Blessed to be a Blessing

OCTOBER 18–19, 2026

Go is a weekend where our church family turns its attention outward — to the nations, our neighbors, and everyone God has placed in our path. Across three gatherings, we'll dig into Scripture, pray for the world, and ask God to help us see ourselves as Everyday Missionaries, sent by Christ right where we are.

Main Sessions

Christ-centered teaching walking through Jonah's failure, Jesus' fulfillment, and what it looks like to live it out, paired with worship, three gatherings across two days.

Prayer for the Nations

Guided prayer for our missions partners at evening sessions — from local ministries here in Cedar Rapids to partners serving in Thailand, Taiwan, Kenya, Denmark, Sweden, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

Shared Mission

Tabling and a Missions Open House before and after the evening sessions, so you can meet our partners face-to-face and take a next step together as a church family — not something you do alone.

  1. Jonah's Failure, during each Sunday morning service

    Paul Sabino
  2. Missions Open House

    Lobby
  3. Jesus's Fulfillment (John 4)

    Paul Sabino
  4. Missions Open House

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  1. Missions Open House

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  2. Living it Out

    Paul Sabino
  3. Missions Open House

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Serve in Child Care

Blessing flows through people, and sometimes it looks like a room full of two-year-olds on a Monday night. Serve in child care so parents can be fully present for both evening gatherings.

Sunday Night

Monday Night

Take Your Next Step

Go 2026 isn't just a weekend, it's an invitation to live as en everyday missionary all year long.

Pray

Pray for God's glory to extend to the ends of the earth.

Care

Sign up for a session on our missions partners and how to pray for and care for them.

Welcome

Learn to practice missional hospitality.

Go Local

Learn to live on mission right where you are.

Go National

Learn about church planting and hear an update from our own church plant in Urbana.

Go Global

Understand the path to becoming a global missionary.

Questions?

Three gatherings:

  • Sunday, October 18, our regular Sunday morning services. Jonah was blessed, and he ran from it.
  • Sunday, October 18, 4:00pm. Jesus sat down at a well, blessed, and became the blessing.
  • Monday, October 19, 6:30pm. Our turn to live it — here, now, with the people already in our lives.

Doors and tabling with our mission partners open at 6:00pm on Monday.

No. Go isn't for people who are already missions-minded — it's for everyone. Most of us have never thought of our coworkers, neighbors, and baristas as people God has placed by us for His glory

No. It starts with the people already in your life — your neighborhood, your workplace, your school. You don't have to get on a plane to be part of this.