Places of Welcome
Ben & Teresa Pothier
Who we are:
Greetings! We are Ben and Teresa Pothier and our heart is to create places of welcome through hospitality and community.
For over 20 years, we have been traveling throughout the United States working with the Jesus Kitchen to bring radical hospitality to the traveling counter-culture here in America. We attend Rainbow Gatherings, which are annual gatherings of temporary, loose-knit communities including homeless travelers, hippies, those who practice other forms of religion and people from all walks of life. We gather in national forests around the country for one or more weeks at a time. While there, we set up the Jesus Kitchen as a place of welcome to connect with and serve those we meet. We cook yummy meals to share with everyone, filter clean drinking water, offer a place to get warm by the campfire, host skill shares and have a prayer tent where all are welcome.
For years, we have had it on our hearts to have a safe place of welcome where we can offer hospitality, rest, and discipleship to those who are on their own spiritual journeys not only out on the road but also in a more permanent location. We hope that through intentional community, healing gardens, and an openness to welcoming people from all walks of life, we can create a permanent place of welcome that is tailored to those who live in the margins.
Who we serve:
We foster and create new avenues of welcoming hospitality for those who live in the margins.
How you can pray:
- Pray as we go through the transition of moving our ministry into partnership with The Cause.
- Pray as we enter a new season of fundraising and establishing new support partnerships.
- Pray as we settle into a new house after being nomadic for the last 10 years.
- Pray for wisdom as we rework some of the foundations of our ministry in order to expand our mission and dream.