For the first time in Winter Jam history – HearItFirst.com will be webcasting LIVE from the Winter Jam 2010 Tour Spectacular concert stop at the Sommet Center in Nashville TN, this Sunday February 21, as a benefit for Haiti Relief working with the Hands & Feet Project.

THIS IS A FREE LIVE VIDEO STREAM. You don’t need to be at the Winter Jam event in Nashville, TN to take part.

WHO: Winter Jam 2010 featuring Third Day, Newsboys, NewSong, Fireflight, Tenth Avenue North, Sidewalk Prophets, Revive & Robert Pierre

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 21 starting at 6:15 eastern/3:15 pacific

WHERE: CLICK HERE to watch LIVE ONLINE from the Sommet Center in Nashville, TN

WHAT: Winter Jam 2010 to benefit Hands and Feet Project in Haiti

HOW MUCH: FREE online with a suggested donation of $5 to benefit Hands and Feet Project

The 15th year of Winter Jam and it is off to an amazing start! 9 shows down in the 2010 tour and the numbers are extremely humbling: 89,606 people have seen the show so far, 2,138 of those generous people chose to sponsor an orphan until they are adopted and 11,130 of the Christ-filled crowd made a decision to either follow Christ for the first time or rededicated their lives to Him! Whew!!!! GOD IS GOOD – isn’t He?

Be sure to check out our blog on the Winter Jam Website for all of the latest news and don’t forget to become a fan of  Winter Jam on Facebook.

…now continue the journey as the third film in the Christmas Hope Series follows Patricia (Madeleine Stowe) and Mark Addison (James Remar), a couple in a troubled marriage. When Patricia, a social worker, brings home a foster child who has no place to go on Christmas, they set aside their differences to give the young girl a special holiday. Beloved character Nathan Andrews (Ian Ziering) returns in The Christmas Hope, bringing the stories full circle.

See all the details, including the trailer at http://www.donnavanliere.com/newsletter/0912.html

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Eddie Carswell was interviewed by CBA a few weeks ago and we thought that you would enjoy the story:

CBA Industry Brief First Look: Eddie Carswell of NewSong

This week’s First Look brings readers into the life of Eddie Carswell, lead singer of the band NewSong. Now on tour with Bluetree and Chynna & Vaughn, NewSong’s latest CD, Give Yourself Away, released yesterday. Carswell spoke recently with CBA contributing editor Lauren Zaczek about the joyful chaos that currently swirls throughout his life.

What does a musician who’s been recording and touring for nearly 30 years do when he has a week off in the middle of a tour? He packs up his family in their van and heads to Disney World. With less than two hours left in their road trip to the happiest place on earth, the background noise of cheers and excitement from Carswell’s children continued to escalate. “The amount of noise in the car is always proportionate to the distance that you are away from your destination,” Carswell shared. “And if you couldn’t tell, we’re not too far away now.”

Having stopped at their grandmother’s home in southern Georgia for lunch an hour or so before, the Carswell family was taking advantage of a few days away from the routine of the touring the road on what may be one of NewSong’s most diverse tours to date. Not only is NewSong traveling the country with “a bunch of Irish lads who are fired up for the Lord,” but the Chynna & Vaughn team brings an unparalleled experience. “There’s a writer on tour with us who is writing Chynna’s life, and then there are the Baldwin brothers who are sometimes with us. When we were driving through Oklahoma the other week, Chynna said, ‘You know, I haven’t been here since my mother was in Dillinger and I was on set with her.’ That was in 1973. So we’re getting to see these different worlds that we typically wouldn’t.”

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Well can you believe it is finally here? We are so excited to see what God is going to do with the ”Give Yourself Away” album. For us, this has been a labor of love and now we can finally hand it over to you. Our prayer is that this collection of songs will encourage and inspire you to new heights, and cause you to look for opportunities to give yourself to those in need for the Glory of God. That place of selfless service is where we find God working and where we find the true meaning of life the way God intended for it to be for us.

So spread the word, be encouraged and challenged – tell everyone that they are loved and amazing! We think you are…and the best is yet to come!

See you out on the road someday soon!

Russ

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As Thanksgiving Day quickly approaches, NewSong is just finishing an amazing fall tour with Bluetree and Chynna & Vaughan. Next week, we will have a few rehearsal days, then time with families before the much-anticipated 19-city Christmas tour with Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli. Hope you will make plans now to attend a Christmas concert near you! Bring the whole family and that friend who needs to be encouraged with good news! And don’t forget to pray for us as we forge ahead during this busy but rewarding season.

Oh Yeah – don’t forget to request our new single now and after Christmas. It’s called “That’s What Mercy Is” – Eddie Carswell and our good friend Matthew West wrote it. I think you will love it! November 24^th is the street date for our new project, Give Yourself Away! Be sure and pick up a copy for yourself. When you do, we will give you a copy to use as an encouragement for a friend.

God Bless you and yours! We will see you somewhere out on the road… Russ