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It’s Time For The 2023 National Rally – Maryville, TN

Here are a couple of updates

2023 Azusa StreetRiders National Rally Update: First and foremost, everyone be safe on the ride to National’s!

1. Anyone planning to sign up at the door for the meal plan that has not yet done so please just let us know now we need an accurate headcount by Saturday. We want to make accommodations for everyone.
2. All those planning to attend Wednesday nights midweek service here at FAC please park around the circle in front of the church hopefully we’ll have enough faith to get a nice picture.
3. Any rider that has a PackTalk COM system and would like to link in please bring your helmet and your PackTalk unit to Wednesday nights meet and greet so we can get everything linked up and not have to deal with it on Thursday morning.
4. A reminder that Global Grounds World Missions coffee shop will be open 8 o’clock both Thursday and Friday for the convenience of our Azusa StreetRiders Ministry. The coffee shop in usually not opened in the mornings during the week.
All workers in the coffee shop are volunteers and 100% a profit go towards missionaries around the world. Not everybody is aware that FAC Maryville support not only ALJC missionaries but also UPCI and other apostolic missionaries throughout the world. Keep that in mind and please help support this ministry.

5. Please go ahead print and fill out the Ride Waver from the Azusa StreetRider web page and bring it with you this will help cut out time at the registration desk or the meet & greet.

A another couple of last-minute changes here first off brother Mark Condon is it going to be unable to attend this year’s national rally unfortunately, something came up and he had to change his schedule here at the last minute we’re certainly going to miss his worship. However, FAC has agreed to provide their praise singers for both Thursday and Friday night.
In addition, after looking at the cost for the main church to bring in the cleaning crew Thursday and Friday, and also to hire the tech crew to come in in order to stream do the media and everything that is involved the cost was more than we wanted to pay. Therefore we’re moving the service to the youth sanctuary which I was at this morning and it is extremely nice and very high tech. So we will streamline the service and they have a complete media team at our disposal along with a led backdrop there on the platform so everything should be extremely nice.
Let’s Have a Great Rally, looking forward to seeing all of you here.


Meal Plan and Registration are now on the Azusa StreetRiders website under Events.
Please sign up today so we can start getting a count for this years National Rally in the Motorcycle Riding  Capital East of the Mississippi, Maryville, TN.

In addition Bro Tom Harding UPCI Global Missions Coordinator will be opening this years Mission Service with the Key Note Introduction followed by none other than Bro Peter Gray the Latin America/Caribbean Field Supervisor for the ALJC World Missions Department.
Bro Bruce Howell has been requested  by Bro David K Bernard to be in the Philippines for a special service therefor Bro Howell has requested requested to be rescheduled to speak at one of our National Rally’s at a future date.


Azusa StreetRiders have a great lineup for the 2023 National Rally:
Bro Kenneth Carpenter, Bro Bruce Howell & Bro Mark Condon – Invite a friend !

Wednesday, August 2nd:

Midweek service followed by food and fellowship in the FAC Pavilion Center at the rear of the church.

It was asked which host hotel we will be gathering at Thursday and Friday morning on our way out of town. We are actually going to meet at the church both of those mornings and of course on Saturday for our business meeting. The church is probably only 10 minutes from both host hotels, and from Alcoa, Maryville in the surrounding areas.
We have a state of the art coffee shop located on the south side of the building of which the church will open for an hour or so for our benefit both those mornings. As our tradition has always been, we will serve coffee and donuts before and during our business meeting.
Thursday, August 3rd:
“Tail of the Dragon” & “Cherohala Skyway”

Lunch will be served

  • Thursday’s Ride

Motorcycles for Missionaries Service:
Speaker Bro Peter Grey

Thursday Night Missions Service:
Bro Peter Gray
Latin America/Caribbean Field Supervisor for the
ALJC World Missions Department
Dinner served at the FAC Pavilion Center

Friday, August 5th:
Destination TBA at this time
Lunch will be served

Azusa StreetRiders Motorcycle Ministry Friday Night Evangelistic Speaker:

Pastor Kenny Carpenter

Friday Night  Evangelistic Service:
Pastor Kenny Carpenter –
ALJC General Superintendent & FAC Pastor  Maryville, TN

Dinner served at the FAC Pavilion Center

Saturday, August 6th:

Azusa StreetRiders annual members meeting
Lunch immediately following

Afternoon ride

We have two hotels that we’ll be using in the Alcoa/Maryville area for the nationals:


Fairfield Inn & Suites Knoxville Alcoa
1865 Pauling Street, Alcoa, TN 37701
Ph: (865) 409 5950
King / Double Queen – $119.00
Breakfast Included
Call the hotel and mention the Azusa StreetRiders event. FYI This hotel is brand new !


Holiday Inn Express & Suites Alcoa (Knoxville Airport)
130 Associates Blvd, Alcoa, TN 37701
Phone: (865) 981-9008
King / Double Queen – $119.00
Breakfast Included
Call the hotel and mention the Azusa StreetRiders event.

Meal Plan and Registration are now on the Azusa StreetRiders website under Events. 
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Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson served as President of Azusa StreetRiders International from 2017-2023 and National Secretary from 2010 - 2016 and has been an active member since 2008.

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