PRAISES & THANKS     

• For rain when we need it.
• Good CiViL meetings
• A good meeting with our Tribute tech guy
• A friend is glad to get knee replacement plans solidified
• For the upcoming Touchstone Tribute 
• Karla’s lungs are clear of tumors.
• Ross C. is home from the hospital and doing well.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services     

CiViL: 

• CiViL Service flood recovery planning
• Show us a partner church for each CiViL location

Students:

• Students with mental and emotional issues
• That God reach the teens who need help.

Counseling:

• Touchstone counseling clients

Staff, Volunteers, & Interns:

• CiViL interns/student teachers for this year 
• Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns 

Other:

• Touchstone Tribute Guests, Volunteers & Program
• New office space for Touchstone

 Comfort and Healing 

Grief:

• Family & friends of Vanderbilt student who committed suicide this morning
• Family & friends of MTSU student who committed suicide recently
• All families dealing with loss

Illness & injury: 

• Madelyn is scheduling a knee replacement soon.
• A friend in the long recovery from spinal surgery
• Ross C fighting bile duct caner
• Marcia healing from a broken arm
• Bill P is battling prostate cancer.
• Ann C is battling skin cancer.
• Jim still hasn’t heard from relatives in North Carolina
• Anita has congestive heart issues
• Jim’s mom is stable, but fragile.
• Meg B is battling lung cancer.
• Karla in her ongoing battle against cancer.
• Renee’s sister getting cancer treatment
• A friend’s gums and bones
• A friend fighting sickle cell anemia

Struggle:  

• Several friends who need work
• Friends struggling with addiction, anxiety, and past trauma

Other-Individuals

• Traveling mercies for several friends
• Provision for a friend’s first independent movie.
• Provision for the funding of a friend’s mountaineering expedition
• Need for a new well in the Malawi village where Jim visited
• That Sebastian is found. 
• 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
• World Vision

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, Middle East)
• Domestic violence & abuse
• First responders
• Voters and election workers

Social/Cultural:

• The temptation to hate our perceived enemies
• Depression, violence & suicide 
• Those with mental health & disabilities
• America’s mass shooting epidemic 

Natural Disaster Survivors:

• Hurricanes Helene & Milton
• The flood in Spain