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A practical review rhythm for separating public prayer wording from private pastoral context before a request is shared.
The goal is not less prayer. The goal is better wording for the group receiving the request.
Private pastoral notes should not collapse into the wording read aloud or emailed broadly.
Use the same questions before prayer requests are printed, emailed, exported, or carried into a meeting.
This is not legal or medical advice. It is a practical church habit for asking what should be shared, with whom, and what should remain in a smaller pastoral circle.
A request shared with pastors, elders, staff, a prayer team, a bulletin, or the whole congregation may need different wording.
Write the version that can be prayed by the intended audience without exposing more than is needed.
Background details may matter for pastoral care without belonging in the shared prayer wording.
Before a request is repeated, someone should know whether to share, revise, hold, follow up, or close it.
Template fields
The name connected to the request, using only what belongs in this review.
Form, card, conversation, call, text, elder note, staff note, or pastoral visit.
Pastor only, elders/deacons, staff, prayer team, bulletin, email, or congregation.
The modest wording that can be shared with the intended audience.
Details that may matter pastorally but should not be broadly repeated.
Share, revise, hold, keep pastoral only, follow up, or close.
Review questions
This template is a practical church workflow. It is not legal, medical, counseling, mandated-reporting, or compliance advice. Churches should follow their own policies, pastoral judgment, and applicable duties.
If this review reveals more prayer requests and follow-up than one person can safely carry, test TendWell with one prayer list and one weekly review.
