Host a Launch Gathering
A Launch Gathering is a catalytic event that creates space for students to tell their faith stories and for new students to learn what InterVarsity is all about. This two-week guide will lead your group (a small group, a leaders team, or a core team) through the process of preparing, inviting for, and hosting your Launch Gathering.
Launch the Community
For weeks you’ve been meeting new students and starting spiritual conversations. You’ve gathered students to encounter Jesus and experience loving community. There’s a lot to celebrate! Hosting a Launch Gathering is all about celebrating what God has done and calling the community into a vision of growth. It’s a catalytic event that can help carry the momentum of the New Student Outreach season forward into the rest of the semester.
Prepare for your Launch Gathering as a community 
Take the next two weeks to prepare to host your Launch Gathering. In the first week students will write out their own simple stories of faith as they prepare to testify to what God has done. In the second week you’ll make an invitation plan and will plan the actual Launch Gathering event.
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Launch gathering Guide: Week 2
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About the authors
Eric Rafferty serves as InterVarsity’s Associate National Program Director for Chapter Planting. He loves helping students start new things! Eric and his family live in Omaha, Nebraska.