More than 100 people gathered on Saturday morning at Kildonan Park for the ‘Walk to make HIM known Walkathon’.<\/p>\n
The morning kicked off with prayer, worship, and messages from several local ministry leaders.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Canadian Lifelight Ministries\/ Bibles for Today, donations were collected to raise money to distribute Scripture in the Philippines.<\/p>\n
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A global vision<\/p>\n
Event organizers shared the global vision behind hosting the event.<\/p>\n
“We want to make Jesus known not just here in Canada but in the Philippines,” says Alma Lubos, Emcee of the Walkathon.<\/p>\n
Founder and President of Canadian Lifelight Ministries, Raymond Dueck shared his excitement about seeing people participate in the event.<\/p>\n
“It’s so good to see them just being so happy to be able to contribute to the purchase and publication of Scriptures around Canada and in the Philippines.<\/p>\n
The heart of the ministry<\/p>\n
Canadian Lifelight Ministries has a 30-year history of distributing free Bibles to those in need.<\/p>\n
“We purchase Bibles from the printers and distributors and connect to the missions, food banks, outreaches, and whoever needs them,” says Dan Dueck, Canadian Lifelight Ministries Representative.<\/p>\n
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The organization aims to make the Bible accessible, even if the readers are not native English speakers.<\/p>\n
Dueck shares, “We expanded into different study Bibles, Bibles in different languages.”\u00a0<\/p>\n