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Page 1 of 15 October 2016 Christian Motorcyclist Association Australia (Victoria) Inc. Inside this Issue Committee 2016/17 Page 1 Church Raid Numurkah Page 6 Area Co-ordinators Page 2 Celebrations and Condolences Page 7 From the Lily Pad Page 3 Ride Reports & GOB Page 8 - 11 Committee Meeting Notes Page 4 Coming Events Page 12 Bikes for Pastors Page 5 Target Fixation Page 14 Membership Form Page 15 (due and payable every year in July) President - Dave Graham mb 0414 545 403 [email protected] Secretary / Treasurer - Jo Henderson ph 5762 3339 [email protected] Vice President - Penny vanHouts mb 0413 393 075 [email protected] General Committee - Neville Weeks mb 0427 712 392 [email protected] Stuart Armstrong mb 0448 355 513 [email protected] Lyn Schoolderman mb 0438 502 806 [email protected]

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October

2016

Christian Motorcyclist Association Australia (Victoria) Inc.

Inside this Issue

Committee 2016/17 Page 1 Church Raid Numurkah Page 6

Area Co-ordinators Page 2 Celebrations and Condolences Page 7

From the Lily Pad Page 3 Ride Reports & GOB Page 8 - 11

Committee Meeting Notes Page 4 Coming Events Page 12

Bikes for Pastors Page 5 Target Fixation Page 14

Membership Form Page 15 (due and payable every year in July)

President - Dave Graham mb 0414 545 403 [email protected]

Secretary / Treasurer - Jo Henderson ph 5762 3339 [email protected]

Vice President - Penny vanHouts mb 0413 393 075 [email protected]

General Committee - Neville Weeks mb 0427 712 392 [email protected]

Stuart Armstrong mb 0448 355 513 [email protected]

Lyn Schoolderman mb 0438 502 806 [email protected]

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North East Butch Henderson 5762 3339 0409 022 639 [email protected]

Neville Weeks 0427 712 392 [email protected]

Peninsula Vacant

Gippsland Gordon McPhee 56552492 0427 476 662 [email protected]

Western Ted Byrne 0448 026 266 [email protected]

Greg Grist 9741 6355 0421 318 568 [email protected]

Eastern Suburbs David Schutz 0400 978 938 [email protected]

Geelong David Graham 0414 545 403 [email protected]

Ballarat Stuart Armstrong 0448 355 513 [email protected]

Wimmera

Albury/Wodonga

Lyn Schoolderman

Craig Ruby (Bushy)

0438 502 806

0427 818 063

[email protected]

[email protected]

Bikes for Pastors Coordinator - Dave Graham Church Raids Coordinator - Dave Graham Web Site Coordinator - Neville Weeks Prayer Coordinator - Andrea Ramsay Newsletter Coordinator - Lyn Schoolderman Stock Sales Coordinator - Greg Grist

Welcome to membership Ron & Sue VanBreman from Red Cliffs and Chris McIveer from Pakenham.

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Dave in action promoting CMA

and Bikes for Pastors

Hi folks,

Just wanted to say gidday after taking on the

role of President at the recent AGM

A big welcome to our new members who

have joined us at CMA Victoria over the last

12 months.

Thanks to Tattsy for his leadership as

President over the last couple of years, and

to the committee in 2015-2016 for your

commitment to growing our association

throughout another year.

I look forward to the journey with you all again

this year, as we enjoy riding while looking for

opportunities to share the hope that we have

as Christians.

See you on the road

Frog Dave Graham

Jesus knows you're here

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone

his flashlight around looking for valuables, when

a voice in the dark said" Jesus knows you're here."

He nearly jumped out of skin, clicked his flash

light off and froze. When he heard nothing he

shook his head and continued. Just as he pulled

the stereo out the words, "Jesus is watching you."

Freaked out, he shone his light around frantically

looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the

corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to

rest on a parrot. "Did you say that?" he hissed at

the parrot. "Yep" the parrot confessed then

squawked, "I'm just trying to warn you that Jesus

is watching you." The burglar relaxed…." Warn

me, huh? who in the world are you?' "Moses"

replied the bird. "Moses?' the burglar

laughed. "What kind of people would name a

bird, Moses"? The parrot replied" The kind of

people that would name a Rottweiler, Jesus"

Dave in action with his lovely

wife Marle and family

Dave in action with his lovely

wife Marie and his family

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Meeting Notes - CMA Committee

Saturday 24th September 2016 – Numurkah Christian Church in McCaskill Street 4pm

Secretary Report – So far this year 38 members – 17 single, 21 family 21 members from last year have not renewed.

