PRAISES  

• A friend turned 23 yesterday!
• The Webers enjoyed good Fall Break trips.
• COVID numbers are going down.
• A friend is finished with jury duty!
• It’s good to be back to ministry after Fall Break
• We are having success with our counseling clients.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services   

• Plans for a CiViL Service Waverly Project on 11/06
• The formation of Hillwood CiViL groups 
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• The Touchstone Tribute planning team and participants
• Touchstone counseling clients
• Guidance and favor for the Hays Foundation grant
• Plans and staffing for CiViL school programs 
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns

Comfort and Healing

• A friend’s mother is in declining health. 
• In ICU w COVID: Jim’s high school friend Francis, and a friend’s brother-in-law
• Several friends have parents in declining health.
• A friend is in the ICU w COVID.
• A friend is having major shoulder surgery on Nov 15
• Melony’s aunt is recovering from broken pelvis.
• Multiple friends are grieving lost loved ones.
• A friend is battling cancer.
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends working on addiction recovery

Other

• Safe travels for several friends and family this weekend
• The kidnapped missionaries in Haiti
• Supply chain issues and the economy
• Anger and conflict hyped by social media
• 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 

• 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.