TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
August 10, 2023
PRAISES & THANKS
- A friend’s medical procedure went well, and the results are good.
- We are getting some good publicity for golf tournament on August 21.
- We are greatful for the life of Father Charles Strobel.
- We join a friend in thanking God for a grant that covers the cost of expensive medication.
PETITIONS
Touchstone Events, Programs & Services
Funding:
- Spotlight grant proposal to be submitted soon
- Planning for our Fall and Spring fundraisers
- That the rest of the BBB furniture sells quickly
Golf Tournament – Need 10 more teams
Impact 100 Grant relationship
CiViL:
Planning for the CiViL Fall schedule
A partner church for each CiViL location
Students with mental and emotional issues
Other:
Touchstone counseling clients
TYRS urgently needs new office space
TYRS needs various kinds of volunteers and staff.
Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns
Comfort and Healing
Friends grieving:
– The loss of Father Charles Strobel
– A family who has lost a 2nd child to suicide
Friends with Illness:
– Recovering from spinal surgery
– Recuperating from a stroke
– Undergoing chemotherapy for stage 4 cancer
– Problems with gums and bones
– Recovering from brain surgery
– Heart, stroke, cancer
– Recovering from cancer treatment
– Exhausted caretakers of a mentally ill friend
– Fighting ovarian cancer, eye cancer, family or personal addiction, sickle cell anemia
Friends struggling:
– Stress from work
– Caring for aging parents, recovering from past trauma
Other-Individuals
- Building and moving plans
- Expensive medication cost
- People we love come to Jesus
- Students in juvenile detention – positive response to those who visit them to bring help, hope, & the Gospel.
Partner Organizations
Churches:
- Bellevue Presbyterian Church
- The Village Chapel
- Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
Ministries:
- Mission Discovery
- Rocketown
- Youth for Christ
Higher Education – Interns:
- Belmont University
- Lipscomb University
Funders:
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car & Foundation
- HCA Healthcare Foundation
- Just Love Coffee
Metro Nashville Public Schools:
- Hillsboro High
- Hillwood High
- Nashville School of the Arts
- Overton High
- Oliver Middle
Ministry Consultants:
- Mission Development International
- Mission Increase Foundation
Current Issues
- Elections
- President, Governor, Courts & Policy makers
- All people, regardless or race, religion, etc.
- Jan. 6 insurrection
- Various Trump indictments
- Organizations that have allowed abuse
- Politicization of the Church
- Persecution & War
- Domestic violence & abuse
- First responders
- Depression, violence & suicide in teen girls
- Those with mental health & disabilities
- America’s mass shooting epidemic
- Recession and economic instabilit