It seems like a lot of my encounters have something to do with bicycles.  The kids can tear up a bike almost quicker than I can fix them and somehow they assume they come with a lifetime /100,000 mile warranty. 

Anyway, the other night after dinner with the Youthworks teens and leading the youth worship service, I headed home to relax.  I was met by Dean saying, "I was looking for you."  Dean is a neighbor who is an ex- gang banger who has a bullet lodged in his spine.  He is trying to rehab his body by riding his bike and helping people while he gets better.  He is hoping to get into an I-T training school.  Dean had another man with who Dean wanted to see if I had a bike to give him.  This other man was jumped and beat up last week and his back pack was stolen with his medicine in it.  Dean has been helping him try to get his medicine replaced and try to get some disability assistance.  A friend of mine, Brent had just given me a bike that was in decent shape.  We put air in the tires and after chatting about God for a half hour or so, they were on their way.

It seems that the opportunity to help people always comes at times when you least expect it and often at an inconvenient time.  I am glad to be in a position to help.

Bike Repair continues in Prescott!

Here is a video of the youth repairing bikes at bike club.

Bike Club started today!

  Bike Club First Day!  10 students on a day off school.  Hopefully more next week!  Nothing like bicycles to teach repair skills and confidence and have fun doing it!

New Bike Club Class starts Feb 1st.

We are starting a new FreeWheels class right in the middle of KCK!  FreeWheels for Kids gives youth 12 and up the chance to earn their own bike, learn repair skills and learn leadership skills through community service.  For a little more info, check out http://freewheelsforkids.blogspot.com/.

The class starts February 1st at Grandview Presbyterian Church, 1613 Wilson Boulevard.  Please give the attached information to any and all families you think might be interested in this opportunity for kids 12 and up!  Forms should be filled out and returned to me or dropped off at the church no later than January 25th. Thank you!

Class will be from 3:00 - 5:30

Here are the 2 forms each student will need:

Ride Participation Form

FreeWheels Sign Up Form

Announcement

Our new Bike Club Class will start Feb 1st!  

It is for kids 6-12th grade and will be Wednesdays from 3:00 until 5:30.   

Details soon.

Finally!

Pedals in Prescott is teaming up with FreeWheels For Kids and starting a new Program starting the middle of January.  We are excited and will get details out soon!

Great biking opportunity for kids and volunteers!

Check out a program a friend of mine is starting!            ->  freewheels website

 

FreeWheels for Kids: Give-a-Bike, Earn-a-Bike, Ride-a-Bike!

Bike Repair Clinic a big success!

Great turn out for the Bicycle repair clinic.  We gave away over 20 bikes and fixed many neighborhood kids bikes.  It was a great time to help and interact with everyone.  I think we will have to do this again!

Bike Repair Clinic Pics.

More Pics.

Bicycles in the Philippines

Saw these guys riding around in Manila.  We need to build a bike with a sidecar.

Biking Weather

Now that the weather is getting better, we have been able to actually ride our bikes.  We ride, stop at playgrounds, stores, or whatever.  We still have a lot of bikes that need fixing, so we will be putting them together.  We are also looking at doing a neighborhood bike repair event this spring.

Bike Club in the Snow.

Had a fairly chaotic day at bike club.  After a short devotion, we started working on some bikes and were back and forth to my house getting tools and parts as the snow fell.  I'm sure the neighbors and the cop sitting on the corner were wondering what was going on.

First meeting

Our first meeting went well.  We had 5 young men show up.  We talked about what we were going to do and then cleaned out a room in the church that will be our meeting place.  Then we looked at some of the bikes that were donated.  "Dibs."  "That one is mine."  They each picked out a bike to rebuild.  We will start on that next week.

We are changing the time to 3:00 to 5:00 for now until it gets warmer.

A great start.  I know we will have a larger turnout next week.  Thanks for your prayers.

Lee

Bike Club Starts Tomorrow!

Pedals in Prescott starts tomorrow at 2:00 pm at Grandview Park Church.  

We still meet even if school doesn't.

See you tomorrow!

OK, Pedals in Prescott Kick Off is January 12th!

Our first bicycle club meeting will be January 12th at 2:00 at Grandview Park Church (Wilson Blvd. and 17th Street).  We will see who shows up and discuss our plans and brainstorm what the youth want to make of this.


I already have about a dozen bikes donated that we can fix up.  We are excited to get some youth activities going in our neighborhood.

We will start in January

I'm still working on details of getting our bike club up and going.  Randy (Grandview Park's youth pastor) and I will be meeting to figure out how best to use the space at the church and how best to work together to reach the youth.  I have a number of bikes that have been donated, but need to get my truck running.  Stay tuned....

BMX Track in our Community

What if we rallied together?  Could we get a BMX track in KCK?

ABA BMX Site

Coming soon..

I am getting a lot of the groundwork done on this.  The space we are looking at using is at Grandview Park Church.  The plan has to be approved by the church leadership.  They meet on Nov 20.  I'll let you know when we will start.

If you have any bikes that you could donate, let me know.

Lee