On the road in Europe

Lowlands and Ukraine members on the road in Poland


New members in The Netherlands


Congratulations GSCMC Lowlands


Dutch, Irish and German brothers


UK members run



Irish and German chapters in Finland


Lithuanian Prospects visit South Wales



Euro gathering in Finland

Euro Run July, 2011

God's Squad chapters from the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Ireland and Ukraine gathered together at their Euro Run hosted by the German Chapter. Associates also travelled from Netherlands and Lithuania with guests from Poland and Italy also sharing in the weekend's events along with club founder, John Smith traveling in from Australia.

Congratulations go to Chris and Kimi who received colours from their respective Chapters, Germany and Finland. Big congrats also to Psycho who received Life Member status after 15 years of dedicated service in the UK and Ireland Pilgrim Chapters.

More pictures will follow in the coming days ....



Scandinavian brothers heading south to Germany.

Location:Karlsbad, Germany

2010 INTERNATIONAL RUN SNAPSHOTS

From Finland in the North and Australia in South . . . gathering at the Manchester HQ

The Ukraine Chapter spent several days on the road from the east ....

... and from the West our Pilgrim Chapter in Ireland

Congrats UK Terry on 10 years Membership

On The Road - Ukraine to Lithuania

Several brothers from our Ukraine Chapter made the road trip last weekend to Lithuania to catch up with some friends of the club there - here's a few snapshots....

Ukraine Celebrations

Welcome to new Ukraine Prospects: Roman, Vanya and Bogdan

Euro Run - Ukraine Celebrations

The first Ukraine colours were granted at the recent Euro Run after five years of committed foundational work.

(L-R) Vova, (Ukraine Assoc) , Pasha (Ukraine), Kay (Germany), Max (Ukraine). Kai (Finland)


Helmut (Germany), Pasha, Martin (UK)


The long ride from Ukraine to Finland and back was well worth it!

Euro Run 2009

GSCMC Finland hosted the 2009 Euro Run.
Representation from UK, Pilgrim, Norway, Ukraine, Germany and Netherlands joined with the Finnish Chapter for what was a significant weekend. Congratulations to Tom from Norway on receiving colours and the Ukranian brothers on their new status, who made the long ride.

Selected photos will follow in the coming days.

On The Road - Ukraine Part 2

CARE FOR THE MARGINALIZED

One of the great things about being on the road is you meet new people and you get to know existing mates so much better.

God's Squad has a tradition of having members and those closely associated with the club involved in work among many on the margins of society - in Australia, much of this is formalized and encompassed by an organization called Concern Australia. Through this long established movement, programmes have been working with street kids, persistent young offenders, in schools, jails and been a consistent voice for the poor and oppressed.

(Bogdan far left & his wife Anya, far right)

Whilst in Ukraine it's comforting to be among those within our God's Squad community and experience that same care for the marginalized; different country and language but the same motives. Bogdan and Anya have two small children and are based in Kiev. They share their home with between 12 and 17 teenagers who come to live with them and be part of their family when their time at orphanages expires at age 16. Whilst in Bogdan and Anya's family they get help with running a home, getting into college and finding work. Many too work through very complex and traumatic issues from their early years. It's a truly special place - the peace and love of God is evident and very real in this busy family home. This time it was great to return and see how some them have progressed and grown in confidence and faith.

AROUND THE WORLD ON A PANHEAD . . . yup you read it right.



Whilst in Odessa we bumped into Doug. Doug is from Alabama and rides a '62 rigid panhead and he's taking it around the world. It's his second circumnavigation - the first time was on an Indian, (it's far too easy on a BMW apparently.) Anyway, we had a great time in his company sharing stories and he went on up to Bogdan and Anya's to share their offer of hospitality before travelling on to Moscow. If you're interested you can check out his travelsHERE and his reflection on that part of his journey in the forum.


Alabama Doug

(Top group photo courtesy of Doug's travel blog)

On The Road - Ukraine Part 1

It was great to get a few days on the road with the Ukrainian brothers, (17-21 June). Having met up at Bogdan and Anya's place in Kiev, (where they give shelter and care to a dozen teenagers as well as their own two children), we headed 500km south to Odessa to one of Ukraine's larger biking events.
Many still ride the old Russian built bikes, although even in the last few years Jap machines are becoming more evident but it's still very much an emerging culture. The bikes may be a little different, but the cause and the mission remain the same as was evident with generous and warm hospitality shown to all in their company. Cheers guys. . . . I'll post some more stuff in a few days including a link to guy riding around the world on a 1962 Rigid Panhead . . . . .
Sean

Pasha, Sergey, Vanya, Misha, Vova, Bogdan, Oleksey, Anya, Max & Roman

Roman on Bogdan's Bike

Vanya

Bogdan - on Roman's Bike

Pasha

Misha

Oleksey & Anya on Sergey's Bike

Max - Ukraine, Prospect