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# Get Pastoral Care Preferences

> Returns the authenticated member’s consent settings, private life moments, quiet-day preferences, and supported option values. The response contains only records owned by that member.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/care-life-moments
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TheFaithApp Partner API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The v1 API for third-party apps that sign in TheFaithApp members and access
    church-scoped content and workflows.
  contact:
    name: TheFaithApp Support
    email: support@thefaithapp.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.thefaithapp.com
    description: Production
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
    bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Hosted Auth
    description: Sign members in through the hosted TheFaithApp authentication flow.
  - name: Core Experience
    description: Load member context and the personalized home experience.
  - name: Content
    description: >-
      Read sermons, media, YouTube videos, devotionals, and streaming
      configuration.
  - name: Engagement
    description: Manage member favorites and devotional bookmarks.
  - name: Churches
    description: Read church profiles, public directory records, and branch information.
  - name: Events & Volunteers
    description: >-
      Browse events and volunteer opportunities, then manage registrations and
      commitments.
  - name: Notifications & Bulletins
    description: Read church and member notifications and published bulletins.
  - name: Prayer
    description: Submit a prayer request for the authenticated member.
  - name: Pastoral Care
    description: >-
      Manage the authenticated member’s confidential care requests,
      consent-based follow-up preferences, private life moments, and quiet days.
  - name: Member Connections
    description: Manage the member’s campus and ministry connections.
  - name: Community Groups
    description: >-
      Discover groups and manage membership, feeds, attendance, study guides,
      and leader notes.
  - name: Community Preferences & Research
    description: >-
      Manage community preferences, summaries, and consent-based research
      participation.
  - name: Resource Sharing
    description: Offer shared resources and manage member loan requests and transitions.
  - name: Mutual Aid
    description: >-
      Manage needs and offers, private responses, safety reports, and member
      activity.
  - name: Analytics
    description: Record product analytics events and retrieve aggregate metrics.
  - name: Notification Analytics
    description: Record and summarize notification delivery, open, and click events.
paths:
  /v1/care-life-moments:
    get:
      tags:
        - Pastoral Care
      summary: Get Pastoral Care Preferences
      description: >-
        Returns the authenticated member’s consent settings, private life
        moments, quiet-day preferences, and supported option values. The
        response contains only records owned by that member.
      operationId: getCareLifeMoments
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pastoral Care preferences and private dates were returned.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentOverviewResponse'
              example:
                status: Success
                data:
                  preferences:
                    reminders_enabled: true
                    birthday_follow_up_enabled: false
                    grief_follow_up_enabled: true
                    illness_follow_up_enabled: false
                    crisis_follow_up_enabled: false
                    hard_anniversary_follow_up_enabled: true
                    care_radar_enabled: false
                    group_participation_follow_up_enabled: false
                    contact_preference: text
                    acknowledgment_style: ask_first
                    consented_at: '2026-07-25T09:30:00.000000Z'
                    care_radar_consented_at: null
                  life_moments:
                    - id: 73
                      kind: grief_anniversary
                      status: active
                      title: Remember Mum
                      event_date: '2026-09-14'
                      next_reminder_on: '2026-09-07'
                      recurrence: yearly
                      reminder_lead_days: 7
                      member_note: Please ask before calling.
                      has_assigned_caregiver: true
                      assigned_to_name: Pastor Grace
                      created_at: '2026-07-25T09:35:00.000000Z'
                      updated_at: '2026-07-25T09:35:00.000000Z'
                  suppressions:
                    - id: 51
                      topic: all_celebrations
                      starts_on: '2026-09-01'
                      ends_on: '2026-09-30'
                      pastoral_acknowledgment: true
                      active: true
                      reason: A sensitive family season.
                      member_guidance: A private text from a pastor is welcome.
                      created_at: '2026-07-25T09:40:00.000000Z'
                      updated_at: '2026-07-25T09:40:00.000000Z'
                  options:
                    kinds:
                      - birthday
                      - grief_anniversary
                      - illness_check_in
                      - crisis_follow_up
                      - hard_anniversary
                    recurrences:
                      - once
                      - yearly
                    statuses:
                      - active
                      - paused
                    contact_preferences:
                      - in_app
                      - phone
                      - text
                      - email
                    acknowledgment_styles:
                      - gentle
                      - ask_first
                      - no_contact
                    suppression_topics:
                      - all_celebrations
                      - birthday
                      - wedding_anniversary
                      - baby_and_family
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    CareLifeMomentOverviewResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - data
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: Request result.
          example: Success
        data:
          type: object
          required:
            - preferences
            - life_moments
            - suppressions
            - options
          properties:
            preferences:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CarePreference'
            life_moments:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMoment'
              description: Private dates owned by the authenticated member.
            suppressions:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareCommunicationSuppression'
              description: Quiet-day preferences owned by the authenticated member.
