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Manitou Mission is a missional community that exists
to carry love and light to Manitou Springs.
Join Us
Manitou Worship Nights
Join us for a time of worship music and prayer over the city of Manitou Springs. All ages are welcome!
Parking is only free in the lot between the art center buildings. If parking on the street, drivers must display a Manitou Mission parking pass and back into the spaces.
Upcoming Dates: September 26th, October 26, November 23 (Gratitude Service), and December 21 (Christmas Service)
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Manitou Art Center Gallery, 513 Manitou Ave
Manitou Worship Album
Manitou Worship: Songs of the House Vol I is available on all streaming platforms. It includes original music and scriptures read by our missional community. Come to any of our services to receive a free CD from our welcome table.
Connect with Us
Manitou Student Ministry
Manitou Mission is teaming up with the Revolution5 Leadership Institute for Student Bible Study on Monday nights at the Manitou Art Center, 515 Manitou Avenue, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, September 15 and then 2nd & 4th Mondays beginning October.
Manitou Men’s Ministry
Men of Manitou Mission, join us on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month for food and fellowship. We’d love to have you there.
When: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month
Where: Mo’s Diner. Join our list below to be alerted if plans change!
Join our contact list to be updated with location or event changes.
Manitou Women’s Ministry
Women’s Lectio
If you’ve been looking for a deep, authentic community of women, you have found it! Every lesson stands alone so you can pop in and start with us anytime. We provide print-outs of a Scripture we will read and reflect on at each gathering. All you need to do is come.
Final Session: Every First and Third Thursday | September 4th – December 4th | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Manitou Art Center | 515 Manitou Avenue
Join our contact list to be updated on location or event changes.
Serve with Us
The Pantry
Come serve at the Pantry! Every week, we partner with the city to help serve locals of Manitou who are in need of food assistance. If you would like to become even more involved and help with shopping, coordination, or setup, please email us at ManitouMission@newlifechurch.org.
When: Wednesdays
Distribution Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. [setup and tear-down occur before and after this hour]
Where: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church | 808 Manitou Ave
Partner with Us
Meet Our Staff
Dr. Joe & Erica Kirkendall have lived in Manitou Springs since their first year of marriage in 2007. Dr. Joe has been a pastor with New Life since 2004 after graduating from Fuller Seminary. Erica came on staff in 2017 when New Life Manitou was launched, where they had pastored together for over seven years. In recent years, Dr. Joe has stepped into the lead pastor for Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered recovery program, and Erica has joined New Life North’s Women’s ministry.
Dr. Joe and Erica are passionate about being on mission with Jesus. Though they have served all over the world, they believe the greatest impact anyone can have is in their own local community. They have four boys, all in the Manitou Springs schools.
Find What You’re Looking For
We look to the Nicene Creed (adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325) for our statement of faith, which reads as follows:
We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen
MannaTuesdays are a time for us to receive sustenance—to be refreshed in the presence of the Lord and recalibrated to be on mission with him. Being on mission with Jesus is a lifestyle, not just an event. We hope you’ll join our missional community as we apprentice Jesus together.
Our previous services will remain available to view on our YouTube channel.
We have seven sister congregations meeting throughout Colorado Springs on various days and at various times. Manitou Mission members frequent all seven, so please reach out if we can help you find a friend to attend worship with.
Those congregations are as follows:
New Life North | 11025 Voyager Parkway [Sundays at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.]
New Life Downtown | 301 North Nevada, at Palmer High School [Sundays at 9:30 a.m.]
New Life East | 4620 Antelope Ridge Drive, at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy [Sundays at 10:00 a.m.]
New Life Friday Night | 11025 Voyager Parkway [Fridays at 6:30 p.m.]
New Life Midtown | 5090 Austin Bluffs Parkway [Sundays at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.]
New Life Chinese Church | 11025 Voyager Parkway [Sundays at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.]
Iglesia Nueva Vida | 801 North Circle Drive [Sundays at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.]
Manitou is a quaint spa town founded in 1888 at the height of tuberculosis. It was established as a place of healing and restoration because of the natural springs throughout the town. Celebrities, presidents, and all the wealthy of the time came far and wide to seek out the healing waters of Manitou. Today, Manitou Springs is a tight-knit community full of artists, authors and intellectuals. It is full of very spiritual people, but for being such a spiritual town, there are only a handful of churches and not many Christians. Manitou Springs was voted the third friendliest city in the country. It’s welcoming to tourists and derives much of its revenue from the tourist industry as people still come to seek respite in this sweet, Euro-spa town.