Category: Launch Team

  • Why You Should Arrange for Church Launch Food Trucks

    Why You Should Arrange for Church Launch Food Trucks

    There are lots of things you can do to celebrate your church plant’s Grand Opening. Here’s a great idea I got from Grace City Church which recently launched in San Diego: Arrange for Church Launch Food Trucks As he was networking in the community, Randall ran into a local food truck event that donated 10% […]

  • Free Church Offering Counting Tools

    Free Church Offering Counting Tools

    Part 3 in a 4-part series on How to Count Church Offerings It doesn’t get much more practical than this. Here are the church offering counting tools and the step-by-step process your Counting Team needs every week: Keep in mind that this is geared toward the mobile church plant. There might be a few things […]

  • Build Your Church Counting Team

    Build Your Church Counting Team

    Part 2 in a 4-part series on How to Count Church Offerings The members of your Church Counting Team are unsung heroes of your church. Unfortunately, they also stand directly in the line of enemy fire. Building the right team and in the right way will safeguard your church. But it also safeguards the people […]

  • Prevent Church Plant Sign Team Burnout

    Prevent Church Plant Sign Team Burnout

    Putting out road signs and then picking them up after service every week can be a big job for your church plant sign team. You need to figure out ways to make that job manageable so that you don’t burn your workers out. I remember the initial excitement of being on the church plant sign […]

  • 3 Ways to Train Church Plant Launch Team

    3 Ways to Train Church Plant Launch Team

    Over the summer, you church planters shooting for a fall launch will be gathering people and shaping them into a launch team. Considering all the ministry teams you’ll be forming, you’re going to need help making sure the right people have the right skills to do the various jobs that need to happen to see […]

  • How to Create a Volunteer Matrix

    How to Create a Volunteer Matrix

    Your church plant is gearing up for the launch of weekly worship services and it’s time to start building your serving teams. How many people do you need to pull this thing off? You won’t know until you create a volunteer matrix. Call it a list or whatever, the volunteer matrix is just an exercise […]

  • 5 Reasons You Need a PreLaunch Vacation

    5 Reasons You Need a PreLaunch Vacation

    Do you dare take a vacation while you’re planting a church? There is so much to do, and it’s a busy season. Summers for brand new churches can be challenging. Launch Team participation can dip due to vacations. But the bigger question is whether you get a vacation, too. Whether you feel like you can […]

  • Church Plant Freebie Friday: Amazon Smile

    Amazon is donating money to non-profit organizations when shoppers register through Amazon Smile. Once the regulars at your church plant register, ½% of all their (qualified) purchases automatically come to your church. Or better yet, get all of your regulars to register for the nonprofit in town that your church partners with. Do it as […]

  • Church Plant Freebie Friday – YouVersion Live

    I read the review and instructions over on ChurchMag, and I can’t say it better: YouVersion’s Live features give the mobile user a chance to interact with the Bible and your custom content during the service. Launching the Bible app from their phone (iOS, Android, et al), they simply: Choose Live Search for the church […]