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PBA Basketball Legend Receives Copy of Book, “Glimpses of Grace”

PBA basketball legend of teams Toyota and Ginebra, Francis Arnaiz, received a copy of the book “Glimpses of Grace” (When God Steps In & Lights Up Your life) from author, Dr. Richard Mirpuri when they met up recently in Manila as shown in photo. Francis was popularly known as “Mr.Clutch”, the playing partner of Robert “Big J” Jaworski when they were known as the “Batman and Robin” combo of their teams during the days when the PBA rivalry between Toyota and Crispa teams was at its peak. Francis was in Manila recently for a visit when he met up with Dr. Mirpuri who was his pastor in the Bay Area in Northern California, USA at the Jesus-Prince of Peace Filipino Christian Fellowship of the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Daly City.

Francis is mentioned in the book along with another PBA basketball star, Marte Saldana, when both of them headed the sports ministry of the church where they conducted basketball clinics for children of Fil-Am parents in the Bay Area.

Pastor Richard “Dick” Mirpuri was the Founding Pastor of the Word of Grace Family Christian Fellowship of the Christian & Missionary Alliance here in Chicago and a gospel columnist of this newspaper with his column, “God’s Economics – The Biblical Principles of Financial Prosperity” until his retirement from pastoral ministry in 2015. In 2005, Pastor Dick received the Chicago Hall of Fame Award for Religious Service from Via Times/ CPRTV and in 2009, the Gintong Puso Award for Humanitarian & Religious Service from the Gintong Pamana Awards Foundation, Inc. here in Chicago also.

Since 2015, he has been continuing with Christian ministry work in the Philippines as the Founder & Senior Executive Consultant of New Vision Corporate & Church Consultancy Services holding conferences, seminars and training for pastors and church leaders as well as speaking in churches all over the Philippines. He also continues to lead groups for Prayer Pilgrimages and Bible Tours to the Holy Land. His 15th and 16th annual tours are scheduled for April and October 2020. He hopes to visit Chicago sometime in 2020 for a book launching and signing of “Glimpses of Grace”.

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