Serving with New Hope Ministry

                                                      Contributed by

Bruce Ewanyshyn

President - Christian Light Riders

President Bruce

 

On June 8th I had the pleasure of serving alongside some wonderful children and adults at the Brandon Royal Fair. The founder of the New Hope Ministry had recently broken her leg and appealed to the Christian Light Riders to provide workers to assist in operating pony rides for children from the ages of 1 year to approx 10 years of age. I was put in charge of a couple of ponies to lead them and a rider around a corral. For many of the children it was their first time on an animal and their expressions and those of their parents truly blessed me. A four hour shift flew by and my heart was truly warmed by the children, their parents and those young people that I had the pleasure of serving alongside. This is a Christian ministry and parents of the children were handed an information flyer afterwards explaining the ministry and services that are provided including special occassions such as birthday parties. It is another way of spreading the Good News of the Gospel to the Brandon community. It was also a wonderful opportunity to serve as a member of the Christian Light Riders. I was truly blessed coming in and going out. Thank you Jesus!

 

2011 Run for the Son

May 29th 2011 was not the typical warm late may day. The temp hovered at about 7degrees with virtually no wind. The group met for breaky at Smities on the higway. We were joined there by our Area Coordinator James Rosso who had decided to come to Brandon by car. We had very little choices in highways to take to get to Shoal Lake. Many of the secondary highways were closed due to flooding.
We had been invited once again to the home church of our Chaplain Merl Isaakthe We are so blessed by this congregation. The speaker for the service was our very own biker/pastor Scott Allen, his Dauphin congregation hosted Manitoba area Seasons of Refreshing in early April.
The rest of the day was rather cool so the group did not go for an extended ride. After a delicious lunch we headed back to Brandon. At this time I want to recognize Helen Rankin for getting Gene out to our events. Gene is having a difficult time and would covet your prayers for healing.  Here are a few pictures and there are many more on the photo server. Click on the spot on the left side of the screen and see them all.

This is most of the group in front of the church we attended for our Run For The Son

This is our group getting ready to head off to Shoal Lake. It's about 9:00 am and about 7 degrees.  

Here is most of the group with Bruce's bike in the foreground.

CLR's most dedicated leaders!

Well even though the elections were held last year (2010) it has taken this long to get something posted on this site. It's not that we were negligent, it was just that there was not a picture to go with the posting.  So finally we had a chance to get together with a camera and so it is what it is. Here we all are:
Resident: Bruce Ewanyshyn
Vice President: Brian Wilson
Secretary: Grace Loewen
Treasurer and official Blogger: Leo Boivin
Road Captain: Hank Loewen
Chaplain: Merl Isaack

Some early event schedules of interest

CMA Seasons of Refreshing April 1-3 at New Life Center Church, 404 Main street, Dauphin

CLR Run For the Son  May 29th, the run is to Shoal Lake  more info to follow

CLR will be doing prison visits in May and Sept. more info to follow

Sturgis North July 13-17, Salmon Arm BC. Contact Bruce if interested in going

Cavalier Ride-in  June 18, Cavalier North Dakota

CMA Regional at Onion Lake Sask. July 29-31 watch for registration information here.

Schedule for Sunday Afternoon Rides 2011

Rides are scheduled for these Sundays listed below:

June 12 and 26
July 10 and 24
August 14 and 18

These rides depart the Tim Hortons/ Canadian Tire lot at 2:30 pm. They are open to all riders and usually end up having dinner back in Brandon with one pit stop along the way for ice cream :)>
In the past the number of motorcycles can be up to 15 average is about 10 bikes.

Just show up and ride, but don't be late!

Christmas Party 2010

On November the 27, CLR held it's annual Christmas Party at the South End Community Club. We had a great pot luck dinner with about 30 CLR members and guests. We appreciate the members from Winnipeg that came all the way to Brandon to join us.

 One of the featured events was a crazy tossing game that generated $76 to the Christmas Cheer Campain. Here are some pictures. It seems the President elect Bruce got into the swing of things and had a team run off. The ideal was to throw toilet paper
rolls into the toilet seats.

Hank took some good pictures and they are in the Photo section just click on the link and it will take you to the photo library.
Here is another fun spot for you to go;
 http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/qDBfRUW87m1jHWizmwu8

No Borders Recap

Thursday July 8th rolled around, the start of our 4 days event that was in the planning since January.  McDiarmid Drive Alliance Church was ready to go. Work was proceeding with setting up the area for registration. CLR members were at the ready, guests were arriving and the process seem to be working smoothly. Susan was setting up the "Goodies Room" preparing for sales. Helen was staffing the registration desk.
At 7:00pm the first of several praise and worship sessions started. Mayor Dave Burgess welcomed the many guests to the city. A nice ice cream social hosted by the youth group was held to end the day.
Friday, the 9:00 am session speaker was the US Chair of CMA Mr. John Ogden. After the session, scheduled tours to the International Peace Gardens, local museums, the Souris Swinging Bridge and local personal care homes were lead by Gary, Hank, Ken and Grace respectively. The day ended with a great concert delivered by Heather Ruesch and band.
Saturday, the 9:00am session speaker was Carlos Hajen followed with a city parade of motorbikes lead by Bruce. The parade ended at the Kinsmen park were several hours of bike games entertained the crowd. 25 motorcycles participated in good fun.
The evening ended with a pork on a bun supper at the church hosted by Teen Challenge, with another session with Roger Wilson as speaker. Some went out to Dinsdale Park for a marshmallow roast, others stayed to help clean up the church for the Sunday service.
Sunday, a short devotion for those leaving early was presented at Kinsmen Park and those that stayed join together with the congregation of McDiarmid Drive for the regular morning service. President Rick Higgins spoke to the group.
Thanks to the "Yellow Shirt" team (CLR members) for the best No Borders yet. As President Rick said "We raised the bar for No Borders" Congratulations to all.
Check out more pictures by clicking on the side bar. Thanks to Hank for his contributions of these pictures.