TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
October 20, 2021
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
- 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.