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How to Celebrate Temporary Launch Team Members

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by Patrick Bradley: Have a specific plan to celebrate temporary launch team members as you send them back to your supporting church. There’s a lot that is riding on it.

celebrate temporary launch team members

If you’re recruiting temporary launch team members from a supporting church, start with the end in mind. And that end is not getting people to come and serve your church.

There is a direct correlation between how well you celebrate them and:

how they feel about having served
the kind of leadership and initiative they take after they return to their sending church
the chances that they’d volunteer for another plant in the future
how likely the sending church will be to help another planter in the future
the health of your ongoing relationship with the sending church
to what degree your indigenous workers will step up to fill the gaps that are left
…and probably some other things, too

Whatever the agreed upon time frame, you need to publicly celebrate their contribution. Probably even if they decide not to stick it out for the whole term. They joined you on mission and they are heroes of the Church.

The great news is that it’s not difficult or necessarily expensive.

Celebrate Temporary Launch Team Members

Bless them as you release them back to the sending church. And if some stay on and make your church plant home, bless them publicly, too.

Here are some ideas to celebrate temporary launch team members:

acknowledge them from the platform during a worship gathering
call them forward and pray a blessing over them during a worship gathering
record a video of one of the above and send it to the supporting church or post it online
throw a dessert or party (a surprise party?); just don’t make it a potluck
give them each a gift card and thank you note
give them each a memento or trophy
contact their sending pastor and brag on them
post a picture of the whole group on social media

Pick several of these ways to celebrate temporary launch team members. Everyone wins when you do.

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