Treasurer Report – Bank Balance General account $9,183.60 BfP $11,667.22 Income $4807.40, Expenses $9652.40 including purchase of Motorbike for Risen Lord Church in the Philippines. Loss $4845

Bikes for Pastors - Risen Lord Church, Darago, Philippines. Payment of $3284.22 was sent. Bike has been purchased

photos of the new bike has been received

Hope of Eternal Life Baptist Church. Philippines. We approved payment for motorbike. We are still waiting for quote from Keith Rowlands CMA WA

Thailand – in conjunction with Waurn Ponds Community Church. DG will have a meeting with the

church in January They are currently fund raising and considering how they can raise funds and

deliver to a specific Thailand church which the Pastor is currently involved with.

Possible new BfP projects: ‘In Net Work’ Uganda; Jacki Waterman; Stuart Rodgers from Wattle City

Church.

BfP Newsletter and Data Base to be produced to help promote BfP

.

Shirt designs / business cards –. DG to organise new business card. CMA Vic unless requested by members won’t have a new tee-shirt.

Riders on the Storm Rally 2017 –. Date has been set for March 5-7 2017 at Rubicon; Kendall’s Flat. All CMA members are encouraged to attend.

National Rally SA – DG & PV to attend leaders meeting.

DVD Promotional –. Final finished production has been added to Web and You tube.

Planned rides for 2017 – We encourage overnight stays in conjunction with Church Raid and fellowship. Saturday 29-Sunday 30 April; Benalla Baptist Church; Henderson’s to host; Buxton Ride in Sept to be a regular event (week before Grand Final)

GOB 2017 – Planning underway for possible sites

CMA National Run Victoria 2018 Oct – Nov - Planning underway for possible sites Camp Wilkins at Anglesea or Harrietville (site of National Run 2007)

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Pastor Jose Dasco from the Risen Lord Church in the Philippines is our recent recipient of Bikes for Pastors.

Jose and co are very happy with their new bike and it has proved useful outreaching to the 10 planted

churches in that area. Jose previously had a motorbike but was old and now unusable. Early this year they

conducted a daily Vacation Bible School for 5 days where they were able to reach over 300 children. Every

Tuesday night they conduct Leadership training called ‘School of Theology for pastors and church workers.

A sidecar is currently under construction and will be used for visitation and transporting people to church.

Senior Pastor Jose is close to retirement age but his son Pastor Boboy will continue on with the ministry.

What a blessing the Bikes for Pastor’s ministry is, outreaching to many impoverished countries.

A note from Pastor Jose

Shalom to all of you.

Thank you very much for the motor bike it is more than 2 weeks enjoying riding the bike. It is a big help to me

travelling for visiting all outreaches. My son, Pastor Boboy, he is also using motorbike going to his outreach, Risen

Lord Lacag. Here in our place the registration of vehicle is about two to three months. When the registration comes

that's the time we will attach the sidecar. The Sidecar is in the process of building and is about 70% accomplishment,

It’s bigger than the normal size of sidecar here. Could load four people inside the sidecar and 2 people in the backride.

All in all can carry 6 people. It is realistic for all our pastors going to their mission.

God bless and extend my regards to all in bikers group. Jose

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Another great weekend together. 4 o’clock was the designated time for our executive meeting in Peter Carters Christian Church hall. Someone managed to get herself very lost making the almost perfectly straight trip from Mooroopna to Numurkah. Winging it is not always the way to go. Arrrrrgh!!!!!Managed to get there before 5pm and we started the meeting late. Thank goodness for coffee and cake is all I can say. By the time 6pm came around our numbers had swollen many times over and the bikes were looking real good outside the hall.

Jo, Butch and I (Penny) took the Henderson’s favourite canine for a lovely walk around town and then we all met up at The Shamrock Hotel for tea. We were seated initially in the main lounge but our numbers continued to swell ( great turnout ) and we had to be moved to another room which … oh my goodness … had a huge TV screen just for us footy tragics to watch the Bulldogs beat the Giants against all the pundits expectations. It was a nail biter of a game and I’m not sure anyone amongst us actually followed the Doggies but they were certainly the sympathetic favourites. Yayyyyy……. Great meal and fellowship and fun.

