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!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012


We've come a LONG way since the Spring! Though we still do not have heat yet due to a leaking gas line (yes, the gas is shut off!) we are doing great. Here are some photos to show you how far we've come. Please pray for us to find someone to fix our gas lines and then get our boiler working. It's quite cold in this 5000 square foot brick home! Brrrrrrrrrr! But as I always say, "All for Him!" God bless you all and thanks for your prayers and support for us. The PRAYER ROOM BEFORE:
and AFTER our Amazing Volunteers:

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Honoring our Volunteers!


What a beautiful celebration we had on September 29th at Mama Nitas House to celebrate all our wonderful volunteers who have worked so hard to
restore the house to it's currently beautiful condition. Over 2500 volunteer hours have been donated since we started cleaning out the house last February. Over 20 churches, young and old all helped. Thanks to those of Youth Works who traveled from Minnesota, Philadelphia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and Massachusetts (and others States!) to spend time in Steubenville to serve our people. You're beautiful! Thanks to each of you local Steubenvillers who have served so joyously! God bless you and reward you! I and Joan are living there now and though we still have much to do before the winter hits to get the house insulated, we are enjoying the opportunity to live and serve downtown. We will soon be inviting people on Monday nights for praise and worship at our house, and have been praying for the city the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month. God is doing something beautiful in our city! We sense it, and are beginning to see it. Pray with us and pray for YOUR city to be renewed and for revival to break forth. God's love culture is the answer to our nation's issues. When individual hearts are changed and set free-- we're going to really see some beautiful things happen around us. Thanks for your support!