PRAISES

• Curriculum preparation is still going well.

• A friend with COVID-19 is improving some.

• We have permission from Bellevue Presbyterian Church to schedule our Big Blessing Benefit Sale in July.

• Touchstone took part in a delightful Edgehill Community Fun Day this weekend.

• We will be welcoming several new CiViL students thanks to a recommendation from an old CiViL student.

• A church in Texas has inquired about providing CiViL in their community.

• A friend’s brother who is undergoing cancer treatment has undergone a positive change in his outlook.

PETITIONS

TOUCHSTONE/CiViL

• Protection, hope, wisdom, and positive change for our students in these difficult times.

• 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

• Touchstone needs new board members.

• CiViL needs more qualified, trained male volunteers

• Favor for Mel re: Rutgers SEL certification program

• Guidance as we mentoring several young people who are eager to make a difference.

COMFORT & HEALING 

• For the friends and family of George Floyd

• Several friends with COVID-19, one in critical condition

• For Melony’s recurring back pain

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

• For a friend with uterine cancer who will be having surgery in July

• For Youth For Christ Teen Moms, especially a young woman and her child who are both COVID-19 positive

• For the family of Nate Nolan on Thursday, the anniversary of his passing

• For a friend at the passing of her sister this week.

• For a friend with family struggles

PROTESTS & UNREST

• 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 a reopening and protest surge of COVID -19

• A Nashville record high in hospitalizations for COVID-19

• 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 livelihoods 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 friends who are struggling with a financial challenge

• For a friend who is attempting to put their financial house in order