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If you’re questioning your faith, returning to faith, or just exploring what you believe—The Alpha Course might be a great place to be. Alpha is a course that explores the Christian faith and is designed for conversation, questions, and community. It’s free, and all are welcome! Each week we will have a meal together and dive into life’s toughest questions like – “Is there more to life than this? Why did Jesus die? Who is the Holy Spirit? and Does God still heal today?” We kick of September 16th at 7PM and will run for 10 weeks. To register go here The Alpha Course Registration

On the 1st Saturday of the month, in partnership with Capital Life Church, we volunteer with Arlington Food Assistance Center by sorting and bagging food for the community in VA. We engage in community with other believers in our area and the AFAC Staff while fulfilling a tangible need. This serving opportunity is family friendly.

Awaken is an intensive program for men seeking sexual integrity. Each module consists of 12 weeks of instruction, reflection, prayer, and small group work.

Awaken is offered by Regeneration Ministries and includes several options you can choose to engage in.

1) The Awaken Community

A free online community where men come together and support each other in pursuing freedom from sexual sin.

Uncover the hidden wounds, beliefs, and patterns keeping you stuck, and discover the good you didn’t know was there.

Share prayer requests, resources, and learn from Regeneration Coaches.

2) The Awaken Course

Online course comprised of 48 Lessons broken into 4 modules including videos, readings, reflection questions and more for men seeking a path toward sexual integrity.

Go through on your own or with a group of men you know.

Draw closer to Jesus as your source of healing by pressing into four key areas of your life: Strength, Heart, Mind, & Spirit.

3) Awaken Groups

You weren’t made for lust. You were made for love. Awaken helps you develop a vision for the man God created you to be.

Official groups that meet weekly and go through the Awaken course together led by Regeneration staff or vetted trained volunteers.

Experience a powerful place where accountability actually works, with a proven track record for helping men move toward sexual integrity in Jesus.

Awaken Groups begin on the 1st Tuesday of January, April, July and October. They meet from 7:30pm to 9:30pm on Tuesday evenings on Zoom. Groups are also offered in person in Towson, MD.

Costs for each component vary. Click here for further details or to register.

This program is offered by Regeneration Ministries, an NCC ministry partner. Regeneration equips men, women, and families to learn and live God’s good, holy, and beautiful design for sexuality. They do this in partnership with the local church through helping people deepen their union with Jesus Christ, grow in relational wholeness, heal from brokenness, and walk in sexual integrity. To that end, they provide one-to-one spiritual coaching and healing prayer, programs and support groups, conferences and events, trainings, and online and written resources.

We are a group of women from different parts of the world who have been diagnosed with cancer at any time in our lives. We meet online every Monday from 8pm to 9pm EST (Washington DC time). This is a space where our cancer challenges are openly shared, understood and prayed for. We aim to continue experiencing God’s Presence and His promise of a rich and satisfying life in the midst our challenges. A typical online gathering starts with sharing of God’s goodness for the week and health updates. We discuss God’s Word and apply it in our lives, then wrap up in prayer. Throughout the week, we are open to sharing urgent prayer needs or any updates by text. Currently, most of the women speak both English and Filipino, but we welcome anyone who might be interested. To keep the group small and intimate, depending on the number interested and their availability, we might organize 1-2 additional online groups during the week.

One Saturday a month (usually the last Saturday of the month), we come alongside our unhoused neighbors and volunteer at Carpenter’s Shelter, serving/preparing food, engaging with people experiencing homelessness but currently in shelter, and blessing the staff with our help. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.

Find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits at Celebrate Recovery! Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step program for those dealing with any sort of hurt, hang-up, or habit. 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. Celebrate Recovery meets year-round at the Capital Turnaround (700 M Street SE – please use the corner door at L & 8th Sts. SE) on Thursday nights at 6:30pm and you can join at any time. Dinner is available starting at 6pm. Each night consists of worship and either a lesson or a testimony, followed by men’s and women’s open share groups, which follow the Five Small Group Guidelines to create a safe space. Confidentiality and anonymity are required. Childcare is provided for infants through 5th grade. Email [email protected] to register kids. Advanced notice by the preceding Monday is required in July and August. Click here for more information. Questions? Contact Ryan Zempel at [email protected].

