PRAISES

• We had am excellent CiViL Rocketown meeting last week led by a volunteer.
• A young man with several disabilities entered a new work program and is already having success.
• We had a good service project with Rocketown on Saturday.
• Jim’s knee has recovered from last Summer’s injury.
• Touchstone received a grant from Enterprise this week.
• The Big Blessing Benefit Sale is officially scheduled for July 31.
• The 2021 Touchstone Tribute is scheduled for October 28.
• A production company wants to do a video on CiViL’s annual Show Our Love service project.
• A friend who fell and broke her arm is recovering quickly.
• A friend with undiagnosed health concerns is able to rule out cancer.
• A friend had successful surgery last week.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services 

• Guidance for Touchstone Tribute planning team
• Plans for CiViL school programs in the Fall including staffing, training, and new volunteers
• Touchstone funding and grants
• New Touchstone board member for late summer or fall
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns 
• Remaining funding needed for water bottles, T-shirts, and other CiViL swag
• Guidance for Touchstone counseling clients
• That God would bring the new students he wants at Summer CiViL

Comfort and Healing

• Lives lost in the I-65 9 vehicle pile-up, especially those from AL Girls Ranch in Tallapoosa County. 
• The loved ones of a friend who passed away today from cancer.
• The family of Jesse Huang (former CiViL student) who died from injuries sustained when his motorcycle was hit by another vehicle.
• Daniel Westbrooks (friend of TYRS who shared his story in 2020 Touchstone Tribute) & family on the death today of his brother Ryan who died from injuries sustained in a car accident.
• Continued healing for friend who fell and sustained several injuries
• Multiple friends battling cancer 
• A friend needs a liver transplant right away
• Jim’s sister is still fighting a tenacious sinus/respiratory infection
• A friend’s sister has un-diagnosed health issues
• Friends fighting COVID-19 and after affects
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends and clients working on alcohol recovery

Other

• • Revive Camp in S. AL – That students would see God for who he is and themselves as he sees them.
  • A friend has grand jury duty, and it is intense.

That a disabled friend continue to function and thrive in new program.

• A friend need to schedule clients for July
• Anyone with domestic violence and mental health challenges
• A friend who is working his way out of homelessness.

Partner Organizations

• Bellevue Presbyterian Church
• The Village Chapel
• Rocketown
• Enterprise Rent-a-Car
• Overton High
• Oliver Middle
• Hillsboro High
• Hillwood High
• Nashville School of the Arts
• Youth For Christ – For their fundraiser today (June 16)

Racial Justice

• A reduction in police shootings and justice in those cases
• Threats to voting rights
• Racial accountability at private schools
• Justice for people of color
• Repentance by oppressors and complicit bystanders
• Positive leadership
• Progress in anti-racism movement
• Social media conflict over race and other justice issues.

COVID-19

• Vaccines and wise leadership in countries with high COVID rates
• Protection from the dangerous new Delta variant
• Help and hope for teens who lost so much during the pandemic
• The revival that comes from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.
• Protection for all with compromised health and those unable to receive a vaccine
• A swift comeback from the COVID-19 economy.
• The continued safety of our heroic health care workers