PRAISES  

• All who prayed for and expressed condolence to Melony and her family at the passing of her mother, Shirley Pugh on January 14.
• Safe travels for the Webers last weekend to Shirley Pugh’s memorial service
• Shirley Pugh’s life and her love of her family
• Good times with family during the memorial celebration
• Good response from CiViL students 
• Glad to be back in Hillsboro High School
• Our new Belmont intern started this week.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services    

• Planning for the CiViL Liberties Chattanooga Trip on February 19
• Favor for an HCA Grant and 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

• Melony & family at the passing of her mother Shirley Pugh 
• Melony’s brother’s hearing loss
• The family of Jim’s niece whose father-in-law died of COVID.
• Several more friends and family members who have been diagnosed with COVID. 
• A friend is recovering from three strokes and has been moved to nursing care. 
• A friend has terminal cancer
• A friend is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer
• A friend is at the end stages of lung cancer. Pray for her loved ones and caretakers.
• Friends grieving broken families and lost loved ones
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends working on addiction recovery

Other

•  Surivors of Tropical Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique and other recent disasters
• A friend is job hunting
• A friend needs guidance regarding a creative idea.
• Those suffering from disasters 
• Our aging families
• Guidance for friends planning a building project.
• Those with domestic violence, mental health, and other challenges
• Peace & safety for American democracy in 2022

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 

• A quick end to the holiday Omicron surge
• 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