We are a mission based social group interested in the crochet arts and blessing our community with our creations. All are welcome regardless of crocheting ability, but all must be willing to crochet and learn from others in the group. We will have monthly group goals for crafting items; and, we will deliver our creations to those in need during the holiday season. We will meet together regularly and might join other communities (such as the aging population) to fellowship and exchange blessings. We will love on our community with our crocheted creations!

The following group is offered by Revoice. Revoice’s mission is to support and encourage gay, lesbian, bisexual, and other same-sex attracted Christians—as well as those who love them—so that all in the Church might be empowered to live in gospel unity while observing the historic Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality. Since 2018, Revoice has been building life-changing community for sexual minorities through their annual conference. In partnership with local churches and sexual minorities across the country, they’ve now started regional chapters. Chapters are local community hubs for sexual minorities who follow Jesus. They meet once a month to foster connection, provide safety, and emphasize dignity. Revoice partners with local sexual minorities to facilitate groups, and with local ministers to provide pastoral care as needed. The DC Chapter of Revoice will begin meeting monthly in February 2024. Fill out this form to receive further details, including their participant agreement. Revoice’s statement on Sexual Ethics & Christian Obedience is a helpful guide to understanding who they are and what they believe.

We meet on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-12pm at the DC Dream Center (2826 Q St SE), for indoor and outdoor service projects, including Second Saturday Serve and one off events. We’d love to have you join us! (If you are a bigger group we ask that you let us know so we can plan accordingly). All ages and abilities are welcome and we look forward to serving with you!

Life can often lead us and our families into unexpected places and leaves us to wonder, “Where is God in all of this?” No one plans to have an eating disorder, but it happens and those who struggle need the support of their family and friends. Our virtual prayer support group for parents and loved ones will help you connect with others who are on similar journeys and engage your faith to find hope in the recovery journey.

Each meeting will be led by dedicated Rock Recovery volunteer and trained dietitian, Beth Ask. This group is designed to provide connection to other parents and family members who are going through similar struggles. In each group, you and your family will be encouraged to lean on God and provided with tools to heal through scripture reading, journaling, group discussion and reflection.

This is a free prayer support group, open to anyone who is providing care for a loved one through the eating disorder recovery journey. Click the button at the top of the page to RSVP each week.

Each group meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST.

Ready to find connection and community support to help you navigate the journey of recovery with your loved one? Click here to learn more and RSVP.

Have questions about the group? Email Rock Recovery at [email protected].

This group is being offered by Rock Recovery, an NCC ministry partner. Rock Recovery strives to reduce stigma and spread awareness around eating disorders and provides affordable and transformational resources to those struggling and their support networks. Since 2009, the organization has served more than 125 adults through affordable clinical outpatient recovery programs and educated 15,000 community members to seek help for themselves or their loved ones.

DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. At this 13-week, video-based support group program, you’ll find helpful counsel to manage the emotional turmoil and practical tools for decision-making. People at DivorceCare understand how you’re feeling and what you’re struggling with—because they’re facing similar challenges. Everyone’s story is different, and you’ll be accepted right where you are, in a safe place. NCC is not currently offering DivorceCare, but there are numerous DivorceCare programs meeting both online and in-person in the DC metro area (and elsewhere). Visit DivorceCare.org and enter your location to find programs near you.

Hey Friend! Eats Drinks & Chats will meet on some Friday evenings this Winter/Spring throughout the NoVA area to hang out, try new eateries, and meet new friends. You can send an interest form to get in the google group – over on the right side of the screen! ED&C uses slack as our messaging system for day of plans and (of course) gifs, chatting, etc. Hope to see you soon!

