PRAISES & THANKS     

• Our core CiViL Groups seem to be solidifying.
• A good meeting with Rocketown leaders
• Some very positive movement on a friend’s building plan
• A friend’s home situation is much-improved. 
• Jon Bon Jovi and crew helped a suicidal woman on the Pedestrian Bridge.

PETITIONS

Touchstone Events, Programs & Services     

CiViL: 

• We are continuing to launch our CiViL school programs.
• A partner church for each CiViL location

Students:

• Safety for students in an age of gun violence
• Students with mental and emotional issues
• That God reach the teens who need help.
• School safety in TN – lots of call-in threats

Counseling:

• Touchstone counseling clients

Staff, Volunteers, & Interns:

• CiViL interns/student teachers for this year 
• Protection for Touchstone staff, vols & interns 

Other:

• A  pre/post test for CiViL.
• Belmont legacy plan

• That we be able to contact Milton J
• Fall fundraiser planning
• New office space for Touchstone

Comfort and Healing 

Grief:

• All of the students, teachers, and their loved ones after the Apalachee High School shooting
• All families dealing with loss

Illness & injury: 

• Larry H is recovering from heart surgery
• Bill P is battling prostate cancer along with challenging heart issues
  
• A friend’s son having surgery soon
• Anita has congestive heart issues
• Jim’s mom is stable, but fragile.
• Meg B is battling lung cancer.
• Renee’s sister getting cancer treatment
• A friend’s gums, bones, and eyes
• A friend fighting sickle cell anemia

Struggle:  

• Several friends who need work
• Friends struggling with addiction, anxiety, and past trauma

Other-Individuals

• The Malawi village where Jim visited needs for a well.
• That Sebastian is found. 
• Expensive medication cost for a friend
• A friend’s building & moving plans 
• People we love come to Jesus
• Youth For Christ needs more workers for their Juvenile Justice System ministry

 Partner Organizations

Churches:

• Bellevue Presbyterian Church
• The Village Chapel
• Mt Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

Ministries:

• Mission Discovery
• Rocketown
• Youth for Christ 

• Inspiritus 
• Juvenile Justice Detention Facility
• World Vision

Higher Education – Interns:

• Belmont University
• Lipscomb University

Funders:

• Enterprise Rent-a-Car & Foundation
• HCA Healthcare Foundation
• Just Love Coffee
• US Health Advisors – Montague Region
• The Predators Foundation
• Metro Nashville Public Schools:

• Hillsboro High
• James Lawson High
• Nashville School of the Arts
• John Overton High
• Oliver Middle
• Stratford – Not active there, yet!

Ministry Consultants:

• Missions Development International
• Mission Increase Foundation

Current Issues

Government:

• President, Governor, Mayor & local, state & national policymakers, 2024 elections

Justice for:

• All people, regardless of race, religion, etc.
• Trump trials & eligibility issue
• Organizations that have allowed abuse

Protection from/for:

• Persecution & War (Ukraine, Israel/Gaza, the Church)
• Domestic violence & abuse
• First responders

Social/Cultural:

• The temptation to hate our perceived enemies
• Depression, violence & suicide 
• Those with mental health & disabilities
• America’s mass shooting epidemic 

Natural Disaster Survivors:

• Fires in various places
• Extreme heat and drought in much of the world 
• Hurricane Francine survivor