Royce Baker and his wife, Liz, have been attending Mariemont Church since 2009, when they moved to Cincinnati to help relaunch the local campus ministry with Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ). He and Liz have been married since 2005, are each from central Ohio and both attended the University of Toledo, where they heard the call into full-time college ministry with Cru, with whom they have served for the past 18 years. Royce serves with Cru as a Mobilization Director while Liz continues to serve on local campuses reaching college students. Royce and Liz have four children: Annelise, Maribelle, Abbott, and Genevieve. Royce has had the joy of serving MC through facilitating small groups and leading worship regularly on Sunday mornings. Royce loves all Ohio sports teams (especially the Buckeyes), running half marathons, history, epic books & movies, world traveling.

Mike has been an elder since 2008 and a member of Mariemont Church for a long time. He and Lissa have been married 50+ years and treasure their relationships at MC. They have 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren. Mike works in the financial services industry. He has led the Men’s Friday morning Bible Study at MC for 12 years  and finds himself more and more chasing after God and his precious Son. Mike is also active with the Salvation Army and is a small group leader at MC with his wife. Mike loves golf, and Lissa loves being with friends in Michigan on the lake where she grew up.

Jamie joined our staff in 2019. He has degrees in Music, Worship, and Theology, completing his PhD dissertation on the theology of A. W. Tozer in 2019. In 2020, he wrote and published his first book titled ***Friendship with God*** during the pandemic.

Paul "Raz" Rasmussen has been on staff at MC since 2010 and leads the Worship Ministry. He has been married to Juli, for 33 years and has 3 adult sons. Raz was born in Denver, CO, (go Broncos!) and has lived in 7 states. In addition to his family and music, he loves fly fishing and playing golf. One of his bucket list items is playing golf in every state...and is more than halfway to his goal at 28. With a music degree from Colorado University, he has produced albums and even sang background vocals on two shows for the top-40 band Foreigner! He has a passion to see worship leaders and musicians raised up that will bring glory to the Father.

Brandon began attending MC in July of 2011, where he has experienced exponential growth as a man, husband, and father. Back in 2012-2013, he co-led 2 different Story Formed Life small groups. His wife Laura and and he have led a few other small groups in the years since, including a DMM study with a neighbor, pre-Covid.

He and Laura have also engaged in some family-oriented events such as starting and leading Family Camp. Brandon regularly volunteers to run the soundboard for Sunday worship services and is an occasional volunteer for children’s Sunday School.

Brandon married Laura in December 2011. They now have 4 sons: Luke, Levi, Liam, and Lincoln. In 2020, at the dinner table, they were reading the story of Nicodemus’ interaction with Jesus, His son Luke accepted Christ for the first time and was baptized about 2 months later. What a gift! Laura and he have been especially blessed to have been built into by some really incredible spirit-led leaders. They look forward to many more years of this, as well as having more opportunities to disciple others in the Lord.

On a Fall night in 2015, John attended a teaching at MC. Although he had never been to MC before, he knew the Spirit was calling him and his family. They started attending and in 2016, he and his wife began to lead a Small Group in Northern Kentucky where the Lord has kept them in an incubator of prayer and worship ever since.  They also had the opportunity to help start the Family Camp at MC.

In this church family, they have learned to confess, repent, and worship the Lord in a richer way than ever before. “Our eyes have been open to the greater spiritual world increasing our vision and discernment into the Kingdom and the battles they present the church,” says John. “I have learned the Spirit wants to move and speak, and we are learning how to position ourselves to allow His will to be done.”

John is married to his wife Samantha, and they have four kids: Zooey, Isaiah, Art, and Silas.