TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
June 23, 2021
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