Brunches and experiences
Curated afternoons with food, real conversation and a room designed so that nobody is left standing on the edge of it. Pour into Her, our Mother’s Day brunch, is the one women ask about most.
You do not have to walk through this alone.
MySistas gathers women in the Merrimack Valley to heal, grow and build each other up. Faith at the center, no performance required, and a seat already saved for you.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20, KJVEmpower. Encourage. Elevate.
Three words on a banner, and a promise underneath them.
About MySistasMySistas exists to create a safe space for women of all ages to connect, share stories and grow together through faith, community, empowerment and personal growth. That sentence is on the sign at every table we set up, and it is the whole job.
Some women find us in the middle of the hardest year of their life. Some find us while they are building something and need a room that believes them. Both belong. We are rooted in Christian values, and every woman is welcomed here with love, respect and compassion, whatever she believes and wherever she started.
You belong here. That is not a slogan we printed. It is the thing we keep having to say out loud, because so many women arrive convinced it cannot be true of them.
Three young women holding on to each other by the water at golden hour
This was never about having the perfect setup. It was about building community and reminding women they never have to walk through life’s transitions alone.
Kionelie Ortega, founder
The season you are in
Tell us where you are today and we will tell you where we would start you. No form, no email, no sales call.
The season you are inYou are allowed to put it down here
Carrying it well is not the same as it being light. You can walk in without a summary of your year, without an explanation, without being fine. Sit at the back if you want to. Nobody is going to ask you to perform.
Come and be still. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7
A new beginning is not a step backward
New city, new job, end of something, start of something. Starting over is lonely mostly because nobody around you saw the version of you that came before. Here you get to be the woman you are becoming, out loud, with people who will remember it with you.
A new month, a new beginning, and another chance to grow, heal, and trust God even more.
Kionelie Ortega, MySistas
Almost everyone walks in the first time alone
The most common thing a woman says to us at her first gathering is that she nearly did not come. Come anyway. Tell us it is your first time when you arrive and someone will sit with you. You do not have to arrive with a friend to leave with one.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20, KJV
Somebody should pour into you too
Our Mother’s Day brunch is called Pour into Her for a reason. You spend the year filling everyone else. A few hours where the conversation is about you, where nobody needs anything from you, is not a luxury. It is maintenance.
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Proverbs 31:25
Bring the whole vision, not the tidy version
A business, a degree, a calling, a career change. Building is exposing. You need rooms where you can say the ambitious thing without it sounding arrogant, and the scared thing without it sounding like quitting. Our gatherings hold both.
Lord, bring us people who believe in the vision You’ve given us.
Kionelie Ortega, MySistas
Quiet is not the same as gone
Some seasons you pray and it feels like talking to the ceiling. You are welcome here in that season. We are rooted in Christian faith and we are not going to interrogate yours. Come, be prayed for, and let somebody else carry the words for a while.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28, KJV
What happens when we gather
Different rooms, one rule: a woman who walked in alone does not stand alone.
Prayer and quiet gatherings
Smaller rooms. Less talking, more listening. You can come with something heavy and leave it with women who will keep carrying it in prayer after you go home.
Panels, workshops and mixers
Mental health, motherhood, money, faith, building a business. The hard subjects, said out loud, by women who have lived them rather than only studied them.
What we are built on
Five things every MySistas room is meant to carry.
What we are built onEncouragement
Uplifting hearts through every season.
Community
A safe space to connect and belong.
Faith
Grounded in God. Led by purpose.
Empowerment
Equipping women to grow and lead.
Impact
Changing lives. Building legacies.
Where we have been
Real rooms, real dates. This is a young organization and we would rather show you three true things than claim thirty.
May 17, 2026
Pour into Her, a Mother’s Day Brunch Experience
A curated brunch built to pour back into the women who spend the year pouring into everyone else. An afternoon of thoughtful conversation, real connection and a little indulgence. Hosted by MySistas.
