Fundraising 09

God is no doubt on the move in the motocross community. He has been working in tremendous ways the past six to seven months. God has done a lot through PanicREV in 08, including an amazing outreach at both the Mammoth and Dodge Nationals. New relationships were established, lives were touched, and numerous people got saved as a result of these two outreach ministries. Our Thursday night bible study, Relevant, has also seen a lot of growth both physically and spiritually; the same 30-40 faces show up every week pumped to hear about God and fellowship with each other. Lastly, our website has had a popular new addition in the last few months: a new monthly video that features interviews with Christian racers sharing what God has done in their lives. We are exciting about the new opportunities God has placed before us and continue to strive to do our best to meet these new challenges all while bring Him glory.

In 2009, we want to continue to expand the ministries in new and exciting ways. We hope to build on the outreach ministries to include more races; hopefully, this will also mean more opportunities to build relationships and touch people's lives for Christ. We really believe that investing in people through relationships is the best way to introduce them to Christ. Relevant, our Thursday night bible study in Corona, Ca, is also another great way that we invest in people. At Relevant, we are able to deepen our relationship Christ while growing closer to each other. In order to foster a atmosphere of fellowship, we are in need of a more comfortable space and more events. Of course, our most widespread method of outreach is the panicrev.org website. We our increasing the media content of our site in order to fulfill a gap in the industry; we aim to be the top Christian motocross media site. We should be launching our new website early in 09.

Of course, all of this growth will cost money. How much money? Roughly $50,000 to continue all the ministries we currently operate and to grow our ministries as previously mentioned for one year. This may sound like a lot of money, but if we can get 140 people to each pledge a monthly donation of $30, we can easily meet this goal. But you can't spare $30 a month? That is fine, every little bit helps and will help us fulfill the vision God has given us for the future. Please pray about pledging a monthly donation.

PanicRev Ministries is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all monetary donations are tax deductible.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

God Bless,
Scott Parkinson
President PanicRev Ministries

God is in Control!

This may be a few days late, but let me first say I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween. Here is a picture of my attempt to be festive.

There are a lot of things up in the air right now—a lot of unknowns. For example, how will our next president lead our nation; what exciting ministry doors will God open for PanicREV in 2009; what doors will God choose to close; and what in the world does it feel like to get your wisdom teeth pulled out? All are pressing issues. OK OK, the last one is just pressing on my heart, being I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow. I am not too pumped on it, but I know I am in good hands.

All jokes aside, I have heard a number of concerns from many Christians since yesterday’s election and Barrack Hussein Obama being nominated the next president of the United States of America. How will he shape this nation? What judges will he appoint during his time in office? How will his views towards Israel affect our nation? All extremely valid questions, none of which I have answers to. I would be the first to admit that Obama has some very questionable non-biblical point of views. He was not my choice for president; however, he will be my president for at least the next four years. All these things make me think twice about the direction our country may go in the future. However, I cannot allow America’s unknown future shake my faith, my relationship with God, nor my view of who really has the control of our future. You see, where the president of the United States may be the most powerful man on the face of the planet there is one greater than he. The president will lead, help shape, and give direction to our nation. He will also have a big affect on the rest of the world and other world leaders. He will bring about change (good or bad). As president Mr. Obama will have a lot of power and responsibility. However, as I stated before, there is one much, much greater—God! God is the one that is in control here. God is the one I place my hope and trust in, not the president of the United States. God is the one molding our future and allowing certain things to come to pass—God, not man. We all can rest assured that God is indeed still on the throne and God is the one in control!

Over the last year God has been doing some amazing things through this ministry. Let me first say it has been an honor to be a part of such an amazing movement of God and His Spirit. God has also given us an encouraging vision for 2009. Going to Mammoth and Dodge this last year really opened our eyes to just how ripe for harvest the mission field within the motocross community is. We have seen a lot of people out there within the community truly seeking after God’s heart. We have seen God working in people lives in huge ways. We have seen people turning to Christ for the first time in their lives. People are asking questions, other people are getting super pumped and are being edified by this movement of God. It has been an amazing journey. Possibly the most exciting part is the journey doesn’t stop here … God is still working and moving in big ways. With every ounce of me I believe that God has only begun to truly move and impact the motocross community. To paraphrase a line from a Chris Tomlin song, greater things are yet to come and greater things are still to be done here in this community—things that will glorify God and further His kingdom! I am excited and can’t wait. With that said, God has given us a vision for 2009 and beyond, but has yet to reveal how it is all going to happen and how it will be funded. There are a lot of things that are still unanswered and unknown. However, just like with the future of this nation the future of this ministry is in God’s hands. We can trust in him. We all can rest assured that God is indeed still on the throne and God is the one in control.

