Praises

• A friend’s wedding went very well.
• Jim has a short road trip on Thursday.
• A friend is moving from cancer treatment to a skilled nursing home.
• Fred Reyes is improving and has moved to rehab facility.
• Touchstone made several great new contacts this week.
• A friend’s legal process is complete.

Petitions

Touchstone/CiViL

• Students – emotional state, ward off discouragement, challenging circumstances.
• Teachers – making online school work
• Neighborhood CiViL plans
• Shoe drive extending through Aug 23rd.
• We need several new board members.
• Need more qualified, trained male volunteers
• Plans for our online Touchstone Tribute – probably in October

Touchstone’s Partner Organizations

• Bellevue Presbyterian Church
• The Village Chapel
• Rocketown
• Hillsboro High School
• Overton High School
• Hillwood High School
• Oliver Middle School
• Enterprise
• Belmont University
• Lipscomb University
• Nashville Youth For Christ – ministry to incarcerated youth

Comfort and Healing

• A friend is dying of brain cancer.
• Comfort for a friend at the sudden loss of her daughter
• A friend has a mass in his lung.
• Continued healing for Jim’s knee.

Racial Justice

• Justice for people of color
• Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders
• Positive leadership
• The anti-racism movement

COVID-19

• The revival that comes from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.
• Protection for friends with compromised health.
• All of those whose livelihoods are threatened by the COVID-19 economy.
• The safety of our heroic health care workers.
• Wisdom & guidance for safety in going back to schools

Other

• Wisdom for a friend about employment and when to move back to NYC.
• A friend needs expensive dental work.
• Friend who is working on addiction recovery.
• A friend wants restoration of relationship with his brother. 
• The wedding of a CiViL graduate on Aug 14
• Safety for several friends visiting family.
• General elections