UMMA-Life Behind Bars: Taking the Church outside the 4 walls as we travel a Million Miles for Christ

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When Eddie and Patty Gill visited Maryland in July of 2017, I met them to escort them to their campsite.  We first had to stop so that he could gas up the Jesus bus. While gasing up at the Wawa in Frederick, MD, Eddie (UMMA) and myself struck up a conversation with Dwayne.  We ended up blessing his bike and praying with him right there by the gas pumps.  We then invited him to church Sunday and a ride after and guess who showed up?  He said he loved hanging out with us and said no one ever invited him to anything like this before.  YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!  Please be bold and step out of your comfort zone. Share the love of Jesus with others. You never know whose life you may touch and make a difference in. Duane has since been a regular attendee of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and is now a member of UMMA in Maryland.  He has participated in numerous rides representing UMMA and their mission for a Million Miles for Christ.  Pr...

Hi my name is Ben Harrison.  My wife, Kris, and I live in central Wisconsin.   We rode ‘BC’ (Before Children) and took it up again in 2001.   Since then we have ridden over 70,000 miles on a variety of motorcycles, our current bike is a 2015 Goldwing.   When we are traveling on vacation we take our dog with us.   Although not a large dog she is no pocket pooch either, a 20” tall and 40lbs Goldendoodle named Dixie.   She rides in a trailer that we modified for her. During this time we started a local riders group called “Riders in Faith” that draws riders from over 100 mile radius but I kept looking for a larger Christian-based group that we were comfortable joining and eventually Google found the UMMA.   Through this organization we met Eddie and Patty Gill and our lives have never been the same, and that is a great thing.   They came to visit our group in 2016 and we look forward to every chance we get to see them again.  

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It started out on a "Horse" and ended up on a "Hog"     Eddie and Patty met in 2003 at Christ United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Christ Church was holding a divorce workshop. Eddie and Patty had recently been through horrible divorces.  Both had been married for 16 years when their paths crossed at the church. Spending the weekend together at the workshop, they became friends. Neither one expecting to develop a lasting relationship. But as it grew week after week, they found their love of  Christ, newly found church, and relationship growing ever stronger.    Eddie was a self made entrepreneur in the landscape business. Patty was a young vibrant successful pharmaceutical sales representative.  They had both come to a crossroad in life no one could imagine. Patty started having double vision while working.  Then her left foot began to drop. The doctors were slow to diagnose her illness.  Finally...

Allen and myself meet every Saturday Morning at the Urbana McDonalds at 7 am for fellowship, Bible Study, Discipling each other, Prayer, and to hold each other accountable in our walk with the Lord.  one Saturday in June, we decided we needed to take it to the streets and see if there are those in the community that need ministering or witnessing to....or needed to just feel the love of Jesus.  We grabbed a case of water and headed out to the band shell at Baker Park. We set ourselves up at the top of the the seating section and Allen noticed a young man sitting in the seats below.  Allen told him we had some water and that  if he needed any water he could have some, so he came up and asked if he could have 2 bottles.  He graciously took the water and I said to him, "I have something else I want to give you."  I put a marble in his hand and told him that whenever he felt the marble in his pocket or saw it laying wherever he may put it, to use it as a remind...

I felt moved to write this on behalf of the United Methodist Motorcycle Association (UMMA) and it’s founders, Eddie and Patty Gill, and their magnificent ministry.  I was formerly a member of another prominent motorcycle ministry but became disenchanted because I felt something was missing.  It seemed the focus was not on ministry. I eventually left that organization, on good terms I might add, and began to minister on my own with my motorcycle, talking to anyone I came across….mostly in parking lots. During that time, I became a certified lay minister in the United Methodist Church and the motorcycle ministry just felt like a very good fit between the two.  I felt a strong call to reach out to those in the community or the unchurched and the motorcycle afforded me a tool to do that.  I then came across the UMMA website and felt an immediate connection.  Their mission is to “Take the church out of the 4 walls” and meet people where they are….taking the church t...