PRAISES  

• An excellent CiViL Service Project in Waverly, TN
• Melony’s speaking engagement at Belmont University last week went very well.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services   

• The formation of Hillwood CiViL groups 
• The Touchstone Tribute planning team and participants
• Touchstone counseling clients
• Plans and staffing for CiViL school programs 
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns

Comfort and Healing

• A CiViL student is grieving over the sudden passing of a loved one.
• The family of several friends who passed away from COVID-19 last week.
• Many other friends who are grieving lost loved ones
• A friend’s father is undergoing radiation treatment for skin cancer.
• Melony is in the last stages of a head cold and is awaiting skin cancer biopsy results. 
• A friend is battling cancer.
• A friend is having major shoulder surgery on Nov 15
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends working on addiction recovery

Other

• Career guidance for a friend
• That a friend would NOT be called for jury duty, due to time constraints
• Starvation in Madagascar due to drought
• A friend needs guidance regarding a creative idea.
• The kidnapped missionaries in Haiti
• Supply chain issues and the economy
• Tension and conflict within the American church
• Those suffering from recent disasters (hurricane, floods, fires, earthquakes), and war) 
• Our aging families
• Guidance for friends planning a building project.
• Those with domestic violence, mental health, and other challenges

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 

Racial Justice

• The backlash against Critical Race Theory and its effect on education
• 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 

• Safety for children who are given the COVID-19 vaccine
• Wise leadership over masking and vaccine requirements
• Conflict over vaccine mandates
• Protection for those w compromised immune systems
• Threats and violence in anti-mask and anti-vaccine protests
• Stamina and safety for all health care workers
• A swift comeback from the COVID-19 economy
• Plans for a CiViL Service Waverly Project on 11/06
• The revival that could come from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance