Spirit / Soul Care

Healing Pathways

A comprehensive offering of spirit and soul care programming designed to nurture your inner life and deepen your connection with God through trauma-informed, healing-centered Christian practices.

Spiritual soul care provides holistic, Christ-centered support rooted in Scripture to help you deepen your relationship with God and find true spiritual renewal.

Unlike clinical mental health care — which focuses on psychological symptoms and cognitive coping tools — this ministry nurtures your inner life, eternal identity, and emotional healing through prayer and biblical truth.

It is designed to realign your heart with God's design, offering peace and purpose that transcends daily life circumstances.

Individual Appointments

Healing Pathways for Individuals

Personalized support tailored to your unique spiritual journey — offered by appointment with Rev. Tara.

Pastoral Care

Pastoral care offers a compassionate space to receive biblical guidance, spiritual support, and prayer from a ministry leader during challenging life transitions or crises.

Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Direction pairs you with a trained guide who listens alongside you to the movements of the Holy Spirit, helping you discern God’s will and grow in daily intimacy with Him.

Inner Healing

Inner Healing focuses on inviting the presence of Jesus into past traumas, deep emotional wounds, and painful memories, bringing Christ’s restorative peace, love, and joy into your life. 

By welcoming His unconditional love and presence, this ministry gently transforms pain into new life, rebuilding the broken places in your heart with God’s love.

Unbound Ministry®

Unbound Ministry® helps us respond to the good news of the gospel and apply truth to our lives using The Five Keys®:

1) Repentance and Faith

2) Forgiveness

3) Renunciation

4) Authority and

5) The Father’s Blessing.

The Reverend Tara Shepley

Executive Director/Pastoral Care Provider

Rev. Tara offers all of the above individual healing services by appointment. To book, contact us by phone or email.

Weekly Pop-In Prayer — No Appointment Needed

Every Tuesday, 1:00–3:00 pm, at the Healing Center. Simply walk in, and our trained volunteers will pray with you.

Community & Groups

Healing Pathways for Small Groups

Healing Hearts Grief Support Group

Led by Kate Abate, Certified Spiritual Director

Healing Hearts is a supportive grief group that offers a safe, compassionate space to process the pain of loss alongside others who understand your journey. Together, you will explore biblical comfort, share your story at your own pace, and discover practical pathways toward hope and emotional healing.

Fridays
10:00 - 11:30 am
The Healing Center, 701 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994

Truth and Life AA Meeting

Truth and Life is a Christ-centered AA support group that honors Jesus Christ as the true Higher Power, utilizing My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers as a core resource for spiritual reflection. Guided by biblical truth, this group provides a confidential, grace-filled community where you can walk out your recovery journey.

Mondays
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Smith Hall, campus of St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Group Spiritual Direction

Group spiritual direction brings together a small, trusted circle of individuals who prayerfully listen to the Holy Spirit together, helping each member notice and respond to God's presence in daily life under the gentle guidance of a certified director. 

Please check our Events page for information on specific opportunities.

Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?

All Healing Pathways services are offered at no cost to the client.
We ask only for a love donation when possible, but we’ll love you even if you have no love to give.

Weekly Services

Support, Connection, and Healing Throughout the Week

Weekly Healing Service

Our weekly healing service is a special collaboration with St. Mary's Church, offering a holy space to encounter God's restorative love through worship, community, and the sacraments. This sacred service includes immersive soaking prayer, optional individual healing prayer, and Holy Communion.

Tuesdays
12:10 - 1:00 pm
Sanctuary of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Stuart, FL

Pop-In Prayer (Walk-Ins Welcome)

Simply walk in, and our trained volunteers will pray with you.

Tuesdays
1:00 – 3:00 pm
The Healing Center, 701 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994

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A nonprofit community care center for prayer and healing for spirit, mind, and body.

Contact Us

Phone: (954) 489 - 8792

Email: healing@hcmc-stuart.org

Mailing Address: 623 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994

Visit Us

Office: Mon – Fri 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Pop-In Prayer: Tuesdays 1:00 – 3:00 pm

701 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994

At the corner of SE Amerigo, between SE Ocean Blvd and SE Osceola St. As you face the Pittenger Center on Amerigo, our door is on the right.

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