Lent and Valentines Day Timed At Opposite Ends Of Love
A reflection contrasts Lent and Valentines Day noting Lent's 40 day period of prayer fasting and reflection ends with Palm Sunday while Valentine’s Day centers on human love. It highlights divine love as unconditional and everlasting described in Jeremiah 31 3 and 1 John 4 9 8, urging believers to imitate God’s love during Lent.
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God
Jesus
Jerusalem
Jesus the Christ
Canada
Jeremiah
St John
The Sky Was On Fire captures Slave Lake Fire 2011 story
A new coffee table book The Sky Was On Fire chronicles the Lesser Slave Lake wildfire of 2011 with photography and personal accounts. Len Ramsey Nicola Ramsey Joe McWilliams and M J Kristoff produced the volume printed by Friesen Printers. It includes evacuee experiences, community rebuilding, and reflections on courage and Canadian solidarity, dedicated to helicopter pilot Jean-Luc Deba. A copy was provided by Cal and Sue Friesen and is available at Neepawa and Area Library.
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Len Ramsey
Nicola Ramsey
Joe McWilliams
M_J Kristoff
Slave Lake
Friesen Printers
Jean-Luc Deba
Cal
Sue Friesen
Neepawa and Area
Valentine Reflection on Love Beyond Chocolate and Roses
The piece urges showing love every day, not just on Valentine’s Day, citing 365 ways to express care. It notes heart shaped chocolates and roses as common symbols and cites biblical teaching to love God and neighbor, encouraging acts toward lonely people beyond personal relationships.
Thank you Rivers Banner for Navigator Program lifesaving article
A reader facing a cancer diagnosis credits the Rivers Banner with publishing a Navigator Program article that provided information and support options. She explains the article offered phone numbers for resources including Debbie McNairnay and Sue Armstrong and the Western Manitoba Cancer Care Centre in Brandon.
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Rivers
Navigator
Cer Care
Rivers Banner
Debbie McNairnay
Western Manitoba Cancer Care Centre
Brandon
Sue Armstrong
Students shine as ski trip chaperones to Panorania
Elle McFadden praises Rolling River School Division students from Rivers Elton Minnedosa and Erickson high schools for polite behavior on a February ski trip to Panorania British Columbia. A second bus carried Minnedosa and Erickson students. Seven cookies baked and prawns on the menu amused the group as they enjoyed Radium Hot Springs and Strathmore meals.
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Rolling River
Panorania
B.C
Rivers
Elton Collegiutes
Minnedosa
Erickson
Radium Hot Springs
Strathmore
Alta
Jeff Maxwell
Elton Collegiate
Andohn Potter
Elle McFadden Rivers
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Sion
Neil Strohschein
Lesser Slave Lake
New Begin
Pread Dev
Rita FT
Udies
Riesen
By Addy Oberlin
Tine
Valen
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