in this issue mike’s new bike ■ page 4 bikers and angels ■ page 11 crea�on – does it really ma�er? ■ page 18 the farmyard 2019 ■ page 26 Partners with CMA UK We are supported by, and support, the following organisations: In this issue… Open Doors is an interna�onal ministry serving persecuted Chris�ans and churches worldwide. We supply Bibles, leadership training, literacy programmes, livelihood support and advocacy services. We also seek to mobilise the church in Partners with CMA UK 2 the UK & Ireland to serve Chris�ans living under religious persecu�on. National Chairman, CMA UK 4 Official Stuff... 6 From the Editor’s Garage 7 For 150 years The Evangeliza�on Society (TES) has served the Bikers Service, Cornwall 8 As always, a very big ‘Thank you’ to all who have given time and UK as a major evangelis�c organisa�on – seeking to see men, Testimony on Bike Display 9 We make Scriptures available where there are women and children brought into the Kingdom of God. effort to contribute to this issue none. We work to help the church engage with New Bike for Pete 10 of Chainlink. the Bible more effec�vely. And we endeavour - through the arts, educa�on, media and poli�cs – The Branch, the Biker and the Angel11 to make the Bible available, accessible and As you read through each article, credible in our culture. World Horizons – Thumeries12 our hope is that you will be Geordie Memorial Magic 15 encouraged and challenged in The target: your walk with Jesus. a Bible Spring Harvest 2019 16 for every biker Our Beliefs About Creation – it really matters! 18 ~~~~~~~~ Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of The River of Your Mercy 19 the Bible understandable and accessible to all. The views expressedin Dolau Afon (Len’s Run) 20 Chainlink cannot be takenas Thank you Holy Joe’s! 21 official CMA policy on any subject. The magazine is Life on Two Wheels – part 2 22 published up to four �mes a year, to provide informa�on Travelling Light 24 for CMA members and to Farmyard Party 2019 26 encourage them in their personal walk with God. We Beaford Bike Show 28 pray that this magazine will also s�mulaten on-Chris�an Biker Bible – Who Pays? 29 readers into thinking more World Horizons exists on behalf of places God’s Garden 30 about Jesus Christ, and also and people not yet prayed for, churches seeking Him for themselves. not yet planted and cross-cultural EMC Rally 31 workers not yet sent. We are a prayer The Bible says: ‘Seek and based, pioneering, prophe�c, pastoral you will find’ · St Ma�hew mission movement. chapter 7, verse 7 page 2 www.bike.org.uk/cma summer 2019 summer 2019 www.bike.org.uk/cma page 3 National Chairman, CMA UK Mike Fitton Recently, Sandy and I started praying about I have – Peace, Life, Forgiveness, Joy, Purpose, changing our white BMW GS 1200 Adventure; we do Security, Love, Mercy, Grace, Faith, Assured of quite a few miles and always look for a second hand Heaven, etc., etc., etc. replacement with very low mileage. It’s incredible Sergio considered Jesus from a philosophical posi�on, how God has answered such everyday requests and a religious process – but God wants a rela�onship enabled us to share the Gospel with everyone who with him. has bought or sold us a bike. Our day together was quite stressful as we worked Firstly, we found another BMW GS 1200 Adventure through the red tape of bank transfers, arranging him water cooled TE, one year old with 65 miles on the three days insurance to ride home that cost him clock. £230. It all took much Next I listed the white longer than we bike on the Motorcycle “What difference has expected and he was News website, prayed eager to start – for the buyer God had especially as a heavy Sergio on his way Jesus made in your life?” back to Portugal prepared and waited rain storm was with great expecta�on. I forecast. Before he le� had specifically asked God to show us His Providen�al I had the privilege of giving him a Portuguese Biker hand at work – we didn’t want to just ‘sell someone a Bible that just ‘happened’ to be on my desk. There bike’ we wanted this to be a Holy Spirit led moment was a very scary moment when he began riding on So why have I shared this with you? Over the years I “He sympathizes and He saves. in someone’s life – as well as ours! the wrong side of the road but I led him south to the have come to realise that there is: motorway and saw him on his way. Two