Parenthood can be the greatest blessing… and it can also be the greatest challenge. During this chapter of growth and cultivating within our little ones a healthy belief in God, it is important to have the support of community. This group will provide a safe space to discuss tough topics as we connect and build a community of support. We will meet twice a month. One meetup will be focused on topical discussion and parent education. The second meetup will be focused on socializing and making connections! We will select a fun location to help us get to know each other more.

Family Grace groups are for family members and spouses supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder.

They are designed to integrate science and your faith in Christ to relieve your symptoms from mental and emotional health difficulties, renew your faith, and restore life and purpose for you and your relationships.

Family Grace is a 16-week Bible study packed with relevant Biblical stories, neuroscience, and practical tools designed to help you…

• Gain unique Biblical and scientific understanding to remove confusion and renew your faith with hope!
• Improve your relationship with new communication skills, healthy boundaries, and practical ways to handle all kinds of challenges.
• Improve the quality of your own life through practical tools and increased understanding of you and your loved one’s experience.

… and so much more!

Please note, while NCC is not currently able to offer Family Grace groups, other churches around the country are offering them online. Click here to see the options.

Interested in leading one of these groups? Check out Mental Health Grace Alliance’s free online training and let Ryan Zempel, our Pastor of Recovery and Care, know!

The Family Grace curriculum was created by Mental Health Grace Alliance. If you yourself are experiencing a mental or emotional difficulty or disorder, check out Living Grace!

Let’s get into the Word, share, encourage one another, and build a circle of friends while we’re at it!

 

This semester’s study is “40 Days Through the Bible” by Lysa TerKeurst and the Proverbs 31 Ministries Team.

 

40 Days Through the Bible study was created to help us understand the story of the Bible from start to finish. It will reveal the answers to some of our deepest longings; and together we’ll:

– Journey through the storyline of the Bible, looking at major themes, how they are all connected, and what that means for us today.

– Discover the eight major things humanity longs for, and how Jesus fulfills all of them.

– Stop the cycle of seeking and searching for satisfaction, and find the answers to our deepest longings.

 

This summer, we’ll meet Monday’s 5:45 – 6:45pm at Bozzelli’s in Springfield (& occasionally on Zoom). We look forward to welcoming new faces!

Need Help Dealing with Grief? GriefShare Grief & Loss Support Groups Are Here for You. A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s normal in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way. A typical meeting includes a video, conversation (you don’t have to talk if you don’t want to) and a workbook for weekday followup exercises. While NCC is not currently offering GriefShare, many other churches in the DC area (and elsewhere) are offering it online or in-person. Visit GriefShare.org and enter your location to find meetings near you.

InService meets every Sunday, and depending on the date we meet either at the Capital Turnaround (700 M ST SE) or Ebenezers Coffeehouse (201 F ST NE) As of right now, we meet at the Capital Turnaround at 10:45 AM every Sunday except for the second Sunday of every month. On the second Sunday we meet at Ebenezers at 11:45 AM. We hand out lunches around these neighborhoods and check on folks experiencing homelessness – the food creates a great opportunity to build relationships. It’s a special group of volunteers and is one of the few groups of its kind that isn’t semester based (it’s been going on for over a decade). Another way to contribute is our meal sign up at the following link: https://takethemameal.com/meals.php?t=NTEZ9342

Living Grace groups are for adults experiencing a mental or emotional health difficulty or disorder. They are designed to integrate science and your faith in Christ to relieve your symptoms from mental and emotional health difficulties, renew your faith, and restore life and purpose for you and your relationships.

Living Grace is a 16-week Bible study packed with relevant Biblical stories, neuroscience, and practical tools designed to help you…

• Manage stressors, tension, and difficult moods
• Increase calm through rest, relaxation, and joy,
• Decrease negative thoughts and reframe to confidence,
• Empower you to create safe and healthy relationships,

… and so much more!

Please note, while NCC is not offering Living Grace this semester, other churches around the country are offering it online. Click here to see the options. Check out the first chapter of the Living Grace workbook here.

