When Priscilla and Aquila heard Apollos, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.” (Acts 18: 26)

Dear Church Family,

I am Pastor Sophia. How are you doing with your soul? Some of us may feel overwhelmed by many responsibilities—work, bills, meals, appointments, and endless decisions. Maybe you’ve felt like patching up a leaky tent, just trying to keep everything from falling apart.

But there’s more to life than holding it all together. In the middle of your ordinary routines and messy moments, God is quietly inviting you into something deeper—something holy.

This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to not just “make it through” the week, but to make room for God in the middle of it all, not in a big, dramatic way but in the everyday spaces where we live, work, and care for one another.

This Sunday, we will meet a remarkable couple named Aquila and Priscilla. They weren’t pastors or prophets. They were ordinary tentmakers who had been uprooted from their home in Rome. Life was hard for them—filled with change, loss, and uncertainty. Yet in the middle of their struggles, they discovered a powerful truth: Even in a small, ordinary home, God can do extraordinary things.

Aquila and Priscilla welcomed the apostle Paul into their lives, worked alongside him, and opened their home as a place of ministry. Around their table, conversations about Jesus changed people’s lives.

Their story reminds us that our homes can be more than places of exhaustion—they can be sanctuaries. God wants to take the ordinary rhythms of our family life and turn them into spaces of grace, prayer, and mission.

Surely God is doing something tender and powerful in our church family. I’ve seen glimpses of it—in your prayers, in the way you care for others, and in the quiet ways you show up for one another.

My prayer for you this week is that you will lift your eyes from survival and see God’s greater purpose for your life and your home. You don’t need a bigger house or a perfect family for God to use you. God just need your open heart and willingness to let Him dwell with you.

Come expecting hope.
Come with open hands.
Come ready to see your everyday life in a new light. Amen.