MPCC offers several types of conversations, relational experiences, and training events to help you live the life Jesus promises His followers.
Get an overview of what we offer
through the Soul Care Ministry
People need safe, authentic, and challenging environments to heal and growth. Soul Care group intensives are structured small group experiences designed to catalyze transformation through personal reflection, authentic connections, and experiential learning.
Meet with a trained coach to pursue specific objectives while receiving support, encouragement, and accountability.
Meet with a trained counselor to help you think and live biblically amidst the difficult seasons of your life.
Meet with a trained director to help you tune into and respond to God’s presence in your life.
Our Prepare-Enrich premarital program will help you take the first steps of your marital journey.
We offer a variety of groups and classes, as well as mentoring and counseling for married couples.
Meet with a trained counselor to bring healthy resolution to issues, problems and unhealthy patterns in your marriage.
Our Accelerated Discipleship process provides a series of classes, small group experiences, assessments, and individual coaching, all of which we will customize into a personal development plan designed to accelerate your growth in Christ.
We offer a variety of opportunities for men to gather to study, reflect, and apply God’s truth to all aspects of life.
soul care group intensives
What is a Soul Care Group intensive?
Soul Care Group intensives provide safe and authentic environments that invite you to experience God in fresh ways as you explore the themes and patterns of your story.
What happens in a Group intensive?
We challenge you to reflect honestly, think critically, and personally grapple with your story and God in order to live deeply from your true identity in Christ.
Soul Care Group intensives provide safe and authentic environments that invite you to experience God in fresh ways as you explore the themes and patterns of your story.
What happens in a Group intensive?
We challenge you to reflect honestly, think critically, and personally grapple with your story and God in order to live deeply from your true identity in Christ.
What Group intensives are currently being offered?
Each year we thoughtfully provide a variety of Group experiences to give you the opportunity to heal and grow. Check out our Soul Care catalog to learn what types of Group intensives we offer and find one that fits.
Each year we thoughtfully provide a variety of Group experiences to give you the opportunity to heal and grow. Check out our Soul Care catalog to learn what types of Group intensives we offer and find one that fits.
lifeforming coaching
What is coaching?
Coaching helps you focus on specific areas of needed growth by helping you set goals and take action toward your preferred future.
What happens in a coaching appointment?
There is no advice given in coaching, but you will be asked engaging questions and assigned practical exercises to make progress translating your “want-to’s” into results.
What can I work on with a Coach?
Anything related directly or indirectly to growing in Christ, whether it is developing a quiet time, getting organized, losing weight, or learning to pray.
Coaching helps you focus on specific areas of needed growth by helping you set goals and take action toward your preferred future.
What happens in a coaching appointment?
There is no advice given in coaching, but you will be asked engaging questions and assigned practical exercises to make progress translating your “want-to’s” into results.
What can I work on with a Coach?
Anything related directly or indirectly to growing in Christ, whether it is developing a quiet time, getting organized, losing weight, or learning to pray.
How do I get started?
To request a coaching appointment, send an email to Ken Jones, MPCC’s Soul Care and Counseling Pastor. Briefly describe what you would like to accomplish through coaching so you can be best matched with one of our coaches.
To request a coaching appointment, send an email to Ken Jones, MPCC’s Soul Care and Counseling Pastor. Briefly describe what you would like to accomplish through coaching so you can be best matched with one of our coaches.
biblical counseling
What is biblical counseling?
Biblical counseling helps you process your pain while connecting you deeper to Christ, no matter how complex the problem or deep the hurt.
What happens in a counseling appointment?
Your counselor will invest time intently listening to you tell your story before any counsel is offered. The ultimate goal of the counsel you’ll receive is to promote godly change and character growth over symptom relief.
Biblical counseling helps you process your pain while connecting you deeper to Christ, no matter how complex the problem or deep the hurt.
What happens in a counseling appointment?
Your counselor will invest time intently listening to you tell your story before any counsel is offered. The ultimate goal of the counsel you’ll receive is to promote godly change and character growth over symptom relief.
What can I work on through counseling?
The answer is whatever interferes with living the life Jesus intends for you (anger issues, loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, marital struggles, etc.).
NOTE: Biblical counseling through MPCC’s Soul Care Ministry does not attempt to provide treatment for psychological or mental health disorders. If you desire such services, we are glad to refer you to a qualified professional in our community.
The answer is whatever interferes with living the life Jesus intends for you (anger issues, loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, marital struggles, etc.).
