Core Docs - Engagement - Start a Prayer Session

Rock Version: v19.0
Last Modified: 2025-10-13 3:43 PM

Once it's time for the prayer team to begin working through the requests, they will find them on the website under Connect > Prayer > Prayer Team.

When a member of the prayer team starts a prayer session, all categories with active prayers will show on the webpage, along with a number of active prayers in each. Once one or more categories are selected, they will be auto-filled for the next session.

Selecting Prayer Categories
If your team is small, you should consider selecting most or all categories until you have good prayer coverage.

Press the Start button to begin.

Urgent requests will be at the top, followed by all remaining requests in the order of the least prayed for to the most prayed for.

After praying for this request, press the Next button to move to the next prayer. Each time you view a request, Rock will record an additional prayer for it.

Unapproving Requests
If you are concerned about whether a particular request is appropriate, because of danger or abuse for instance, you can flag the request by clicking the Flag button. This will un-approve the request until it has been reviewed by the Prayer Administrator.  

Prayer Team Comment Security
Out of the box, the "RSR - Prayer Access" role by itself doesn't allow adding comments to prayer requests. You could use this role to include people on the prayer comments email, while keeping comment entry restricted to those with staff-level access.  
If your prayer team members with Prayer Access should be able to comment on requests, add the role to the "Edit" rights on the Prayer Comment note type in Admin Tools > Settings > Note Types.  

About Default Configuration

Just like entering prayer requests for the public, prayer session settings can also be modified on the external website under Connect > Prayer > Prayer Team.

Block Settings

Below are some of the settings for the Prayer Session block. You'll want to review these and the other settings for this block to ensure it fits your process and needs.

That's it. With just a few simple steps you can simply and powerfully raise up the people of your church with prayer. And once you start using it, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.

By configuring your categories and creating new pages you can create general prayer request systems each with their own requests and categories. This is helpful if you would like to set up a unique prayer area for ministries like teens or missions.