How do I add a prayer-walk?

Go to the ‘Map’ tab, then press the white button reading ‘Add a prayer walk’.

The dialogue will ask if you’re planning a route or whether you’ve already prayed it. You can choose whichever best suits you - you might prefer to plan out your route in advance using the Prayer App, then return to it later to click ‘complete’. Or you might prefer to prayer-walk, then come back to the app and map your route.

Whichever you select, you can then scroll and zoom around the Prayer map to find the streets you plan to prayer-walk. New for 2024: you can now mark pedestrianised streets as prayer-walked through the app! Click on each part of the street that you have walked - it might take a little while to click all the parts of your route. If you click part of a street by mistake, just tap it again to clear it. Once you have selected your full route, click ‘Save’.

If you selected that you were planning a route, it will now appear in black on your app screen, as a reminder of the route you plan to walk. Before you can mark another prayer-walk, you will need to go back to this ‘Map’ tab and click ‘Complete’ to confirm that you have prayer-walked that route.

Congratulations! You have shared a prayer-walk through the Prayer App! The total distance of your prayer-walk will now be added to your personal stats section, which you can view by clicking on the ‘Progress’ tab, then on the white ‘Myself’ button.

How do I share a prayer need?

It’s easy to share the prayer needs that you discover while prayer-walking with Arise.

First, click on the ‘Prayer Needs’ tab. Then click the orange button reading ‘Add a prayer need’. This will load the map of Sheffield. Scroll and zoom until you find the name of the area (in bold black text) closest to the location of the prayer need and click on that name. Then click ‘Next’.

Select a category of prayer need that best describes the need you want to share from the drop-down list.

Then, in the text box, type some detail about the prayer need you’ve discovered. Please don’t include full names or other identifying details such as addresses. If there are identifying personal details in your prayer need, our moderators will gently edit the text to remove them before sharing the prayer need with the wider community.

Click ‘Save’.

You will be able to see your Prayer Need straight away on the ‘Prayer Needs’ tab, but others won’t be able to see it until it has been approved by our app moderators. Once it’s approved, it will appear to the rest of the Arise community, so that they can join you in prayer for that request.

Can I change or update my personal details?

Yes, you can do this yourself through the app. Go to the ‘More’ tab, then click on ‘Account details’. From here you can see the details that the app holds about you, and edit things such as your preferred email address, name, church, and opting in or out of communications.

You can also opt in or out of sharing your progress with the rest of the Arise community by ticking or clearing the final box, which reads ‘I am happy for my profile to be publicly viewable’. If ticked, this means that your first name and initial will appear on the ‘Everyone’ section of the ‘Progress’ tab, showing other community members how far you’ve prayer-walked, and how many of the targets you’ve completed.