May 2026 Newsletter

The Resident Recovery Program

Since the founding of His Mansion in 1971, a set of core principles has sustained the ministry and allowed men and women seeking freedom in Christ to thrive. His Mansion has sought to be a Christ-centered community where intentional, transparent relationships foster discipleship and healing in the context of community, with a heavy emphasis on prayer, worship, biblically grounded classes and study, and the development of spiritual disciplines. Alongside that, it has always provided a place of purpose, where Residents struggling with life-controlling issues learn to take responsibility and to serve God and others through daily work on the campus and farm.

Across 55 years the ministry has also changed. Some changes were dramatic, like the move from Connecticut to New Hampshire in the late 1970s. Others have been quieter. The current season has brought several changes to the Resident Recovery Program specifically.

To better serve applicants bound by addiction, His Mansion has moved to a rolling intake system. Residents can now join the program on a monthly basis, which prevents lengthy waits for people who need immediate help. The Resident dorms are being remodelled, in both the men’s and women’s living quarters. A new fitness room has been installed, and morning exercise is now built into the daily routine.

A program that works

Daily work and responsibilities on the campus and farm are a vital part of the Resident Recovery Program. Being created in God’s image, work brings dignity and meaning to life and provides an abundance of redemptive opportunities.

Through daily work, Residents at His Mansion:

• Learn to steward God’s good gifts
• Develop capacity to assume and fulfill responsibilities
• Foster fortitude and a self-giving will that serves others
• Cultivate a vision for work that is Christ-centered and purposeful

A new two-stage program

Of the recent changes, the most significant are to the program structure and classes. At the start of 2026, the one-year Resident Recovery Program was restructured from the long-standing three-phase system to a two-stage model. The change was made partly to accommodate rolling intake and reduce admission waiting list lengths. New classes and curriculums, and stage-specific recovery and discipleship initiatives, were introduced alongside it.

The program now has two distinct six-month stages.

Stage 1, “Restoration”, is freedom from bondage and brokenness. Its formational elements, classes and counseling, focus on understanding addiction and identifying its roots, developing self-awareness, thought-challenging, emotional resilience, coping and relational health.

Stage 2, “Growth”, is freedom for newness of life in Christ. Its developmental priorities include servanthood, story-focused formational prayer (inner healing), developing a life of purpose and mission, relapse prevention, and reintegration planning that covers resume creation, job searches, housing and church community.

The weekly class routine also includes several combined-stage classes, where Residents from both stages share the classroom. Much of the healing at His Mansion happens in the relationships in the men’s and women’s dorms, and combined-stage classes build the unity and group strength that carries into each individual’s recovery.

As the program changes, the heart of it does not. The desire is to introduce every Resident to the God who never changes.

How much does it cost?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions about the Resident Recovery Program.

Long-term recovery treatment is usually burdensome, often costing tens of thousands of dollars for a few months or less. Through a network of donors made up of individuals, churches and organizations, the one-year program at His Mansion can be afforded for less than $1,000.

Openings in the Resident Recovery Program are currently available.

Current employment opportunities

• Facilities Technician
• Intake Coordinator
• Cook
• Men’s Counselor
• Women’s Counselor

Prayer requests

• Several new Residents arriving in May, that the Lord would prepare their hearts and that they would rest in His presence.
• Spaces currently available in the programs, that God would fill the dorms with men and women in need of refuge from addiction.
• The staff at His Mansion, for steadfastness and vision in administrative, operational and programming roles.
• The growing season, that the seedlings would sprout in the grow room and the Lord would bless this year’s crops.