Interested in helping lead Living Grace next semester? Check out Mental Health Grace Alliance’s free online training and let Ryan Zempel, our Pastor of Recovery and Care, know!

The Living Grace curriculum was created by Mental Health Grace Alliance. If you are a family member/spouse supporting a loved one through a mental or emotional difficulty or disorder, check out Family Grace!

This is a group email list to stay up-to-date with the different events and activities happening for young adults over the summer!

We are a group of young professionals (mainly 20s-30s) who meet once a week on Wednesday nights to gather, make friends and dive into the Word.

We gather as parents of pregnancy and infant loss to celebrate, grieve, hope, pray and grow with one another. We meet twice a month for group discussion and prayer. We welcome both men and women – fathers and mothers. We hope to be a community where those recently experiencing loss can walk alongside those that have experienced the same years, and even decades, ago. If you are experiencing infertility, you are absolutely welcome and hope you join us, though our focus of study will be supporting pregnancy loss.

Join our Family Friends team within Refugee Care and be matched to a refugee family who has resettled in the DMV. Through a small group of 5-6 people you will walk alongside a family providing care and support. For each family this looks very different and can be everything from helping with English and job applications to doing social outings together and sharing meals. The Family Friend Team meets with the family on average every week for a few hours and a year commitment. Let us know if you are interested in learning more.

The NCC Men’s Community consists of small groups meeting in different locations, all linked in the common purpose of fostering a safe place of spiritual, social and intellectual depth where men committed to God and building His Kingdom can grow in friendship with other men, draw closer in relationship with Jesus and become ever more the men God intended us to be as we navigate the challenges of modern life. This group meets in the Fairfax/McLean, VA area.

 

The small groups meet weekly, except for once a month when all the groups will meet together at The Turnaround to enable friendships to develop among men in the various small groups. At those monthly meetings, in addition to a couple of “TED” talks about our study topic and some mixed group discussions, we’ll follow up with “Social Time” where adult beverages, smoothies and cigars are likely to appear. The Community will also conduct quarterly retreats down at David Grizzle’s farm in Lexington, VA, which involve hard hikes, deep conversation, running chainsaws, time for reflection, skeet shooting and prayer, as well as unbelievably good food. The intention is that each man would be able to attend a retreat at least twice a year. We are also intent on building a service culture involving serving our homeless neighbors.

 

We also will study a common curriculum, which this semester is “Be Strong and Courageous.” We will be discussing fears that we face in all aspects of life, highlighting things happening in our country and culture and how scripture can help guide our thoughts and conversations. We will have a mixture of scripture, thoughts, and questions to discuss over 13 weeks. The guide will be rich enough to study on your own but will be best put into action by discussing it in the community. We always place a high priority on being known and seen in a safe community.

 

We intend for our group to be very inclusive. No one is not the right man for this group.

The NCC Men’s Community consists of small groups meeting in different locations, all linked in the common purpose of fostering a safe place of spiritual, social and intellectual depth where men committed to God and building His Kingdom can grow in friendship with other men, draw closer in relationship with Jesus and become ever more the men God intended us to be as we navigate the challenges of modern life. This group meets in the Springfield, VA area.

 

The small groups meet weekly, except for once a month when all the groups will meet together at The Turnaround to enable friendships to develop among men in the various small groups. At those monthly meetings, in addition to a couple of “TED” talks about our study topic and some mixed group discussions, we’ll follow up with “Social Time” where adult beverages, smoothies and cigars are likely to appear. The Community will also conduct quarterly retreats down at David Grizzle’s farm in Lexington, VA, which involve hard hikes, deep conversation, running chainsaws, time for reflection, skeet shooting and prayer, as well as unbelievably good food. The intention is that each man would be able to attend a retreat at least twice a year. We are also intent on building a service culture involving serving our homeless neighbors.

