PRAISES & THANKS     

• Jim’s mom is still doing well.
• Jim & Melony’s LA trip was wonderful.
• Item collection for the BBB Sale has begun.
• Meeting with new HHS principal next week.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services     

CiViL: 

• Item collection for the Big Blessing Benefit Sale
• Plans for CiViL Summer at Juvenile Justice Center
• That God reach the teens who need help with safety, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual issues
• The Malawi trip in August
• Plans for CiViL this Fall 
• A partner church for each CiViL location
• CiViL interns for next year

Counseling:

• Touchstone counseling clients

Other:

• Belmont merger/legacy plan
•  Favor in contacting an influential friend
• Fall fundraiser committee

• Connection: Just Love Coffee Cafe – McEwen
• TYRS URGENTLY needs new office space 
• TYRS needs various kinds of volunteers and staff.
• Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns 

Comfort and Healing 

Grief:

•  All families dealing with loss

Illness & injury: 

• A friend having heart surgery on Monday
• Jim’s mom is stable, but fragile.
• Meg B is battling lung cancer.
• Renee’s sister getting cancer treatment
• A friend’s gums, bones, and eyes
• A friend fighting sickle cell anemia

Struggle: 

• A woman traumatized by having to testify against her abusive ex-husband
• A friend who needs a new job
• Friends struggling with addiction, anxiety, and past trauma

Other-Individuals

• Travel mercies for several friends
• That Sebastian is found. 
• A friend’s submission to The Wall 
• Expensive medication cost for a friend
• A friend’s building & moving plans 
• People we love come to Jesus
• Youth For Christ needs more workers for their Juvenile Justice System ministry

Partner Organizations

Churches:

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

Ministries:

• Mission Discovery
• Rocketown
• Youth for Christ 

• Inspiritus 
• Juvenile Justice Detention Facility

Higher Education – Interns:

• Belmont University
• Lipscomb University

Funders:

• Enterprise Rent-a-Car & Foundation
• HCA Healthcare Foundation
• Just Love Coffee
• US Health Advisors – Montague Region
• The Predators Foundation

Metro Nashville Public Schools:

• Hillsboro High
• James Lawson High
• Nashville School of the Arts
• John Overton High
• Oliver Middle
• Stratford – Not active there, yet!

Ministry Consultants:

• Missions Development International
• Mission Increase Foundation

Current Issues

Government:

• President, Governor, Mayor & local, state & national policymakers, 2024 elections

Justice for:

• All people, regardless of race, religion, etc.
• Trump trials & eligibility issue
• Organizations that have allowed abuse

Protection from/for:

• Persecution & War (Ukraine, Israel/Gaza, the Church)
• Domestic violence & abuse
• First responders

Social/Cultural:

• Depression, violence & suicide 
• Those with mental health & disabilities
• America’s mass shooting epidemic 

Natural Disaster Survivors:

• Extreme heat in the Southwest