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The Christian ministry Well of Plenty is helping Africans thrive, and they are inviting Manitobans to come along side their work to feed them physically and spiritually. 

"Well of Plenty is a holistic ministry," says director of Well of Plenty, Harry Dalke. "Our leader out in Africa has often said to us, 'They cannot grasp thinking of eternal things with their stomach constantly in pain with hunger.' That is a reality for them."

The Christian app FaithSpark recently added many more resources to their library to further help out youth ministries across Canada. 

"The FaithSpark app is a discipleship tool for youth workers to stay safely connected with their youth," says Josh Woodcock, the Director of FaithSpark. "We specifically stand out in a world of social media, messaging, or communication apps as being safeguarded specifically for youth workers."

Based out of the Toronto area, Canadian Christian singer and songwriter Morrissa Nicole is releasing a new song in time for Easter. 

"I think you get into music the way most believers get into music," says Nicole. "Obviously through church. You're in children's choir, VBS, and teen choir. Church is such a powerful playing ground for discovering your talent. If you want to discover what you're good at, you want to be in church. We're going to shine that light."

After almost two decades of caring for people through the Salvation Army, the executive director recently received a medal for his service. 

"Primarily what we do here is emergency and transitional shelters," says Mark Stewart, Executive Director at The Salvation Army's Centre of Hope in Winnipeg. "We're the largest emergency and transitional shelter in Manitoba. At our high points we have just under 500 people a day that are staying in the building. A lot of the work we do is for people falling through the cracks."

The actors playing Jesus' disciples are thrilled to be sharing what season 5 of the hit TV series The Chosen has in store for viewers. 

"There's a lot of intense experiences going on," says Reza Diako, the actor who portrays Philip in The Chosen. "There are extreme highs in the beginning because you're entering home, it's like a coming home story. But suddenly, it kind of flips around and the tables get turned."

Winnipeg author Robyn Derksen Olfert recently published her first book, Invisibly Ill and Living with Hope, in order to inspire people who battle pain daily. 

"I've been living with chronic illness for a number of years now," says Olfert. "I've had headaches since I was seven that eventually got defined as chronic migraine. Then MS got thrown into the mix when I was 28, just a couple of months after our daughter was born. Then depression came not too long after that."

Singtheword, a choir from Waverly Church in Winnipeg, is performing the book of Habukkuk from the Bible through song form on Friday evening to help support the new album. 

"We [Singtheword choir] started with performing Hebrews because we thought these albums were such a great expression of the New Testament letters," says Cadence Penner. "We wanted to put them on as a church."

Originally from Nigeria, a Winnipeg Christian artist is sharing new music with deep faith and Afro beats. 

"My first memory of where music started from when I was in the U.K.," says Oboise Umobuarie. "We had to play a sequence on the drums. I was one of the only people who picked it up. I moved to another school and took up playing the piano, I taught myself. We moved a lot and I found myself in the church choir, which my mom encouraged me to be in."

Dave Lavery coined 'Canadian Dave,' was released three weeks ago after being held captive by the Taliban for 77 days. Lavery is sharing what got him through that gruelling situation. 

"I was born in Winnipeg in 1960," says Lavery. "Right now we're living overseas in Dubai. I'm now in Perth, Ontario visiting family and I'll be heading off to Vancouver. It's so good to be here with this foundation."

Immanuel Fellowship Church in south Winnipeg is hosting a worship concert event, inviting people to 'Come and See' God for themselves. 

"We are having a gathering of believers from all over the city," says Gift Festus, with Immanuel Fellowship. "It's a music concert that will bring the people of all walks of life, denominations, people both saved and unsaved, together in one space."

The theme of the event is 'Come and See,' which is taken from a verse in John chapter one.