Half-off prices on selected gifts at Family Christian Stores are among the specials being offered by chains in time for Mother's Day.

Heart to Heart figurines are on sale for $8.49 instead of $16.99, while 18-carat gold over sterling silver necklaces with a ruby are priced at $19.99 instead of $39.99. The prices at Family Christian outlets are good through May 11.

Berean Christian Stores' Mother's Day promotion includes Tyndale House Publishers' Sanctuary Bible NLT: A Devotional Bible for Women priced at $19.97 instead of $29.99 and its The One Year Mini for Moms reduced from $12.99 to $11.43.

Mardel Christian and Education stores are offering the Women of Faith Study Bible, NIV edition in Italian duotone, for the sale price of $19.99. It usually retails for $59.99. Parable stores' offers include Beverly Lewis' new Amish novel, The Forbidden, priced at $9.97.

Zondervan has e-mailed customers a Mother's Day gift, a link to a free download of Proverbs 31, the passage extolling a virtuous woman, from its audio production Inspired By... The Bible Experience.