PRAISES 

• A friend has had no side effects to her daily radiation treatments.
• We had a good meeting with one of our ministry partners on Tuesday.
• The 2021 Tribute Committee is making progress on plans for the Tribute in October
• A friend’s dog did great after getting spayed.
• Touchstone has a new counseling client starting soon.

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 as we begin to interview college intern candidates
• The development of a ministry partnership with a local business.
• Guidance as we consider providing counseling services for one of our ministry partners.
• Plans and staffing for CiViL school programs that start the day after Labor Day. 
• Continued guidance for the 2021 Touchstone Tribute planning team and participants
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns
• Guidance for Touchstone counseling clients

Comfort and Healing

• Multiple friends battling cancer or COVID-19
• Family, friends & parishioners of Thomas McKenzie
• A friend battling post partum high blood pressure
• A friend recovering from sternum surgery.
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends and clients working on alcohol recovery

Other

• Survivors and volunteer helpers of the Waverly TN flood 
• Afghanistan evacuees and those who will be left in danger
• Those suffering from the earthquake in Haiti 
• Our aging families
• An autistic friend who will be moving soon.
• 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.