Christ-centered care, support, and recovery
We’re here to support you and help you grow closer to Jesus through the inevitable challenges of life. We provide support, care, and recovery groups as well as individual pastoral care, prayer ministry appointments, and Christian counselor recommendations.
Please note: Many of these options are available via phone or video chat during this season.
Click here to access issue-specific resources regarding general mental health, anxiety, chemical dependency, depression, disordered eating, domestic violence, finances, grief, marriage, parenting, relationships, sexual addiction, and suicide prevention, with more additions to come.
CARE
Individual Counseling and Support at NCC
NCC provides several avenues of support, guidance, education, and prayer, including:
Prayer Ministry Appointments – These appointments, with pastors or trained, screened lay persons, cover the gamut of life from prayerfully managing emotions and heartache to discerning God’s will or finding spiritual direction. Prayer ministry topics can include issues such as identity and restoration, careers and calling, relationships or brokenness, grief and loss, shame and anxiety, understanding prayer and the Spirit and more. These sessions are available via video chat.
Pastoral Care Appointments – Our campus pastors and volunteer pastoral care team members can meet with you 1-3 times and then refer you to more specialized help if that is needed. These sessions are available via phone or video chat.
Counselor Recommendations – We provide recommendations of Christian counselors in the DC metro area who address a broad range of issues. Unfortunately, most Christian counselors are not in-network on any insurance plans, but some insurance plans will reimburse you. (Questions? Check out our Therapy FAQs.) Many counselors are now offering to meet via phone or video chat.
To request a prayer ministry appointment, pastoral care appointment, or counselor recommendation, please fill out the following form.
Care, Support, and Recovery Groups at NCC
Art Transforming Trauma – This is a clinical group for adult survivors of complex trauma (military, domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, etc.). Meets in person
Celebrate Recovery – A Christ-centered 12-step program for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up, Celebrate Recovery meets year-round and you can join at any time. Meets in person.
DivorceCare @ NCC – DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. Meets in person
Faith After Divorce – What does it look like to be a divorced Christian? How do we seek and serve God, not just in spite of our circumstances, but in and through our new reality? Meets online.
MILS (Miscarriage Infant Loss Support) Group – Many women have had to navigate the tough emotional and spiritual journey after a loss of a child. The MILS ( Miscarriage Infant Loss Support) Group is designed to be a place of support, encouragement, and comfort when your faith and heart have been tested by such a loss. Meets online.
Not Your Typical Men’s Breakfast – This monthly breakfast provides supportive community for men who are experiencing same-sex attraction, pursuing community, and embracing celibacy or considering opposite-sex marriage. Meets in person.
Other care-oriented small groups begin each semester. If there’s a group you’d like to see offered or would be interested in leading, please contact our Pastor of Recovery and Care.
We also recommend the following groups, which are being offered either online or locally by various churches and ministries:
Sexual & Relational Brokenness Programs – These groups offered by Regeneration Ministries help individuals find healing and transformation so they can experience true intimacy with God and others.
Faith-Based Disordered Eating Groups – Support groups and courses offered by Rock Recovery for those dealing with disordered eating and other food and body image issues.
PATH: Past Abortion Transformation & Healing – This group offered by the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center provides a safe, confidential space to process the confusion, pain, and other emotions left by an abortion. Registration is requested in advance for this sensitive topic.
GriefShare – GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.
Living Grace – Living Grace groups are for adults experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.
Family Grace – Family Grace groups are for family members and spouses supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.
Thrive – Thrive groups are designed to help you master the science and faith experience to see whole-health results — physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally.
Celebrate Recovery
This Christ-centered 12-step program is for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up. This can include struggles with relationships, anger, food, sex, porn, drugs, alcohol, finances, gambling, self-injury, family dysfunction, the effects of past abuse, and more. Offered both in-person and online.
DC Area Resources
Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center – The Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center offers help and support to women, men, and their families who are in a crisis pregnancy. They also offer PATH, a biblically based 9-week confidential healing group for women and men who have experienced the pain of abortion.
Regeneration Ministries – Regeneration helps those seeking wholeness in the areas of intimacy, identity, and desire by inviting them into community marked by the truth and grace of Jesus. They offer several programs in Northern Virginia, DC, and Baltimore. They are currently offering one-on-one coaching as well as some of their programs online.
Restoration 1:99 – Restoration 1:99 provides programs and clinical services for survivors of complex trauma and their families including: human trafficking, sexual assault/abuse, domestic violence, bullying, and military. They serve adolescents, adults, and families in the greater DC area in a variety of ways such as individual and group therapy, along with innovative new holistic approaches to healing through expressive therapies such as movement, art, music, and drama. They have therapists in DC, MD, & VA.
Rock Recovery – Rock Recovery supports the journey to freedom from disordered eating and has programs in Arlington and DC. They are now holding virtual Zoom sessions for all individual and group clinical recovery services.
