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FAST FACT #2
United States companies will spend roughly $496 million dollars on email advertising by the end of this year.

HOT PICK: BOOKS
The Lord’s Prayer
illustrated by Tim Ladwig (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)

Five reasons why your preschooler (and you!) will love The Lord’s Prayer as illustrated by Tim Ladwig:

 Stunningly beautiful, art-gallery style pictures showing scenes from the everyday life of an American family.
 Warmth of family relationships and unique, child’s-eye-view perspectives displayed from page to page.
 Christlike character qualities acted out in real-life ways.
 An unspoken story that evolves behind the words of the Lord’s Prayer.
 Last but not least, the entire text for the book is simply the Lord’s Prayer from the pages of Scripture.

FOR YOUR MUSIC-MINDED TEEN
Does your teen like contemporary worship? Then here are a few "must-have" items to add to his or her Christmas list:

Third Day: Offerings Worship Resource Book
(Essential Records/Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing). Based on Third Day’s best-selling album, Offerings (Essential Records), this is more than just a piano book, this excellent resource boasts piano music, guitar lyric sheets with chords, a CD-ROM disc with transparency masters and PowerPoint lyric files (great for leading worship at youth group), and devotional thoughts from the members of Third Day. Like a dream come true for a musical teen, especially if he or she is a fan of Third Day.

"Audience of One" T-Shirt : (Living Epistles). Never has a T-shirt made it look so cool to be a worship leader! High quality construction, arresting visual image, and a discussion-starting message of faith make this one a winner.

Our God Reigns: by Phil Christensen and Shari MacDonald (Kregel Publications). If your teen (or you!) ever wondered how great praise & worship songs like "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" or "Seek Ye First" or "You Are My All in All" were born, then this is the book to get! Written in warm, devotional style, Our God Reigns reveals the stories behind 25 of Christendom’s most-loved praise songs. A rare treat.

FOR YOUR MUSIC-MINDED CHILD
Here’s a way to introduce your elementary-aged child to praise music and encourage musical expression at the same time: My Good Night Bible Songs Play and Sing by Susan Lingo and Lise Caldwell!

With a child-size piano built and age-appropriate notation built right in, this entertaining board book will have you and your child playing and singing up to twelve different Sunday-school song favorites in no time. Among the melodies included are: "If You’re Happy," "This Little Light of Mine," and "Jesus Loves Me."

FAST FACT #3
Internet sales during the Christmas season of 1999 increased by 250% over the same time period in 1998.

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