TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
August 25, 2021
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.