Local Counseling Networks – NCC offers recommendations of specific individual Christian counselors which you can request through this form. In addition, we recommend the following Christian counseling networks (Please note: We have not vetted their counselors individually). Questions? Check out our Therapy FAQs. Many of them are now meeting through phone or video chat sessions:
CentrePointe Counseling: A Samaritan Center – Locations throughout Maryland
Life Christian Counseling Network – Locations around DC Metro area
New Life Christian Counseling Network – Nationwide – referrals by phone
Safe Harbor Christian Counseling – Locations around DC Metro area
DC-Area Hotlines and Shelters
Access HelpLine – 1-888-7WE-HELP (1-888-793-4357)
CrisisLink Hotline – 1-703-527-4077
DC Victim Hotline – 1-844-4HelpDC (1-844-443-5732)
House of Ruth – House of Ruth offers comprehensive services and housing for women and children. Our services range from supportive housing for families and single women in crisis, to a therapeutic, developmental daycare for homeless children, and free counseling services to anyone who has been a victim of domestic violence. (Shelters still open during COVID-19, contact 202-667-7001 ext. 320 or intake@houseofruth.org)
My Sister’s Place – MSP is unique in offering a full continuum of care from emergency shelter through transitional-to-permanent housing. Our experienced team of case managers and residential counselors provides clinical counseling, case management, and comprehensive services to empower survivors to recover and thrive. MSP also provides training, case consultation, and advocacy to engage communities to prevent violence and abuse. (Still open during COVID-19)
Resources Available Anywhere
Christian Resources
Celebrate Recovery – This Christ-centered 12-step program is for those dealing with any sort of hurt, habit, or hang-up. Find a meeting near you! Online groups are also available!
DivorceCare – This group offers people help and healing for the hurt of separation and divorce. Enter your zip code to find a location near you (also offered online).
Fresh Hope for Mental Health – A network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a mental health diagnosis along with their loved ones. They currently offer two online meetings. You may choose to attend weekly, biweekly, or monthly; whatever works best for you. (Available in English and Spanish).
GriefShare – This friendly, caring group of people will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. Enter your zip code to find a location near you (also offered online).
Mental Health Grace Alliance – Free e-booklets and webinars available – these are especially helpful for individuals and marriages/families experiencing mental health difficulties and disorders. Various churches are now offering online mental health support groups using their curriculum. These include Living Grace (for adults experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), Redefine Grace (for high school/college-age experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), Family Grace (for a family member/spouse supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder), and Thrive (which addresses general mental wellness).
Soberholic Podcast – A free library of over 50 episodes of testimonies and recovery tools that are put together from Christian believers that attend Celebrate Recovery.
Other Resources
NAMI COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide
12 Step Programs Meeting Online or Via Phone
In The Rooms – A free online recovery tool that offers 130 weekly online meetings for those recovering from addiction and related issues. They embrace multiple pathways to recovery, including all 12 Step, non-12 Step, wellness and mental health modalities.
Adult Children of Alcoholics/ Dysfunctional Families
National Resource Hotlines
National Suicide Prevention Hotline – 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line – Text HOME to 741741
National Domestic Violence Hotline – 1-800-799-7233
National Sexual Assault Hotline – 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
National Eating Disorder Association Helpline – 1-800-931-2237
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline – 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
PRAYER
Prayer at NCC is not just an activity that we do, it defines who we are.
Prayer is how we connect and grow in friendship with God. It’s in prayer that we are healed and set free. Through prayer, we get to partner with God’s heart, love and purposes to see His kingdom come to our lives and the lives of our families, neighbors and nations.
Every Jesus-follower has been invited into a unique, one-on-one relationship with God through prayer. We encourage you to be spending regular quality time hearing from and talking with God every day. As part of the NCC family, here are other ways you can engage with prayer. Questions? Please email prayer@national.cc.
Learn How to Pray
New to praying? Here’s a short script you can follow.
Greet God – Remember, you are talking to a person. How might you address God? God. Father. Friend. Almighty. Holy. Savior. Redeemer. You may address Him differently depending on what you want to talk to Him about.
Express Gratitude – Tell Him what you are thankful for.
Request Help – Tell Him what you are concerned about. Remember, the simple phrase “help me” is sometimes the most powerful and honest prayer you can pray.
Listen – Jesus wants to talk to you! Prayer should never be a one-way monologue but an on-going conversation, and that means we have to pause long enough to listen. While His voice is often inaudible, it comes to us in unmistakable ways—first and foremost in the Bible but also in feelings deep in our gut and the voices of friends who follow Him.
Prayer training is offered through these small groups.
- Prayer 101 Course
- Basic Training for the Prophetic
Need Prayer?
Topics can include issues such as identity and restoration, careers and calling, relationships or brokenness, grief and loss, shame and anxiety, understanding prayer and the Spirit and more.
Prayer Ministry Appointments
Meet one-on-one with an NCC Pastor or Prayer Partner (an experienced and trained layperson). Visit ncc.re/support
Sozo Inner Healing Prayer Appointments
If you are looking for inner healing and deliverance, a Sozo prayer session might be right for you! Sozo helps get to the root of issues hindering your personal connection with God or others. Sozo is simple, Spirit-led and effective. It is not counseling, but a time of interactive conversation with God, with the help of trained prayer ministers. Sozo appointments are roughly 2 hours and are with trained and experienced 2-person teams. They are completely confidential. Email sozo@national.cc.
Submit Prayer Requests Anytime
NCC prayer teams cover each request. Go to ncc.re/connect
Get Prayer at Your Campus
To receive prayer after services, look for the prayer team with the green ASK badges. A trained member of the Prayer Team will pray with you on the spot!
Pray for Others
Serve by joining one of these prayer teams:
- Virtual Intercessors (via Google Hangouts)
- War Room Intercession Northwest DC
- War Room Intercession Capitol Hill
- Weekday Prayer Ministers Team
- Campus Prayer Team
Pray Together
Deeper Worship and Prayer
Powerful monthly prayer gatherings at The Miracle Theatre.