• Jim’s knee is getting better.

• A friend has recovered from  COVID-19.

• Summer CiViL in the Park drew some positive attention from onlookers last week.

• We continue to receive donated items for our Big Blessing Benefit Sale in July and our CiViL Shoe Drive.

• Melony was accepted into Rutgars University’s SEL Certification program.
• A friend entered a song into a song contest for the first time ever.
• We are making progress on website updates and improvements.
• A friend’s brother who is fighting cancer has an improved outlook.

PETITIONS

TOUCHSTONE/CiViL

• Encouragement for our students who were counting on a return to fall high school sports and just found out that they will be postponed.

• Success for our Shoe Drive June 8^th – Aug 7 (New & gently used shoes as both fundraising and service project)

• Your Best Shot – a favorable response from photographers and students

• Guidance as we update our website this summer

• CiViL needs more qualified, trained male volunteers

• Guidance as we make plans for the uncertainties of the coming 2020/2021 school year.

COMFORT & HEALING

• A friend is still in critical condition with COVID-19.
• Melony’s mother fell and hit her head on Tuesday.
• For Melony’s recurring back pain
• For Jim’s leg injury
• For a friend who’s sister passed away unexpectedly last week.
• For a friends suffering from problems with an old surgery and related depression.
• For a friend recovering from a severe infection.
• For a friend with aggressive brain and thyroid cancer.

• For a friend’s brother who is undergoing cancer treatment.

RACIAL JUSTICE

• Justice and change for those oppressed in America

• Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders

• Positive compassionate, uniting leadership toward justice, peace, and safety for all in America.

COVID-19

• Protection from the current surge of COVID -19.
• Protection for Melony’s mother after the a COVID-19 diagnosis among the staff at her assisted living facility.

• The revival that can come from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.

• Protection for friends with compromised health.

• All of those whose businesses and jobs are threatened by the COVID-19 economy.

• The safety of our heroic health care workers.

OTHER

• For the leadership of a partner organization as they make decisions pertaining to reopening.
• For a friend who is attempting to put their financial house in order.
• A friend who is in a difficult business situation.
• A friend waiting to hear back after a job application.