TOUCHSTONE PRAYER LIST
October 13, 2023
PRAISES & THANKS
- A friend’s building plan is still alive.
- A friend found a job.
- A friend is recovered from surgery and back to work.
- Jim enjoyed performing at Just Love Coffee Cafe Fri a.m.
- Good work done this week in the office
- “We’re Taking You To Court” event Oct 27
- Building new contact with Just Love Cofee Cafe in Cool Springs
- We were able to arrange a job shadowing experience for one of our students.
PETITIONS
Touchstone Events, Programs & Services
Funding:
- Planning for our Fall and Spring fundraisers
CiViL:
“We’re Taking You To Court” event Oct 27
Safety, rest & refreshment over Fall Break
A partner church for each CiViL location
Students with mental and emotional issues
Other:
Touchstone counseling clients
TYRS urgently needs new office space
TYRS needs various kinds of volunteers and staff.
Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns
Comfort and Healing
Friends grieving:
– The family & friends of Jim’s ex-brother-in-law
– The Family and friends of Patsy who passed away recently
– Ted’s friends & family after his sudden passing last week
– All families dealing with loss
Illness:
– Steve was injured in a motorcycle wreck.
– A friend battling Leukemia
– Frank – recovering from heart issues & concussion
– Friend with alcoholic husband
– Charles in chemo for stage 4 cancer
– A friend’s gums and bones that need to regenerate
– Karla – starting a new clinical trial soon
– Carlene – about halfway through radiation treatments
– Friends fighting cancer, family or personal addiction, sickle cell anemia
Struggle:
– Friends recovering from past trauma
– Young man getting treatment for addiction & anxiety
Other-Individuals
- A friend’s building plans
- A friend’s expensive medication cost
- People we love come to Jesus
- Students in juvenile detention – positive response to those who visit them to bring help, hope, & the Gospel.
Partner Organizations
Churches:
- Bellevue Presbyterian Church
- The Village Chapel
- Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
Ministries:
- Mission Discovery
- Rocketown
- Youth for Christ
Higher Education – Interns:
- Belmont University
- Lipscomb University
Funders:
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car & Foundation
- HCA Healthcare Foundation
- Just Love Coffee
Metro Nashville Public Schools:
- Hillsboro High
- Hillwood High
- Nashville School of the Arts
- Overton High
- Oliver Middle
Ministry Consultants:
- Mission Development International
- Mission Increase Foundation
Current Issues
- President, Governor, Courts & Policy makers
- All people, regardless or race, religion, etc.
- Jan. 6 insurrection
- Various Trump indictments
- Organizations that have allowed abuse
- Politicization of the Church
- Persecution & War (Ukraine & Israel)
- Domestic violence & abuse
- First responders
- Hurricane Idalia
- The Lahaina wildfire
- Hurricane Hillary
- Texas Tropical storm
- Flooding in the Midwest & Northeast
- Depression, violence & suicide in teen girls
- Those with mental health & disabilities
- America’s mass shooting epidemic
- Recession and economic instability
- We’ve had a good start-up for 2023-24 CiViL
- The Shoe Drive Service Project is done for this year.
- Jim went on his first backpack trip in 35 years
- Melony processed 3 large bags of clothes for CiViL Service