Women Members on the Rise

WOOOHOOO !!! It is so exciting to see more female riders during this Saturdays ride. I pray and hope that this will continue on and we will be able to group that little group of female riders. Laura has been riding with us male rider for quite some time and it was wonderful to see how she enjoyed the new company.

So if you are wondering and would like to join us, come on out and do. It will be a blessing (See the Rides and Events below).

Praise be to our Heavenly Father !!!

Easter Outreaches '12

"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead."
John 20:6ff


He is risen!

We had a great time on Good Friday during the Cross Walk on the NW side of town. Lou was able to pick up the cross and bring it to the meeting place. We walked the cross down to Silverbell and Cortaro where Pastor Dixon waited with his group. There was a lot of hunking from cars and we greeted them on our way. It was a good time of fellowship and prayer. What a blessing from our Lord Jesus, our God and Savior.

By His Grace,
Michael


He has risen indeed!

I have many things to rejoice in. The Cross Walk on Friday was worthy and humbling.  I'm already looking forward to next year. The group ride on Sat was really good.  The best part for me, was riding with some awesome club members that I never knew before like our ride leader, Ray and Gabriel, Carlos, Derrick, Charissa, Laura and Bonnie.  If I forgot someone it's only because my memory is about as long as my hair, and so I apologize. The water bottle ministry was so cool.  We talked to quite a few people, including Dwayne the local director from GABA and the Asian gentleman whose name I forgot (got hair?) who was already carrying the IC3 water bottle he got from the club at the El Tour expo.  We may never know when, how or where the seeds we sow will take root.  Let's just keep cycling and sowing!

For His Glory,
Lou

IC3 Visitor From Minnesota

Tim (our visitor), Michael, Jimmy, Todd and Fernando

Tim Turnquist from the Twin Cities Spoke visited us last week. On Friday he rented a bike and rode up Mt. Lemmon with Lou passed the Palisades. It was his longest climb this winter for him because back home, he is mostly riding the trainer or commuting to work. What a blessing to live here in Tucson and be able to ride all year around.

On Saturday we met at Broadway Bicycles and rode out Old Spanish Trail. Tim told us that they had something called the Snipers Ridge, so we had to take him up to Pistol Hill and hammer up that hill. We had to work on the way to Pistol Hill, but once we turned around we flew back down, because the wind assisted us a little.

After the ride we went and got a little cake and coffee for recovery and shared about our Spoke life. Even though the Twin Cities Spoke has many more members, the challenges are similar, just on a different scale. What a blessing it was to spend time with another brother in Christ from our club from another part of the country.

24 Hour Race Breakfast '12

 "And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” He said, “Bring them here to Me.” Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children." Matt. 14:13-21

We went out on Saturday afternoon to the 24 Hour Race, not to race, but to help with the breakfast on Sunday morning. We have been providing breakfast for the last 3 years to riders, volunteers and visitors of the race. The breakfast went well. We started to serve breakfast around 7am and closed down at around 10am. We served about 280 pancakes (10 lbs of pancake mix), 80 biscuits and 2 gallons of gravy. We also served some hot chocolate and hot tang. There was a constant stream of breakfaster's coming and going. When asked why we are doing this, I mentioned to a few, if Jesus can feed 5000, we can at least attempt to feed a couple of hundred people.

Praises and thanks to our Heavenly Father to be able to do this. Thanks also to FCA-E's Debbie and John from Phoenix, Jim Moutray who is an IC3 member down in Sahuarita for all their hard work in preparing and serving the breakfast. It was fun. God willing, we'll do it again.

Lasagne Dinner

We had our annual lasagna dinner at the Huff residence. It was a great get together and we ate plenty of Patsy's famous lasagna. We got to know each other a bit better, by playing a get to know you game, where each of us had to tell a little story about him or herself, and we had to guess who's story it was. What an interesting group of people we have :-)

I am looking forward to our next fellowship gathering.

2012 VISTOSO CHALLENGE 48 CHARITY BIKE RIDE

 

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

presents
 

VISTOSO CHALLENGE 48 CHARITY BIKE RIDE

benefiting
 

INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES

January 14, 2012, 8 AM

coordinate by IC3 Tucson

To sign up download the flyer and contact Todd Huff: 907-8019

Interfaith Community Services
We share a common belief that our diverse faiths call us to serve those in need. We are enriched through the diversity of beliefs of our volunteers and recipients. Our services and volunteer opportunities are open and welcoming to all regardless of faith tradition. We remain true to our founding value of helping those in need with "Love, Cooperation and Service."

Although our roots of support and services are in the northwest area of Tucson, our programs, volunteers, and supporters now extend to most of Pima County. Our partners represent the full community - individuals, agencies, corporations, foundations, City of Tucson, Pima County, and, of course, the faith communities. 

Our multiple services are often the "safety net" that help our recipients remain or become stabilized, enabling them to lead independent lives. We are providing services for thousands of people in need.

About the Charity Ride
Riders or teams of up to 6 riders will enjoy a supported fun ride, distances from 8 to 48 miles along an 8-mile loop through Rancho Vistoso beginning and ending at the Oro Valley Hospital. There will be food for participants & prizes for the largest fundraisers.

Start/Finish (A) is at the rear of the Oro Valley Hospital and begins traveling west on Tangerine Road to Rancho Vistoso Blvd. around the loop to Innovation Park Drive turning south back to the starting point.
Individual participants or team captains are responsible to deliver the donations at ride registration.

Donations are tax-deductable. For cash donations we need an address for donation receipts.

2011 Cochise County Cycling Classic

Praises be to our Heavenly Father for being able to participate and support the 2011 Cochise County Cycling Classic. This year must have been one of the coldest, if not the coldest race start ever. At around 40 degrees it was very cold. The good news, the race temperatures never got over 80 degrees, which made for perfect race conditions. As a Tucsonian, not expecting these temperatures, but being warned by Jim, I had just the right clothing. It was cold for the first 30 to 40 minutes, but just before we started the climb in Bisbee, I took of my arm warms and for the rest of the race (about 3 hours) it was perfect.

We setup at the start/finish line to hand out Recoverite and other goodies from our sponsor Hammer Nutrition. Thanks Hammer Nutrition for another great race support. Patsy, Todd and Michael took turns manning the canopy. Jim participated in the 45 mile race as bike patrol and after he finished the race manned a Hammradio station for the 92 mile event. Thanks for all you hard work and volunteering to make those events possible.

Bill and Michael participated in the 92 mile event. It was a successful race. Bill came in 7th and Michael 9th, only separated by seconds to the first place. WOOOHOOO !!! Praises be to Jesus !!! As always the group separated on the climb to Mule Pass in Bisbee. Usually the groups that are forming after the hill climb in Bisbee are around 6-10 riders. This time we had a group of 14 riders. We all organized into a pace line and stay ahead of all the other groups chasing us.

"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,
And to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise,
Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both now and forever.
Amen."

Jude 1:24