Bowling team of Saving Grace Christian Church of Glendenning, captured the team championship title in the recently held Christian Bowling Sports Fellowship (CBSF) tournament for 2014 and received the awards during an end of tournament ceremony held at the FCF Life Centre in Minchinbury, NSW.
CBSF games were held at Rooty Hill AMF Bowl Inn inside the Rooty Hill RSL Complex in Rooty Hill, NSW.
Considered individual bowling masters during the tournament were bowlers David Chi, Maxie Martinesz and Rino Viray, said CBSF convenor Mr Joey Espinoza.
The Saving Grace Church team comprises of Pastor Lito Basa, Marie Basa, Pastor Jimmy Castro, Bert Castro, Dexter Chacon, Katrina Chacon, Dom Megu, Lucy Sidon, and Rey Sidon.
Saving Grace church together with runner up team Come to Jesus church are entitled to participate in the 2015 CBSF Mission team to the Philippines as their prize in the tournament. CBSF will shoulder the mission trip’s expenses during their stay in the Philippines, excluding individual plane fare expenses to the Philippines.
CBSF convenor Mr Espinoza said last year’ mission trip which was called One Mission concluded with about 3,500 individuals ministered in several locations in the Philippines.
One Mission team hooked up with a group of local dentists and doctors and the field community services team of several churches and civic groups. They also included some doctors and nurses from overseas who joined the medical mission.
It was the fourth mission trip launched by the CBSF bowling tournament that raised much of the team’s local transport and overhead expenses whilst on mission trip. Mission participants timed their holiday vacation to the Philippines around the mission trip’s schedule and paid for their plane fare to Manila.
CBSF treasurer Ms Precy Corpuz of Plumpton, NSW coordinated the team’s fund raising activities including percentage from bowling fees and merchandising sales and auctions.
In the Philippines, the team offered free dental and free medical consultations to children and adults; mammogram tests to womenfolk, and distributed free slippers, toothbrush and toothpaste and during lunchtimes, free lunchboxes.
One Mission team also used part of the time to share the Christian faith and to pray for people needing encouragement and reassurance.