Launch Box: Don’t Just Check the Box…
Tag lines can be so helpful. Without them, we could potentially be lost, confused, or flat out wrong. Tag lines can help us understand. They can lure us to find out more. They can even inspire and motivate.
And so it is with Launch Box. Well, kind of. Our tag line doesn’t exactly clear up the confusion …at least at first glance.
The name Launch Box is already confusing to start with. Is that a typo? Should we tell them they misspelled lunch? Wait. that isn’t a typo? Then why did they put that logo on a lunch box?
Yep. Confusing.
So we added a tagline.
Don’t just check the box. Launch it.
Clear as mud? Allow me to help.
For many, many of us mission work, or the general idea of missions is relegated to a box that you check off on your “Christian resume.” You know that Christians are supposed to care about missions. Every now and then, when your mind draws a blank in a mealtime prayer, you throw in one of those, “And God, please bless all the missionaries,” lines to keep things going. You know you should fight hard to stay awake when a missionary visits your church with a slide show that will. not. end.
However, when it comes to actually being involved in missions many Christians have moved on.
“Oh yeah, missions. I did a mission trip back in high school. We slept on the floor of this church and played some games with kids, and painted a fence that looked like it had been painted many, many times before.”
“Missions? Yeah, I gave some money for a missions offering one time.”
“I love missions. I go on a mission trip every year with my church. It is the best week of the year. I can’t wait to go on the next mission trip and tell people about Jesus.”
Box checked. Let’s move on.
And that, my friends, is a problem. Missions is not a box to be checked off on your way to becoming a fully developed Christ follower. You don’t do missions only on trips, and you don’t do missions and then move on to something else in the Christian life. The Bible challenges us to live on mission; to see all of life with Christ as an assignment to make Him famous.
Launch Box embraces that truth.
At Launch Box, you will come alongside a local church (Hunter’s Glen Baptist in Plano or Henderson Hills Baptist in Edmond) in order to do some amazing work among internationals in those areas. You will get to make a difference there as God uses you to show and share His love with people in need.
But the ultimate goal of Launch Box is to launch you back to your hometown to live on mission. We want your youth group to see that missions is life, not a box to be checked off. All week you will gather ideas, you will be trained, you will discuss the mission in your hometown. And at the end of the week, Launch Box is going to launch you. Not literally, of course. They don’t make a parental release to cover that. But you will be launched/sent/commissioned back to your hometown to live the mission. We can’t wait to hear how that goes.
Launch Box: Don’t just check the box. Launch it.
You still have time to get your youth group to Launch Box this summer! Regular registration rates apply now until April 1. Find all the info you need to get your group registered or get your youth minister on board at the Launch Box Page on our website.
We also have some other helpful blog posts about Launch Box to check out and share:
