PRAISES 

• Weber family visits in Alabama and Knoxville – Great having Alex with us & hugging loved ones.
• For the life and redemption of Gaines Pugh
• That the Spring Break COVID surge has been small, so far
• Getting a front-row seat in watching God work in the lives of those who TYRS’s ministry touches.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services 

• YOUR BEST SHOT Senior Portrait event on April 24 – Need 2 more photographers
• Favor with the Predators Foundation for a grant
• Touchstone counseling clients & CiViL students
• New Touchstone board member for late summer or fall
• A specific CiViL student who is engaged in unhealthy relationship patterns

Comfort and Healing 

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• The family of Gaines Pugh who passed last Wednesday
• Friends and TYRS clients who have lost loved ones recently
• The friends & families of those killed in the recent flooding here
• An area of Melony’s jaw needs to heal better
• Gamal Harris still in hospitalized, but better
• A friend’s sister has un-diagnosed health issues
• A friend’s mother recovering from a brain bleed at home
• Friends fighting COVID-19 and after affects
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends and clients working on alcohol recovery

Other 

• Those who suffered tornado and flood damage
• A friend needs new employment in the Fall
• Travel mercies for a friend on Wednesday
• Anyone with domestic violence and mental health challenges
• A friend’s homeless son in CA
• Our friends who need jobs
• 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
• Justice in the Chauvin murder trial
• 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.