Most stayed in town at various accommodation. I returned to Mooroopna to family there and the

Henderson’s went home to Benalla. We all met up again at the Christian fellowship Peter

Carter Pastors, in one of the well-appointed buildings on the Catholic Church Campus.

We shared a great time together with the Lord. We shared in the music, Bikes for Pastors and

Adam Tatts brought the word. He reminded us of “Grace “and it was a very pertinent word to take

away with us. The locals loved our participation and of course the rides on the Harley’s to follow.

We were amply rewarded with a spectacular fellowship lunch. Still recovering. Sadly we had to

ride home that afternoon but with beautiful weather the “ride “more than compensated for

Mondayitis.

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Long standing CMA member Colin Maxwell

recently celebrated his 80th Birthday.

Celebrations were held on a family farm in the

Indigo Upper hills with family and friends at his

side. Colin in the photo is proudly wearing his

OBE medallion made by a friend. Soon after his

special birthday his dearly loved wife Lyn lost

her battle to a brain tumour on the12th

September.

Lyn was a well known and loved lady who will

be sadly missed by Colin, their three sons and

their families and everyone who knew her.

The Trinity Anglican College recently named

their new Centre, ‘The Lyn Maxwell Centre’. Lyn

was well enough to receive her honour but sadly

slipped into a coma two days after that.

Lyn’s memorial service was held at the City

Central Church Albury Friday 23rd September

and was attended by many people. It certainly

was a lovely service to say goodbye to Lyn.

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by Penny vanHouts Ah, the address says it all. What a great venue. It ticked all the winter boxes for a warm and cosy time away together. We were all still remembering last year in Castlemaine in the bush hut with a variable fire and small gathering place and icy temperatures. Camp Sunnystones had all the features. Three lovely big fires in each end of the building and the centre. Limitless wood to stoke the fire as required. The catering was great and we all put weight on or felt like it. Lovely walks, rides, billiards, TV (Olympics were on), or just kicking back and fellowshipping to our hearts content. We mostly all arrived during Friday afternoon or evening. We had a light supper of take away pizza and endless cuppas and biccies. Think some wine, cheese and chocolate got into the mix as well. Saturday, after breakfast some went for a walk and the rest relaxed in the warm. A ride in the afternoon for some and more relaxing for the relaxers.

The membership had our meeting late

afternoon and elected our new office

bearers. Thank you to those who have put

their hand up for a task or two, especially

Jo with the Secretary and Treasurer role to

perform. Also a huge thank you to those

who have now stood down but have served

us so well. Your contribution has been

much appreciated.

I would like to especially thank John

Krause for all the work and organisation he

has put in over the last 7 - 8 years for

CMA. The many camps he has arranged

for us at various CCM camps for our

GOB’s, the fantastic job he did at Forest

Edge with the National Run, the music

festivals he put together

and ran and all the great rides us

Gippslanders have had together over the

years. Thank you John from all of

us. It was lovely to see Jackie Waterman

and Bushy & Joy Ruby come and spend

some time with us and Lisa C shared our

time together too. How lovely it was to

have Colin and Jacqui Berris join in with us

for the weekend at Camp Sunnystones.

Thank you too to Greg G for finding Camp

Sunnystones and doing all the bookings

and leg work.

Sunday morning we all rode or drove into

town to church and shared with a beaut group

of brothers and sisters. They loved having us

all and we shared our Bikes for Pastors

ministry and the new video which was still in

its draft stage but fantastic just the same. A

giant thank you to Dave Graham for putting

all that together. God is blessing it already.

After church some of the church folk took the

opportunity to go pillion on the Harley’s. A

huge thrill for the participants. One older lady

got suited up and had a go. The appeal of the

bikes gets folk in of all ages.

After a delicious lunch of

Lasagne, it was time to say our

goodbyes, mandatory photos and

head home. A top GOB. One to

be happily remembered - Penny

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CMC Vic. State Run at ‘Sunnystones’

By Ted Byrne

On the weekend of the 5th

-7th

August, from the Friday

afternoon til the Sunday afternoon, CMA Vic. gathered at

the ‘Sunnystones’ Camp in Bacchus Marsh for its annual

State Run. The AGM was scheduled for the Saturday

afternoon.

