Category Archives: Mountain biking

church family, church farm, cycling, Mountain biking

Being sponsored to ride your bike

There are millions of causes to give to here in the USA. And people have a lot of charities to pick from.

That is one of the greatest things about the United States of America. People love to give to something that is worthy and a good cause.

The Bike + Farm = Food fund raiser has obiviously been deemed a worthy and good cause based on the response from people who are sponsoring Thomas and I to ride our mountain bikes in this weekends Whiskey Off Road Mountain Bike Endurance Race.

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I think for me one of the most exciting things about this event besides riding with 700  other mountain bikers as well as  the challenge, is something that happened to me this past Sunday.

A young man by the name of Anden came up to me and said he wanted to sponsor me a $1.00 per mile . I was stunned  but was quick to take  him up on it.

With this young mans backing, I will certainly have more motivation to keep peddling and keep climbing the entire 50 miles.

Here are a couple of pictures of one of my favorite supporters.

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Thank you Mr. Anden Scheffert for the amazing donation to help us with Church Farm this weekend. Because of you, the Church Farm gets a pump for the well.

My theme for the Whiskey this weekend is the following scripture.

“The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
       and will strengthen your frame.” Isaiah 58:11

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church farm, cycling, Mountain biking, Prescott

THE WHISKEY

I am really looking forward to this years Whiskey Off Road Mountain Bike Endurance Race here in Prescott Arizona.

Every year is different and every year seems to get bigger and better.

It’s not just about bikes and the race, It is about meeting some really great people.

If you get a chance, come to see the 700 plus mountain bikers take off from the start in historic down town Prescott this Saturday 4/25 at 8:00 am

This year Thomas and I will be riding for “TEAM CHURCH FARM” to raise the needed funds to fix the well on the church property. ( we have raised 1100.00 in pledges thus far)

For info. on the Whiskey go to www.epicrides.com

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church farm, Mountain biking

BIKE FOR FOOD FUNDRAISER

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I am really excited about  a great opportunity we have to raise the needed funds for church farm in the next few weeks. On Saturday April 25th Thomas our farm manager and I will ride our bikes 50+ miles on the Whiskey Off Road Mountain Bike Endurance Race to raise money for Church Farm.

http://www.epicrides.com/

As many of you know, we need to repair our well at the church and the cost to do that is approximately 1000.00 for a new pump.

If you would like to sponsor Thomas and I per mile to help us fix our well please contact me via email @lummer701@aol.com or send your contribution to:

Pastor Steve Lummer

Prescott First Assembly of God

1455 Willow Creek Road

Prescott Az. 86305

Please make your check payable to Prescott First Assembly.

You gift is tax deductible.

Thank you

Prescott church farm.

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Mountain biking, Prescott

Mountain Bike Ride/Good bye Jack Snack

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Many of you know that Jack and Kathryn McCormack are moving to Hawaii.
We wanted to at least say good bye and tell Jack how sad we are for him having to live in such terrible conditions.

Here is the plan.

Meet at Granite Basin Road and Iron Springs at 3:00 for a ride through the pines and over the 332 to Granite basin then down the road to the cars.

We will then meet at the Hong Buffet at 5:00 for a good bye Jack snack.
The Hong Kong buffet is around $9.00 per person.

If you need info. Feel free to call me 710-0750

Hong Kong Buffet
(928) 708-1680
520 Miller Valley Rd, Prescott, AZ 86301

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cycling, Ministry, Mountain biking

BIKE FOR THE LIGHT GOES TO SEDONA

Saturday we had the opportunity to take Johnny Kelley mountain biking in on of the most beautiful places on the planet.

Sedona was just the perfect  place to let a “roadie” enjoy some red rocks and dirt.

We did about 18 miles and really road some trails that I had never done before.

Johnny is a natural at mountain biking even if he is used to road stuff only.

His Bike For The Light Tour is a speed the light missions endeavor to raise money for missions around the world.

http://www.bikeforthelight.com/

Also here is a youtube video from our day.

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=67892828584&h=yvcWW&u=BKUjC

I thought it would be great to get him off the road and man was I right. He did fantastic!

Here are some of the pics of our day.

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Johnny did a great job and a great message was brought to the church today…His message was “make a difference of make a change.”

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Mountain biking, Prescott

Following Willow Creek in January

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This afternoon one of the college students from our church and I decided to get a short mountain bike ride in while it was still warm enough.

Chase is going to school in Santa Cruz California and when he is in town we try to get in some time on the saddle.

The great thing about Prescott is that the creeks seem to flow for months after a good snow… So that  makes for real fun crossing them as you follow the miles of single track the Prescott National Forest offers.

This single track follows Willow Creek and is one of my absolute favorites places to ride.

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Willow Creek has got some really cold water …. Flagstaff kinda cold!

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Chase has my old Trek hard tail  I brought to Arzona from Missouri. He is really learning to handle it.

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I think mountain biking with friends is more that just riding a bike. Its more like a new adventure and a  gift of inspiration each time you get out.

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NICE JAVALINAS!

Here was my company this afternoon on my mountain bike ride.

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This afternoon I took a short but strong ride throug the forest to the south of where we live.

About 2/3rds of the way through the 1 1/2 hour mountain bike ride I could see about a dozen Javalinas right in the middle of the single track about 50 yards in front of me.

I have a bike bell on my handle bars for such occasions.  As I began to ring the bell I could see the creatures scatter to the left and to the right..

These guys were not going to get aggressive and I road right through them.

Kind of cool to see the babies running right behind thier moms …Man, those guys can really move too!

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FASTING, Ministry, Mountain biking

GOD AND YOUR BOD

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This morning nine of us road our mountain bikes up some of the steepest climbs I have ever done here in Prescott.

After it was all said and done my watch told me I had been 4 hours on my bike and my calorie counter told me that I had burned 2905 calories  on the epic ride.

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After getting home it was really key to replintish the well.

You have a physical well of limited energy that you have been drawing from this week. Have you been doing anything to ‘replenish’ the well? As I study, lead, write, have meetings, spend time with family and friends, exercise … I am expending my limited energy resources. I have to remind myself all the time that God designed me in such a way that I am responsible for replenishing this well. I have lost count of the times I have ‘gone to the well once too often’ without re-supplying it and have come up completely dry and have got myself in real physical trouble.

The most critical, yet easy to do, rituals that can replenish our physical wells are:

Eat a healthy breakfast EVERY SINGLE day.

Eat something healthy & life giving every 3-4 hours.

Have a set time of exercise each day.

Stop every 90 minutes of your work day, no matter what you are doing, and take a short break… break for your brain, emotions, and body. Don’t keep the ‘pedal’ pressed all the way to the floor, without a break

Get 7-8 hours of sleep every day.

Are you paying attention to your physical well? What do you need to begin to do to replenish your energy resources each day, so that you can live with more vitality and vision.

A great resource to check how many calories you burn up during exercise is found at the link below called healthdiscovery.net

http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

 

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