Group Leader Guide

This simple guide explains what group leaders need to provide, how to moderate prayer requests, and what changes can break your group page. Everything here is designed to help you steward your prayer group with clarity and peace.

1. What You Need to Provide

A. Group Name
This appears at the top of your page and in the list of groups.

B. Banner Photo
A simple, meaningful image that represents your group. Horizontal photos work best. Avoid text-heavy or copyrighted images.

C. A Google Account
Each group uses one Google Form and one Google Sheet. You may use your personal Google account or create a group-specific one.

2. How Your Group Page Works

Your group page is built from three parts:

A banner image
A Google Form for submitting prayer requests
A live prayer feed loaded from your Google Sheet

Whenever someone submits a request, it appears automatically on your page.

3. How to Moderate Your Content

You have full control over your group’s prayer requests.

To remove objectionable or outdated content:
1. Open your Google Sheet
2. Find the row you want to remove
3. Delete the row
4. The change appears on your page immediately

You may delete spam, inappropriate content, duplicates, or old requests at any time.

4. What You Can Change Safely

You may safely change:

The text of any prayer request
The Name or Alias field
The Timestamp (if needed)
The order of rows
Your banner image (send us a new one anytime)

These changes will not break your page.

5. What Will Break Your Page

Do NOT change the column headers in your Google Sheet.

They must remain exactly:
Timestamp
Name or Alias
Prayer Request

These actions will break your page:

Renaming any column
Adding new columns
Deleting the header row
Reordering the columns
Changing the Google Sheet sharing settings

If something breaks, we can fix it — but these are the things to avoid.

6. Keeping Your Group Healthy

A few simple practices help your group thrive:

Encourage first names or initials
Remind members that requests are public
Delete old requests periodically
Keep your banner simple and peaceful
Pray for each request as a group

7. When to Contact Us

Reach out if you need help with:

Changing your banner
Renaming your group
Adding a new group
Your page not loading requests
Merging groups
International team setup

We are here to support you as you lead your group in prayer.