Care & Help

CARE AT KENSINGTON

Sometimes we need a helping hand, a shoulder to lean on, or a listening ear

At Kensington, we don’t pretend life is easy, and you don’t have to pretend you have it all together. We all go through hard times and need the support of others.

If you’re overwhelmed and need someone to talk you through your next steps, call a Campus Care Provider at the Help Bank.

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Tatiana leads worship onstage with beautiful authenticity; by sharing her story, she hopes to also lead others into healing.

Celebrate Recovery

At Kensington, we offer a safe space for healing called Celebrate Recovery. Over half of those who attend are addressing issues like wounds from the past, relational pain and broken trust. Read more below under Recovery for the Whole Family.

RAINN.org

One of the nation’s premier support networks for survivors of sexual abuse, this organization offers help to survivors  – and those caring for a survivor – by hotline or live chat 24 hours a day, seven days a week: rainn.org.

 

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Recovery for the Whole Family

Our confidential Bible-based recovery programs are designed to offer support and hope for the hurts, habits, and hang-ups of life. No fees, pressure, or registration required.


Celebrate Recovery welcomes adults at our in-person meetings at…

Troy Campus | Mondays 7pm
Orion Campus | Tuesdays 7pm*
Clinton Twp. Campus | Thursdays 7pm*

*Childcare available at Clinton Township and Orion


The Landing is a Christ centered 12-step program for teens ages 12-18. It is designed to prepare teens with the tools they need when faced with life’s hurts, habits, or hang-ups as they mature.

The Landing welcomes teens at our in-person meetings at…

Orion campus | Tuesdays | 7pm

If this is something your teen is interested in and you have more questions, email us at thelanding@kensingtonchurch.org.


Celebration Place (CP) is a Christ centered, pre-covery program for children ages 5-12. It is designed to prepare children with healthy ways of coping when faced with life’s hurts, habits, or hang ups as they mature.

Troy Campus | Mondays | 7-9pm

If this is something you would like your child to participate in, please email celebrationplace@kensingtonchurch.org.


Have questions? Contact a CR leader at celebraterecovery@kensingtonchurch.org or by calling our Hotline at 248.786.0696

Has God changed your life through CR? Share your story with us here!

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Sometimes We Need More Than A Friend

We need resources and guidance to help us through – someone we can trust to give us godly insight and advice. When facing hard times, tough decisions, or traumatic circumstances, we need the help of others.

Trauma Resources

Between the pandemic and school violence, we’ve all been through a lot. And there are personal forms of trauma too. We have gathered videos and resources from national experts to help you navigate trauma in your own life and as you guide your children.

Trauma Resources

Counselors We Trust

It may also be time to invest in personal counseling. We believe Jesus is at the center of working through the healing process, but an educated, trained professional can help. Whether you need help in your marriage, parenting skills, workplace, or personal life, consider this list of local counselors we trust.

Before making a final decision on a counselor, we encourage you to interview more than one person so that you can find the most appropriate counselor for you. Attaining counselor information from this site acknowledges the release of liability from any claim, or litigation whatsoever involving Kensington Church.

By clicking below you agree to the disclaimer above.

Counselors We Trust

Dove Of Peace Christian Counseling
(586) 307-4659
51145 Washington Street, Suite H
New Baltimore, MI 48005
Christian-based therapy services for children and adults, Telehealth and in-person, Many insurances accepted, affordable rates


Brooks Psychotherapy PC
Ryan Brooks, MA, LLP
(248) 225-1871
30665 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 255
Farmington Hills, MI 48304
Specializing in Cancer, Trauma, Grief, Anxiety and Depression. In-person or telehealth sessions available.


Good Insight Counseling
Tyson Brown
(517) 862-8176
Specializing in couples counseling, anxiety/depression and pornography addiction. 100% Telehealth


All Things Possible Wellness Center
(586) 213-5505
16645 15 Mile Rd, Ste B Clinton Township, MI 48035
43393 Schoenherr Sterling Heights, MI 48313
21929 E 9 Mile Rd St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
Offering telehealth & in-person sessions. Most insurance plans & some Medicaid accepted. Payment plans available. No one is turned away!


Christian Family Services - Deb Morse
(248) 557-8390
17105 W. Twelve Mile Road, Southfield, Mi 48076
Specializing in Adoption & Blended families. Some insurance plans accepted.


Crossings Counseling
Maryclare Baird
(248) 770-9365
888 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 780, Troy MI 48084
Telehealth & In-person sessions. Self-pay & other options available.


GLIO Counseling Group, PLC
(248) 572-7002 Call or Text
826 S. Lapeer Road, Suite B, Oxford, MI 48371
Telehealth & in-person sessions. Most insurance plans accepted.