Folk began to turn up around half past two on Friday

afternoon. I rode up from Werribee with Merv (Honda

ST100) and Greg (MV Augusta TVL 800). I was still riding

Merv’s Yamaha XJ650 (while he wasn’t, you understand . . )

Greg’s wife, Cathy, followed in the car, carrying most of the

gear. She was just going to have a cuppa, before returning

home, to come back up again on the Sunday afternoon.

The Sunnystones camp is a fascinating place. It can

apparently accommodate up to ninety guests, and hosts a

lot of school camps and the like. The ‘stones’ form the

unique architectural design of the facility, it being lined

inside and out with large, randomised hunks of local basalt

rock. Very special and impressive, I thought. It is built on

the side of a steepish hill, running down to a creek, and

then very steeply up another ridge. Inside, there is a long

hall set up for dining, with servery and breakfast area on

one side, and rooms of various sizes running off the other.

At the top end there is a lounge area, with a slow-

combustion heater, large TV and a tiered ‘rest area’ sunk

into the carpeted floor. We didn’t know what to make of

this at first, fearing that people might stumble into it –

perhaps during the night. The owner even offered to cover

it over, but when we became used to it, we enjoyed

relaxing in ‘a horrible pit’ during the evening. “He pulled me

out of the miry clay . . .” Each room had bunk bed

arrangements and en-suite bathroom – some with curious

plumbing set-ups (shower taps in odd positions). There was

an entire wing closed off from the end we were using, this

being quite a large facility, and ours only a relatively small

group.

After 5 o’clock, we gathered around the sunken ‘relaxation

pit’ – I don’t know what else to call it – in the lounge area.

Adam (Tattsy) welcomed everyone, with each of us taking

turns in introducing ourselves. Later, we ordered enough

pizza and garlic bread to more than satisfy a small army.

In the morning, after the usual breakfast of toast and

cereal, Adam gave a simple devotion. Later, a fair number

of us set off for a walk in the surrounding bush. We

descended a steep track down to the creek, and made our

way carefully along the bank to crossing point. We met a

Chinese family coming back the same way, who had not felt

up to braving the crossing. It turned out to be a reedy, very

squelchy ford, bridged by a rickety assortment of boards,

tyres and, finally a substantial plank onto the opposite

bank. After a somewhat challenging – not to say comical –

series of individual negotiations of this soggy obstacle

course me think all of us managed to get to the other side.

There might have been one or two wet feet. We then

continued along the steep, rocky path towards the top of

the hill. When it was judged by John (Krause) we were 40

minutes or so out from the camp, we sat along a large log

and took a group photograph. We then backtracked our

way to the camp, in time for a refreshing morning tea – and

maybe a bit of a lie-down.

After lunch, the AGM was held. This resulted in a largely

new committee, now chaired by Dave (Frog) Graham.

Mid-afternoon, we set off on the ‘bikes (yes, with one or

two cars) for a run up to Gisborne. The back road out of

Sunnystones involves about a kilometre of heavily pot-

holed grave; not much fun. There was some swapping of

rides – mostly between Griz (Dave Spencer), Stewart

Waterman and I. I got to ride Greg’s MV for the first time,

with Griz and Stewart exchanging the V-Storm and MV in

Gisborne, while I happily rode Stewart’s 1983 BMW R100.

Confused yet? As a big BMW boxer fan, I take every

opportunity to ride them. After a coffee, we came back

down into Bacchus Marsh via Bullengarook. (cont..page 10)

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One cannot fail to Be impressed by Greg’s MV ‘Truism

Veloce Lusso’800 ‘Tre Piston’ (triple). Although rather tall

on its comfortable, long-travel suspension, it is light,

narrow and agile. Shorter folk might well need a step-

ladder to mount the saddle, and then precariously balance

the ‘bike on ‘tippy=toes’. Maybe I exaggerate a little . . .

Power delivery is immediate and strong, making the ‘bike

very quick off the mark. Much quicker, in fact, than a boring

old so-and-so like myself has been used to. Being a ‘Fast

Tourer’, the engine has been tuned for lots of bottom and

mid-range grunt – far more than might be expected from

an 800cc triple. At least in my day . . . 115bhp did you, say?

By comparison, an R100 boxer ‘winds up’ rather more

slowly and linearly, allowing for my post-’87 version being

detuned to ‘only’60bhp. The TVL is almost scary for us old

fogies.

