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Phil Wickham stepped out of his comfort zone over the weekend as he wrapped up his last tour date in Canada. 

For the first time, Wickham performed a song in French in front of a sold-out concert in Montreal, Quebec Saturday evening.

"A first for me! I sang a song in French at our show in Montreal," said Phil in a post on Instagram. "It was such a beautiful moment to see the Church alive in Canada." 

Winnipeg is hosting world-class blues Christian musician Glenn Kaiser alongside Robert Andreas in an evening of gospel blues. 

Glenn Kaiser is a Blues musician from Chicago, IL. He's toured his music all across Canada over his colourful music career. 

"I started playing when I was 12," says Kaiser. "I went through drugs, alcohol, addiction and I got to a place where I did everything but shooting [using needles]. It's a very long story but Jesus showed up in my life in technicolor."

Over 1,000 kids were able to spend part of their summer playing sports while learning about Jesus through Athletes in Action's summer camps. 

Steve Klassen is the regional director of Athletes and Action Youth Initiatives and says that the primary focus was basketball, volleyball, and soccer.

A documentary about Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham's life on the road, and the faith that follows, is hitting theatres this fall. 

For the One captures the moments of Lake and Wickham's Summer Worship Nights Tour on and off stage. 

"My hope for this project is that it would not only show what it takes to go on tour, but why the music and touring mean so much to us. Countless lives have been changed, especially ours. Though we’ve had the opportunity to influence many, our focus remains for the One," said Lake. 

With a unique perspective directly from Mary, the mother of Jesus, a new film is hitting Netflix this winter. 

The film, executively produced by pastor, author, and speaker, Joel Osteen, is simply called Mary. It follows the story of Mary and Joseph after their son Jesus is born, as the family flees from King Herod’s deadly pursuit. 

Golden Globe award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins portrays King Herod, while Israeli actress Noa Cohen plays the lead as Mary. 

Mary Aloe is another producer on the film that was shot in Morocco. 

Steinbach Bible College (SBC) is looking forward to relocating their campus into what was previously the Steinbach Family Medical Centre on Loewen Boulevard.   

Steinbach City Council held a public hearing and gave second reading to rezone 333 Loewen Boulevard from Commercial Regional Zone (C4) to Educational and Institutional Zone (EI).  

Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian line workers helping with hurricane outages

Stéphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon.

They are some of the hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers who have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after Helene and now Hurricane Milton have left millions of Americans in the dark.

Love & The Outcome's Jodi King and Chris Rademaker have asked their fans for help as they work on their next project. 

The former Winnipeggers, and husband-wife duo, have started a Kickstarter campaign to help them raise funds to create a Hymns record.

Jodi says the pair both grew up with their grandparents singing hymns in church and the Blessing before every meal, something they feel is relatable for many.

After years of pursuing solo music careers, Drew & Ellie Holcomb are preparing to release a new full-length studio album.

The couple, who have pursued their careers individually, carved out time earlier this year to write and the result is a new record. 

Their title track 'Memory Bank, released on Thursday, is a song they hope listeners will want to play every time they get in the car.

Roughly 6,500 university students gathered for a praise and worship event held at the University of Mississippi last week that ended with students getting baptized in the parking lot.

The event was put on by Unite US on October 10 at one of the biggest party schools in the U.S.A. 

It was so well-received that afterward in the parking lot, there were baptisms held in the back of a pickup truck with a tarp and water added.