Dr. Bill Horton
(248) 377-9428
999 W. Haynes St. Ste. 235 Birmingham, Mi 48009
Specializing in Trauma Issues. Telehealth sessions only. Most insurance & Medicare plans accepted. Sliding fees available.


Connie Hutchinson Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT)
(248) 990-6959
2265 Livernois Rd. Troy, MI 48083
Specializing in Sexual Addiction, Pornography, & Love Addiction. Telehealth & in-person sessions. Major insurance plans accepted.


George and Tamara Kelly, LPC
(248) 651-0900
1460 Walton Blvd. Ste. 109 Rochester Hills, Mi 48309
Telehealth and in-person sessions. Self-Pay.


Oakland Hills Counseling
(248) 844-2647
3250 University Dr. Suite 115 Auburn Hills, MI 48326
In-person and Telehealth sessions. Self-pay & sliding fees available.


Perspectives Counseling
Telehealth & in-person sessions. Most insurance plans accepted.
3694 Clarkston Rd. Clarkston, Mi 48348
(248) 688-9021

23965 Novi Rd. #130 Novi, MI 48375
(248) 946-4664

705 S Main St. Plymouth, MI 48170
(248) 688-9071

4151 17 Mile Rd., Ste. D Sterling Heights, MI 48310
(586) 268-6712
888 W Big Beaver Rd Suite 1450 Troy, MI 48084
(248) 244-8644


Pina Newman Counseling
(248) 505-5235 Call or Text
Offering telehealth services
Specializing in Couples Intensives, Couples & Families
Private Pay


Renewal
(586) 783-2950
1024 Superior Street Port Huron, MI 48060
(810) 966-0099

100 Northbound Gratiot Ave Mt Clemens, MI 48043
(586) 783-2950

5816 Eastman Ave. Midland, MI 48640
(989) 244-1888

Inside Hopevale Church Ministry Center
800 Washington Ave. Bay City, MI 48708
(989) 244-1888

Inside Kochville United Methodist Church
6030 Bay Rd, Saginaw, MI 48604
(989) 244-1888

Offering telehealth and in-person sessions. Most insurance plans accepted, some Medicaid and sliding fees available.


Treeside Psychological Clinic
(248) 693-9614
45 N. Lapeer Street Lake Orion, Mi 48362
Offering telehealth and in-person sessions. Most insurance plans & some Medicaid accepted. Sliding fees available.


Trinity Family Counseling Center
(586) 254-3663
45445 Mound Rd., Ste. 111 Shelby Township, Mi 48317
Offering telehealth sessions. Specializing in couples, families, blended families and grief support. Self-pay & sliding fees available.


Wentworth & Associates P.C.
(586) 997-3153
11111 Hall Rd. Ste. 303 Utica, Mi 48317
Most insurance plans accepted


Alternative Counseling and Support Services

Oakland University Counseling Center

(248) 370-2633
Pawley Hall, Room 250A
456 Pioneer Dr.
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
Free counseling services provided by those pursuing graduate & doctoral counseling degrees.

Counselors We Trust

AREAS OF HELP

Grief Recovery

At Kensington's Grief Recovery support group, you can find hope and healing after the loss of a loved one. It’s a place where you’ll encounter caring people who can empathize with your pain because they've been through it themselves.

Loss of a Spouse | Aug 29 | Orion Campus
Fall Grief Recovery | Sept 19-Dec 12 | Orion Campus
Surviving the Holidays | Nov 14 | Orion Campus

Find a Grief Recovery group near you: griefshare.org

 

Grief Recovery

Kensington Visitation

Our dedicated volunteers bring encouragement and prayers of faith to those who are in local hospitals, medical centers, recovery centers and homebound. If you or someone you know would like to be blessed by such a visit, email visitation@kensingtonchurch.org or call the Troy Campus during business hours at 248-786-0600.

Visitation

Divorce Recovery

You don't have to go through the pain and stress of divorce or separation alone. Our Divorce Recovery workshop combines expert speakers, small group discussion and a time of community with people on the same journey.

Divorce Recovery Summer Session
Troy Campus | Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm | May 23-July 25* | Register here
Cost: $15 includes Divorce Recovery Workbook

*No session on July 4

 

Divorce Recovery

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care Team

Members of our Pastoral Care Team are trained by the nationally known Stephen Ministry program and are compassionate listeners who walk alongside others to provide skilled and distinctly Christian care in times of need. They can't promise to have all the answers, but they can promise their focused support. To receive care from one of our Pastoral Care Team members, call us at 248.786.0600 and ask for a Campus Care Provider - they can get the process started.

Interested in joining our Pastoral Care Team? Email us for more info.

