CHRISTIAN TRAIL RIDERS FELLOWSHIP
NEWSLETTER
Hello everyone….You may want to keep this one handy cause it’s got lots of dates of what’s coming up in 2009.
It’s been 2 months since we have sent out a newsletter so first we will catch you up on the last four gatherings. Race-day on Dec 7th at Portland Meadows was a blast. Twelve of us met up at Taco Time for lunch and then car-pooled over to the track. We watched 4 or 5 races…lost a couple of bucks (I think John even won $1) and spent some time with Sonja.
We got together just after Christmas (the 28th) and had a great time doing a small auction/fundraiser. Twenty-four people came for some great food & fellowship and Mike K. got some discussion going from some bible reading. The auction made $267.50. Yee Ha!!! Thanks to everyone for bringing food and auction items and bidding on them.
On Jan. 10th some of us met at Doug’s to talk about fund raising for Uganda. Bernie and Lois, who help with Gospel Messenger’s, were there to show us pictures from Bernie’s trip there in early Dec. and update us on the current conditions and needs. We were able
to make contact, through Bernie, with Jackline (the 12 year old girl that CTRF sponsors). He took her one of our CTRF shirts, a cowboy bible, some pictures, one of our flyers and a short letter from us. Time got away from us and we weren’t able to talk much about fundraising ideas so it got tabled for a bit.
January 25th meeting was set aside for planning 2009 events. Remember – regular scheduled rides on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month start in March. Eight of us joined in going thru the calendar and this is what we came up with…
*Sun. Feb. 8th 4pm till ???– Prayer and Fasting at Doug P’s. After talking more about CTRF involvement with helping in Uganda it was clear that we needed to spend some time focusing on what God wants. We have set aside some additional time to meet at Doug’s again. This time we will be meeting anytime after 4pm on Sunday, Feb. 8th. There will be no meal. We want to fast and pray throughout the evening. Please come and join us if you can…for 1 hour or longer if you like. How ever the Lord is directing you. Doug’s address is 17639 Hwy 211 Molalla. His phone number is 503-799-6201.
*Sun. Feb. 22nd 5:30pm – 8:30pm – regular scheduled CTRF PPPP (pot-luck, prayer, praise and planning meeting). Colton Fire Station.
*Sat. Feb. 28th
8am till ??? – all day. CTRF booth/table at the OET State Round
Up at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds in McMinnville. Gemma, John and
possibly Doug will be manning the booth. If you can help call Gemma at
503-307-1484 even if it's just to give us a break during the day. They ask for
an item to donate to the raffle.
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*Sat. March 14th at 10am – First regular scheduled ride of the 2009 season. McIver State Park in Estacada. Foot in the stirrup at 10am. Level 1-2 ride.
*Sat. March 21st – 8am – 1pm. CTRF booth/table at the Canby Tack Sale. Clackamas County Fair Grounds in Canby. Judy plans to set up and stay. She could use some help. Call her at 503-630-5846. We also plan to display some used tack for sale. Any donations are gladly accepted. $ will be used for misc. operations or missions. Please be sure all tack is clean and useable. Call Judy for pick up or drop off. Judy is looking in to cost and registration.
*Sat. March 28th at 10am – regular scheduled ride. Mission State Park – just north of Salem off I5. Will post directions next newsletter. Level 1 ride – easy…good for kids and greener horses (or just a horse that hasn’t been ridden much through the winter J).
* Sun. March 29th –
regular CTRF PPPP meeting.
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*Sat. April 11th – regular scheduled
ride. Hopkins Demonstration Forest. Off Spangler Rd. between Hwy 213
and Beavercreek Rd. Will post directions in March newsletter. Gemma will be
trail-boss. Ride starts at 10am. Bring a sack lunch if you wish to visit after
the ride. Level 2-3. Some water crossing and climbing – may be slippery.
*Sat. April 18th 9:30am to 4:30pm – CTRF booth/table at the Sportsman Show at the Molalla Nazarene Church. This has become an annual event for us and is especially fun for the kids as they have many activities such as a fishing pond, birdhouse building, dart throwing and demonstrations. We will be one of several local vendors. More details to come in future newsletters. If you can help contact Amy K. at 503-320-9633.
* Sat. April 25th – Regular scheduled ride. Elwood – 4.5 miles north of Colton off 211. We will post directions in April newsletter. Judy will show us the way.
*Sun. April 26th – regular PPPP meeting. 5:30pm at the Colton Fire Station.
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*May,
June, July, Aug., Sept., & Oct. regular scheduled rides on the 2nd
and 4th Saturdays of the month will be announced prior to the month
of the ride. All rides start at 10am and last approx. 2-3 hours.
*Fri.,
Sat., Sun. - May 29,30 & 31 Annual BayOcean House Pre-summer retreat. Bring
your horse to the beach! John and Gemma host this weekend…no charge – just
the cost of getting there and food to eat. Contact Gemma if you plan to come.
503-307-1484. More info will be in future newsletters. We will have our monthly
CTRF meeting there.
*Sun.
May 31st – no monthly PPPP meeting in Colton.
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*Fri.,
Sat., Sun. June 26, 27 & 28 (Dates to be confirmed) – Inner City Kids
weekend at Doug P’s. More info to come or
you can call Doug at 503-799-6201.
*Sun.
June 28th – 5:30pm - regular PPPP meeting at the Colton Fire
Station.
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*Sun. July 26th – 5:30pm – regular PPPP meeting at the Colton
Fire Station.
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*August Family camp - Dates
TBA – Quinn Meadows – 30 miles South
West of Bend in the 3 Sisters Wilderness. Contact Judy for more info
503-630-5846. So far we have about 10 people for sure that plan to go. More info
to come.
*Sun. Aug. 30th –
5:30pm – regular PPPP meeting.
*September Family camp – TBA.
We may still do a camp out closer to the area in Sept.
*Sat. Oct. 24th
– Last regular scheduled ride of the year. Location TBA
That’s
about it for 2009 – so mark you calendars…and see you on the trails.
Other items of interest:
Budget – After
expenses (web site, Jackline) and auction and misc. income we have $347.95 in
petty cash. There are no known expenses for the month other than needing to
donate an item for the OET booth. We will probably give a CTRF shirt and/or hat.
Doug shared some scripture and
led in a great discussion about being still before God and allowing Him to have
his way with us. I know this isn’t a very good paraphrase, but it really was
some good time of fellowship and worship. Dave W. will be sharing some insight
from scripture and God’s leading at the Feb. 22nd meeting.
The next regular CTRF PPPP
(Prayer, Praise, Planning, Pot-luck) meeting will be on Feb. 22nd at
the Colton Fire Station, 20987 S. Hwy 211 Colton, OR 97017. Potluck starts at
5:30pm. Hope some of you can make it.
Whatever
you do, work at it with all your heart,
as
working for the Lord,
not
for men,
since
you know that you will receive an inheritance
from
the Lord as a reward.
It
is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Newsletter
prepared by Gemma A. comments and corrections welcome
gemma@bayocean.com
503-307-1484