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Mom's the word Print Email
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Tuesday, 05 May 2009 09:10 AM America/New_York
Christian Retail Offers for the week of May 4

With Mother's Day just a few days away, moms are naturally the focus for all the major promotions, from gifts to books.

Mardel Christian Education & Supply focuses on Willow Tree's new "Roses in My Garden" line of figurines representing children of different ages and persinaltiires. The individual pieces are on sale for $12 each. Mardel's emailing also presents Love Takes Wing, the latest Janette Oke book to make it to DVD, for $14.99 (down from $22.99) through May 9.

Family Christian Stores offers The Love Dare: Legacy Edition for $18.39, reduced from $22.99, and the movie edition of the Fireproof tie-in for $11.99 (instead of $14.99). The special collector's DVD edition of the film is on sale for $19.99 (usual price $24.99).

Parable stores present "Music for Moms," with Francesca Battistelli's My Paper Heart 20% off for online purchases at $8.39. Kari Jobe's self-titled debut is priced at $10.49. The Parable promotion also spotlights Kate Gosselin's book, Eight Little Faces: A Mom's Journey (Zondervan), with an online price of $12.97 ($14.99 regular).

LifeWay Christian Stores features resources from speaker and author Beth Moore, including Praying God's Word Day by Day (reduced from $14.99 to $11.99) and A Woman's Prayer Life, down from $14.99 to $9.99.

CLC Christian Bookcenters presents a tabletop glass "mom" heart from Dicksons for $10.99, reduced from $15.99 among its gift specials. The Women of Faith Study Bible is reduced from $34.99 to $27.99, while Joyce Meyer's Never Give Up is the Deal of the Week, available for $14.99 ($21.99).
 
Jars of Clay heads music specials Print Email
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 10:58 AM America/New_York
Christian retail offers for the week of April 20

With the April 23 Dove Awards ceremony cap stoning the Christian music world's annual GMA Week gathering in Nashville, music tops the promotions for Parable and Mardel Christian Education & Supply.

Parable store shoppers are offered 20% off all 2009 Dove nominees, and encouraged to vote for the Artist and New Artist of the Year categories. The Parable emailing also offers Christian rock favorites Jars of Clay's new album, The Long Fall Back to Earth (Provident) for the online price of $11.88, reduced from $13.98.

Mardel goes further with its New Music emailing, selling the Jars album for $8.99. In addition, the Mardel offer includes "New Voices, Great Prices," with albums by Sarah Reeves, Philmont and Danyew available or $5 each.

Dove nominees including Chris Tomlin (Hello Love) are among the Albums of the Month selling for $9.97 at Family Christian Stores.

LifeWay Christian Stores is promoting a One Week Sale, through April 25, on the NIV Life Application Study Bible, with $69.99 and $79.99 priced editions available for $34.99. As part of a Mother's Day focus, the chain is offering the Grandmother's Bible NIV for $10 off the regular $49.99 retail price. Comedian Chonda Pierce's DVD, Staying' Alive Laughing! is reduced from $14.98 to $5.
 
Music, DVD offers lead the way Print Email
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 09:20 AM America/New_York
Christian Retail Offers for the week of April 6

DVDs and music feature strongly in Easter week offerings, with Family Christian Stores promoting the new part-animation, part-live action adaptation of the children's classic book, The Velveteen Rabbit, for $19.99, reduced from $24.99.

The chain also presents a series of other movies for $10 each, including the pro-life drama, Bella, the historical adventure, The Final Inquiry, and the evangelistic, The Ultimate Gift. In addition, the comedy concert special, Class Clowns, features as part of the '12 Days of Easter' online special offering select items for $5 each. The DVD normally retails for $14.99.

Mardel Christian Education & Supply offers Flywheel, an earlier movie from the makers of the smash hit, Fireproof, for $5. Mardel also promotes its Easter Book & Bible Sale on April 11, which will see 25% reductions on all books, Bibles and software. Select items will be 33% to 75% off, with shoppers able to register to win a $500 gift card.

The same day, the chain will also present an assorted bargain books special, with three-for$10. Among the more than 150 titles included in the special are Joel Osteen's Your Best Life Now and Stormie Omartian's The Power of a Praying Wife.

VeggieTales' An Easter Carol DVD is on sale for $9.99, down $3 from the regular price, in Parable stores' 'Easter Gifts for Little Hearts' mailing. Other items include Zonderkidz's The Beginner's Bible for $11.97 (usually $16.99).

