About the Cincinnati Navigators

What is The Navigators?

The Navigators is a group of christian friends open to all students who are interested in developing spiritual direction and depth in their lives while having a blast in the process. We offer weekly large group gatherings and activities, weekly small groups for building deep friendships, bi-weekly leadership meetings, and regular mentoring for interested students.

Who are The Navigators Staff in Cincinnati?

Evan and Kim Griffin joined the Cincinnati Navigators in 1989, moving from Chicago, IL. Evan is also a professor in the Department of Communication at U.C. Kim works as a Director of Education at Sylvan Learning Center in Blue Ash as well as helping Evan with the Navigator ministry at UC and XU.

Charly and Christina Sommers joined the Cincinnati Navigators in the fall of 2004. They have been full-time staff with the Navigators since 1999. Before coming to Cincinnati in 2004, they spent five years at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They have three children: Grace, Nathan and Rose, and a dog named Alamo.

What do The Navigators do?

What do the Navigators at the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University actually do?

  • We get together weekly in small groups. (150 students and growing) on different nights of the week.

  • We meet weekly for large group gatherings with cool videos, teaching, cool interactions, and fun activities with a chance to meet tons of other UC and XU students.

  • We hang out together all the time and do things like throw a party, have a cookout, play sports, do a service project...you get the idea.

  • We take cool "quick trips" to places like Red River Gorge for serious fun.

  • We provide one-time workshops to help students grow in various relevant topic areas such as: "Developing Great Relationships," "Growing in Personal Discipline," "Learning How to Help Others Grow Spiritually," "Understanding the Bible," etc.

  • We provide leadership training and mentoring for those students and alumni interested in leading a small group or learning how to help others grow in their faith.


The Navigators also have several different summer opportunities for development, including:

  • NCP National Collegiate Program

  • Summer Missions Trips

  • Summer Bible Studies

How to Contact Us.


Contacting us is easy, just give us a call, or fire off an email.