What to Expect
What can I expect on my first visit to Horizon?
The Horizon environment was built for comfort, encouraging everyone who enters to relax and feel at home. Casual weekend attire tends to be the preferred style. Friends mingle, sharing introductions and stories; teens chat and laugh while kids scurry and play. Newcomers are welcomed with a warm handshake, and smiling greeters kneel to meet a child at eye level.
The surroundings offer options—a bustling conversation center, a quiet sofa for reading and a handsome chapel for services. It’s all here, crafted with you in mind. The views inside and out are striking. It was meant to be that way, designed to celebrate a great and giving God—and it’s meant to stand now and for generations to come.
On your first visit if you have any questions, please ask our greeter team or stop by the Information Desk and we will be happy to assist you. Or you can visit the Hearth Room immediately after each service for an informal, no-pressure gathering where you can be welcomed, learn a bit about the church and make a friend or two. Exiting the Chapel, the Hearth Room is the third door on your left.
You can also contact us via email.
What are the services like and which should I attend?
At Horizon, we recognize that a spiritual journey is personal and unique. The unifying goal is that all will grow into a deeper understanding and closer relationship with God. For that reason, we offer two different services distinctly shaped to reflect Horizon’s key values: Exploring and Equipping.
- The Exploring Service is designed for those who are recently returning to faith, new to faith, or just beginning to investigate Christianity. The Exploring Service offers topical themes and spiritual questions relevant to everyday life. Down-to-earth teaching, upbeat music, and creative media help the audience wrestle with topics relevant to everyday life like parenting & relationships, world philosophies, decision making, ethics in the workplace, and the search for significance.
Click here to listen to recent Exploring Service messages.
- The Equipping Service is designed for those who are maturing in their faith, featuring participatory worship music, times of prayer and reflection, monthly communion, and expository verse-by-verse teaching focused on specific books of the Bible.
Click here to listen to recent Equipping Service messages.
When are Horizon’s Service Times?
- Equipping Service: 8:30 a.m. & 9:45 a.m. Sunday
- Exploring Service: 11 a.m. on Sunday
- Infant through high school programs offered at all three service times on Sunday.
For an overview of upcoming message topics at both services, click here.
How do I get to Horizon?
Horizon is located at 3950 Newtown Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244. Click here for directions.
What should I wear?
We're more concerned with meeting your needs than with what you wear. Overall, casual weekend attire tends to be the preferred style.
What's available for my children? (birth - 4th grade)
Exploration Station (E-Station) - Birth through 4th grade. The atmosphere is dynamic, safe and age-appropriate...and most important, it's fun. For more information about E-Station, click here.
What's available for Tweens & Teens? (5th Grade - High School)
These high-energy programs, designed specifically for each age group, give kids an opportunity to hang-out with other kids their age. They play games, listen to music performed by the student band, and engage in discussion surrounding the creative teaching message that is presented during each class.
- 5th & 6th Grade: For more information about the 5th & 6th Grade program, click here.
- 7th & 8th Grade: For more information about the 7th & 8th Grade program, click here.
- High School: For more information about the High School program, click here.
If you have other questions
On weekends if you have questions, you are invited to stop by the Hearth Room immediately after each service for an informal, no-pressure gathering where you can be welcomed, learn a bit about the church and make a friend or two. Exiting the Chapel, the Hearth Room is the third door on your left.
Or please feel free to ask any questions of the Horizon Greeters or Staff in the Atrium and at the Information Desk. You can also contact us at your convenience to ask additional questions or request further information.