Later on the Saturday evening, we settled back in and

round ‘a horrible pit’, and watched the excellent Christian

movie, “The War Room”. This is a very good show about

the relationship between an elderly ‘prayer warrior’ and a

young wife and mother struggling with family issues. It is all

about the power of structured, persistent prayer, to turn

around difficult, seemingly hopeless situations.

After breakfast on Sunday morning, we attended Bacchus

Marsh Christian Church, pastored by Mike McNamara. Dave

Graham and others introduced CMA, spoke about ‘Bikes for

Pastors’, and played the new CMA promotional video.

After lunch and packing bags, our CMA gathering made

their farewells and wandered off home in their various

directions. For a change Greg, Merv and I only had the 40

kilometres or so back to Werribee. People had come from

as far away as Nhill, Wangaratta and Bairnsdale. They either

committed themselves to the long haul, or had schedule

half-way stops.

Greg and I settled back to await Cathy’s arrival in the car.

Everyone else finally drifted away. Aware of us waiting, the

property owner tentatively approached us to ask if we

could help her with an awkward problem. She explained

that she had discovered that, overnight, one of the camp’s

town pet goats had died. Her husband was away for the day

and, although she had called her neighbour, who was

coming to help, she wondered if we could assist. The goats

lived in a steep, rocky paddock off the back lawn of the

main building. She further explained that she was preparing

for the arrival the next morning of a group from a girls’

school. Greg and I readily agreed to help, although Greg

could not help physically due to arthritic concerns. The

dearly-departed goat was a large, white animal that had

curled up under a bush and died during the night. It was

down a rocky slope, accessible only from the adjacent

paddock and a rickety, wired-up gate of sorts, in its upper

corner. Very awkward, to say the least. I suggested we

employ a large wheelbarrow, used for carting firewood. The

neighbour and I – with considerable effort (brute strength

and ignorance mostly) – managed to drag the heavy carcass

into the barrow and struggle our way back up the slope. It

must have weighed 50-60 kilograms. The owner directed us

to a pile of garden trimming and branches, some distance

away from the main grounds. We covered the poor thing

with branches, concealing it form innocent eyes.

After a cuppa and piece of cake form the grateful owner,

Cathy showed up in the car, and we finally made our way

home.

An excellent, well-organised, CMA weekend, at an

interesting, unique camp facility – what more could we ask?

We can thank God, and one another, for this fruitful time of

fellowship and planning.

Perhaps we’ll do it again next year? - Ted

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.

Ride to Chiltern. Meeting up with Neville at Moyhu we headed to Whorouly and out the hills to a

picturesque climb into Beechworth. We had managed to get a near perfect day to finally get the bikes out

of garage for the afternoon out in the sunshine. Down the valley past Mount Pilot before crossing the

freeway to Chiltern. We headed to the town picnic area by the lake to enjoy a cuppa and plenty of food

taking in the gorgeous sunshine and serenity by the lake. It was great to reacquaint ourselves with a

former CMA member ‘Ozzie’ who has returned to Victoria after a stint in Tasmania. We followed Neville

the long way home but the necessity of petrol got us back to Benalla for a late cuppa before the other guys

headed home in the dark back to Shepparton.

Our next planned area ride is to Mt Buffalo Saturday 19th

November leaving Benalla at 1pm

Ettamogah Pub get together - August 8th 2016

It was great to have both CMA - VIC & NSW come together at the Ettamogah Pub for a lunch get together

at the famous Ettamogah Pub. Meeting new people and catching up with mates. Checking out the great

bikes new & old, good fellowship, good food and was a

great day for all.

CMA Albury-Wodonga have some great Rides coming

up soon and in the new year hope to have them posted

on the CMA site soon.

Blessing Bushy

Neville in action

Liz, Dee & Jo

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Camp site fully booked. Report to be included in next Newsletter

10am – 3pm Wattle City Church 19 Argyle Road Maryborough Cost 30 includes lunch

RSVP to Stuart by 3rd Nov ph 035461 5005

We’ll have lunch back at Lal Lal after the service, where we’ll offer bike rides etc

Organised by Eastern Suburbs – meeting at St Aloysius Catholic Church hall 12midday

20 Sayle Street, Yarra Glen – BYO lunch or purchase at the nearby shops. Great ‘Fish n

Chips’ or other delicious cuisine can be purchased close walking proximity.