CLC Christian Bookcenters promotes its digital music store, offering downloads of more than 300,000 songs by Christian artists.
 
Free 'Nooma' preview screening Print Email
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 09:31 AM America/New_York
Christian Retail Offers for the week of March 30

Parable stores offer a free preview of the latest installment of the successful "Nooma" video series.
Corner, the 23rd of pastor-author Rob Bell's short videos, can be viewed online at the Parable Web site April 3-5.

The screening invitation is included in a "Share Your Faith" mailing that offers the "Nooma" titles for $9.97 each for online purchases, reduced from $12.99. Discounted books include Lee Strobel's The Case for Faith, down from $14.99 to $9.97. Parable also offers 20% off featured nominees for this year's Dove Awards.

Music is a focus for Mardel Christian & Educational Supply, too, with a $5 CD sale through April 11. Albums by Skillet, Mercy Me, Sara Groves, The Afters and Vota are among those available. Special editions are excluded.

Mardel also presents a "Bargain Bibles" special. Among the offers are the TNIV Thinline in blue-cream DuoTone reduced from $25.99 to $7.49, and the ESV Wide Margin hardcover, down from $34.99 to $11.24.

Family Christian Stores' "Easter Gift Ideas for the Whole Family" mailing spotlights framed art, with a coupon for 33% off any purchase of $50 or more. A separate mailing offering 50% off select women's titles also reduces Max Lucado's His Name is Jesus from $24.99 to $14.99.

The Lucado title is also featured by LifeWay Christian Stores, which offers savings of up to 55% on "Eggcellent Easter Essentials." LifeWay presents the Lucado book for $17.99, while the NIV Compact Thinline Bible is available for $10. The usual retail price is $22.99.
 
Half-off sale at LifeWay Print Email
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 11:08 AM America/New_York
Christian Retail offers for the week of March 23

LifeWay Christian Stores' One Week Sale, through March 28, offers half-off savings on almost 20 items, leading with Chris Tomlin's latest Hello Love. The CD is reduced to $6.99.

Other 50% savings are available on The Passion of The Christ: Definitive Edition DVD for $13.49, a set of Resurrection Eggs for $7.47, and The VeggieTales Bible from Zonderkidz priced at $12.49.

Meanwhile, LifeWay's 24-page Easter Celebration Sale catalog prices The Word of Promise: Next Generation New Testament Audio Bible, ICB at $29.99, down from $49.99. The catalog also includes a coupon for 33% off any one regularly priced item, bought in-store.

Family Christian Stores focuses on films, presenting a $5 saving on the Fireproof: Special Collector's Edition, priced at $19.99, while the new biopic Faith Like Potatoes can be pre-purchased for $17.99, down from $24.99. Among titles available for $10 each are Bella, The Final Inquiry, The List, One Night With the King and The Ultimate Gift.

Parable stores offer resources on The Truth About Jesus, with Josh and Sean McDowell's Evidence for the Resurrection reduced from $22.99 to $19.97. Lee Strobel's The Case for the Real Jesus is down from $14.99 to $9.99. The emailing also offers 20% of all finalists and winners of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's 2009 Christian Book Awards.
 
Looking ahead to Easter Print Email
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 11:59 AM America/New_York
Christian Retail Offers for the week of March 16

Spring is in the air and Easter is on the agenda as CLC Christian Bookcenters and Family Christian Stores look ahead to the highpoint of the Christian calendar, Easter Sunday on April 12.

CLC promotes "perfect Easter gifts for kids," with daily deals offering up to 70% off regular prices. The stores' Deal of the Week is the new Zonderkidz VeggieTales Bible, down to $15.99 from $24.99. The emailing also prices Zondervan's Adventure Bible for Early Readers, NirV at $22.99, $5 off the regular price, and includes a 20% off in-store only coupon.

Family Christian leads its Easter focus with VeggieTales' latest DVD release, Abe and the Amazing Promise, retailing for $12.97, reduced from $14.99. The same price and reduction is available for a set of Resurrection Eggs.

Mardel Christian & Educational Supply emailing leads with a special offer on all Webkinz--$10.99 or less through March 21. Also spotlighted is Karen Kingsbury's new Take One (Zondervan), for $11.99 and Max Lucado's In the Grip of Grace (Thomas Nelson) for $4.99. The "Spring Forward" selection offers CDs from $6.99 and up, starting with Vota's self-named album.