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Manitoba's own, Barbara Joy Siemens has released a song dedicated to mothers to provide encouragement with what they're going through.  

"For a couple of years, I've been saying to Sharalee [Smith], 'I need a song for Mother's Day and about mothers, you know, being a mother and a grandmother myself. Just a blessing and an encouragement for mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers, your job is so important and there is Proverbs 31 that whole scripture is what the song is all about," Siemens says.

Author and editor Karen Stiller recently released Holiness Here, a book that invites readers to live a holy life alongside God. 

"I'm a writer that starts with questions and not answers," says Karen Stiller. "I was in church one Sunday and one of the priests, I'm an Anglican, prayed a prayer that went like this. 'Give us grace God to lead a holy life.'  I was immediately thinking, what does that mean for me?"

Morden's Ukrainian Catholic Church celebrated 10 years of service on Sunday with a blessing bestowed by the Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. Morden's parish is the youngest one in Manitoba.  

A teenager is facing charges in relation to a knife attack at an Australian church on Monday, and several people including a bishop and priest are recovering from injuries sustained in the attack as well as in violent clashes with police in the aftermath.

The incident was captured on live stream during a church service Monday evening. Video quickly spread online showing the teenage attacker lunging at Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. 

The 2024 Masters Tournament's new champion is using his win to point to Jesus. 

At 27 years old, American Scottie Scheffler took the top spot at the Masters tournament, a contest that decides the best golfer in the world. Ludvig Åberg from Sweden took the second spot, four strokes behind. 

"I believe that today's plans were already laid out many years ago, and I could do nothing to mess up those plans," Scheffler said during the Masters post-tournament conference. "I have been given a gift of this talent, and I use it for God's glory. That's pretty much it."

Grande Prairie Christian artist Brendi is back with new music. She has been putting in the work and pouring her energy into crafting songs. This year, we will see a steady stream of releases, with one song dropping almost every month, promising a string of tunes to carry us through June, July, and August. The goal? Ten tracks in total, each one a testament to dedication and a labour of love. 

The new album features her song, “Guiding my Life.” 

A priest from rural Manitoba is opening up about his unique path to ministry, which went from entertaining baseball fans in Winnipeg to caring for over a dozen parishes in western Manitoba. 

Being in ministry has been a lifelong journey for Father Jay Korban of Rossburn Ukrainian Catholic Pastoral District.

A man best known for his time on the stage with DC Talk and Toby Mac has passed away. 

Gabriel Patillo was a multi-talented man, who by the age of ten, was dancing onstage alongside DC Talk. He also performed in music videos for Brentwood Music and worked as a theatre kid for Opryland, all before age 15. 

As he grew into an adult, and with inspiration from his father, who was also in the entertainment business, Gabriel joined TobyMac's Diverse City team, singing background vocals, choreographing, dancing and co-producing tours. 

Well-known pastor and speaker Chuck Swindoll is changing titles at his church in Texas but not hanging up his pastor 'hat' just yet. 

This week Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, founded by Swindoll, announced that a new lead pastor will take over Swindoll's position starting May 1.

Jonathan Murphy, currently chair of pastoral ministries at Stonebriar, will take over the lead pastor position. Swindoll will continue preaching but switch his title to founding pastor.

Christian entertainment company, TruPlay Games, has released a new game. 

King David's Battles is a journey into the heart of an extraordinary hero. The new adventure game reflects the Christian company's commitment to build a beautiful, fun, world-class entertainment ultimately building character and nurturing faith. 

Diving into the realms of a 3000-year-old epic biblical saga, TruPlay is the first company to do so.