Dodge Amateur National Update

First and foremost, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that was able to donate the last few weeks. Dodge proved to be very fruitful. The PanicRev crew left SoCal on Tuesday for Hangtown. Before leaving, however, Scott was able to get in touch with Brian Shelby with SonLight Ministries. For last few years, SonLight has been putting on events and holding chapel service at Dodge. Brian let Scott know that he had handed off the ministry responsibilities to Will from Motocross Ministries and that they had the main tent at the track to host an event on Saturday night. However, after getting in touch with Will, Scott came to find out that there wasn’t really an event planned and they were still trying to figure out what they were going to do on Saturday night. Will had mentioned that in the past they had hosted a concert with Christian bands from the area. So there we were, Friday, a week from Saturday night and two days before the PanicREV crew had to leave. Scott and Jeff got right to work and started calling bands and potential guest speakers. The next day or two were pretty stress filled and strapped for time; however, Scott and Jeff were able to secure both a band and a guest speaker. The crew was blessed enough to have an up and coming band, Hazel and Vine, jump on board for the Saturday night event. Moreover, they were able to get Jordan Delaurer to come out and speak. Jordan is a younger racer with an amazing story and recently gave his life to the Lord. As the crew left Tuesday, everyone was pumped on what God had put together. It was a last minute deal, but we all just knew that God was at work and he was going to move in the hearts of his people.

The week went by smoothly. John flew out Monday morning, and Scott and Jeff pulled into the track Tuesday night. The first few days were spent hanging out and fellowshipping with a few of the families that are a part of PanicREV’s Thursday night Bible study. John, Scott, and Jeff also had the opportunity to reconnect with some old friends and focus on building some deeper relationships. Moreover, we were able to pray for and connect with a number of riders that were injured.

Saturday came around and most of the crew was pretty nervous but very excited about what God was going to do that night. Jordan, the guest speaker for Saturday night, was pumped to share his story. Jordan recently gave his life to the Lord and is extremely excited about how God has been revealing Himself and working in his life. Jordan stated, “It was a weird feeling being back at the race track for me. I went through a lot of weird feelings; frustration, happiness to name a couple. However, going on stage that night it seemed like God took over. It wasn’t about me or my story, but about God’s work in my life.” It was an awesome testimony and God truly bless the Saturday Night event. The band came out and killed it, and God really used Jordan’s testimony to touch the heart of the large number of people that came to check things out. All in all, God showed up in a big way.

The PanicREV crew is really looking forward to next year and what God does at the Dodge Amateur National in 2009. Upon getting home and reflecting Jeff stated, “You know, these events really pump me up and give us more vision for the future. The fact that these kids and families allow us to speak into their lives is amazing. I really believe this is the beginning of what God wants to do with these outreaches, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for PanicREV out at the track. God has given us a big vision for the future. Now it’s really time to pray that God would continue to open doors so we can go out and tell the motocross community about a God that really loves them, and wants to be a part of their lives.”

The PanicREV crew would really like to thank everyone for their prayers and financial support. Without you none of this would be possible. Thank you for stepping up and being part of the exciting work God is doing in this community!

His/Yours,

Scott Parkinson

PanicREV Minsitries

Mammoth Overload?

It seems like the PanicREV.org website is on Mammoth overload! Once we got home from our Mammoth trip last week we published thousands of racing photos, a race report, and yesterday we published the first batch of wallpapers. This, however, is the first time I have really sat down and written something out on the trip itself.

We will be publishing a Mammoth Ministry Report within the week with some exciting detailed information on the ministry that took place while we were in Mammoth … so I will save those stories for later. I would like to use this opportunity to share a little about our trip.

John Parkinson headed up to Mammoth on Monday June 21^st. John held down the fort and led the morning chapel service until the rest of the ministry team got into town on Wednesday night. Making the drive up with me was Jeff Jetton, Reid David, and Brian Wilkinson. A few weeks back, this same group of guys made the trip to Hangtown for round number two of the AMA National series, so I knew we were in for a fun drive. The drive up proved to be a solid time together sharing numerous laughs and having a genuinely good time.

Once we got into Mammoth and found our condo we ran into a little drama. We were unaware that we had to inform the condo management that we were bringing a small 10 foot trailer with a dirt bike in it. The condo manager, who later picked up the nickname Grumpy Gary, was quick to come point out our oversight and bring to our attention that “motocrossers” were not welcome in this particular condo complex. This was to our surprise being the owner of the condo is a friend from church that knew we were coming to stay in Mammoth to do ministry at the motocross event. Gary went on to pretty much tell us off before we concluded that this was an issue the owner needed to work out. Once the phone call to the owner was made everything worked out; however, it is needless to say that was not how we were hoping to get the week started. In the end we had a great stay and the condo and we are very grateful to have found a place to stay that we could afford.

