2.   Don’t underestimate the value of each and every launch team meeting. 

When in launch team phase, we had the opportunity to learn very quickly who was for us and who was with us.  It’s nice for a team to have cheerleaders on the sidelines, but you better pray that you have some players on the field.  There is a huge gap between the two and it will make all the difference in the world. 

For 17 weeks we talked about vision, values, culture, and partnership until people could repeat it in their sleep.  It probably felt like listenting to an Ipod stuck on repeat… It felt like I was saying the same thing 17 different ways, but it was exactly what we needed to do in order to grasp the concept that God wanted to reach this city more than we did, and that He had a plan to see that vision become a reality. 

It was a crazy time emotionally - but it was incredibly valuable in the life of what would become FreedomChurch!