NOTE: Biblical counseling through MPCC’s Soul Care Ministry does not attempt to provide treatment for psychological or mental health disorders. If you desire such services, we are glad to refer you to a qualified professional in our community.
spiritual direction
What is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual Direction (SD) helps you slow down, reflect, and direct your attention to the presence of God in your life and your relationship Him.
What happens in a Spiritual Direction appointment?
A typical session opens with prayer or a time of quiet in God’s presence. Over time, you will talk about a variety of topics and concerns. Your spiritual director will help you notice, name, and respond to the movements of God in your life.
Spiritual Direction (SD) helps you slow down, reflect, and direct your attention to the presence of God in your life and your relationship Him.
What happens in a Spiritual Direction appointment?
A typical session opens with prayer or a time of quiet in God’s presence. Over time, you will talk about a variety of topics and concerns. Your spiritual director will help you notice, name, and respond to the movements of God in your life.
What can I work on in Spiritual Direction?
The answer is anything that’s on your heart - stress, loneliness, discouragement, temptations, prayer, spiritual dryness, etc.
The answer is anything that’s on your heart - stress, loneliness, discouragement, temptations, prayer, spiritual dryness, etc.
pre-marital mentoring
What will we do in a premarital mentoring session?
You and your future spouse will meet 6-8 times with a trained MPCC marriage mentor couple. In your sessions with them, you will review your results from the Prepare-Enrich inventory that you and your future spouse took prior to your mentoring sessions. You will discuss your current relationship strengths as well as areas of identified growth. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, communication, conflict, finances, personality, etc.
What do we need to know about the Prepare-Enrich inventory?
Both you and your future spouse must take the inventory. You will each take your inventory separate from the other. As such, each of you must provide your own unique email address to register for the inventory. Your inventories will be emailed separately to each of your addresses. When you schedule to take your inventory, one of you will need to provide your credit card to pay for the exams and scoring of them. The cost is $35, which covers both of your inventories.
You and your future spouse will meet 6-8 times with a trained MPCC marriage mentor couple. In your sessions with them, you will review your results from the Prepare-Enrich inventory that you and your future spouse took prior to your mentoring sessions. You will discuss your current relationship strengths as well as areas of identified growth. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, communication, conflict, finances, personality, etc.
What do we need to know about the Prepare-Enrich inventory?
Both you and your future spouse must take the inventory. You will each take your inventory separate from the other. As such, each of you must provide your own unique email address to register for the inventory. Your inventories will be emailed separately to each of your addresses. When you schedule to take your inventory, one of you will need to provide your credit card to pay for the exams and scoring of them. The cost is $35, which covers both of your inventories.
How do we get started?
To get started, email Pastor Ken and let him know you want to register for premarital mentoring. He will email you a short questionnaire. Your answers will help him match you with your premarital mentoring couple.
To get started, email Pastor Ken and let him know you want to register for premarital mentoring. He will email you a short questionnaire. Your answers will help him match you with your premarital mentoring couple.
Marriage counseling
What is marriage counseling?
In marriage counseling, you will explore God’s design for marriage while examining the causes and patterns of marital breakdown.
What happens in a marriage counseling appointment?
Our approach is not to assign blame but to help you and your spouse identify unhealthy relationship patterns and replace them with healthy ones.
In marriage counseling, you will explore God’s design for marriage while examining the causes and patterns of marital breakdown.
What happens in a marriage counseling appointment?
Our approach is not to assign blame but to help you and your spouse identify unhealthy relationship patterns and replace them with healthy ones.
What can I work on in marriage counseling?
Anything related to your marriage such as conflict resolution, developing intimacy, parenting as a team, relating to in-laws, communication, finances, etc.
Anything related to your marriage such as conflict resolution, developing intimacy, parenting as a team, relating to in-laws, communication, finances, etc.
accelerated discipleship
Our Accelerated Discipleship process provides a series of classes, small group experiences, assessments, and individual coaching, all of which we will customize into a personal development plan designed to accelerate your growth in Christ.
If you want to accelerate your discipleship, email Mary Kay Jones
bible studies (Men)
We offer a variety of opportunities for men to gather to study, reflect, and apply God's truth to all aspects of life. Check out our Soul Care Catalog for current offerings.
interested in soul care ministry?
As God continues to grow the Soul Care Ministry, we are looking to add new members to serve on our team. If you are interested and would like more information, email Mary Kay.
About Us
Get to know Dr. Ken Jones
Pastor Ken has served at MPCC for eleven years. He has earned graduate degrees in Bible, Ministry, Christian Counseling and Spiritual Formation. In 2013 Ken received his doctorate in Formational Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary. Ken has an abiding passion for helping those who are struggling or in need of spiritual direction.