Sue Cramer from Michigan is the founder of the Praise and Coffee Ministry.
Sue Cramer is the founder of the Praise and Coffee Ministry (since 2007). Several Praise and Coffee Nights meet across the nation and world.
A wife, mom, speaker, writer and coffee drinker that loves the Lord. Sue Cramer has a passion to help women connect with each other and God.
Sue lives in Michigan and shares her life with her husband Mark. They've been married over 24 years and have four children ranging in age from 7-23 years old. They adopted their youngest daughter from China when she was 2 years old.
Involved in ministry for over 23 years, she has served:
~ Alongside her husband in Pastoral ministry and church planting
~ Marriage and Family Ministry
~ As Director of Women’s Ministry for 2 churches
~ In Worship Ministry as leader and vocalist
~ As a board member and volunteer in local community organizations
~Frequent MOPS, women’s event and retreat speaker
Melissa Mashburn of “Mel’s World” in South Florida is the Co-Founder of the Praise and Coffee Nights
Daughter of the King, Wife, Mom, Pastor’s Wife, Writer, Speaker…all around God Chick!
Melissa Mashburn has a passion to “Encourage women to live with an authentic faith by being transparent, renewed and transformed.” ~ Romans 12:2
Melissa lives in Sunny South Florida and shares her life and ministry with her best friend Matt and their two handsome teenage sons, Nick and Bailey.
They just celebrated their 17th anniversary and are two southerners commissioned to reach South Florida.
Melissa’s been involved in ministry for just over 10 years now and has served:
~ With her husband in Pastoral Ministry
~ Greeting Ministry
~ Preschool Ministry Director
~ Weekday Preschool Director
~ Bible Study Leader
~ Women’s Small Groups Leader
~ Membership Pastor
Small Groups, Membership, Baptism, Beach Baptism
~ Kids Ministry Director
Melissa Mashburn’s gift of speaking the truth in love while seeking the JOY on the journey makes her a funny, genuine, caring and trusted women’s speaker.
Melissa takes simple little nuggets from the Word and uses them in ways that women are able to walk away with a truth that they can apply to their lives when they walk away from the event. Melissa has traveled through some of the most intense and difficult days of her life and has walked through to the other side with a smile on her face and a skip in her step.
Melissa is passionate about showing women the grace and goodness of God in very real, authentic, and transparent ways so that they too can learn to take their everday, ordinary life and place it as an offering to Him (Romans 12:1 TM).
Check out Melissa’s personal blog: 
Ronel Sidney in California is our National Director for Praise and Coffee Nights.Ronel joined the Navy straight out of high school and traveled the world until eventually settled in San Diego, CA. In November she and her husband Jeremey will celebrate eight years of marriage. They have one son, Lucas who will be seven on June 12th.
Ronel started ministry in the Navy as a Catholic lay leader and when she accepted Christ in Spring of 2003 and began leading in the mom’s ministry at The Rock San Diego.
She started leading Praise and Coffee Nights in San Diego in March of 2008 and stepped in as a National Director for Praise and Coffee Nights in 2011.
Ronel is a source of encouragement and information to women who are interested in starting Praise and Coffee Nights in their community. As part of that encouragement she plans to travel to groups in the Western United States and across the nation helping women connect, encourage and inspire one another through these evenings.
You can contact Ronel through her blog: Chosen for More
Denise Dykstra, co-editor of Praise and Coffee the Magazine. Denise is heavily caffeinated and joyfully married to her truck driving, farming husband. They reside in Michigan raising their four boys (ages 12 to 5) on a hobby farm that keeps them hopping busy. She updates friends on her sons’ latest escapades and caught snakes on her blog.
“Life With Four Boys...Coffee Please!”
