PRAISES & THANKS        

• CiViL is an approved placement agency w Belmont U School of Education and one of our school contacts is applying to train with CiViL.
• Most CiViL Groups are going well.
• Alex still loves his job.
• Mae’s wedding dress has been purchased!
• Dave’s blood cell count is up more than expected after cancer treatment.
• M’s home life has improved, due to prayers.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services         

CiViL: 

• MLK Day Trip moved to Feb 19
• Some students are interested in a Bible study
• CiViL interns

• Guidance for challenges in one of our CiViL groups
  
•  Guidance regarding discussions about providing services at Cane Ridge High School

• A partner church for each CiViL location

• Students with mental and emotional issues

Other:

• Touchstone counseling clients

• TYRS urgently needs new office space 

• Building a connection with Just Love Coffee – McEwen

• TYRS needs various kinds of volunteers and staff.

• Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns

Comfort and Healing        

Friends grieving:

– Family & friends of Paul S who passed away this week.

– A friend grieving over their divorce.

– The Weber family at the passing of Jim’s dad Ed Weber on Jan 17

– All families dealing with loss

Illness:

– A friend recovering from brain tumor surgery

– David is recovering from wrist surgery

– Adele recovering from 2 broken elbows.

– Kay has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

– Susanne and family as her mother is in hospice care

– Susan is in hospice with stage four cancer

– Karla’s clinical trial 

– Friend with an angry alcoholic husband

– A friend’s gums and bones that need to regenerate

– Friends fighting cancer,  sickle cell anemia

Struggle: 

– A friend lost his job, his marriage, and his brother last year.

– Friends who lost everything in last Nashville tornado

– Friends recovering from past trauma

Other-Individuals  

Partner Organizations

Churches:

• Bellevue Presbyterian Church
• The Village Chapel
• Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

Ministries:

• Mission Discovery
• Rocketown
• Youth for Christ 

Higher Education – Interns:

• Belmont University
• Lipscomb University

Funders:

• Enterprise Rent-a-Car & Foundation
• HCA Healthcare Foundation
• Just Love Coffee
• The Predators Foundation

Metro Nashville Public Schools:

• Hillsboro High
• Hillwood High
• Nashville School of the Arts
• Overton High
• Oliver Middle

Ministry Consultants:

• Mission Development International
• Mission Increase Foundation
• National Christian Fund