–2027 school year. Whether you're passionate about elementary, middle, or high school students, there's a place for you to make an eternal impact.

🕰️ Sunday, August 2nd | 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 First Baptist Church Guntersville