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The Mission Cincinnati

An intentionally rooted, creative, diverse, & empowered faith community, loving Jesus & serving Cincy

We are a diverse and contemporary expression of the ancient Christian community of faith growing in the Walnut Hills & UC neighborhoods.

06/16/2026

First Mission Social was a huge success!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to enjoy good food, great conversation, and a laid-back space to grow in friendship with others. Also praise God for the enthusiasm of kids who inspire us to do things we never thought possible...like brave the heat of a campfire for s'mores making in June!

Hope to catch you for our July Red River Gorge hike or August dinner & Ice Cream at Factory 52. Full Details & Sign Ups on the home page of our website!

06/15/2026

Yesterday we preached on Ecclesiastes 5. What at first can seem like a negative message about money and wealth actually reveals the good news: a gift that is accessible to all!

Rewatch the entire service or find the sermon audio on your favorite podcast app: https://linktr.ee/missioncincinnati

06/08/2026

Yesterday Fr.William preached on Ecclesiastes 3 and reminded us that God has woven purpose into every moment of time. The struggle to steward our time wisely is real, but Jesus invites us out of worry and into presence.

We're not made to live in the past or the future. We're made for this moment.

Catch the full sermon at linktr.ee/missioncincinnati

06/04/2026

One of the great treasures of the Anglican Tradition is the Book of Common Prayer.

The Mission Cincinnati draws from the BCP to structure our weekly worship services. But the BCP also offers something called "The Daily Office," daily liturgies for Morning, Mid-Day, Evening, and right-before-bed prayer called "Compline." These prayer liturgies draw their language almost entirely from Scripture. They include readings from the Bible assigned daily by a tool called "The Lectionary." The offices can be prayed alone, in your home with your household, or in community with others in the local church.

If you are new to a liturgical tradition, and perhaps especially if you grew up in a non-liturgical church, it is understandable that you may have some skepticism about liturgy. There is an often articulated fear that "saying the same thing" over and over can become rote and devoid of meaning. That is certainly possible. But the inverse is also true. I find many people drawn to liturgical churches because we got burned out on having to invent our own spirituality and plan for prayer and Bible reading. Inevitably those of us who follow Jesus over the long-haul will hit seasons of "aridity," where God feels distant, we feel spiritually aimless or lethargic, and we don't seem to have much inspiration or direction within ourselves for what to pray or how to pray.

The Book of Common Prayer meets us in those moments like a well in the midst of a desert, offering us beautiful words of prayer for all seasons crafted by people who have known and followed Jesus throughout history and across the world. The BCP is like a trellis offering structure, support, and guidance to the growing vine of our prayer life and our relationship with Jesus. And this trellis is strong enough to support us in our spiritual journey in the good seasons when God feels close and our faith seems strong as well as the hard seasons when it feels like God has left the building and our heart and prayers feel dry.

If any of the above hits home for you...if you are looking for a structure to guide and deepen your prayer life...if you are longing to pray in community with others...if you've been curious about the BCP and never experienced the daily office, we'd love to invite you to join us for Daily Morning Prayer this summer on Monday mornings at 7:30 AM. You do not have to attend The Mission to join! We'll meet in-person the first Monday of the month, then gather on Zoom for the other weeks.

Full details can be found using the link below. Sign up to let us know you plan to join so we can get you all the details you need: https://missioncincinnati.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3658476

05/31/2026

What does wisdom actually promise? And what can't it deliver?

We're kicking off a new series through Ecclesiastes this week, and the Teacher has some clarifying things to say about the limits of human wisdom and what those limits are pointing toward.
Catch Rev. Mike's full sermon on your favorite podcast app or rewatch the livestream at the link in our bio.
linktr.ee/missioncincinnati

05/27/2026

We're thankful for a beautiful Sunday of worship this week and for the five new baptisms in our congregation!

Join us this week as we celebrate new members joining the fellowship and kick off a new sermon series!

05/26/2026

Introducing our Summer Preaching Series - The Fullness of Wisdom: Meaning, Love, & Life. Over 12 weeks, we'll study Ecclesiastes & Song of Solomon, considering how God's Word frees us to resist "Christian life hacks," makes space for our disapointment, confusion, and longing, and helps us see how love and wisdom go hand in hand.

05/25/2026

Yesterday we celebrated the Day of Pentecost with five baptisms and, as always, the word and the table.

Here is an excerpt from the sermon from Acts 2 and Joel 2. The question Pentecost leaves us with is not whether the Spirit has been given. The question is whether we are living as people who believe it. Whether we are a community that looks for the Spirit's work in the people we'd least expect, in the voices we haven't thought to amplify, in the gifts we haven't thought to ask for.

You can rewatch the livestream, listen to the sermon, sign up for our newsletter and more! Find it all here: https://linktr.ee/missioncincinnati

05/21/2026

This Sunday, we'll celebrate Pentecost with 5 baptisms!

In the Anglican Church, the baptistry is placed in the BACK of the sanctuary. This is because baptism is the rite by which we spiritually join the church and begin our journey of life back to God in Christ. The communion table is set at the FRONT of the sanctuary as a reminder of our future and destiny in Christ: sharing a great feast at the wedding supper of the Lamb in the new heavens and new Earth. Each Sunday, the congregation sits BETWEEN the baptistry and the table reminding us that we are in the midst of our journey. We remain a people on the way, empowered by God's Spirit for the mission and ministry to which He's called us.

When we baptize an infant or a child in the Anglican tradition, we all make a promise as the church to raise this child in the faith until the day when he or she can profess their own personal faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord. Thus, baptism isn't something we watch God do in the life of one person. In baptism we all participate in God's grace at work to knit our church together and grow us all up in the faith.

It is fitting to celebrate baptisms on Pentecost. On Pentecost, we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles to empower them to do the same things Jesus did and to carry His message to the ends of the Earth. Just like them, we as Christ-followers today are dependent on God's Spirit to empower us for mission. On our own, we can do nothing, yet in and through Christ and by the power of His Spirit, we can do all things! And so, we come expectant to watch as God works fresh grace in the lives of those being baptized, even as we participate in that grace together as a body. And we remember that remain a Holy Spirit-constituted, led, and empowered people.

Truly it is Christ in us, by the power of the Spirit, for the world He loves!

We can't wait to celebrate with you Sunday!

05/18/2026

Grateful for our bishop Mark Engel visiting & ministering to us in worship yesterday. Rejoicing over 8 confirmations and 2 receptions. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

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2221 Slane Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
45212

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http://www.missioncincinnati.org/

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