“I think it’s important that people know, hey, we’ve all got a past and everybody's made mistakes,” he said. 

A pastor since 2005, Albion Park resident Rev Hyratt is a recovering addict who has been sober for 26 years. 

Growing up in a small community in the Blue Mountains, he said he made poor decisions early in life as an attempt to “fit in”.

“I got involved in drugs, alcohol and the bikie scene ... I didn't know it would lead to a life of destruction,” he said.

Rev Hyratt is now a chaplain with Bikers For Christ M/M, and associate minister at Corrimal Community Church. The 50-year-old, a self-professed “Christian biker” is also launching Full Throttle Ministries. 

Full Throttle Ministries is a ministry partnership with Corrimal Community Church. Rev Hyratt is minister/director of the initiative, which includes Biker Chapel Services, a “laid-back chapel service for all, focusing on bikers, their families and mates”. 

“(I want to be) creating safe places where people can journey... My thing, particularly with the Biker Chapel is like, hey, I'm not a Ned Flanders-type believer.

“And I don't want people to feel like they have to dress up. They can come as they are and not feel judged because they dress a certain way, act a certain way, they smoke cigarettes, they drink, they don't drink, or whatever.

“Here's a safe place where you can journey and ask questions about faith.”

Full Throttle will also offer ‘Soul Recovery’ - 12-step weekly recovery meetings to help those battling any forms of addiction - as well as pastoral care and chaplaincy. 

“I suppose my heart is to change the perception of bikers,” Rev Hyratt said.

“They get a lot of bad news (coverage), and I've met some of the biggest and ugliest bikers, and most of them have got a good heart. Some of them you just don't cross and that's just the way it is. 

“But I came out of that scene and I've journeyed to this place where I've just got a heart to reach people of any... And just be a positive part of the community.”

Rev Hyratt said he wasn’t “about making them believe what I believe, but pointing them in the right direction”. 

“If they come to faith, if that's something they want to journey with, great. If they're like, look, I don't like the God stuff, but I need help', then, hey, I’m here to help you.

“My heart is to try and be out there in the community, showing people that just because a guy is in leathers, has got a beard and looks ugly, he's not going to kill you.”

Full Throttle Ministries will be launched on Sunday, October 8 from 5pm at Corrimal Community Church. More details: 0412 174 181.

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