• Praises
• Jim enjoyed a road trip with a friend last Thursday.
• A friend’s wedding last week went very well.
• A friend had a wonderful family visit.
• Melony’s dad is home from the hospital.
• A friend’s brother moved into a skilled nursing facility and has a positive attitude
• A friend’s trachiotomy wound healing well in COVID-19 recovery.
• A friend moved from cancer treatment to a skilled nursing home.

Petitions

Touchstone/CiViL

• Students – having a difficult time with online school
• Teachers – making online school work
• Neighborhood CiViL plans
• Shoe drive extending through Aug 23rd.
• Favor for a CARES Act Grant we just applied for.
• A funding possibility this coming Thursday
• 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

• Comfort for a friend at the sudden loss of her daughter
• A former student whose father just died of cancer
• A youth pastor friend had a mild stroke
• A friend with brain cancer
• A friend with COVID-19 just suffered a heart attack.
• Melony’s dad is being treated at home for a UTI, hernia & internal bleeding
• 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 alcohol addiction recovery.
• A friend wants restoration of relationship with his brother. 
• The upcoming general elections