C1 Monthly Meeting Change to 17th

Howdy Soldiers,

Have to move the monthly meeting to the 17th.

Sorry for the inconvenience... I double booked an event and can't change the other one.

Meet at ICEMANS at 6PM. (Note time change - we moved it up to 6PM because of daylight savings time.. if this doesn't work, we can talk about it at the meeting!).

We will RIDE to a local dive.. I mean, a local restaurant/truck stop that actually has some DESSERT!

Blessings to all,

ICEMAN

Newest Christian Soldier - LURCH

Welcome LURCH!!!
Don Bokmiller (LURCH) received his full patch this past Saturday at our monthly Meeting.  He is a rock solid Christian man that brings new strength of character and solid faith to our Chapter.  We welcome him and look forward to his great ideas for outreach opportunities.

The Christian Soldiers is always looking for good men of integrity. If you have been seeking for meaning in your life and want to know more about faith in Christ, contact us.  If you have been seeking a group to ride with that would give you the shirt off their back, or help you out with anything that life throws at you, contact us.  If you already are a Christian and want to ride with fellow believers.. contact us.

We're only human.. but we are servants of the most High God.
Ride to Live - Live to Ride

Forever Christian Soldiers
ICEMAN

LURCH - first ride with full patch

National Meeting / Camping Trip

Fun was had by all.
POBOY recovered enough from his injuries (truck wreck) to come see us off for the trip.  He rode up on a nice SPORTSTER!!!! Go figure - his ol' bike retired and he's now riding a 1200.
He rolled with us as far as Ahoski where he waved and departed.. the rest of us rolled on to Kerr Lake for the National Meeting / Camping trip.
DON (with his wife Shelley) and ICEMAN were on bikes and PSYCHO was in his cage (poor guy.. he was hauling his kids). I had my son on my bike and the other 2 kids were in the car with my wife Heather (they took turns on the bike).
DJ, DOC and TINY came from C2 along with Jason and some friends of his.. they were good people.  Hopefully we will ride with them again.. forgive me if i'm wrong, but I think their names were Greg and Melinda.  Also an awesome couple wearing the Bikers for Christ patch were there... forgot their names - dang.. I'm getting older and names don't stick so well.  =)

Anyway.. gorgeous weather, great food, tents, friends, campfires, etc.. all was a great time.
We had our national meeting and made some decisions for moving forward as a Motorcycle Ministry.
TINY rejoined the group in C2 and DON (our prospect) from C1 gave his testimony and his vision for joining the group.
Hoping we can make more impact for Christ next year as we roll along the highways and byways.
See ya'll next year!!!

Here are a few pictures of the trip:

Prospect Don cookin' the grub

cookin dinner and relaxing

sittin' around the fire

Doc, Psycho, DJ, Iceman, Don and Tiny

See ya later Bobby White

Said goodbye this past Monday to the son of a dear friend JOSEY WALES.
Bobby was an awesome young man.  Didn't take long at the funeral to realize he touched a lot of people and will be greatly missed.  He even rode with us a couple times and turned out to be pretty good riding in a tight group.  His family is some of the most kind and friendly people you would ever want to meet.  Rock solid Christians and Bikers to the core.  We shall keep them in our prayers as they grieve their great loss.  Blessings and Peace to Kenny, Debbie and Billy. We loved Bobby too.. and will all miss him very much.

I sent this quote to Kenny when I first heard the news:

"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."
Josey Wales

Knees in the Breeze BENEFIT RIDE

Knees in the Breeze Benefit Ride

Come on out and ride!
This ride is to help 11yr old TAYLOR DUKE fight against a RARE disease.
I don't even know how to pronounce it.. Eosinophillia... anyway.. the treatments are helping some, but we can do better... we can all pray and do our part to bring this before the LORD!

Benefit Bike Ride and Fish Fry
September 24th 2011 - this coming weekend.
- Rain or Shine - starts at NOON
- Door Prizes and 50/50
- Bike Show and Tattoo contest
- Event Shirts $20
- Hot dogs and chips for the kids
- Enjoy great food, live music and a DJ
- Horse shoes and Corn Hole
- Bikes, cars, and Trucks welcome (cages)

ONLY $10 per person 
Also donations can be made to Taylor Duke Fund at any TowneBank.

LOCATION:
Three Rivers Farm
828 Mill Neck Road
Como, NC
Contact: Billy Bowman 757.237.1773 with questions

I'm riding down there directly from a soccer game with my kids.. so SEE YA THERE!
Call each other and try to ride together would be a great idea.

