Newsletter

It’s the year 2010. How many of you, when you were a child, thought that by now we would be riding in space ships?

Well we may not be flying all over in little “Jetson’s” ships,
but we do have things that we all thought were impossible back then.

I can remember when a Honda 350 was a big bike. If you had a windshield and a chrome engine guard you had your bike decked out. Look how far we have come. Most of your touring bikes now, regardless of what brand, comes with more conveniences than a Cadillac used to have when we were kids. Now we can ride along the highways in comfort and never be out of touch. (Although sometimes I would rather be out of touch)

Some of you have Intercom with MP3, phone, CB radio, CD, or Satellite Radio. Then there is the heated seats, heated hand grips, adjustable windshields (BMW), arm rests, tire pressure monitoring, and so on. Not to mention the GPS devices now where you can keep up with your route and position by a satellite that is 150 miles above the earth.

I personally don’t have all those features, as some of you don’t, but to think of the advances made just on a motorcycle is staggering. All of the other advances of technology that we take for granted every day would blow the mind of someone from just 30 years ago. There are a few things that still hold true though:

God is still on the Throne.
The only way to get to Him is through Jesus Christ.
We need each other and covet the prayers of our brothers in Christ.
America is still a great Nation. Pray that it can stay that way.
Motorcyclists understand why a dog needs to stick his head out of the window.

One thing for sure is that we all enjoy riding as much as anyone ever has. We also enjoy the fellowship with our riding buddies and brothers in Christ.

We had our annual elections at our January meeting. Our officers for this year are as follows:

President: Darryll Martin

Vise Pres: Jim Massey

Treasurer: Mike Tomlinson

Ride Captain: Rich Carlisle

Champlain: Mike Ardoin

We look forward to a great year ahead. After reminiscing about what God has done through CROP last year, it is in excited anticipation that we look forward to what He will do this year. We have some new members who have joined us last year and a few prospects who are looking to join us this year. If you are interested in what we do, please feel free to join us at one of our meetings or rides. We meet the first Monday of the month at Word of Grace in Pineville. As for our regular members, feel free to invite your friends to come join us also.

This is our prayer for the coming year, Quoted from a post by our new Ride Captain:

I would like to ask everyone in our group to do the following.
1. Thank God for the blessing He has given us and our group.
2. To pray for the New Year and ask God where He wants to use CROP this coming year.
3. To put Folks in our path to pray, help or just befriend.
4. Ask God where He wants me (you) to serve this coming year and who we can serve
5. To pray for each member.

SAFETY

Always be aware of your safety and the safety of others that you ride with while out there on the road. Remember to check your tires for wear and air pressure. These cold temperatures will considerably drop you tire pressure in a hurry. Wear your protective riding gear such as boots, gloves, leathers or other protective riding gear, and eye protection.

We want everyone to enjoy riding, but we want everyone to be safe.