Once we settled into the condo we headed over to Grumpy’s for dinner. We had a good time and hung out with a number of people. It was a good opportunity for us to just relax a bit and let people know we were in town; not to mention get the word out on what we had planned for the week.

Wednesday night was over before we knew it, and the sun was rising on Thursday morning bright and early. Sadly we woke up to find that we had a flat tire on the van. Without missing a beat, we loaded Jeff’s bike and gear into the MSR van and headed to the track. We were all pretty excited. Mammoth Motocross has to be the most beautiful track in the United States. It is impossible, for me at least, to not be in awe and reverence of God while there. Thursday Practice went smoothly. That day at the track we really just hung out with the racers, their families and simply took some time to just enjoy the day.

Thursday night was the first scheduled PanicREV event. We hosted an MX Untamed Tournament at our condo. It was a good night of competitive racing, even if it was all digital. After battling their way through the qualifiers it was Travis Baker and Bryce Vallee going into the main. Both riders, or is it gamers, looked fairly evenly matched. In the end Vallee cracked under pressure and couldn’t handle the relentless speed from Baker. So there it was, Travis Baker was crowned the first EVER PanicREV Untamed Tournament title! After the awards ceremony Baker stated, “I would really like to thank XBox for putting out such a great game and giving me a platform to display my skills.” In the end, it was a pressure filled environment, but we all walked away safe. Good times for sure.
Once Friday rolled around we pretty much recognized that morning chapel just wasn’t going to work. With the way the entry into pits works, everyone was just too pressed for time to make it to the morning chapel service. At first I realized that was the case and was pretty bummed out; however, it soon hit me that we just needed to spend that time in the morning walking around the pits praying with the riders and their families … so that is what we did. It turned out great. Not only were we able to find the time to pray for lot of people we were able to really stop and talk with them. It was an incredible time for us to really build relationships and get to know people on a deeper level.

Friday night was really the climax of the entire trip. On Friday night we hosted a free dinner, night of worship, and Bible study. While we were planning the trip I really didn’t know what to expect; however, I knew that God was going to move in a big way. Friday night was it. It is hard to even put into words, but the Spirit of God was so evident: people were singing; people were opening up; people were connecting and truly worshiping God. It was an incredible experience. There was not one person that could have left that place without feeling God’s presence. People left the condo that night genuinely excited about the Lord. It was amazing to be a part of it.

Saturday morning came around and we all began to feel the grind of a busy week of ministry. Every night we were up until 12 or 12:30AM, and we woke up every morning at 5 or 5:30AM. Not to mention the incredible high we had experienced the night before also took a lot of energy. We stayed the course, however, and continued to honor our commitment to be at the track and set up by 6:30AM. Both Saturday and Sunday was a great time for us to connect with people and just be there for them in a loving way. Some times that was simply taking the time to listen; sometimes it was being there when they had fallen and were injured; and other times it was just hanging out and sharing life together. In the end our trip to Mammoth in 2008 will be one I will never forget. I look forward to writing more about some specific open doors for ministry. Keep an eye out for that Mammoth Ministry Report later this weekend and a Mammoth video that In The Moment Media is putting together for us!

Until then,
Scott Parkinson

Mammoth Prayer

Hey Everyone,

For this month’s blog I wanted to share a few prayer requests for our upcoming trip to Mammoth Motocross. We are really excited that God opened this door this year. Doing ministry at Mammoth has been something my brother, John, and I have talked about for the last few years; however, everything happens in God’s timing and this year, for the first time, we were able to put together a team of people to really make this happen. Taking the trip will be John Parkinson, Jeff Jetton, Reid Davis, Brian Wilkerson, and myself. Here are a few key points I would like you to join us in prayer about:

1) Pray God uses us all in a mighty way: in a way where we are reaching people around us, but also growing in Christ ourselves.

2) Pray God brings everyone to these events and our morning prayer/devotional. There are a lot of things in Mammoth to distract people. Please pray God will give people a heart to be a part of what PanicREV is doing. Simply put, pray people show up.

3) Pray God allows us to build a lasting relationship with the promoters. My heart is that a door will open for us to minister at Mammoth for years to come.

4) Pray God gives us a vision while we are there. This will be the first time PanicREV has been part of an event this large. Pray that if God wants us to be part of Mammoth Motocross in the years to come, he will give us the vision on how to more effectively reach out to the moto community there.

Moreover, please just keep all the team members covered in prayer as we begin to pack and prepare for this trip. A couple of us also have families, so please also pray for their safety while we are away.

In Christ’s Love and Mercy,
Scott Parkinson

Five Years ..

Has it really been five years? Five years ago, we started panicREV. It is hard to believe it has been that long. It has been an amazing five years, and it is been refreshing to sit down and look at all God has done and built.

