We walk through Romans 16 and discover why a list of names reveals the beating heart of the church: a family formed by Jesus, gathered in homes and across classes, where every story and gift matters and shows why showing up still changes lives. We honor Phoebe, Priscilla and Aquila, Andronicus and Junia, Rufus, and many others as living proof that God turns strangers into family and service into joy.

• why gathering matters beyond streaming
• Phoebe’s trusted leadership and teaching role
• Priscilla and Aquila’s costly hospitality and courage
• firstfruits in Asia and the spread of the gospel
• Andronicus and Junia’s witness and suffering
• approved through trials and faithfulness under pressure
• households tied to power alongside slaves and former slaves
• Rufus and the cross-bearer legacy
• every testimony as resurrection, not comparison
• all hands on deck, all worthy of honor, all welcomed as family

If you don’t have a church home this morning and you want to come be a part of this church family, I want you to know you will be welcomed as family
If you don’t know Jesus Christ personally, and this morning you say, I want to know that I know that he died for me, that he forgives my sins, you can come to know Christ even now, and you will be welcomed as family