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CMA Annual Day of Prayer

By Wally Wersching

On Sunday, March 5th, I rode “Miss Vickie” south to the city of Gaffney in South Carolina. It was a beautiful afternoon with a brisk breeze, and sunny skies. I stopped at the Cherokee County Veterans Park. I was the only one there. I walked around to enjoy the moment; it is such a beautiful place. The Veteran’s Park is a sacred place where veterans are honored for their service. The park was dedicated in November of 2010, and has monoliths with names of veterans. There is a very moving bronze statue called the “Fallen Soldier Battle Cross” on one end, and a stone statue of an eagle on the other end with a quotation from Theodore Roosevelt. Too many people had to die for us to enjoy our freedom, and this park remembers some of them.

There are names in some of the bricks on the walkway around the park remembering a friend or family member. Reading them makes it a very personal moment.

Next to the park is a little war museum. It’s not open very much. It’s manned by volunteers. It’s nice inside, and the grounds around it are full of military vehicles. There's a huge helicopter next to the fence.

I really enjoy visiting the park but this time, I had another reason for being there. The local chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) – “The Warriors for Christ” was having their annual “Day of Prayer” at 2:00PM at the park. The CMA is an international Christian, interdenominational, non-profit organization established in 1975 dedicated to reaching people for Christ on the highways. Every year on the first Sunday in March, they hold a world-wide “Day of Prayer” where members take time to gather together and pray.

Other bikers started arriving at about 1:30PM. Most were CMA members but there were bikers from other biker ministries along with bikers like me who don’t belong to any group.

Then at about 2:00PM, “Crawdad” (the president of the chapter) invited us to get in a circle on the Veterans Monument around the center flagpole to pray. Everybody held hands, and each person in turn said a prayer for something special to them. Many just thanked God for what they had, and a beautiful day to enjoy it.

Their goal is to spread the word, and increase the group size every year, but this year’s was smaller than last year’s. Next year, mark your calendars for the first Sunday in March. We’ll meet again at the veteran’s park about 2:00PM. See you there!

Afterwards, they were going on a ride for ice cream. I didn’t go with them. I headed home, but before they left, I gave many of them some copies of Carolina Chrome Magazine.

Go to: www.cmausa.org for more info about the CMA.

Go to: cmaser6.org/SC/Warriorsforchrist for info about the chapter.