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National Community Church is 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.

We are dedicated to providing you with support, guidance, education, and prayer as you encounter various life challenges and seek to grow spiritually, emotionally, and relationally.

Please note: Many of these options are also available via phone or video chat.

• One-on-One Care

One-on-one care opportunities

NCC provides several avenues of support, guidance, education, and prayer.

  • Prayer Ministry Appointments
    These appointments, with pastoral staff or trained 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.
  • Pastoral Care Appointments
    Our pastoral staff and volunteer care team members can meet with you 1-3 times and then refer you to more specialized help if that is needed.
  • Counselor Recommendations
    We provide recommendations of Christian counselors in the DC metro area who address a broad range of issues. Although some Christian counselors are not in-network on any insurance plans, many insurance plans will still reimburse you. Questions? Check our our Therapy FAQs.

To request a prayer ministry appointment, pastoral care appointment, or counselor recommendation, please fill out the following form:

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• Prayer Opportunities

NCC offers several opportunities to receive prayer.

  • One-on-One Prayer Appointments – Meet with an NCC pastor or prayer partner, an experienced and trained layperson. Fill out this form to register.
  • Sozo Prayer Appointments – For inner healing and deliverance, consider a Sozo prayer session: it’s a Spirit-led, effective 2-hour interactive conversation with God through trained prayer ministers, focusing on root issues hindering your connection with God or others. It’s not counseling and is completely confidential. Please email [email protected] to register.
  • NCC Services – To receive prayer after Sunday services or at House of Prayer, look for the trained members of our Prayer Team, who will pray with you on the spot. If you’re watching our services at live.national.cc, you can request prayer during the service in the chat and a trained Prayer Team member will pray with you.
  • Prayer Requests – If you would like to submit a prayer request for our staff and prayer teams to pray over, please use this form.

• Support Groups

Care-Oriented Small Groups
  • Art Transforming Trauma In-person
    This is a clinical group for adult survivors of complex trauma.
  • Cancer Care Group for Women Online
    We are a group of women from different parts of the world who have been diagnosed with cancer at any time in our lives.
  • Celebrate Recovery In-person
    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. 
  • DivorceCare @ NCC In-person
    A safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. 
  • GriefShare @ NCC In-person
    A friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.
  • Nature Therapy In-person
    Nature therapy for joy, strength, and reducing pain.
  • Prepare: Engaged Couples In-person
    A premarital class for engaged couples or those seriously considering the covenant of marriage.

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.

Recommended Groups

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.
  • DC Chapter of Revoice
    Revoice chapters are local community hubs for sexual minorities who follow Jesus and observe the historic Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality.
  • Living Grace
    For adults experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.
  • Family Grace
    For family members and spouses supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.
  • Thrive
    Designed to help you master the science and faith experience to see whole-health results — physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally.

• DC Area Resources

Local Support Centers
  • 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
    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.
  • 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
    Supports the journey to freedom from disordered eating and has programs in Arlington and DC.
Local Counseling Networks
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)
  • Bethany House (NOVA) – Bethany House helps women and their children who have suffered from domestic violence regain health and dignity. Once their families are stabilized, they help them get reestablished in their community by permanent housing solutions and support.For immediate help, call their helpline at 888-80-HELPS (43577)
  • Doorways (Arlington) – Doorways creates pathways out of homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault leading to safe, stable, and empowered lives. 24-Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline: 703-237-0881
  • House of Ruth (DC) – 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. Contact 202-667-7001 ext. 320 or [email protected]
  • My Sister’s Place (DC) – 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. 
  • Project-PEACE (Arlington) – An extensive list of local resources, including No Wrong Door, a guide to Arlington’s services for those impacted by intimate partner, dating or domestic violence.

• 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. There are locations around the country and even around the world. NCC’s Celebrate Recovery meets on Thursday nights at the Capital Turnaround.
  • 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). NCC’s DivorceCare meets on Monday nights at the Capital Turnaround.
  • 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 100 episodes of testimonies and recovery tools that are put together from Christian believers that attend Celebrate Recovery.
12 Step Programs Meeting
National Resource Hotlines

• Issue-Specific Resources

NCC provides several issue-specific resource pages for support, guidance, education, and prayer.