PRAISES 

• We are proud to welcome the new Touchstone Board Member for whom we have been praying!
• A friend is halfway through her daily radiation treatments and has still had no side effects. 
• We are excited to start CiViL in schools again the day after Labor Day.
• We are also excited about a new couple counseling client.
• Our CiViL Service scouting trip to Waverly, TN last Saturday was informative and inspiring, and it prepared us for our upcoming CiViL Service Trip to Waverly on September 11.
• A friend got a raise and moved into anew apartment.
• We had an excellent meeting today with a prospective new board member.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services   

• Our upcoming CiViL Service Project in Waverly, TN on Sep 11 
• Guidance and favor for the Hays Foundation grant
• That Scott Hamilton’s “Good People” TV show (on which our CiViL students have a segment) will be picked up by the network.
• The development of a ministry partnership with a local business.
• Plans and staffing for CiViL school programs that start the day after Labor Day. 
• Continued guidance for the 2021 Touchstone Tribute planning team and participants
• CiViL students who engage in unhealthy relationship patterns
• Guidance for Touchstone counseling clients

Comfort and Healing

• The family & friends of Tim Akers at his passing from leukemia
• A friend’s 92 year old aunt in hospital. 
• A friend having oxygen/lung issues
• A friend experiencing COVID-19 after-effects.
• A friend is having breast cancer surgery on Thursday
• Multiple friends battling cancer or COVID-19
• For people damaged by trauma
• Friends working on addiction recovery

Other

• Hurricane Ida flood survivors
• All those left behind in Afghanistan 
• Survivors and volunteer helpers of the Waverly TN flood 
• Those suffering from the earthquake in Haiti 
• Our aging families
• An autistic friend who will be moving soon.
• Guidance for friends planning a building project.
• A change of heart for young people bullying a special needs adult.
• Guidance for a friend with a new vision for ministry
• A friend has regular grand jury duty, and it is important, but intense.
• Those with domestic violence and mental health 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
• A reduction in police shootings and justice in those cases
• 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 

• The tug-of-war between personal freedoms and safety
• Threats and violence in anti-mask and anti-vaccine protests
• Stamina and safety for all health care workers
• Wise leadership over masking and vaccine requirements
• Protection for those w compromised immune systems
• The revival that could come from our cries to God for help, hope, mercy, and repentance.
• A swift comeback from the COVID-19 economy.