Pastoral Care

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Help Bank | Campus Care Providers

When crisis hits, your first point of contact is a Campus Care Provider. Our goal at the Help Bank is to support people through the rough spots in life by sharing information and resources about our ministries at Kensington and those available in the community. Call a Campus Care Provider Monday-Thursday between 9am-4pm and we will listen, encourage, and connect you with help. Whether it’s talking you through a tough decision, sharing resources and praying with you, we’re ready to help.  Click below for more resources:

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– Campus Care Providers, metro Detroit 248.786.0600
– Campus Care Providers, Traverse City 231.922.9882

If you need help during a weekend, visit one of our campuses and connect with our campus prayer team or stop by the Hub to talk with someone.

If you need help right now:
– Common Ground Hotline, metro Detroit 800.231.1127
– Third Level Crisis Hotline, Traverse City 231.946.8975

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Ministries

Congregational Vote - Latest News!

Dear Kensington,

Yesterday was the Special Meeting vote to affirm our Senior Pastor candidate, which took place at all campuses during all services. If you were there or joined us online, thank you for taking part to vote on our candidate, Brian Mowrey, as our new Senior Pastor. Because of such a strong, positive turnout, members and the congregation have confirmed Brian as our new Senior Pastor with nearly 99% voting yes. Brian has said yes, and the Mowreys are coming to be part of the Kensington family! 

We all know this has been a long journey, requiring much patience and trust. Your continued commitment to Kensington and your willingness to lean into this process with us is what helped get us here today. With such a strong positive vote for Brian’s leadership, there is no doubt that we are ready to be led into what God has for us in the years ahead.

The next few months will be a time of transition and we ask that you continue to pray for Brian, Becca and the girls as their adventure is just beginning with us; also pray as they are concluding a chapter of their life with Walnut Hill. While this transition over the next few months will mean that Brian is back and forth between Kensington and Connecticut, Brian will be actively engaged with all that is happening at Kensington and will be relocated and in place with us by the end of summer.

Brian wanted to share with all of you a quick word of thanks for your trust in his leadership of Kensington. Watch here

Thank you, God, for your provision. It’s just beginning. Immeasurably More!!

Grace and Peace,

Craig A. Mayes
Lead Pastor & Elder
Kensington Church

Retreats

Podcasts

Websites

Subscriptions

Marriage 365

Married People

Growing In Marriage

Prepare Enrich

Subscriptions

Marriage 365

Married People

Growing In Marriage

Prepare Enrich

Books We Love

Preparing For Marriage

Marriage Prep

Before the Last Resort

Marriage Restoration

Vertical Marriage

Marriage Growth

Secrets of Sex and Marriage

Intimacy

Men Only/For Women Only

Marriage Growth

Smart Step Family

Blended families

The Meaning of Marriage

Marriage Prep

The Power of a Praying Wife

Marriage Growth

The Power of a Praying Husband

Marriage Growth

The 5 Love Languages

Dating

Love and Respect

Marriage Growth

Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away

Marriage Restoration

101 Questions To Ask Before You Get Engaged

Dating

Newlywed Couple's Devotional

Newlywed

Children's Programming During Services

Troy

5pm | 12/23
Birth–PreK programming

7pm | 12/23
Birth–PreK programming

11am | 12/24

Birth–PreK programming

1pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

3pm | 12/24

Birth–PreK programming

5pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

Orion

5pm | 12/23
Birth–PreK programming

7pm | 12/23
No children’s programming

11am | 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

1pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK and Elementary programming

3pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK and Elementary programming

5pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

Clinton Twp

5pm | 12/23
Birth-PreK and Elementary programming

7pm | 12/23
Birth–PreK programming

11am | 12/24
Birth-PreK and Elementary programming

1pm| 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

3pm| 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

Birmingham

11am | 12/24
Birth-PreK programming


1pm | 12/24
Birth-PreK programming

Traverse City

2pm | 12/24
No children’s programming

4pm | 12/24
Birth–PreK programming

Clarkston

10am | 12/24
Birth-PreK and Elementary programming

12pm | 12/24

Birth-PreK programming

Marriage and Blended Family

The Marriage Course offers essential tools and practical ideas to help couples invest in their relationship and build a strong marriage. Strengthen your communication and gain a deeper understanding of your partner. The Marriage Course is based on Christian principles but designed for all couples with or without a church background.
REGISTER

The Blended Family Workshop addresses the confusing roles and boundaries involved in blending families and identifies why parents so often struggle in blending their efforts. Find a community of people who are contemplating blending a family or are “in the trenches” building and growing their blended family!
REGISTER


Please email 
marriage@kensingtonchurch.org with any questions.

