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Around the churches Making connections through basketball Bathurst Written by raymon Paletua Benten Salazar, of Bathurst Church, has been playing basketball with a group of his high school friends for the past few years. Last year, Benten’s team needed a basketball coach, and I was happy to fill that role after my arrival at Bathurst. In order for the boys to improve their skills, a bold decision was made to move the team up from the Friday afternoon High School Competition, to the Thursday night Men’s C Grade Competition. This move opened up an opportunity for the “coach” to play alongside the boys, to give them coaching tips during games and to provide much needed exercise for the coach. The impact of the decision to move up into the Men’s Grade, has been amazing and God is certainly opening doors to develop new relationships. The original team of 8 players quickly grew to 16 players and two teams when a few boys from other teams asked to join and as two of the dads wanted to play alongside their sons. The wife of one of the dads expressed that the common interest of basketball has helped strengthen the relationship between her husband and their son. It is also great to see the positive development of the relationships between the fathers and their younger teammates in both teams. What is even more amazing, is the support the boys have received from the opposing teams. Many times, the young teams are well and truly beaten by their bigger, stronger, and faster opponents. Pr Raymon left with some of the boys However, the opposing teams appreciate the effort, and the “never give up attitude” of the boys. Opposing teams have always encouraged the boys to keep playing hard, and often players give coaching tips to the boys during the game. As it stands at the time of writing this article, both of our teams have each won a game, and the loosing deficit has decreased significantly. Church members from Bathurst Church who are playing in the teams are Benten Salazar, Luke Lane, Brendan Hampton, Brad Bower, and myself Raymon Paletua the local church pastor. Bathurst church members have often braved the cold to show their support to the teams and it has not gone unnoticed by others as the two teams attract the largest support group of any of the other teams in the competition. Opposing sides have often asked why, and how, we attract so many supporters to the games. Once they learn that the crowd consists of the family members of the players, and members of the Bathurst SDA Church, they often comment how great it is to see a church group support its young people. There was a period of two weeks where I was away on a Mission Trip to Tonga, as well as some of the boys were unable to make some games due to part-time work commitments. Being down on numbers, a couple of new players were recruited. When I played my first game after my return, I was introduced to one of the new recruits as a local pastor. It turned out that the young man grew up in an Adventist home, but has not attended the local church for some time. Making this connection has been nothing short of a God given opportunity. God is certainly using basketball to open up some amazing opportunities in the community, and to connect and reconnect with people that we may never have had an opportunity to do so outside of basketball. Moving On Nowra Written by Vicki Chalain farewell evening was held on the A 30th of June at Christine and Leigh Johnstone’s home in North Nowra for Joshua and Ashley Page. This talented young couple had been attending Nowra Church for approximately 2 and half years and had made significant contributions to our worship and community activities during this time. Both are accomplished musicians through their God given talents of singing, playing various musical instruments such as the cello and flute. They were also confident worship leaders, providing interesting and inspiring sermons, Children’s Sabbath School Leaders, involved church board members and had been preparing to re-commence a Pathfinder Club prior to their move away from the coastal Shoalhaven area. Ashley is a BA Theology graduate from Avondale College and has an interest in Chaplaincy and Primary Teaching. Joshua is a medical student who has been required to do a 12-month country GP placement to continue with his medical studies. 15 September 2018 | IMPRINTmagazine
Around the churches Ashley and Joshua Page Baptisms Canberra National Nowra Church has been greatly blessed by the many contributions Josh and Ashley have given during their time with us. We wish them God’s blessings as they move to the Narrandera area and we hope that they will return to the Shoalhaven area in the future. Written by Sheryl Barnes Over the last few months there have been several baptisms at Canberra National. Baptisms South Canberra Written by Pr Phil Yates Within these last few months God has been growing His kingdom at South Canberra, four people decided to give their lives to Jesus through baptism. Abigail Onsoe was baptised in South Canberra Church on the 23rd June. Poppy Yates was baptised at South Canberra Church on the 17th August. Melby and Paul Thomas were baptised at Yarrangobilly thermal pools on the 18th August. May God bless this conference as we join to grow His kingdom. The baptisms have been held on Friday nights as part of the “Ignite” Friday night Youth evenings. The latest baptism saw Gabby and Alexis Allum and earlier Cassidy Steegh and Maia French committing their lives to Jesus. Baptism of Melby and Paul Thomas Baptism of Poppy Yates Baptism of Gabby & Alexis Allum Baptism of Maia French Baptism of Cassidy Steegh Baptism of Abigail Onsoe September 2018 | IMPRINTmagazine 16
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