            options:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentOptions'
    CarePreference:
      type: object
      required:
        - reminders_enabled
        - birthday_follow_up_enabled
        - grief_follow_up_enabled
        - illness_follow_up_enabled
        - crisis_follow_up_enabled
        - hard_anniversary_follow_up_enabled
        - care_radar_enabled
        - group_participation_follow_up_enabled
        - contact_preference
        - acknowledgment_style
      properties:
        reminders_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Master consent for life-moment follow-up reminders.
        birthday_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow birthday follow-up.
        grief_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow grief-anniversary follow-up.
        illness_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow illness check-ins.
        crisis_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow crisis follow-up.
        hard_anniversary_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow hard-anniversary follow-up.
        care_radar_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Allow consent-backed Care Radar participation.
        group_participation_follow_up_enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Allow Community Group participation follow-up when Care Radar is
            also enabled.
        contact_preference:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareContactPreference'
        acknowledgment_style:
          type: string
          description: Preferred acknowledgment style.
          enum:
            - gentle
            - ask_first
            - no_contact
          example: ask_first
        consented_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: When reminder consent was recorded.
          format: date-time
        care_radar_consented_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: When Care Radar consent was recorded.
          format: date-time
    CareLifeMoment:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - kind
        - status
        - title
        - event_date
        - recurrence
        - reminder_lead_days
        - has_assigned_caregiver
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Life-moment identifier.
          example: 73
        kind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentKind'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentStatus'
        title:
          type: string
          description: Private member-provided title.
          example: Remember Mum
        event_date:
          type: string
          description: Private event date.
          format: date
          example: '2026-09-14'
        next_reminder_on:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Next date the care team may be reminded.
          format: date
        recurrence:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentRecurrence'
        reminder_lead_days:
          type: integer
          description: Days before the date to remind the assigned caregiver.
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 60
          example: 7
        member_note:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Private member guidance for the care team.
        has_assigned_caregiver:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether an authorized caregiver is assigned.
        assigned_to_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Assigned caregiver display name.
        created_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Creation time.
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Last update time.
          format: date-time
    CareCommunicationSuppression:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - topic
        - starts_on
        - ends_on
        - pastoral_acknowledgment
        - active
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Quiet-day preference identifier.
          example: 51
        topic:
          type: string
          description: Celebration messages covered by the quiet day.
          enum:
            - all_celebrations
            - birthday
            - wedding_anniversary
            - baby_and_family
          example: all_celebrations
        starts_on:
          type: string
          description: First quiet day.
          format: date
          example: '2026-09-01'
        ends_on:
          type: string
          description: Last quiet day.
          format: date
          example: '2026-09-30'
        pastoral_acknowledgment:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether a private pastoral acknowledgment is welcome during this
            period.
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the quiet-day preference is active.
        reason:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Private reason visible only within the safeguarded workflow.
        member_guidance:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Private guidance for any allowed acknowledgment.
        created_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Creation time.
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Last update time.
          format: date-time
    CareLifeMomentOptions:
      type: object
      required:
        - kinds
        - recurrences
        - statuses
        - contact_preferences
        - acknowledgment_styles
        - suppression_topics
      properties:
        kinds:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentKind'
          description: Supported kinds.
        recurrences:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentRecurrence'
          description: Supported recurrence values.
        statuses:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareLifeMomentStatus'
          description: Member-editable statuses.
        contact_preferences:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CareContactPreference'
          description: Supported contact methods.
        acknowledgment_styles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - gentle
              - ask_first
              - no_contact
          description: Supported acknowledgment styles.
        suppression_topics:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - all_celebrations
              - birthday
              - wedding_anniversary
              - baby_and_family
          description: Supported quiet-day topics.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Error response. Validation failures also include an `errors` object
        keyed by field name.
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: Error
        message:
          type: string
          example: The request could not be completed.
        error:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          example: null
        error_message:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          example: null
        errors:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    CareContactPreference:
      type: string
      description: How the member prefers to be contacted.
      enum:
        - in_app
        - phone
        - text
        - email
      example: phone
    CareLifeMomentKind:
      type: string
      description: Private life-moment kind.
      enum:
        - birthday
        - grief_anniversary
        - illness_check_in
        - crisis_follow_up
        - hard_anniversary
      example: grief_anniversary
    CareLifeMomentStatus:
      type: string
      description: Life-moment status editable by the member.
      enum:
        - active
        - paused
      example: active
    CareLifeMomentRecurrence:
      type: string
      description: Whether the private date occurs once or yearly.
      enum:
        - once
        - yearly
      example: yearly
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request is not valid for the current resource state.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        The API key or member bearer token is missing, invalid, expired, or
        belongs to another church.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Forbidden:
      description: The member is authenticated but cannot perform this action.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found in the authenticated church.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ValidationError:
      description: One or more request fields failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    ServerError:
      description: >-
        The request could not be completed because of an unexpected server
        error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: >-
        Client API key copied from Developer Access in the TheFaithApp
        dashboard.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Sanctum
      description: Member access token returned by `POST /v1/auth/token`.

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