Learning Labs

Discover rhythms and practices that can help us abide in the love, grace, and hope of God, where our lives can be transformed. Explore some of these practices together with others who are pursuing the same.

Orion

Birmingham Campus

We are offering a time for our congregation to gather after the 10am service for prayer in the Groves Auditorium, 20500 W 13 Mile Rd, Beverly Hills, MI 48025.

On Sunday evening, Dec 5, parents of high school and middle school students are invited to the second half of our Edge gathering at Genesis Church, 309 N Main St, Royal Oak, MI 48067, at 6:15pm. We will have a breakout to equip parents in caring for themselves and processing pain with their children in times of tragedy.

Parents & Student Resources

Parents – self care is critical. It’s important to do your own processing with another adult so that you can be more present as your child processes. Here are tools that you can use to get you started.

Podcast

Helpful Blogs

Other Materials

Counselors Are Needed After Tragedy

“The aftermath of the Oxford shooting tragedy will undoubtedly result in traumatic symptoms and experiences across our communities for quite some time. Healing the brain through evidence-based therapies is absolutely possible with clinical guidance. There is a valuable village of Trauma Therapists with collective resources standing by for Oxford, for both direct and secondary survivors to engage in therapy. Until then, we honorably hold a sacred space, as students, families, staff and school partners continue to mourn.” -Laura Azoni, LMSW, Founder of Sanctuary Services

Orion Campus

We believe that unity at this time is more important than ever. Several churches in the area are partnering together to offer space for students to begin the process of healing.

We will have several grief and trauma specialists on site this Sunday evening at our Orion Campus (4640 S Lapeer Rd Lake Orion, MI 48359) from 5-6:30pm and will have a night of prayer, worship and an opportunity for students to process with each other.

Tate Myre Funeral:
Monday, 12.6 Visitation 1 to 8pm
Tuesday, 12.7 Visitation 10-12pm and funeral at Noon

Clinton Township Campus

We will be offering a time for our congregation to gather after each service for a time of corporate prayer in the Greatroom. Prayer will be offered at 10:15 am and 12:15 pm. (25000 Hall Rd, Charter Twp of Clinton, MI 48036)

This Sunday at 3:30 pm as a community we want to gather, pray and mourn together. We are all looking for answers and wondering why tragedy happens but we can find hope and peace in Jesus. 

Troy Campus

Join us Sunday night, December 5th for a Community Prayer Vigil at Kensington Church at 6:00 pm. Invite friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers to come together for a time of hope and prayer. 

Following the Vigil, at 7:00 pm, there will be breakouts for students and for parents to process and be equipped in caring for themselves and those around in times of tragedy.

Marriage Classes

What grows marriages? Focusing on the two of you and being in community!
The Marriage Course includes seven sessions, designed to help couples invest in their relationship and build a strong marriage. Some couples do the course to intentionally invest in their relationship, others are looking to address more specific challenges. Either way, the course offers essential tools and practical ideas to help you build a relationship that lasts a lifetime. The Marriage Course is based on Christian principles but designed for all couples with or without a church background.

Please email marriage@kensingtonchurch.org with any questions.

Financial Peace University (FPU)

Financial Peace University (FPU) is a catalyst to help people live in financial freedom and enable them to have a posture of openhandedness. We have witnessed numerous Kensington families experience life change as a result of applying Biblical truths to their personal finances. The real blessing is seeing people create lives of margin that allow them to hear and respond to the Lord’s calling on their lives.

Please email discipleship@kensingtonchurch.org with any questions.

Bible Basics

Whether you are brand new to the Bible or have been reading it for decades, Bible Basics is a course that will help you understand the overall flow of the Bible. Over the course of several weeks, learn how the Bible came from the original writers to the English versions we have today. We’ll look at the big-picture story of the Bible and how all the individual books add to the whole. We’ll even learn a little about the history of the Jewish nation. But most of all, we’ll grow in our awe of the amazing author of this amazing book!

Please email discipleship@kensingtonchurch.org with any questions.

Orion

Alpha

What is my purpose? What value does the Bible have in my life? How do I pray? How can I grow in confidence to share my faith? These are the big questions that are at the heart of what it means to have a relationship with God. Alpha is a space to explore life’s big questions, to say what you think and to hear other people’s points of view. Over ten-weeks you will explore and discover while listening to weekly topics, participating in table discussion, and developing community. Alpha courses meeting in-person gather around a meal.

You don’t have to come for the whole series—just check it out for the first session and see what you think. No pressure.

Please email discipleship@kensingtonchurch.org with any questions.

Birmingham

Orion

Troy

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For additional questions, please contact giving@kensingtonchurch.org or call 248.786.0637

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