What we're all about...

A group of us mission-hearted Christians in Steubenville, with a passion to see God transform our city got together in November of 2011. We decided to join together to do what we can do to make Christ more present in our city. Though we were all real busy with our own work and ministries, we knew that if we did this ministry TOGETHER, we could see something beautiful happen.

And so "Mama Nita's" was birthed in the Spring of 2012.

Katie purchased a gorgeous small mansion "in the hood" of Steubenville--the perfect place to see transformation of our city take place. A few of us volunteers are living there, building relationship with neighbors and inviting others into our home for weekly praise and worship times, prayer for the city weekly, and starting positive entertainment evenings... Unity in the Body of Christ is organically emerging from everyone's generous hearts and hands to see this ministry come to fruition.

God is saying to us it's to be a place, a ministry that brings people together for the sake of encountering His Love and Presence and building Unity in the Body of Christ. I think the fact that over 3000 joy-filled volunteer hours have been given since we started will speak for itself!

We're excited about what God's gonna do at Mama Nita's Coffee House! God bless you! Please keep us in prayers!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

January to March happenings

Thanks so much for your desire to help us get started at Mama Nita’s Coffee House!

We’re starting from scratch, on a breadth of faith, trusting the Lord to work beautiful things through each of our efforts. I’m sure we will see our community coming together through many of you to come down and volunteer, praying for us and our city, those who come share their gifts, talents and materials.

Here’s a summary of what will be going on from end of January to March:
* January 14th, clean up day! Katie & the owner agree on the sale price.
• Jan 16 to Feb 7th: Cleaning up the house and painting the rooms
• Decorating after the walls are painted & furnishing the rooms
• Opening up the house for various group meetings that need a place to meet—most likely opening the house for that by end of February. If your group needs a place to meet, contact me with your groups information
• Meeting weekly to pray for the city: starting by mid-February.
• Volunteers to be present during the week to be ‘listening ears’ to people in our city who just need a cup of coffee and to talk. If this interests you, please contact me.

What things do we need? I will make a list below of things we would love donated. I will update this weekly, so when we no longer need it, you will see it’s been taken care of. There is a separate document called, “Donated Items Needed”

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

We're almost mission-house owners! Pray that we can soon close the deal on this house. Though it needs a lot of work, it's got great potential! These are the beginnings of Mama Nita's Coffee House!