TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
JULY 28, 2020
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