Contact David Schutz mb 0400 978 938

Meeting at Stu’s for group ride for start of Toy Ride

1812 Geelong Road, Mt Helen – Party starts at 6pm contact Stu mb 0448 355 513

Shepparton Goulburn Valley Christian Fellowship 9 Pine Road Shepparton

‘back to basic’ Rally in conjunction with Pilgrim CMC to be held at Kendall’s Flat Rubicon

It would be great to have many CMA’ers there as possible.

Come for the whole weekend or just for the day.

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STU’S CMA CHRISTMAS

CELEBRATION!!!

Saturday Dec 3rd

2016

Come to the Ballarat Toy Ride then

celebrate the end of the year and

Christmas with a party and friends!

Ballarat Toy Ride –

meet at Stu’s at 9am

Bring a toy to donate

or money

BYO meat & drinks for

a BBQ and party at

6pm

Come for the day or

stay the night. Tent

and floor space

available

Celebrate the end of a

great year in CMA!

Stu & Ros place 1812 Geelong Rd

Mt Helen

[email protected]

0448 355 513 Stu

0409 355 513 Ros

5330 1240 Home

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How to Survive Target Fixation.

We can’t always blame car drivers for motorcycle accidents.

As riders we must shoulder responsibility for our own safety and survival. We see a

lot of motorcycles come through our work shop each year that have been solo rider

accidents. Most avoidable with a little bit of training.

The main problem is Target Fixation.

This is when you begin to look at the problem in front of you and not the escape

route. Suddenly your bike is going exactly where you are looking. How does it work?

At a race track it’s easy to train yourself not to target fixate by continuously looking through each corner lap after lap.

It means if you have gone into a bend a bit hot and you think you can’t make the corner the natural instinct is to look at the sand trap and that’s exactly where you

end up.

Mostly at not much more than walking pace. At every track day, riders are pulled

from the sand traps because that’s where they were looking. By training yourself

to look through a bend you are guiding your bike through to the exit of the corner.

If you’re going a bit quick it might not be pretty but you will make the bend. This is

also good to know if a vehicle pulls out in front of you. Suddenly your instinct will be

to look at the escape route and not the side of the car. Your chances of surviving

corners and hazards are greatly increased just by learning to look at where you

want to end up.

We don’t always get to the track, but you can start practising and training at any time and any place.

Just start by deliberately looking up through your next corner and see how much

easier it is. Keep practising and give yourself a better chance of keeping your bike

rubber side down.

Safe Riding,

From the team at Vitech Refinishing Motorcycle Smash Repairs.

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Christian Motorcyclists Association of Australia (Victoria) Inc.

Email [email protected]

Application for Membership 2016 – 2017 I hereby apply to become a member / renew my membership of the Christian Motorcyclists Association of Australia (Victoria) Inc.

I agreed with the aim and objectives of the Association, I have signed the Association Statement of belief, I am or intend to be actively involved

with motorcycling and I agreed to abide by the rules of the Association.

The Subscription and Entrance Fees are payable with the application.

Membership Type Please indicate Individual □ Family □

Primary Membership Name

Family Membership Only

Second Adult Member Name Relationship

Address

Suburb Postcode

Email

Mobile

Church

Pastor

Bike/s

Signature/s Date Christian Motorcyclists Association of Australia (Victoria) Inc. - Statement of Belief

I believe in: The Bible as the inspired and infallible Word of God. One God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Virgin birth and deity if Christ, His explicit atoning death, bodily resurrection and ascension. Salvation through the blood of the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit Who enables a believer to live a holy life. The second coming of Jesus Christ. Therefore: I have turned away from my sins of my past having confessed these to God and sought forgiveness from Him. I have committed my life to Jesus Christ and now acknowledge Him as Saviour and Lord. Membership: As a member of Christian Motorcyclists Association of Australia (Victoria) Inc I will endeavour to remain faithful to the gospel of Jesus

Christ as revealed in the Bible and expressed in the Statement of Belief.

Signature/s_______________________________________________________Date____________________

Post to: The Secretary CMA Aust Vic Inc. 42 Bridge Street, West Benalla Vic 3672

12 months from 1st July 2016 – 30

th June 2017 Individual $40 Family $60

I enclose my

o Cheque

o Money Order Payable to Christian Motorcyclists Association of Australia (Victoria) Inc.

OR

o I have made a Direct Deposit Payment with my name in the ‘Comments’ section

BSB 633 000 Account 127403079