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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:02 AM America/New_York
Christian retail offers for the week of Feb. 22

Canadian quartet Newworldson gets a boost for its self-titled sophomore release, with spotlight promotions from LifeWay Christian Stores, Mardel Christian & Education and the Parable group.

The chain offers the 12-track release for $7.99, with the online offer including the free download of more information about the band. The same price is presented by Mardel.

Meanwhile online shoppers at Parable stores are being given the opportunity to buy the new CD for $5.99—and register to win a four-day, three-night trip to the Bahamas.

LifeWay's email promotion also offers Guy Penrod's Breathe Deep for $11.99, $2 off the regular price and four favorites for $10 each: Michael W. Smith's A New Hallelujah, Selah's You Deliver Me, Jeremy Camp's Speaking Louder Than Before and Newsboys' In the Hands of God. LifeWay also offers a $10 savings card with each $40 buy through March 6, in-store only.

The Parable promotion includes music specials that sell TobyMac's Tonight for $9.97 instead of $13.99 and Casting Crowns' Until the Whole World Hears for $11.19 instead of $15.98. There is also a pre-buy price of $9.97 for the new VeggieTales release, Pistachio: The Little Boy that Woodn't, available from this weekend.

Mardel also offers more than a dozen new T-shirt designs for $12.99 each and 50% off select books and Bibles. Included are Willard F. Harley Jr.'s His Needs, Her Needs for $9.99 and Emmerson Eggerichs' The Language of Love and Respect for $7.49.

Family Christian Stores focuses on deals for "thought-provoking fiction," with $5 off selected Francine Rivers titles with a pre-purchase of her forthcoming Her Mother's Hope for $18.74 instead of $24.99. Karen Kingsbury's Take Three, the next in her filmmaker series, can be ordered in advance for $11.24 instead of $14.99.