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Helping marriages thrive is a focus of Family Life Canada and the National Director will be speaking about that this weekend at Missionfest Manitoba. 

"We want to bring help and hope to every family in Canada," says Brent Trickett, the National Director of Family Life Canada. "We do that by helping families flourish and live on mission and also by partnering with churches to strengthen the marriages in their community."

Former 100 Huntley Street TV host Greg Musselman will be leading a breakout session during Missionfest Manitoba this weekend, talking about the persecuted church. 

One of this year's keynote speakers at Missionfest Manitoba will be a missionary with a powerful testimony of God's word reaching the least of these. 

Nard Pugyao has worked with Wycliffe Bible Translation and JAARS for over 40 years, most of those as a missionary pilot with both planes and helicopters. 

Impactus, formerly known as Promise Keepers, is carrying on the legacy of discipling men in Jesus Christ, including in Winnipeg.

Earlier this month the founder of Promise Keepers, Bill McCartney, passed away. 

At the beginning of February, Fun and Faith is bringing a load of laughs to southern Manitoba, brightening up the harsh landscape that often is prairie winters. 

Recently Siloam Mission's CEO, Tessa Blaikie-Whitecloud took on a new position working for Manitoba's premier which has their previous director stepping into the interim position. 

Julianne Aitken has been with Siloam for the past eight years working as the Director of Services. She is currently the interim CEO as the board looks for someone to fill the position permanently. 

St. Paul's Middlechurch just outside of Winnipeg has been serving its community for the past 200 years. 

Winnipegger Courtney Pratt was nearly bedridden after a horrific back injury from playing competitive soccer two years ago and today she is pain-free, all thanks to doctors, prayer, and faith. 

Pratt, the mother of two young boys, has enjoyed playing competitive soccer for years, including into adulthood. Two years ago while she was playing, she had an accident.

Former CHVN on-air host Dana Rogalsky is the new host of a Christian TV show called Beauty for Ashes. 

"Square One World Media started in 1947 as a little gospel radio show," says Rogalsky. "Since then it's transformed into an amazing media company. They have programs in all these different languages. The one that I'm doing is Beauty for Ashes." 

The show will premiere on Youtube on Jan. 20 with five episodes to follow. 

Canadian Christian singer and songwriter Samantha Ebert is releasing her second single, "Overthinking," on Friday. 

"I wrote it in a very similar way and sound to 'Flowers,'" says Ebert, referencing her first single. "It's an honest prayer. You're just telling God what you're going through and it's more of a song where you're venting about your struggles."

For a few years Ebert has struggled with Lyme Disease.