Privacy Policy

What we collect

We only collect what you choose to give us:

• Prayer requests: your request, and your name and contact details unless you send it anonymously.
• Plan a visit, Midweek sign-ups, baptism requests and other sign-up forms: names, contact details and the answers you give. When a parent or guardian signs up a child, that includes the child’s name and age or grade.
• Shop orders: your name, email, phone and shipping address, and what you ordered.
• Signing in: if you sign in with your Planning Center account, we show you your own contact card, household and serving schedule from Planning Center.
• Emails you send us.

Prayer requests

Prayer requests are read by our pastors and pastoral staff. They are shared with our prayer team only if you tell us that’s okay on the form. They are never posted on the website.

If you choose to send a request anonymously, we do not keep your name or contact details with it. We respect that choice, and we will still be praying for you.

Children and students

Information about children is given to us by their parents or guardians. We use it only for ministry: check-in, safety, and letting families know what is happening.

Signing in to this website is for ages 13 and up. Children under 13 cannot sign in or create an account here.

If you are a parent or guardian and want to see, correct or remove your child’s information, email us and we will take care of it.

Giving and the shop

Online giving is handled by Church Center (Planning Center). Shop payments are handled by Stripe. Your card number goes straight to them. It is never seen by, or stored on, this website.

Made-to-order shop items are printed and shipped by our print partner through Shopify, so your name and shipping address are passed along to fill your order.

Cookies and visit counts

We do not use advertising trackers. We use a simple visitor counter (Jetpack Stats from WordPress.com) to see how many people visit which pages.

A small cookie keeps you signed in if you sign in. Videos and maps on some pages come from YouTube and Google, which may set their own cookies.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your information. We share it only with the services that help us run the church and this website: Planning Center and Church Center (people, forms, giving), Stripe (shop payments), Shopify and our print partner (made-to-order items), and WordPress.com (website hosting).

We may also share information if the law requires it or to protect someone’s safety.

Keeping it safe and how long we keep it

The website uses a secure (HTTPS) connection, and only authorized staff can see what you send us. No website can promise perfect security, but we work to protect what you share.

We keep information for as long as we need it for ministry. You can ask us at any time to update or delete yours.

Your choices

To see, correct or delete your information, or to stop receiving emails from us, write to info@gorhc.org. We will answer as soon as we can.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will post the new version here with a new date.

Last updated November 2026