> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thefaithapp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pastoral Care remembers member-approved moments

> Members can choose private follow-up dates and pause sensitive celebration messages.

# Pastoral Care remembers member-approved moments

*July 24, 2026*

[Back to changelog](/changelog/index)

Pastoral Care can now remember meaningful dates without turning private care
into public recognition.

## Member Control Comes First

* Reminders are off until a member explicitly enables them.
* Members can choose birthday, grief, illness, crisis, and hard-anniversary
  follow-up separately.
* Each private date can be one-time or yearly, paused, edited, or permanently
  removed.
* Members choose a contact method and whether a gentle message is welcome,
  staff should ask first, or the date should be remembered without contact.

## Gentler Staff Follow-Up

The staff Life moments view shows member-approved dates, due follow-ups, and
eligible caregivers. Alerts use generic language and never include the
member's identity or the private moment.

Members can also pause automated birthday, wedding-anniversary, baby/family,
or all celebration recognition during a chosen quiet-day window. Restricted
reasons and guidance remain encrypted and visible only to appropriately
authorized pastoral staff.

Wedding preparation, baby dedication, funeral support, relocation support, and
pastoral recommendation requests now use the same confidential care casework
as other Pastoral Care requests.