By CHRIS Pilgrim
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2020 all of us ! The global and local disruption to our lives that took place and largely continues today has changed our world . A verse comes to mind , 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ( NIV ), “ Rejoice always , pray continually , give thanks in all circumstances ; for this is God ' s will for you in Christ Jesus .” Despite all that we have experienced , our faith is in God , not man . While many of our plans and events for the year were canceled , there is still much to be joyful for .
In my home state Queensland , our membership grew and we had the largest turnout for our annual general meeting ever !
Some of our Southeast Queensland members took to the road to visit other chapters throughout our state to encourage them and be open to divine appointments along the way .
There are a couple of biker churches our members support . Our Chaplains , Danny and Suzie , traveled up to Bundaberg for a special event they were holding . During some time out from the main group , they befriended a fellow who they took along to the service , and he is now walking with Jesus .
Some of our Sunshine Coast chapter members went to a secular rally and had a tent for people to chat , get a drink , etc ., and through this one attendee came to Christ .
In Brisbane , we held our first ADV ride and plan to hold more to reach out to people in this segment of motorcycling . New South Wales put a lot of effort into holding our National Run , which due to COVID , had to be canceled . Instead , they sold a “ No Show Rally ” badge . The funds raised were donated between the Catlina Resort ( where our rally was to be held ), so they could continue to provide holidays for the disabled , and also some went to our National Bikes for Pastors program . Victoria suffered greatly with lockdowns during 2020 , and most rides , rallies , or other events had to be abandoned . They administer our Bikes for Pastors program . In the past year , we have donated the following bikes - Cambodia ( 1 ), Bangladesh ( 2 ), and as I write in Feb 2021 , about to donate a bike to Nepal . The total number of bikes we have donated over the years is 42 .
South Australia took to Zoom to hold regular committee meetings as a way to keep encouraging each other . While some regular rallies were canceled , some rides were possible in the back half of the year .
South Australia and New South Wales took an opportunity for a halfway meet at Broken Hill ( 500km from Adelaide in SA , 1100km from Sydney NSW ).
Tasmania , our island state , with the exception of a couple of months , was able to continue their regular activities and rides , including the MRA Toy Run .
Western Australia , with their border closed to the rest of the country for most of the year , only had a month or so where activities were suspended , after which most planned rides went ahead .
We had five people complete International Member Training . CMA
Chris Pilgrim serves as National Coordinator of CMA Australia .
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