Ep 250 Mom (and Kids') Hospitality with Pam Fields

Need some fun and community in your life AND you still have kids at home? Listen to my great conversation today with Pam Fields, mom of 9 and host of The Mom Next Door Podcast.

We both share ideas for getting together with our kids and other moms, all for Heaven's sake.  Pam's hosted Boxcar Days, Game Nights for teens and gotten some much needed home-help with her Pizza Project Days where she's enlisted other moms to help her get some project completed while developing friendships and trading giftings. 

Pam and I both know that we need community and fellowship at any age or stage. And that the more we invite people to be a part of our lives, the better we'll be and the greater memories we will be creating for our families. 

Some gems from our conversation:

• Hospitality and entertainig are two different things.
• Hospitality says, "Welcome to my world and I want to be part of your lives."
• When we host gatherings, any kind—the more we model hospitality for our kids.
• When we host events that include our kids, it reminds them that we want them as an integral part of our lives—it's a way of showing our love for them. 
• God uses simple hosting times to encourage each other in our messy and complicated lives. 
• If someone is in our physical space, not just online, we have the opportunity to help each other in an organic and natural way.
• Planning a simple gathering takes the overwhelm out of a mom's busy life.

Pam Fields offers support to women through prayer, community, and resources for motherhood. She's always had a heart for encouraging moms in their walk with the Lord and in their mothering journey.

Though life is always busy for this homeschool mom, she's ready to learn and try new things such as blogging at TendingFields.net and sharing testimonies on her podcast, The Mom Next Door: Stories of Faith.

When Pam has some free time, you can find her at coffee with friends or planning her next family gathering at her home in Tennessee.

invites you to join her free Facebook group at Tending Fields Community.

Follow Pam at tendingfields.net and hear her Podcast The Mom Next Door: Stories of Faith on your favorite podcast channel.

 

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