PRAISES 

• Jim’s sister Meg is cancer free!
• Alex & Mae are with us
• For Alex on his 27th birthday!
• Jesus’ Nativity
• Melony’s mom is back at her assisted living facility.
• The poems for Jim’s 2nd poetry book are finished.
• A friend agreed to provide cover art for one of Jim’s poetry books.
• The Haitian missionary hostages have all been released!

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services   

• Rest & refreshment for staff, volunteers & students
• 4th Quarter fund raising drive
• An HCA Grant
• Several other unnamed fundraising initiatives
• Staffing, students & supplies for CiViL school-based programs
• Touchstone counseling clients
• Protection for Melony as counseling is effective.
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns

Comfort and Healing

• Friends and loved ones of Randy Yarbrough after his passing from cancer
• A aging friend is confused, obstinate, and sometimes manipulative.
• COVID-19 safety for several health compromised friends during the holidays

A friend has an untreatable form of cancer

• A friend has breast cancer
• A friend is at the end stages of lung cancer. Pray for her loved ones and caretakers.
• A friend’s heart arrhythmia procedure on Jan 12
• Friends grieving broken families and lost loved ones
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends working on addiction recovery

Other

• A friend is job hunting
• A friend needs guidance regarding a creative idea.
• Traveling mercies during the holidays
• Those suffering from disasters (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, drought, fires, earthquakes, and war) 
• Our aging families
• Guidance for friends planning a building project.
• Those with domestic violence, mental health, and other challenges

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

• Denial vs blaming in education on history of race
• 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 

• Concerns about the Omicron variant
• Wise leadership and humble citizens
• Protection for those w compromised immune systems
• Stamina and safety for all health care workers
• The revival that could come from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance