Apostolic Christian Counseling and Family Services - ACCFS

Apostolic Christian Counseling and Family Services - ACCFS ACCFS provides information, teaching, support, consultation, and/or counseling to help the hurting, nurture hope, and encourage growth.

ACCFS Apostolic Christian Counseling and Family Services is a ministry of the Apostolic Christian Church of America. Our staff is comprised of professional counselors, lay counselors, teaching staff, and office personnel providing information, teaching, support, consultation, and/or counseling to address hurting, emotional, spiritual, mental health, and relationship issues as well as providing resources for growth in marriages, parenting, relationships, and spiritual lives.

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Not all wounds are visible, and not all healing happens quickly. This month is an invitati...
06/04/2026

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Not all wounds are visible, and not all healing happens quickly. This month is an invitation to grow in understanding— for ourselves and for the people around us. If you’re walking through trauma, or walking alongside someone who is, you don’t have to have all the answers. Sometimes the most important thing we can offer is steady, compassionate presence. 🫂

Resources:
🔗 ptsd.va.gov/screen
🔗 accounseling.org/mentalhealth/trauma/trauma-and-ptsd/

What if discipleship wasn’t occasional…but woven into everyday life?👥 What if communities were built on intentional grow...
06/02/2026

What if discipleship wasn’t occasional…
but woven into everyday life?

👥 What if communities were built on intentional growth, shared rhythms, and walking with Jesus—together? That kind of culture doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s formed.
And it’s practiced.

We’d love to invite you into both.
Explore our courses and learn more.

➡️ Spiritual Formation
➡️ Helping Others Become Disciples
🔗 Available on thelearningconnection.org

05/29/2026

The solution to our emotional problems can seem impossible. This video explains why the solution is possible and within reach.

As we age, roles change.What once defined us—work, responsibilities, care giving, productivity—can slowly shift or fall ...
05/27/2026

As we age, roles change.

What once defined us—work, responsibilities, care giving, productivity—can slowly shift or fall away. That transition often raises deeper questions: Who am I now? What still gives my life meaning?

From a Christian perspective, identity is not rooted in usefulness or stage of life, but in belonging to Christ. Aging invites not loss, but reorientation—learning again where our worth comes from and how God continues to shape us.

Our latest article reflects on aging, changing roles, and identity through a Christian lens.

👉 Read more: A Christian Perspective on Aging, Roles, and Identity
https://accounseling.org/aging/a-christian-perspective-on-aging-roles-and-identity/

05/26/2026

Drift is slow, passive, and creates unwanted distance over time. Without intentionality, relationships can experience drift. On this episode of Breaking Bread, Kaleb Beyer addresses marital drift. When husbands and wives drift apart. In this episode we will discuss what drift is, what it looks like, and how to close the distance.

https://accounseling.org/media-types/podcast-episode/marital-drift-podcast-episode/

What is Obsessive‑Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? And what is it not?OCD is often misunderstood as a personality quirk or pre...
05/21/2026

What is Obsessive‑Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? And what is it not?

OCD is often misunderstood as a personality quirk or preference for neatness. In reality, it’s a serious mental health disorder that involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing distress.

In these slides, we’re sharing a few helpful facts to bring clarity, reduce stigma, and encourage understanding. Learn more at the links below.

https://accounseling.org/mentalhealth/ocd/ocd-adults/
https://accounseling.org/mentalhealth/ocd/ocd-children/

05/19/2026

What's this discipleship word all about?

Listen in from main sessions at the recent ACCFS Discipleship Conference in Bloomington to learn more about abiding in the vine and the formation of living as Jesus lived.

🔗 Listen on AC Central or the ACCFS website.

This week, a group of individuals will be gathering in Georgia for Abide Week. This week will be spent focused on discip...
05/15/2026

This week, a group of individuals will be gathering in Georgia for Abide Week. This week will be spent focused on discipleship to Jesus.

Would you join us in praying over this week?

Pray:
• That participants would rest deeply in God’s love.
• That distractions would fall away.
• That they would notice God’s presence in both stillness and ordinary moments.
• That the week would bear fruit long after it ends.

Why does Mental Health Awareness Month exist?Because mental health is part of caring for the whole person. Our mental an...
05/13/2026

Why does Mental Health Awareness Month exist?

Because mental health is part of caring for the whole person. Our mental and emotional well‑being impacts our relationships, decisions, resilience, and capacity to engage fully in life. Awareness invites us to learn, reflect, and steward this part of our health with greater intention.

📲 Join us in our stories with a quick Mental Health Awareness Month quiz.

Brain development can be understood as a process of four maturing stages: survival, emotional, attachment and cognitive....
05/11/2026

Brain development can be understood as a process of four maturing stages: survival, emotional, attachment and cognitive. These stages hold a key to understanding both poor and healthy thought processes. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Dr. Kirby Reutter steps us through brain development, how trauma impacts it and how by God’s grace we can think healthier.

▶️ Listen on our website, AC Central, Spotify, Apple podcasts, and YouTube.

🔗https://accounseling.org/mentalhealth/understandingmentalhealth/brain-development-why-it-matters-podcast-episode/

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515 E Highland Street
Morton, IL
61550

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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(309) 263-5536

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