Praises

• Touchstone provided lunch for Hillsboro and Hillwood High School staff as they prepare for the reopening of online school next week.
• The Shoe Drive at The Village Chapel was a great success
• Jim is grateful to be working on some updates for The Last Days of Buster Drumwright, a musical with Nan Gurley and Billy Sprague.
• A friend’s brother is better after a difficult weekend.
• A friend’s son found a place for their wedding & reception.
• Touchstone’s Big Blessing Benefit Sale was able to provide items for several other ministries.
• Some of our students are interested in getting closer to God.
• A friend’s beach house was spared from the Texas Hurricane.

Petitions

Touchstone/CiViL

• Students who will be returning to online school 
• The remaining weeks of the Shoe Drive
• Need new board members
• Guidance in updating our strategic plan
• Need more qualified, trained male volunteers
• Wisdom as we adapt to Metro Nashville Public School plans
• PLans for the beginning of an online Touchstone Tribute
• Guidance as we apply for State grant funding for faith-based Non profits

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

• Fred Reyes is still fighting COVID-19.
• A friend needs financial help for dental work.
• Continued healing for Jim’s knee.
• A friend’s brother undergoing radiation treatment for cancer
• A friend who had brain cancer surgery last week is experiencing some side affects.
• An alcoholic friend who is working on recovery.

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
• A friend needs guidance with a writing job.
• The survivors of the Texas/Mexico hurricane
• A friend needs wisdom about when to move back to New York.
• The upcoming primary and general elections