TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
April 21, 2021
PRAISES
- A just verdict for the murder of George Floyd
- A very good CiViL meeting today
- All the details are coming together for Your Best Shot.
- A volunteer received her 2nd vaccination.
- A friend had a good medical check up
PETITIONS
Touchstone Events, Programs & Services
- Students who have given up on their futures during COVID
- YOUR BEST SHOT – Pray for no rain on April 24, and no rain on the Hillsboro High School Prom that night
- That a student scheduled for YOUR BEST SHOT doesn’t have COVID-19
- Touchstone counseling clients & CiViL students
- New Touchstone board member for late summer or fall
- A CiViL student who is engaged in unhealthy relationship patterns
- Funding for CiViL water bottles, T-shirts, and other CiViL items
Comfort and Healing
- A former student’s wife is recovering from back surgery
- The family of a 3 year old killed last week by gun violence
- A friend on the death of their mother last week
- Knoxville Austin East Magnet School families after yesterday’s shooting
- The family, friends and students of beloved teacher who died last Thursday
- A friend who is undergoing chemo for colon cancer
- Two friends diagnosed with breast cancer, one having a bilateral complete mastectomy
- Friends and TYRS clients who have lost loved ones recently
- A friend who is hospitalized with liver problems
- A friend’s sister has un-diagnosed health issues
- Friends fighting COVID-19 and after affects
- For people damaged by trauma
- Friends and clients working on alcohol recovery
Other
- Protection for missionary friends due to rebel violence in their area of Mozambique
- Those who suffered tornado and flood damage
- Our friends who need jobs
- Anyone with domestic violence and mental health challenges
- A friend’s homeless son in CA
- Divisive misinformation that generates social media drama.
- The flood of minors at the southern boarder.
Partner Organizations
- Bellevue Presbyterian Church
- The Village Chapel
- Rocketown
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car
- Overton High
- Oliver Middle
- Hillsboro High
- Hillwood High
- Youth For Christ – incarcerated students
Racial Justice
- Threats to voting rights
- Racial accountability at private schools
- Justice for people of color
- Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders
- Positive leadership
- Progress in anti-racism movement
- Social media conflict over race and other justice issues.
COVID-19
- Improved vaccine distribution
- The revival that comes from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.
- Protection for all with compromised health.
- All of those whose livelihoods are threatened by the COVID-19 economy.
- The safety of our heroic health care workers.