PRAISES

• Jim’s knee is gradually getting better.

• Several friends have enjoyed significant improvement against COVID-19.

• We had a great time at Summer CiViL last week!

• We continue to receive donated items for our Big Blessing Benefit Sale in July.

• Website improvement is going well.

• Touchstone received welcome support from Cross Timbers Freewill Baptist Church this week!

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

• Several friends with COVID-19, one still in critical condition
• For Melony’s recurring back pain
• For Jim’s leg injury

• 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 a friend at the passing of her sister last week.

• For a friend with family struggles

RACIAL JUSTICE

• 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
• A friend who is in a difficult business situation.