ICEMAN

ELIZABETH CITY RIDE - Outreach and SERVING

ELIZABETH CITY RIDE - Outreach and SERVING opportunity.

We have been invited to participate in a kickoff of a new church plant in Elizabeth City.
The pastor is a good friend of our very own prospect DON and they have need of help during a PIG ROAST cookout to kickoff the start of the new church.
The community is invited and we are going to ride down there on OCT 3rd - SUNDAY - in the afternoon to help with anything we can.
The cookout starts at 4PM.
We will ride out at NOON from my house - (ICEMAN).

So be there 15min before and kickstands up at NOON.
We will roll over to DON's place in Chesapeake and then to Elizabeth City from there.

Pray for a good turnout from the community.
God can do amazing things when we humble ourselves, pray and SERVE.

ICEMAN

10th ANNUAL SUFFOLK SWAMP ROAR

Blast it!!!!
The SWAMP ROAR in Suffolk is the same weekend as our National Meeting.
Bummer.. I was really looking forward to that ride.
OK.. so the Christian Soldiers will be out of town on a camping trip weekend.. but I encourage all of you that have bikes - go ride the Swamp Roar.. it's fun and there are tons of vendors and bikes and food, etc.
Be safe out there.. and watch for cars cutting into the line.
ICEMAN

Our Clubhouse - Ministryhouse!!!

Here's a quick picture of our clubhouse.  

Woof.. it sure looks like we need to lay-hands on it!

Technically, we're not a motorcycle club, we're a motorcycle MINISTRY.. so this is better referred to as our Ministryhouse... not Clubhouse.  LOL

It's got a long way to go.. but does the job.  Last night at the meeting we put on a citronella candle and had a great bible discussion and also talked logistics about the upcoming National Meeting / Campout!!!

ICEMAN

2011 National Meeting/ Camping Trip

OK guys.. start getting your bikes all gassed up and your camping gear ready!
It's time again for our Annual National Meeting - And this year it is at Kerr Lake.

We rode down and went camping at Kerr Lake before and had a great time... so we reserved the same group campsite.

Families are welcome. (But not in the actual National meeting).

We are to arrive on the Saturday 8th of October.  Our meeting will be sometime Saturday evening.  We will be staying the night in tents, and then departing AFTER a short church service on Sunday Morning.  We have the site until 3PM so perhaps we eat lunch before we break camp... we'll see.

It's going to be a great time.. so plan accordingly.
Contact ICEMAN with questions and concerns.

Ride for the Chili

Chapter 1 is going for a ride.
We are kickstands up at 9AM on Saturday 6th of August.
Meet at ICEMAN'S house for some coffee at 8:30AM - gassed up and ready to roll.
We're rolling down together to see DJ and the others at Chapter2, and to spend the weekend with them.

We're gunna bring all the fixins for a burger cookout, shoot some guns,  eat a bunch of chili, watch a movie (Blazing Saddles?) and stay up late talkin' about all the fun stuff going on in our
lives.

On Sunday  we will ride back to Virginia after church.  We may even eat lunch before we leave.. we'll see.

So.. check/change your oil, gas up your bike and get ready for a fun ride and good fellowship with
the guys of Chapter 2.  Sure hope POBOY is feeling well enough to ride after his truck wreck.
 Keep praying for his recovery.. he's still hurtin' quite a bit.

More details as the time gets closer.
ICEMAN

RUN for the SON Ride

If anyone is interested, there is a great ride tomorrow. Saturday May7th...  Yeah.. I'm late getting this posted, but hey.. it's here now.
Anyway.
CMA - Christian Motorcycle Association is sponsoring a benefit ride that is supposed to be a very well attended and fun event.  Free food, live music, bike games, etc.
Details:
RIDE BEGINS AT: Benn's United Methodist Church, 14571 Benn's Church Blvd. Smithfield VA 23430
STAGING: 9AM-9:45AM
PRE-RIDE BRIEF: 9:45AM
KICKSTANDS UP: 10AM

Contact information if you need it:
email eyecalypso@aol.com
or call Bob Thurman (Wings of Eagles) at 536.0803
or call Roger Lagesse (Good News Riders) at 850.4087
or call Lenny Stowell (The Beacons) at 420.4411

That's all I know,
ICEMAN

Ok guys this is the sign for our new Church. Pray that God will use us in a mighty way to reach the lost and uplift the saints. Please come visit when you can. Our first official service will be on the 15th of May.

