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!

Saturday, May 24, 2014

You are Equipped

After 12 of us women leaders met for a morning of prayer and refreshment this morning, we are so edified by the Lord and each other today! Ages ranged from 82 to 15, 8 different churches represented, black, white, hispanic and all of us building each other up in love. Truly His oil flows when we dwell together in unity! Pastor Mary Burton sharing her heart about knowing who we are in Christ and not letting the enemy bully us. Though she and her sister in law Mama Nita just attended the funeral of a family member murdered recently, they came and shared with us despite their trials and we were all edified by one another.

While a few of us were chatting on the street corner as all were leaving, a man walked by and I asked, "Excuse me sir, we just had a wonderful morning with God. May we pray for a blessing for you?" He opened up and welcomed the prayer. I asked, "Would you like us to pray for anything in particular?" Without much hesitation he replied, "Demons. They're all around. I need to get free of them." He was an everyday man, not mentally ill, just aware that evil around is so oppressive and wanting to be free.

We of course introduced him to our Friend Jesus, explaining that when He lives inside us, no matter if the gates of Hell are around us, we are free and at peace when we trust in Him. We then prayed for this man. He made the sign of the cross after and said he was Catholic. Those are 2 new people that I've met this week who are my neighbors who will hopefully go to Church with me tomorrow and begin learning to walk again in a life of freedom.

God... YOU ARE MOVING in our CITY!

I want to urge you to reach out to people you meet everyday... talk to them....offer to pray a blessing for them in your own way. God will pray through you. Take a risk today. It may save someone's life. Stop making excuses about how you are not equip. Do you really think I am equipped to live in an inner city with the gates of hell surrounding me most days? I'm not---without Christ. And like you who follow Jesus, I AM equipped because He tells us we have: "Christ in you the hope of glory". Colossians 1:27

Later, a friend in a local feeding ministry said that this man who has been struggling with drugs, told her that we prayed with him and it really helped him. He's been going back to church with them... how beautiful that we are all called to serve in different ways and when the Body works together, it creates such a beautiful tapestry of His love. .

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