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Hurricane Helene left thousands in need of help this past week, including many in North Carolina where the local churches are helping out in a major way. 

While roughly 1,000 people are still unaccounted for, Hurricane Helene hit the east coast of the U.S.A. with a vengeance over the past few days, with over 200 deaths and counting. 

Christian songwriters and publishers were recognized last week at the 47th annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Christian Music Awards. 

Matthew West and Brandon Lake took home some of the top honours with West taking home Christian Music Songwriter of the Year, and Lake winning Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year.

This is the sixth time that Matthew West has taken home the Christian Music Songwriter of the Year award. Last year he received the Golden Note Award, given to artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones.

The Bible took front and centre during this year's International Translation Day.

The streets of Winnipeg will be filled with prayer on Saturday, as part of a city-wide prayer drive that has been happening annually for 18 years.

The idea for the drive came out of a Why Encounter event in 1986, an evangelistic initiative that saw 1.3 million copies of Why Am I On This Earth? delivered door-to-door from Halifax to Vancouver Island. After the success of that event, its founder, Ann Wiens, prayed for a new project, and that’s when the idea for the prayer drive was born.

The Color recently brought a little Canada on tour with The Newsboys when the bands faced off in a friendly game of hockey. 

"Spent our afternoon at the @jeff.frankenstein school of hockey (assistant coaching courtesy of our Canadian friends @thecolortc 🇨🇦)," says Newsboys on Instagram.

A former first-round draft pick in the National Basketball Association has announced his retirement from the sport two years into his NBA career.

AJ Griffin posted a video to his YouTube channel explaining that he quit so he can follow Jesus full-time. 

In the seven-minute video, Griffin says, "I gave up basketball to follow Jesus. I know in a lot of people's eyes that seems like a loss."

Popular Christian duo, Caleb & John are celebrating after reaching a significant milestone in their career. 

On Sunday, the pair learned their single 'Somebody Like Me,' featuring CAIN, had reached the top spot of Mediabase Christian AC, Billboard Christian Airplay, and Billboard Christian AC charts.

"Our first #1 song." said Caleb & John. "Thank you to every person and station who has played our music and supported us."

A member of The Nelons has been inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Kelly Nelon, who died in a tragic plane crash in June, was recognized a week ago at a ceremony in Tennessee.

Autumn Nelon Streetman, her daughter, and only surviving member of The Nelon's, accepted the award on behalf of her mother.

Best-selling and award-winning Christian author, podcaster and artist, Ruth Chou Simons is praising God as her son continues to heal following a serious mountain biking incident. 

One week ago, Simon's son, Judah was out on a trail with his brother Liam, when he was involved in a horrific crash. 

"He was flown off the trail directly to a hospital and then transferred to a trauma center," said Chou Simons in a post on Instagram. 

She said, at the time he had multiple fractured vertebrae, broken ribs, and internal bleeding, but he had feeling in his legs. 

For the past century and a half, generations of Friesens, Penners, Reimers, Klassens, Hildebrands, Wiebes, Giesbrechts, and Neufelds (to name a few) have called this area home. It's no secret that Mennonites have left an indelible mark on Southern Manitoba with their agricultural prowess and a culture that strives to place humility at its core.