A lot happened this week in Christian and local news. Check out the encouraging stories below.
Indigenous woman healing through art by turning trash into treasure
One woman is healing her heart and the earth by using recycled material to create amazing works of art.
Moneca Sinclaire is an Academic Researcher at the University of Manitoba. In her spare time, she creates works of art from mostly recycled material.
"Most of the work I do, if I'm displaying artwork I do outdoor interactive installation art. It's art people can touch and be a part of."
Joan Murray: Anchoring your hope in God during difficult times
There are times when we all need reminding that we’re never invisible in God’s eyes and that we can trust Him to show up powerfully in our lives.
In Joan E. Murray's new book, You Can TRUST Him: Anchoring Your Hope in God During Difficult Times she unpacks the complex topic of trust and shares powerful, modern-day examples of God’s presence.
Drowning victim's family gifts HEART with new boat motor
The Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team is praising the Lord after being blessed in their own time of need after a training incident.
Last week during a training session, Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team's (HEART) main boat's motor was damaged, saying they were shocked to learn it would cost $8,000 for the parts and take a month to get them in.
Province gives 17 churches funds to maintain their Manitoba heritage buildings
More than a dozen Christian landmarks will be getting grants to make much-needed repairs and restorations.
Current and former Christian landmarks in Manitoba are receiving grants of up to 25,000 from the Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister.
Catholic Oblates, NCTR, working together to collect and archive residential school records
A ministry that ran all three residential schools that have the made news across the country for its hundreds of unmarked graves will be working with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR).
“Consistent with the spirit and intent of the Settlement Agreement, we are relieved by the efforts being made by the Oblates to make their records available so Indigenous communities can move one step closer to healing," NCTR Executive Director Stephanie Scott says in a joint statement.
Cycling grandpa looking forward to what God has next
After two days of intense cycling, Arvid Loewen called it quits on his Guinness World Record attempt and is at peace with his decision.
"The goal is one thing, but I'm only an instrument in God's bigger plan. If becoming a GWR is part of the plan, fantastic. It has been. But if it isn't, that's okay. All we are ever asked to do is to do our best and step out in faith," says Loewen.
How to become successful godly young adults with integrity
Young adulthood is often a challenging time filled with big decisions, greater expectations, and major responsibilities. The pressures to succeed and be a positive influence can be intimidating but also deeply rewarding.
In Adulting 101 Book 2, authors Josh Burnette and Pete Hardesty offer life skills and practical advice to launch twentysomethings into healthy, successful adulthood. Burnette and Hardesty have a shared passion to guide emerging adults into becoming happy, fulfilled adults.
Canada welcomes first Indigenous Governor General
A residential school Survivor is Queen's newest representative.
At a Tuesday press conference at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Mary Simon, an Inuit woman, will be Canada's 30th Governer General after receiving Queen Elizabeth II's approval.
Individual Christians start network of hope in India during pandemic
Individual Christian volunteers in India have banded together to create the Love Your Neighbor Network which has helped thousands during the pandemic.
According to Christianity Today, in May 2020, during the world’s largest nationwide lockdown, Rahul George, an entrepreneur in Bengaluru and founder of the network, was stirred to do something when he saw visuals on local media of daily-wage migrant labourers walking back to their villages without any means of sustenance and support.
First Women's Gospel Artist inducted into Songwriter's Hall of Fame
Jekalyn Carr is the first woman artist to be inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame for gospel songwriting.
Since it began, the Songwriter's Hall of Fame has honoured and inducted 439 artists and writers, with only 31 of them being female.
Building God's kingdom one pie at a time
Pie, for many it's a delicious treat, but for one woman in Texas, it's an opportunity to not only build relationships and a business but also to build God's kingdom.
Tara Royer Steele's parents were entrepreneurs. In the '80s, her father had lost his job and was offered an opportunity to move to a small town of just 77 to run a cafe.
Congo devastated after volcano and earthquake, local missionary shares heart to help
"God grabbed my heart and I heard His heartbeat for Congo," says a Manitoba missionary in her service to the poorest country in the world.
Doreen Lundy is the Executive Director of Together Building Africa (TBA). When she's not living in the Congo doing missions work for part of each year, she lives with her husband of 50 years, Stan, in Beausejour, Manitoba.
On May 22, 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo was hit with a volcanic eruption 11 kilometres away from a city with 1.5 million people. The blast was caused and continued to cause earthquakes afterward.
Brandon church responds to graffiti, hoping to listen and learn from it
Behind the graffitied doors of a Brandon church is a welcoming congregation.
"The building was graffitied sometime Saturday night into Sunday morning. I noticed it when I was walking to the church Sunday morning. We only had one door that was affected," says Reverend Don Bernhardt from St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, part of the Diocese of Brandon, Manitoba.
"We don't always know what we should do or how to do it, and part of that is because maybe we haven't engaged as deeply as we should have in listening. That's hard because it means listening and hearing things you might not want to hear and then responding to what you're hearing without inserting your own opinions into it."
Jared Byas: How fighting to be right keeps us from loving like Jesus
For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in love," yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modelled, that's according to bIblical scholar and popular podcast host, Jared Byas.
"A biblically-based Christian life is not grounded in having all the answers but in a loving relationship," Byas explains. "This ultimately shifts our focus from collecting the "right" answers to loving others deeply and authentically."
Another exploitative website is being shut down
The porn website XTube accused of exploitation and affiliated with the Montreal-based parent company MindGeek is being shut down.
"In another massive victory against exploitative porn, XTube—the MindGeek-owned “sister site” of Pornhub—is shutting down!" says Exodus Cry on their Facebook page. The organization is a US company committed to abolishing sex trafficking and breaking the cycle of commercial sexual exploitation.
Jordan St.Cyr enjoying Christmas in July
Manitoba Christian artist Jordan St.Cyr will be enjoying Christmas in July as he writes holiday tunes in Nashville this month.
After years of being a songwriter, this will be St.Cyr's first time writing and releasing Christmas music as an artist.
From California nurse to founder of Kenyan hospice: How faith, global health, and courageous sacrifice intersect
When Juli Boit landed in Kenya for a short-term humanitarian mission 17 years ago, she has no idea this place would capture her heart and change everything about her life.
Boit, a 25-year-old nurse practitioner at the time, decided to make the move from Los Angeles to a small village in Kenya to be a part of an HIV program.
Jake Fretz releases new single 'Here Comes the Kingdom'
Worship leader and Christian artist Jake Fretz is hoping people hear God's heart of reconciliation in his latest single.
"The heart behind 'Here Comes the Kingdom', it really began with a realization that I've spent most of my life focusing on inviting Jesus into my own life rather than accepting His invitation into His kingdom," says Fretz.
Fri, Apr 19, 9:00 AM
Manufacturing, Skilled Trades, Full-time
Featured