 

We also will study a common curriculum, which this semester is “Be Strong and Courageous.” We will be discussing fears that we face in all aspects of life, highlighting things happening in our country and culture and how scripture can help guide our thoughts and conversations. We will have a mixture of scripture, thoughts, and questions to discuss over 13 weeks. The guide will be rich enough to study on your own but will be best put into action by discussing it in the community. We always place a high priority on being known and seen in a safe community.

 

We intend for our group to be very inclusive. No one is not the right man for this group.

You aren’t the only one. Many women, much like you, believe in Jesus AND struggle with a porn addiction or an issue with masturbation or a habit of hooking up, maybe even all of the above. Your unwanted sexual behavior does not define you, it does not disqualify you. And so, we hope you’ll join us for 6 weeks of group teaching, learning, practicing and praying through Aundi Kolber’s latest book, “Strong Like Water.” Let’s take the pages of “Strong Like Water” and bring them to life in a safe, honest space together. Rebecca and Andrea from Regeneration Ministries will be leading the group on Monday nights beginning April 8 through May 13th. Each session will run from 7:30-9:00 pm EST. We will meet via zoom. Our group size will be limited to 12 women so please make sure to sign up here!. Make sure you also purchase the book here. The cost of this group is $300 with payment options available. If you have questions about group details, email [email protected]. Once you’ve signed up for the group, and have made your payment, you’ll receive a link to join the sessions via Zoom a few days before the start of the group. This program is offered by Regeneration Ministries, an NCC ministry partner. Regeneration equips men, women, and families to learn and live God’s good, holy, and beautiful design for sexuality. They do this in partnership with the local church through helping people deepen their union with Jesus Christ, grow in relational wholeness, heal from brokenness, and walk in sexual integrity. To that end, they provide one-to-one spiritual coaching and healing prayer, programs and support groups, conferences and events, trainings, and online and written resources.

We are a group of women meeting in Warrenton. We meet weekly to read through the “she works His way book”, and engage in group discussion about doing what matters in a get-things-done world. Topics covered: His Way – My Way Obedience – Success Love – Skill Lose Myself – Find Myself You – Me Listen – Be Heard Know God – Be Known Relationships – Achivements Serve – Lead

Welcome all “The Chosen” super fans, skeptics, and anywhere in between!

 

We will be using the popular crowdfunded series about the life of Jesus as a springboard for discussion and community-building. Whether you’ve never watched it or you’ve binged it multiple times, you are welcome. We will meet weekly by Zoom (unless a centrally located participant is willing to host).

 

We are seeking a co-leader to help manage online logistics for this group. If you’re remotely tech savvy and available to assist, please reach out!

The Living Room is a small group that brings people together from all walks of life to fellowship and study the scriptures over a meal. Through the breaking of bread, we have the opportunity to follow the model of Jesus by building relationships with people who are often forgotten or overlooked. While all are welcome, many individuals in this small group have found themselves living on the streets, in a local shelter, or as part of the working poor. The meeting location for this group is wheelchair accessible.

Thrive groups are designed to help you master the science and faith experience to see whole-health results — physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally.

Utilizing the Thrive workbook, you’ll discover God’s heart and design for your whole-health life purpose and meaning. Thrive reduces stress through tools designed to reduce your ongoing mental and emotional stressors. Thrive builds resilience as you’re empowered to manage the stressors causing anxiety, depression, etc. Thrive renews you. While anxiety, depression, etc. naturally make us question who we are, Thrive helps renew your identity, relationships, faith, and purpose. Thrive works wonderfully alongside professional therapy, not replacing it.

Please note, while NCC is not currently able to offer Thrive groups, other churches around the country are offering them online. Click here to see the options.

Interested in leading one of these groups? Check out Mental Health Grace Alliance’s free online training and let Ryan Zempel, our Pastor of Recovery and Care, know!

The Thrive curriculum was created by Mental Health Grace Alliance.

Join us for weekly Upper Zoom prayer pods! We will gather together online and seek the heart of the Father. This group will meetsTuesday & Thursday 4:14am (PST) 7:14 AM (EST)