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, June 4, 2014

Please take time to sign this petition before July 4th and pass this link on!


we petition the obama administration to:
STOP the BOMBING on the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Nuba Mountains, Sudan!

A large hospital where I used to serve in Gidel, Nuba Mountains is being directly targeted by the Khartoum Government. It is the only hospital within several hundreds of miles and we used to even get Arab patients coming for help from Khartoum.

http://www.cmmb.org/supporting-mother-mercy-hospital

Despite bombing around the hospital, the foreign and local staff, many who are Americans and European nuns, have never had bombing on their compound.

This week, the tables have turned. We beseech President Obama to stop the Antenov planes that are barraging the hospital grounds daily. They are under constant attack unknown to the world. Limbs are being cut off from the shrapnel, patients are staff are at risk but persevering to still treat people amidst this hellish attack.

PLEASE HELP THEM!

To sign please go to:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-bombing-mother-mercy-hospital-nuba-mountains-sudan/2xHQ3pHd

Here's a picture of our Easter Celebration just before the hospital was built:



PRAYER POINTS:
1. Diving protection over every hospital stafff both physically and emotionally and supernatural sleep and rest amidst the tension and hard work of caring for over 300 patients.
2. Supernatural stopping of the bombing and violence in the Nuba and partiularly on the hospital.
3. Peace in both Sudan and South Sudan and for men to humble themselves before God and promote peace.

Thank you and God bless you!

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. .

Sunday, April 20, 2014

An Alignment is Happening...

A very Joyful Easter Season to Everyone!!

This is a season in the Church for new things—a New Springtime—an emerging of a glorious Bride that will so shine in the world that all people will run to the Light that shines from us who are so prepared as the wise Virgins were.

I had a picture of a great fishing net with people of many of different denominations holding the net--but all of us united in our passionate love for Jesus. Somehow we were standing on the water all gripping the net. Many of us didn’t know the person next to us, but we were united in this worldwide task. Then Jesus, also holding the net looked at us all. He instructed us without words, as we knew what He was saying in our hearts. We all knew:
“When I give you the nod, PULL on the net. Watch me intently. Wait for my nod.”

There was an anticipation that this would be an incredible catch and that we were not to be distracted. We had no idea how long we would have to wait there, gripping the net firmly, but we all knew one thing: Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

Each person knew within that if they would let up their grip, allow themselves to be distracted by looking at the others holding the net, or daydreaming about even theological things, or focusing on our own strength for such a mighty task, they would becoming the weak link and the pulling of the net would not accomplish the task of a clean, full catch and fish would escape because of my weak grip.

Focus on Jesus, simply that. Looking into His eyes and waiting, watching, anticipating for something great to happen and knowing I had a part in it, along with each person holding that net.

I believe God is positioning us Christians—those who are attentive and listening for His every move and who are rending our hearts to be sensitive to His. We are being positioned around heaven’s net. We are being trained in our personal lives to hear his voice well, notice His gestures so that when the moment comes and the King of Kings nods and pulls on the net, we will immediately respond with all of our being to pull with Him and watch for a great harvest of fish into the Kingdom.

It is like the story of the virgins who had their oil ready for when the Bridegroom would arrive. Will you be among those of us who have our eyes fixed on Jesus? I am giving everything I have to be ready and to be among those holding that net, having my oil ready, asking God daily for the grace to stay faithful. Will you join us? And if you are already holding on, good on you! Decide to keep your grip strong and Holy Spirit may you strengthen our grip even more resolutely!