Praises

• A friend had an ovarian mass that is now gone.
• Jim’s parents celebrated their sixty-ninth wedding anniversary.
• Mrs. Cheap will be posting our Shoe Drive on her social media.
• A friend’s uterine cancer biopsy returned the best result possible.
• A friend’s wedding is coming up this Saturday, and everyone involved is excited.
• A friend has had a very favorable response from a film industry contact.

Petitions

Touchstone/CiViL

• Students returned to online school this week, but there are lots of technical problems.
• Students need programs like CiViL for dealing w anxiety.
• Our Shoe Drive is extended through Aug 10th.
• We need several new board members.
• We need guidance this week as we update our strategic plan.
• Need more qualified, trained male volunteers
• Wisdom as we adapt to the school system’s plans
• Plans for our online Touchstone Tribute – probably in October
• Guidance as we apply for the state’s portion of the CARES Act Grant for non-profit organizations

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

Comfort and Healing

• A friend’s son died recently from COVID-19.
• A friend has a mass in his lung.
• A friend is still fighting COVID-19.
• Continued healing for Jim’s knee.
• A friend’s brother undergoing radiation treatment for cancer is not doing well mentally. 
• A friend who recently had brain surgery has taken a turn for the worse.

Racial Justice

• Justice for people of color
• Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders
• Positive leadership
• Ladies in Melony’s anti-racism group

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

• Youth For Christ ministry to incarcerated students and their families
• 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’s cousin may be moving too fast into a new relationship.
• A friend wants restoration of relationship with his brother. 
• The wedding of a CiViL graduate on Aug 14
• Safety for several friends traveling to see family this coming weekend.
• Primary and general elections