It all started with the simple idea of passing out free water at the race track with www.panicrev.org labels. Our goal was to get people to visit the website which had the gospel message on it. God blessed that effort and in the first year there were a half a dozen people who were saved simply by checking out the website. It started with such a simple idea, but God soon revealed he had a lot more in store.

Soon, God opened a door for us to be a part of the San Diego round of the 2004 Supercross Series. We were fortunate enough to get in for free and set up a booth in the stadium with the guys at Five8 Mx (a Christian motocross ministry that has since moved to Texas). We spent the day passing out free Bibles and post cards with a short message on them. That was also the day that I first heard the name Jason Ciarletta. I never had the opportunity to meet Jason in person, but Jason changed my life—Jason opened my eyes to how delicate life is. In a day time qualifier, Jason went down and passed away as a result of his injury. That week I wrote an article for the website. Check it out: http://www.panicrev.org/articles/jason/

To this day we are still in touch with Jason’s family. In fact, I pray for them all weekly. I am honored to be able to call them friends.

God soon opened doors at the local race track. God gave me the vision to take church to the race track and begin to minister to motocrossers where they are. We soon started spending time at the race track without our bikes. Why without our bikes? Because my focus began to shift—from going to the track to ride and doing ministry on the side, to going to the track to do ministry and sometimes riding on the side. To this day, this continues to be my priority. The focus is way more on people than riding these days. Anyway, we began to bring prayer and devotionals to the track on race days. We started at Perris and soon began making visits to Starwest and even Glen Helen for their monthly SRA Races. God really began to help us build relationship with people … LOTS OF PEOPLE! It was, and still is, amazing. We were, and still are, just a group of simple guys obediently following to Christ. We did not have anything flashy or catchy; we simply showed up and followed where Christ led. And do you know what? God blessed that obedience in abundance. To this day, I don’t have numbers of how many souls Christ has won through us or how many seeds have been planted, but I know God has used panicREV to impact and love on many people. It has been amazing.

I could go on and on with stories of God working through this ministry—from our race team, to putting on the memorial event for Bret Klein, to God working a miracle and healing Sean Borkenhagen; however, for the sake of time, I will save that for the future.

What is in the future? I cannot say for sure; however, God has placed it on our hearts to move forward in planting a church out of this unique movement. A little over a year ago, we started a Bible study in Corona for the riders that we had been serving the previous four years. Over the last year, God has really blessed the group; four of them chose to mark their commitment to Christ by getting baptized, and one was saved, making the choice to follow Jesus for the first time. It has been amazing and I look forward to the next five years. I prayerfully hope you are all as fired up as I am and follow the Lord in obedience as He directs your life. If you would like more information on being a part of what God is doing here with this ministry, please email me any time!

In Christ,
Scott Parkinson
scott@panicrev.org

A Time For Change?

March is already here. Here in Southern California that means the hillsides are turning green and flowers are starting to bloom and all the top amateur riders in the area have begun their migration into Texas for the Oak Hill and Lake Whitney Amateur Nationals. These two nationals are always fun—it is kinda the season opener. This year panicREV has a number of riders racing in Texas, but for the first time in a long time John will not be able to attend and represent panicREV, be there for our riders, or pray with people before races. In the past John has had a job that allowed him to travel around the country to all the amateur nationals. John has since moved on and is now tied down by a 9 to 5 job. Things have no doubt changed for us just as the landscape is changing here in Southern California.

Change is not always bad, but it may take some adjusting. Over the past few months I have really been forced to reflect on a number of things. The first was the realization that I was not going to have time to organize an event for panicREV’s 5^th year birthday as I had planned. My heart was telling me it was important, but I simply wouldn’t be able to handle the work load this year. In the past I have been able to devote a lot of time to the ministry. I thought that as I got done with school I would devote even more time and hopefully be able to bring on staff. That has not happened and it looks like it will be some time before that will happen, if ever. So rather than giving so much time to the ministry I have been forced to step back and take care of some other things (I guess in the end we all have to eat).

The second thing I have been reflecting on is really trying to allow others to step up and get more involved with the ministry. From the website to this birthday event, I am trying not to have my hand in too many things. The fact is that if I am doing everything we can no longer grow or even move as the spirit leads—this ministry will always be limited to the weight I can carry on my shoulders. That is simply not the direction I feel God has been speaking to me about.

So, what does this all mean? I have not yet worked that out. I am not sure what these changes will look like, but I am praying God will show us all the way.

It seems as though things are moving slow (I know they are for me), but I know God has a plan and I am walking in obedience to that plan; willing to go wherever it will take me. I truly hope you are all doing the same.

”Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." – Deuteronomy 31:6