The Villa - A Place to Belong
Faith Friendship Villa is a licensed Personal Care Home in Mountville, Pennsylvania, providing safe housing and compassionate, 24/7 support for adults who cannot live safely on their own.
For more than two decades, we have served 68 individuals living with serious mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and other complex needs. Our residents come from diverse backgrounds, but they share a common need: a stable home where they are treated with dignity, respect, and care. Most are very low income, and need our protection.
Life at Faith Friendship Villa is rooted in relationships. Residents are known, cared for 24/7, supported, and encouraged to live with purpose and independence to the fullest extent possible. Our dedicated staff provide meals, medication administration, care coordination, and daily living support in a home-like setting that values safety, routine, and belonging.
We believe everyone deserves a safe, affordable, caring place to call home.
At Faith Friendship Villa, faith and friendship create family.
30 days to raise 2 million dollars.
2 million people giving just one dollar- saves their home.
Even after the Board of Directors voted to closre the Villa after 24 years, -there is a Door of Hope for the 68 Residents who call Faith Friendship Villa Home.
2million people giving just $1 dollar, will save their home, preserve their care, and provide FFM with a path to a sustaintable future. Protecting the most vulnerable who cannot live alone is our highest priority.
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2 million people giving $1 each will save their home
68 Residents experiencing mental illness, IDD and and other disabilities who are low income.
What if One Dollar Could Save Their Home?
What if One Dollar Could Save Their Home?
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
What is Faith Friendship Ministries
(The Villa)
A Place to Belong. A Community that Cares. A Ministry of Hope.
At Faith Friendship Ministries, we believe everyone deserves a place to call home — a place where they are known, loved, and valued.
Our state-licensed 73-bed Personal Care Home serves adults living with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, special needs, and others who cannot live alone safely. Many of our residents live on limited, fixed incomes and would be unable to access the care they need without a place like Faith Friendship.
But we don’t just house people — we nurture them.
Here, residents don’t just find a roof over their heads. They find friendship, support, and a caring community. They receive:
✅ Nutritious meals
✅ Safe and comfortable housing
✅ Medication management
✅ Laundry and housekeeping
✅ Psychiatric and nursing support
✅ Recreation, social activities, and case management
Most importantly, they experience an atmosphere of faith, compassion, and dignity.
Whether or not someone shares our Christian beliefs, every resident is embraced with the love and grace that reflect God’s heart. We provide more than care — we offer a family.
Because at Faith Friendship, no one is invisible. No one is forgotten.
Here, everyone belongs.
MEET SOME OF OUR PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS
The 24/7 supportive services our residents receive living at the FFM Villa, care from the medical and psychiatric community, and involvement of local churches, businesses, and individuals give them a chance to live stable and even thriving lives. Mental illness and other disabilities don’t define them, but they are a reality, and living alone is not healthy or safe.
The funding for such care is less than 50% of its costs, so FFM has to raise charitable donations to bridge the gap. As regulations get stricter, the cost goes up, but FFM knows that God calls us to care for the least of these, and in doing so, God will provide the manna we need.
Our home was built in the 1860’s for a local businessman turned politician. For many years after his death the home served a respite care and ultimately became Mountville Pines. In 2001 Steve and Patty Dietch purchased the home and started the nonprofit that is today Faith Friendship Ministries to serve the most in need in our community who are afflicted with complicated and persistent mental illness. It is their foundation and legacy that we stand on today.
FFM’s COMMUNITY OF LEADERS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS GATHERED AT THE STATE CAPITOL iN 2024, ASKING GOVERNOR SHAPIRO AND ELECTED LEADERS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FUNDING TO KEEP THE VILLA - THEIR HOME OPEN!
FFM was started by Steve and Patty Dietch to demonstrate the love of God at the Villa. Almost 24 years later and lives are still being saved and transformed. We invite you into this holy and sacred work of loving those our Savior instructed us to care for. You will be blessed in ways you cannot imagine.
