[enjoyLIFErides] Special Interest Ride / Meeting Invite

[Enjoyliferides at yunx.com]

Just wanted to let everyone know of a ride and meeting I'm helping organize 
for this Saturday here in NJ and then PA.  It is what I call a "special 
interest" ride because it will certainly not appeal to everyone.  However, I 
know some of you would like to do something like this so I'm posting it.

This Saturday, 4/9/05, I'm going to lead whomever wants to join me to 
Catasauqua, PA for a men's prayer and praise breakfast (sorry ladies!).  Not 
normally something I would post about here, but the guest speaker is my 
Pastor and he is a real great guy who I think most would enjoy hearing... 
It won't be boring, that I can promise you.  As most of you know, I've been 
a youth leader under his direction for around 14 years.

I will be leaving at 6:00 AM (eehgads!) from the Ridgeway Campus of The Life 
Christian Church - also known as the former Augustinian Catholic Monastery 
in West Orange, NJ which is located at:

St. Cloud Area of Town
55 Ridgeway Avenue
West Orange, NJ  07052
(973) 731-7744 for directions or http://tlcc.org/Directions.htm.  See the 
second half of the page.

If it is raining, I will be at the address above in my car and would be 
willing to carpool with anyone who wants to come.  We will ride via a rather 
direct route to the meeting which will take place from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 
at:

Our Father's House
706 Bath Avenue
Catasauqua, PA  18032
(610) 231-9537

If you want, simply meet us there.  It's not a Biker's Men's meeting so feel 
free to cage it if you want and/or if it rains.  It is a free meeting with a 
light breakfast being served.  They will probably take some sort of 
offering.

Afterwards, I plan on heading back to NJ via Route 78 East and stopping at 
the Clinton Station Diner for that huge burger I've been craving.  This is 
the place I keep talking about that serves 1, 2, 3, and 7 lb. burgers as 
well as plenty of other good stuff.  Apparently, I will have repent of the 
sin of gluttony while at the men's meeting <grin>.

After lunch, if time allows, I plan on taking the scenic route back to 
Northern, NJ.  Probably via 513 North.  Please join me!!!

Hope anyone who wants to attend can join us!  I have a flyer (electronic) 
that I can send out to anyone interested as well.  See below my sig for a 
bio on the guest speaker.  Just as a disclaimer, I'm not trying to do any 
type of evangelism tactic stuff by trying to organize this.  It is simply an 
invite with no strings attached.

Joe in Northern, NJ
V#8013 '86 VN750

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*** START BRIEF BIO ***

Terry A. Smith is Senior Pastor of The Life Christian Church in West Orange 
, New Jersey . Since his arrival at the church in 1991, this dynamic, 
multi-cultural non-denominational church has experienced significant growth 
and impact in the community. Under his leadership, the church has moved from 
small rental spaces and developed a unique and contemporary worship center 
to accommodate its growing congregation. Led by Pastor Smith's vision and 
mission of being a culturally relevant ministry, The Life Christian Church 
is now planning to build new facilities on Northfield Avenue in West Orange.

As a younger man, Pastor Smith traveled around the U.S. and to other nations 
building youth ministries, and holding crusades at high schools and colleges 
about critical issues facing those age groups. He also spoke at hundreds of 
churches. Ordained in 1985, Pastor Smith is a talented speaker and teacher. 
He speaks nationally and internationally at pastoral and leadership 
conferences and seminars.

Some of the places where he has spoken relatively recently are the Salomon 
Smith Barney Institute; The Word and Spirit Conference at Christ Church in 
Nashville, Tennessee ; The Tabernacle in Buffalo, New York ; The First 
Cathedral in Bloomfield, Connecticut ; and Bogota, Columbia for city-wide 
Pastors and Leaders Conferences at the invitation of the Evangelical 
Pastor's Association of Bogota.

Pastor Terry serves on the General Council of Churches United in Global 
Mission, an interdenominational group of noteworthy churches, the Board of 
Directors of Concerts of Prayer of Greater New York, and on the Advisory 
Council of Citivision. He has also served and continues to serve in various 
civic roles in West Orange , including the Municipal Alliance, Government 
Reform Study Committee, Public Relations Commission, Weed and Seed Alliance 
and Rotary Club.

For pleasure, Pastor Terry enjoys spending time with his family.  Other 
interests are playing basketball and reading.

Pastor Smith has a B.S. in Organizational Management/Church Studies and is 
presently a matriculant in a Masters of Organizational Leadership program. 
Terry and Sharon, his wife of 21 years, have three children: Sumerr, age 17, 
Caleb, 15, and Christian, 11.