Connect Group · Member guide

The member journey, start to finish

From asking for an account to sharing how a prayer was answered: what the member does, what the app does in response, and where a Group Leader steps in.

Start Step Decision End point Next step Email sent
Member you Connect Group app what the app does Group Leader or Admin submits new request Yes No email first login asks for a new one saves submits alert email In Prayer after review God answers confirms alert email later 1 Getting an account 2 First login 3 Submitting a prayer request 4 Prayer answered New to the group Request an Account name · email · phone Saves the request shows “Request received” Reviews the request Access Requests page Creates the account with a temporary password Approve? Gets the temporary password check spam · or ask a leader Emails a welcome message from leader@gcbc-connectgroup.org Declined no account is created Logs in email + temporary password Requires a new password “Set Your Password” page Sets their own password 8+ characters, typed twice Opens My Requests the member’s home page + New Request title · category · details · options Saves it as NEW only the member and leaders see it Gets an email While NEW: Edit or Remove the only time it can be edited Reviews the request Manage Requests page Shows it on All Requests name hidden if Anonymous Moves it to In Prayer or removes it While IN PRAYER Remove · or Mark as Answered Mark as Answered optional: how it was answered Status becomes ANSWERED moves to “Answered prayers” Gets an email “Prayer answered: …” Request is locked no edit · remove · status change Archives it later when it’s time
The member works down the left lane. Each step to the right is what the app does in response or what a Group Leader does. Dashed green arrows are emails, all sent from leader@gcbc-connectgroup.org. The member can edit a request only while it is New, and has no more control once they mark it Answered.

What the member can do at each status

StatusWho can see itEditRemoveMark answered
NewOnly the member and Group Leaders, until a leader reviews itYesYesNot yet
In PrayerEveryone, on “Needing prayer”NoYesYes, with an optional story
AnsweredEveryone, on “Answered prayers”NoNoAlready answered
ArchivedEveryone, under “Include answered & archived”NoNoNo
RemovedTaken down by a Group LeaderNoNoNo

Any time, from any page

Forgot password

Forgot password?→Leader resets it→Emails a temporary password→First login again

The old password keeps working until the reset.

Log In page · Guide 6

Change password

Click your name (top right), then Change Password. Enter the current password and a new one (8+ characters) twice.

Your name menu · Guide 5

Log out, and the 15-minute timeout

  • Click your name (top right), then Log Out.
  • After 15 minutes without using the app you’re logged out automatically. A minute before, a box offers Stay logged in.
  • Wrong email or password several times in a few minutes means a short wait before trying again.
Your name menu · Guide 5

Browse the group’s requests

  • Needing prayer (default): requests being prayed for now. Urgent ones are first.
  • Answered prayers: requests marked answered, with how they were answered.
  • Include answered & archived: everything, plus a category filter.
All Requests · Guide 10
Special case

A Group Leader marks it answered

Normally the member marks their own prayer answered. If a leader does it instead, My Requests shows “A Group Leader marked this answered!” and the member gets one chance to share how it was answered.

Guide 13
Mistakes

Need to undo something?

Contact your Group Leader. They can move it back to New so you can edit it.

Help

Every step on this page has a short guide in the app’s Help page. Members see the Member and Everyone guides.

Help · Guides 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13