Outreach SUCCESS!

Howdy All,
We had a great outreach to the elderly this past Saturday (9th of April).
No other PATCH holders showed, but we did have 2 biker friends come out to help and be blessed!
Thanks for letting God use you DON and DAN.  We will invite you to do many more things with us and even come 'hang-around' the clubhouse (or ministryhouse as some would say).

We also had members of our small group bible study (7PM at ICEMAN's every Tuesday if you are interested).
All in all 6 people.. reaching out, being humble servants of the Most High God.

One ancient as dust lady I talked with HANNAH, said her 92nd birthday was coming up here pretty soon, and with no husband, nor children still alive.. she said no one was going to remember or visit anyway.

HAH.. that's what SHE thinks!

We are going to build her a cake and go visit her.
Thank you Lord for letting us be used in such a simple way.. to visit the widows!!!
Here are some more shots of the riveting event!!!

ICEMAN

NEW WEB ADDRESS

Howdy all... sorry if it was hard for you to find our website this past time.
I changed the CB to an MM finally.
BOOKMARK it now.. it ain't gunna change again.

We changed our CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD to
CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS MOTORCYCLE MINISTRY... a few months back.. Ohmygawd.. has it been a year??   I am a total slacker... and i never got around to fixin' the web address.

Well.. now it's fixed.  
So set yer bookmarks accordingly and spread the word.

ICEMAN

Outreach OPPORTUNITY!

Outreach OPPORTUNITY!
IF any of you guys are interested, we will be riding over to the Bon Secours St.Mary's Nursing Home this Saturday morning.
They have tons of old folks that don't have people that visit them.. basically, abandoned.
So we are going to go shed some light on their lives.  The light of JESUS!

They have a BINGO time at 10:30AM this Saturday, April 9th... I called them and they said we could come and help out in any way that God lead.  So if you wanna meet there and show some LOVE of CHRIST to people that really need it (they will be meeting him soon).. come on out.

Call me if you want to ride together, otherwise.. see ya over there.
I am going to be there around 10:15 or a little before to help set up.

Here is the ADDRESS: (look it up on Google maps)
4775 Bridge Road
Suffolk, VA 23435-2045

(757) 686-0488

ICEMAN

J Brauner Fire-Loss Benefit

What a great turn out for a benefit ride!
Jimmy Brauner (local rider) lost everything he had in a house fire.
So some friends... hear me now... FRIENDS... decided to throw a benefit ride for him and his family.   They send out emails, texts, facebook messages, everything the could and you know what.. the word spread as quickly as the fire did.  There must have been 200bikes there at the Lazy Horse at 1:30PM when I got there.. the benefit started at noon and guys were coming in... donating, eating some good ol' bar-b-que and riding off.  It was awesome... I bet the whole turnout was well over 400bikers.
I have honestly never seen a BENEFIT ride this big.
Praise the Lord for friends we can turn to in our time of need.
Praise the Lord for Jesus Christ we can turn to in our time of need.
He (jesus) will take care of the eternity part!!! And will bring you great joy and peace while you are still here.

Go call a friend.. we need each other.
Go call on God... we need his presence in our lives every day.

ICEMAN

Ham Biscuits at the Monthly Meeting!!!

WooHoo.
Weather is sooo unpredictable.. but thank God it was decent enough for RIDING to the monthly meeting.

PSYCHO showed up at my place on his bike at 5PM.  We left soon after and rode toward the clubhouse in
Suffolk.  The sun was EXACTLY down the road.. EXACTLY in our eyes.  Unbelievable.. couldn't see the car right in front of me on the highway!  We were very happy when it set!

The ham-biscuits were hot out of the oven when we arrived at SMILEY's place.  The clubhouse now has a coffee maker and some chairs.  I donated (but haven't delivered yet) a file cabinet and a microwave.
SMILEY purchased a 1/2 sized fridge (brand new)... awesome.  So we are ready to rock and roll.. except for finishing the paining of the interior.

It was a great meeting.
POBOY was the only guy missing due to illness.
It's really great when every guy in the club has a running bike!!
Praise the Lord.

Great monthly meeting and great food.  We're gunna be cooking burgers here before long.. as soon as the ice melts off the grille!

Keep praying for opportunity for us to serve!
God is good and always will be.

ICEMAN