Care & Recovery

Re:generation

Re:generation is an opportunity to walk toward healing, recovery, and freedom through a safe, small group community. We are a Christ-centered discipleship experience that leads to recovery for anyone experiencing various struggles. Re:generation offers real tools to stay connected and free, leverages tried and true principles of recovery in a group setting, and is rooted in the larger story of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To register, please click here.

AA & 12 Step Recovery

• Co-ed AA
  • • Sun-Sat (daily) 7-8a Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 205
    • Sunday 7-8:30p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 204
    • Friday 7:30-9p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 205
    • Wed 12-1p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 205
• Men’s AA
  • • Thurs 12-1p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 209

• Women’s AA
  • • Mon 5-6p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 204
    • Tues and Fri 12-1p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 205

• CoDA for Women
  • • Mon 6-7p Ministry Center, Rm 101
    • Wed 6-7p on Zoom (email Audrey Williams for details)

• Co-ed Al-Anon
  • • Sun 7-8:30p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 200 BC

• Co-ed Ala-teen
  • • Sun 7-8:30p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 200A

• Co-ed SLAA
  • • Sun 7-8:30p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 206

• SLAA Monthly Speaker Meeting
  • • Last Sat 6:30-8:30p Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 206

• Gamblers Anonymous
  • • Thu 7:30-9p (Open Meeting) Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 202

Guys Like Us: For Men

Offered: Thursday, 7-9p

Registration Required: To register, call 949.407.9551 or by emailing [email protected].
If you suffer from disordered intimacy, sexual behavior problems, or pornography issues, come experience tools for long term healing, accountability and the freedom of restoration.

Cancer Support

We offer a safe and supportive space for those diagnosed with cancer, undergoing cancer treatment and/or living with the effects of cancer. Come and receive spiritual strength to persevere, and practical support in navigating your current physical and emotional needs among those who understand what it’s like. We’re here to walk this road with you. Find out when our next group meets in the Upcoming Events section below!

Dementia Caregivers

Those of us who have walked or are walking with a loved one through the vast and devastating stages of dementia are family. We share a common bond that binds us together through our shared experience. It is through sharing with those on the same journey that we can offer hope and support to each other through God’s love being poured out on one another. If you are walking with a loved one through dementia, please register in the Events section!

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

A peer to peer support group for people with bipolar disorder and depression. The mission of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is to provide hope, help, and support to improve the lives of people living with depression, bipolar disorder, or other mental health conditions. DBSA pursues and accomplishes this mission through peer-based, recovery-oriented, empowering services and resources when people want them, where they want them, and how they want them. Leader speaks Chinese and English. For additional information contact Yi at (949) 274-8086 or [email protected].  Learn more at DBSAOC.org

Offered: Fridays, 7-9p, room 208 in the Ministry Center 

• with the exception of holidays and during special church events

Divorce Support for Adults

Come to experience healing from past pain and rebuild hope for a thriving future with others who are recovering from the effects of separation or divorce. Our next group series begins in February 2025.

If you are out of state or otherwise unable to make it in person, please find an online group here.

GriefShare

Join a community of individuals who are working to process an experience similar to yours with a caring leader. Led by a volunteer, registration is required. Our next session starts January 2025.

If you are out of state or otherwise unable to make it in person, please find an online group here.

Healing Hearts: For Women
Sexual Betrayal Trauma

A Christ-centered group for women dealing with the trauma of sexual addiction in their marriage or relationship. Consider attending if your partner has engaged in or is attempting to overcome a form of extra-marital sexual behavior—pornography, affairs, homosexuality, internet misuse or seeking out prostitutes, etc. Small group environment.

Offered: Monday, 6:30-8:30p (except for the first Monday of each month)

Registration Required: To register, call Debbie at 949.547.9800

HEARD

A community of women who are currently witnessing, experiencing, or healing from confusion of pain of verbal, emotional and psychological harmful treatment in intimate partner relationships.

Registration Required and Confidential: Contact Marci at [email protected]

Childcare is available.

Living Grace: For Women
Mental Health Support

Living Grace is a Gospel-curriculum designed by The Grace Alliance for those currently experiencing mental health and emotional challenges. It combines a Gospel-centered approach with evidence-based tools and support. The group is designed to renew faith and hope, as well as reduce shame, isolation and mental health symptoms. Topics covered include a Whole-health Strength, Renewing Your Mind, Cycles and Triggers, Grieving and Grace, Resilience and more. Our next group series begins in October 2024.

Living Waters: Chronic Pain and Illness Support

Come and connect in community, learn, grow, discover hope, be encouraged, and have the freedom to ask the tough questions raised by chronic and physical pain and illness. Meetings are held the first Sunday of every month. Find out when our next class meets in the Events section!

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Monthly Family Support Group

NAMI-OC Family Support Group. Our Family Support Groups are our support groups for family members or individuals (18+) who have a loved one diagnosed or experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Meetings are held in a casual & confidential environment, where sharing and caring is the focus. We hope participants can gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. Offered: 2nd Fridays of the month, 6:30-9p, room 204 in the Ministry Center. For additional information, please contact Elaine at [email protected]. 

12-Week Family to Family class

Family-to-Family (F2F) is a no-cost, educational program for loved ones of those living with a mental health condition to improve their coping and problem-solving abilities. This 12-week workshop has classes starting throughout the year, the next starting in September 2024.

Offered: Fridays, 6-8:30p, Ministry Center, 2nd Fl, Rm 204

OCD Support Group

We bring together families, friends, and those affected with OCD and similar disorders for increased knowledge, understanding, and support. We meet monthly by Zoom to share ideas, issues, problems, community information, therapist resources, success stories, etc. The Support Group is led by therapists, and often features guest speakers and presentations on OCD-related topics.

The meeting is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. 

To register, please contact Liz Trondsen at (562) 213-2191 or [email protected].

Saddleback Kidney Disease

Our purpose is to encourage and mentor kidney patients and their caregivers about treatment options including dialysis and the complicated road to transplant. This group is blessed to have people in all stages of their disease and many who have already received their “forever” kidney but continue to attend to give others hope.

“He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and then He brings us alongside someone else who is going through tough times so that we can be there for that person, just as God was there for us.” 2 Corinthians 1:4 (MSG)

For more information and a Zoom meeting schedule, visit our Saddleback Kidney Support Group website, or contact Bill & Helen Mills at 949-412-3210 or via email at [email protected]

Offered: Online on the 2nd Saturdays at 1p and 4th Mondays at 11am each month (with the exception of holidays).

Side-By-Side Virtual Support Group

We’ve started a virtual care group for women navigating through the disorienting landscape of infertility and miscarriage. We have created a safe space for women to be seen, heard and cared for, walking “side by side” together through these valleys. If you or a friend are going through a season of infertility or grieving a miscarriage, we would love to connect and have you join us.

Our next group series begins: TBA

Waves of Grace: For Women
Sexual Trauma

Recovering from sexual trauma can be painful, confusing and disorienting. In this small group for women, we will explore the many emotions and beliefs that survivors may encounter as they begin to heal and rebuild their lives. Sexual trauma does not define you. It is not the end of your story or the last word on your identity. Join us for a 12-week course to better understand the unique effects of sexual trauma, the path to healing and how to strengthen your relationship with God in the process.  Our next group meets on Mondays starting on September 16, 2024.

Registration is required and confidential. Please contact Beverly at [email protected] to register.