282 Moody Street, Suite 207, Waltham, MA
June 27, 2026
Lawrence Juneteenth Arts and Awareness Festival
MySistas joined the festival as a wellness vendor, holding space on the Common for conversation, prayer and connection through a long, full day of celebration.
Campagnone Common, 200 Common Street, Lawrence, MA
2026
Mental health panel
Kionelie sat on a panel with Celeste Viciere, Nancy Araujo and Lucia Rondon, talking openly about mental health in a room of women who needed to hear it said out loud.
Merrimack Valley, MA
Every one of these started the same way: a date, a room, and a prayer that the right women would walk in.
No photograph sits beside this list on purpose. The images on this site are licensed stock and do not show MySistas rooms, so putting one next to three real dates would say something that is not true. Kionelie’s own photographs go here when they arrive.
All gatheringsA circle of women seated on the floor, reaching in to hold each other's hands
Somebody is praying for you by name
Whatever you are carrying this week, you can hand a piece of it over.
Prayer requestsSend it and it gets read. It gets prayed over. It does not get posted, shared with the group, read aloud from a stage or used in anything public. If you would rather not sign your name, leave it blank.
You do not have to explain the whole story. One line is enough.
Four ways to be part of this
Start wherever you have the energy for today. None of them require the others.
Come to a gathering
- Brunches, workshops, prayer gatherings and mixers
- Walk in alone, that is normal here
- Dates and details go out by email first
- No membership, no application, no fee to be on the list
Send a prayer request
- Read and prayed over privately
- Never posted, never shared, never used in marketing
- You can send it anonymously
- You do not need to explain the whole story
Join the sisterhood list
- Invites before anything is posted publicly
- Encouragement written by Kionelie, not a newsletter template
- Unsubscribe in one click, no hard feelings
- Free, always
Support the work
- Gifts cover venues, food, supplies and setup
- Partner as a vendor, speaker or sponsor
- Volunteer at a gathering
- Contributions are not tax deductible
What it costs to come
Most of what we do is free. What is not free is priced to cover the room, and the number is always on the invitation before you commit to anything.
If cost is the only reason you are not coming, email us at info@mysistas.org and we will work it out quietly. That offer is real and it is used.
Questions women actually ask
Straight answers, no fog. If your question is not here, email us and we will answer it.
Questions women actually askMySistas is a faith-centered women’s community based in the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts. We gather women for brunches, workshops, prayer, panels and mixers so that no woman has to walk through a hard season by herself. The organization is led by founder Kionelie Ortega.
No. MySistas is rooted in Christian values and every woman is welcome, from every background, with love, respect and compassion. You will hear scripture and you will be prayed for if you want to be. Nobody will corner you, quiz you or ask you to sign anything.
It depends on the gathering. Prayer gatherings and community meetups are free. Experiences that include a venue and food, like the Pour into Her brunch, carry a ticket price that covers those costs. Every invitation states the cost plainly before you commit. If cost is the only reason you are not coming, email us at info@mysistas.org and we will work it out.
Around the Merrimack Valley and Greater Boston. Past gatherings have been held in Waltham and on Campagnone Common in Lawrence. Each invitation carries the full address, the time and parking notes.
Yes, and most women arrive that way. Tell us it is your first time when you get there and someone will sit with you. You do not have to bring a friend to leave with one.
Not to come to a gathering. Every gathering is open to any woman, member or not. The Sisterhood is the members' room on this site: community, resources, tools and courses. Sisters set their own monthly amount from $20, and the code KIONELIE opens the door free. The email list is separate and free, and you can leave it any time.
The email list goes out first, then Instagram and Facebook. Dates move and rooms fill, so the list is the only reliable way to hear early. Join it at any time from the email list page.
Real conversation, food, prayer if you want it, and time built for women to talk to each other rather than listen to a stage the whole time. Some gatherings have a panel or a speaker. All of them are built so that a woman who came in alone is not standing alone.
There is a seat with your name on it
Join the list and you will hear about the next gathering before it is posted anywhere else.