Reach Week 2026 is Here!
Reach Week Is Here!
I recently started following Formula One racing. This European-based sport features 10 teams with two drivers per team. Each season, they compete in 20+ races on marked-off city streets in some of the most fascinating locations around the world.
Each racing team has what is called a “Scuderia.”
“Scuderia” is an Italian word that literally means “stable” (like a stable for horses). When people refer to “the scuderia,” they mean the entire racing team — engineers, drivers, mechanics, strategists, factory staff, and more. It’s essentially the Italian way of saying “the racing outfit” or “the team.”
Here’s what amazed me: a Formula One scuderia consists of over 1,000 members (with 80–100 serving trackside on race day). That is an enormous support team behind just two cars and two drivers!
So here’s my point:
If Formula One teams put that much thought, intentionality, and manpower behind two race cars… how much more should we, as a church, thoughtfully and intentionally support our missionaries?
I love what the Apostle John wrote to his friend Gaius in the first century, thanking him for being a kind of “scuderia” to the traveling missionaries passing through his region:
“5 Dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the traveling teachers who pass through, even though they are strangers to you. 6 They have told the church here of your loving friendship. Please continue providing for such teachers in a manner that pleases God. 7 For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers.[d] 8 So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.”
3rd John, 5-8 (NLT)
During this REACH WEEK, you have the opportunity to connect with, encourage, and walk alongside more than 35 Calvary missionaries who will be on our church campus.
LET’S BE THEIR “SCUDERIA”!
And by the way, I’m officially declaring that the best race car–driving missionary at Calvary is Steve Geis in Papua New Guinea — you heard it here first!
Matt Doan
REACH Pastor
So, check out the following events and join us for as many as you are able!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Reach Week Kick-Off Dinner featuring Oleg and Marina Reutki (Moldova)
6:00 pm - Fellowship Hall
Reach Week will begin at our annual kick-off dinner in Fellowship Hall. We'll hear from Calvary global partners Oleg and Marina Reutki in the 9:00am service about their work with New Hope Eurasia, whose story is marked by Bibles smuggled into the former USSR and supporting persecuted churches in the work of outreach.
The dinner will be $20, which will cover not only the cost of your food but will also provide a free meal to missionaries attending the dinner!
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
Opening Sunday
9:00 am - Worship Center - English/ASL
10:15 am - Donuts with Missionaries
11:00 am - LifeGroups with Global Partners
11:00 am - Chapel - Español
6:00 pm - Worship + Global Stories
Experience a morning to celebrate what God is doing around the world! Come hear from some of our Creative Access global partners about the work they do to reach people for Jesus in regions that are hostile or closed to the Gospel. Their sharing will not be available online, so try to join us in person if you're able!
Join us after the service for "Donuts with Missionaries" where you will have the opportunity to interact with our Calvary Global Partners and engage in a few fun cultural lessons. At 11:00 am, you are invited to come hear directly from partners serving locally and globally sharing their stories in LifeGroups all over campus (see hand-out on Sunday for locations).
Finally, at 6:00 pm everyone is invited to come experience a special Nights of Worship + Global Stories together in Fellowship Hall.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
Family Fun Night
7:00 pm in Fellowship Hall
Families! Come experience a fun night with global missionaries! Help your kids connect with Calvary's vision of seeing people all over the world know Jesus as we play games and worship together.
"Ends of the Earth" Film Screening
7:00 pm - in the Chapel
A documentary exploring faith, passion, and how hope emerges from tragedy, ENDS OF THE EARTH weaves together true stories of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots — past and present — who strive with other missionaries, churches, and organizations to take the gospel to the most isolated and inaccessible places on earth.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
CYA Global Night featuring Lloyd and Nancy Peckam (Bible Translation)
7:00 pm - Calvary Young Adults Event in the LOFT
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
Hispanic Ministry Global Dinner featuring Pat C (Spain)
7:00 pm - Fellowship Hall
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
All Generations Global Brunch featuring S and D (Middle East)
9:00 am - Fellowship Hall
$5 per person
We invite you to join us for a light breakfast on Saturday, March 7th. Men and women will break out to hear from some of our Creative Access global partners about the work they each do. The $5 cost for the morning will help cover the cost of food.
PLEASE RSVP HERE
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
Closing Sunday
9:00 am - Worship Center - English/ASL
11:00 am - LifeGroups with Global Partners
11:00 am - Chapel - Español
Join us for the Closing Sunday of Reach Week 2026 with a GO Teams Food Fundraiser after the service. Come hear from some of our Creative Access global partners about the work they do to reach people for Jesus in regions that are hostile or closed to the Gospel. Their sharing will not be available online, so try to join us in person if you're able!