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Funeral For: Bill Zacharias 
Funeral Date: April 4, 2025 
Bill Zacharias, 72, of Winkler passed away Thursday, March 27th at his residence. He is survived by his wife Joan, 1 daughter and 1 son. 
A memorial service for Bill Zacharias will be held Friday, April 4th at 2pm at Grace Mennonite Church, Winkler with private burial prior to the service. 
Donations may be made to Winkler Bible Camp. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler.   

Funeral For:  Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert 
Funeral Date: April 3, 2025 
Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert, 80, of Winkler passed away Thursday, March 27th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. She is survived by her husband Belem, 4 daughters and their families. She was predeceased by 1 son-in-law. 
The funeral service for Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert will be held Thursday, April 3rd at 2pm at Winkler Sommerfeld Mennonite Church with burial at Rosenbach Cemetery. 

Former reality show star Jinger Duggar Vuolo welcomed a new baby over the weekend. 

On March 29, Jinger and her husband, Jeremy, introduced Finnegan Charles Vuolo to the world.  

"It was a pretty fairly great delivery," said Jinger in a YouTube video. "I'm just so thankful to God that we have this healthy baby boy with us."

Finnegan, who is the couple's third child, but first boy, weighed in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long.

Winnipeg is set to welcome the 2025 Inspire Conference, a two-day event designed to empower students in grades 6-12 to overcome challenges and deepen their faith in Jesus.

Taking place on April 11-12, Inspire aims to equip young people with hope and purpose.

Alex Janzen is a conference manager with Inspire Our Nation. She says the conference is open not only to youth, but also to anyone who supports them. 

Big Daddy Weave's new album and project, Let It Begin, will be released later this spring. 

The Christian band last released their album, When The Light Comes, in 2019. After this, one of their beloved band members, Jay Weaver, passed away unexpectedly. Weaver, the brother of lead singer Mike Weaver, was only 42 years old when he died, leaving behind his wife and their three children. 

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people.

Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams of staff and volunteers made up of both international and local Red Cross workers were in Myanmar when the quake hit on Friday, and they have been able to distribute help, including water and shelter kits, from warehouses stationed around the country.

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.

Five Manitoban communities will be hosting the African Children's Choir at the end of April for the first time since 2020. 

"We're so delighted to be back in Canada," says Tina Sipp, the Choir Manager with the African Children's Choir. "We started a couple weeks ago in British Columbia, and we're working our way east. We'll be in your region the end of April and we're very excited about that."

This year, the choir consists of 18 children between the ages of 9-11 years old. 

Isaiah 53:5-6

"But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all."

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Psalm 26:2-3

As David endured unfair treatment despite his doing what was right, He cried out to God in the verses of Psalm 26. As we read his anguished lyrics, we will uncover some resolutions David made which kept him (and will keep us) from slipping into bitterness and resentment during times of mistreatment.