days later he “He strengthens and sustains. A�er 48 hours I got a text from Sergio in Portugal to arrived in Lisbon at 2 a.m. safe and grateful for our No area of our lives that God is not interested in. say he was interested and eventually we agreed on a “He guards and He guides. prayer support. price; which was £5.00 more than the lowest price we No circumstance that He cannot use to reach a lost “He heals the sick. He cleanses the lepers. hoped for. A few days later I biker. picked him up at Newcastle “He forgives sinners. He discharges debtors. No distance too far to catch their a�en�on. airport and took him home for “He delivers the cap�ves. He defends the feeble. lunch before he would begin No prayer that goes unanswered. “He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. his long ride home to Portugal No language that God doesn’t speak. (1,500 miles). As we cha�ed I “He regards the aged. shared about the ministry of No limit to His Love. “He rewards the diligent, and He beau�fies the CMA and how I had been ‘For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the meagre. praying for whoever would buy lost.’ (Luke 19:10 NIV) the bike. “I wonder if you know Him?” So if someone asks you “What difference has Jesus He asked, “What difference made in your life?” (The rest can be found online – it’s incredible.) has Jesus made in your life?” What would you answer? God bless us as we all commit our daily lives into His It’s an incredibly simple yet hands and see His Kingdom come on earth as it is in Let me share a li�le of what Dr S M Lockeridge said in profound ques�on. Heaven. his spontaneous prayer, known as But if we are unable to give an By the way, Sergio was the only person who ‘That’s my King, do you know Him?’ answer why would anyone give responded to our adver�sement! a second thought about Jesus? “He supplies strength for the weak. Mike What would you have said? “He's available for the tempted and the tried. page 4 www.bike.org.uk/cma summer 2019 summer 2019 www.bike.org.uk/cma page 5 Official Stuff... From the Editor’s Garage CMAUKNa�onalExecu�ve Na�onalChairman MikeFi�on thefi�[email protected] Na�onalTreasurer RobUrand [email protected] I’ve been thinking again about God’s crea�on and amazing ‘though our Na�onalSecretary PaulGardiner [email protected] design, especially when it comes to you and me – our bodies, et ExecMember IanCameron [email protected] al. Well, in the distant past, I’ve been involved in various types of outward man ExecMember OliverHamilton [email protected] technical and construc�on work: qualified in some, competent in ExecMember AmyStalker [email protected] most. perish, yet the CMA UK Na�onal Officers So, as o�en as I remember to, I thank God that, for me, the MembershipSecretary TedRussell ted.russell@b�nternet.com CONTACT US: electrical system is func�oning OK apart from the memory banks inward man is Na�onalAdministrator BobHudson [email protected] failing a bit, the plumbing is definitely OK but showing signs of Merchandise Andy&NaomiHogan aunova�[email protected] CMA UK age. The central hea�ng is working but these days the insula�on, renewed day by ChainlinkEditor JohnHodge [email protected] PO Box 8155 or lack of it, means the internal boiler has to work a bit harder, FastTrack SteveClarke fas�[email protected] Loughborough day.’ Webmaster, Workbook LE11 9AR especially during the UK winters! The audio/visual department is &Publicity IanCameron [email protected] s�ll func�oning but with no�ceable deteriora�on in the visuals, Freefone 0800 015 4479 with some dropping off of upper registers in the audio. (I’m CMA UK Branches talking about my body, of course – come on, keep up!) Bedford KeithSanders [email protected] [email protected] Bristol IanBrailey [email protected] www.bike.org.uk Apostle Paul, in his first le�er to the saints at Corinth, says this: Cambridge Vacant ‘… but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is Carlisle RichardLowe [email protected] renewed day by day.’ (2 Cor 4:16) Devon&Cornwall StephenBamfield [email protected] EastMidlands ColinWood [email protected] So, even though this old body is a good bit over-the-hill, its EastYorkshire JohnMetcalfe [email protected] founda�on is s�ll as sure today as it was when I first accepted Forth&Tay JamieGordon [email protected] CMAUK is part of the Jesus Christ as Saviour and began to build my life upon the Rock.