TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
August 18, 2021
PRAISES
- The Touchstone Board Meeting last Saturday went well.
- Melony led a really good CiViL Coach Training for Rocketown staff on Monday.
- A friend is doing well during radiation treatment
- Another friend starts radiation treatment today.
- A friend had a new baby girl.
PETITIONS
Touchstone Events, Programs & Services
- Our CiViL graduates who are starting college
- Guidance regarding some financial decisions for Touchstone
- Guidance and favor for the Hays Foundation grant
- Pray that Scott Hamilton’s “Good People” TV show (on which our CiViL students have a segment) will be picked up.
- Guidance for Touchstone Tribute planning team
- Plans for CiViL school programs in the Fall including staffing, training, and new volunteers
- CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns
- Guidance for Touchstone counseling clients
Comfort and Healing
- Several families who lost loved ones recently.
- A friend dealing with post-partum high blood pressure.
- A friend recovering from sternum surgery.
- A friend who is grieving a relationship loss
- Two friends on daily radiation treatments for cancer
- A friend undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer
- For people damaged by trauma
- Friends and clients working on alcohol recovery
Other
- Those suffering in Haiti and Afganistan
- An unspecified prayer for Leslie
- A friend who needs a change of heart
- A bipolar friend fighting a manic phase
- Guidance for friends planning a building project.
- A change of heart for young people bullying a special needs adult.
- Guidance for a friend with a new vision for ministry
- A friend has regular grand jury duty, and it is important, but intense.
- Those with domestic violence and mental health challenges
- A friend who is working his way out of homelessness.
Partner Organizations
- Bellevue Presbyterian Church
- The Village Chapel
- Rocketown
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car
- Overton High
- Oliver Middle
- Hillsboro High
- Hillwood High
- Nashville School of the Arts
- Youth For Christ
Racial Justice
- The backlash against Critical Race Theory and its effect on education
- A reduction in police shootings and justice in those cases
- 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
- The tug-of-war between personal freedoms and safety
- Threats and violence anti-mask protests
- Stamina and safety for all health care workers
- Wise leadership over masking and vaccine requirements
- Protection for those w compromised immune systems
- The revival that could come from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.
- A swift comeback from the COVID-19 economy.