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Olive Branch, Miss. (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 2, 2010 -- Hundreds of mothers and daughters will gather on March 27 to spend time with author and Virtuous Reality Ministries founder and teen culture expert Vicki Courtney at LifeWay Women’s You & Your Girl event at Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch, Miss.

As a mother of three teens, Courtney understands the unique relationship between mothers and daughters and seeks to combine spiritual encouragement and practical tools to help them navigate through today’s culture-generated ideals of beauty, love and worth.

“Mothers and daughters who attend You & Your Girl will not only strengthen their relationship with God but with each other,” said Paige Greene, LifeWay Women’s events director. “Vicki has the rare ability to empower mothers and equip daughters to overcome the many challenges teens face in today’s society.”

As 2009 draws to a close, The Sonflowerz have much to be thankful for. 3 Radio Singles hit #1 and gained recognition on major radio networks in the U.S. and worldwide, including Sirius/XM Satellite radio.

Here are the Highlights of 2009:

BEAUTIFUL MIRACLE – Christmas Single
• #1 on Christian Music Weekly worship radio chart for the week of December 23rd with ‘Emmanuel’ by Chris Tomlin at #2
• #1 on CRW Inspirational Radio Chart 12/22/09
• #1 on CRW Canada Radio Chart
 12/9/09 – 12/22/09
• #1 on CRW Internet Radio Chart
 12/9/09 – 12/22/09
• Aired on 650 stations

Click "Full Text" To See Singles Stats of "Legacy" and "More Than I Think I Am"

COLORADO SPRINGS , CO – Kicking off the release of their brand new Christmas project, Beautiful Miracle, The Sonflowerz hit the road last week with Sara Groves on her "O Holy Night" Christmas Tour. They traveled through parts of the Northeast with stops in Bangor, Maine, Presque Isle, Maine and Manchester, New Hampshire. Becca Leander of the Sonflowerz writes, “Sharing our new songs with people was a great start to this Christmas season. We loved opening for Sara Groves on this tour, since Elissa and I are fans of her music.” Several radio stations promoted the tour, including WHCF 93.7 FM in Bangor, Maine and WSTL 93.7 FM in Southern New England.

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The New Christmas release from The Sonflowerz, Beautiful Miracle, will be available this Christmas on iTunes and major online retailers. Co-produced by The Sonflowerz and Brad Nyght (The Desperation Band - Integrity), Beautiful Miracle offers three original songs, classic renditions and features the international award-winning Veronika String Quartet. “Our vision for this project is to celebrate the purpose of God bringing His Son into the world,” Elissa Leander says. “We love the classic songs that draw us to ponder the mystery of the manger and Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. But if we stop pondering there we’ll miss the reason of His birth – to give His life as a ransom for many.” The EP includes a version of Keith Green’s “There is a Redeemer”.

The Sonflowerz, a British-American sister act from Colorado, is coming to McCook Nov. 21, appearing in concert at McCook Christian Church, 507 W. B Street, at 7 p.m.

When asked about the upcoming event, Becca Leander said, "We are excited to come back to McCook! We're encouraging all moms and daughters to join us on Saturday before the concert. It will be a fun time to hang out as just girls for the day. The theme for the retreat is 'Face the Son,' and it goes perfectly with why we're called 'The Sonflowerz' -- to face the Son of God and follow him with our lives. We have just finished a new project, 'Beautiful Miracle,' a Christmas album. The concert on the 21st will be our first live performance of these songs."

The Sonflowerz Join LifeWay Women Events for 2009 and 2010 You and Your Girl Mother/Daughter Conferences Featuring Author and Speaker Vicki Courtney!

"The Sonflowerz bring smiles, hugs, tender hearts and a passion for worshiping Jesus to LifeWay's You & Your Girl events. We love the Sonflowerz gift for leading worship, but also how they interact and minister one-on-one with girls and moms attending You & Your Girl events."

- Michelle Hicks, LifeWay Women's Enrichment Events

About Vicki:

Vicki Courtney is founder of Virtuous Reality Ministries®, which now reaches more than 150,000 girls and mothers a year through Web sites, resources, and events. Her online magazine for teen girls, virtuousreality.com, attracts visitors from throughout the world. Her newest Web site, virtuealert.com, is a parent’s resource tool to understanding today’s rapidly changing teen culture. Vicki is the author of numerous studies and books, including...

The 4th single from the Sonflowerz’ album “All Over the World” has been #1 for 15 weeks on the CRW Canadian Radio Chart! Following 3 powerful singles, “Legacy” has gained recognition in Canada and the U.S. It reached #1 on the CRW Internet Radio chart for 11 weeks in a row. In addition, “Legacy” has been #1 for 7 straight weeks on the CRW Global Inspirational Radio Chart with 628 station adds worldwide.

Other singles "More than I think I Am" and "Edge Of My Seat" have received numerous #1 spots and rotation on XM/Sirius Satalite Radio.

"LEGACY" climbed to #1 on the CRW Global AC chart last week, making it the 3rd #1 spot for "LEGACY" so far! Other charts with the single at #1 are Canadian and Internet Charts.

Canadian Top 30 and Internet Radio charts feature "LEGACY" at #1 on Christian Radio Weekly Charts, week of July 27, 2009. Global AC Chart list "LEGACY" at #2 and #3 on Global INSPO Chart week of July 27th.

Over 600 stations globally have embraced the 4th single from The Sonflowerz CD "All Over The World".

Previous singles have experienced radio success - My Adoration (#14 on Top 100 Inspirational Songs of 2008), Edge of My Seat (#1 for 3 weeks in a row on Global AC Chart) and More Than I Think I Am.

The Sonflowerz are featured this week on Under The Radar radio show! The show features the best
under-appreciated music from Christian songwriters. UTR is a nationally syndicated radio program, currently heard on over 90 stations and via podcast! Visit the link to read the article!

446 is the number of stations who added "My Adoration", The Sonflowerz first radio single in 2008. It is the highest number of station adds through Christian Radio Weekly Radio Promotion. "My Adoration" hit #14 in the CRW Top 100 Inspirational Songs of 2008, out-ranking Jeremy Camp, Point of Grace and Meredith Andrews with over 23,000,000 listener impressions.

In a nutshell: Singer/songwriter sisters Elissa and Becca Leander make up the soft rock duo that is The Sonflowerz. In their third release, All Over the World, the sisters tell stories of taking their music across the world. This album definitely has a worship flare to it with songs like "My Adoration" and "Cover Us," while other tunes are more story-based...Top tracks: "More Than I Think I Am" "Prayer for The Prodigal" and "God of Restoration"

Review By Christianity Today

GM: How to you think your music will cross denominational barriers?

Elisa: You know, Becca and I have been traveling full-time for about five years now. We have traveled to the UK and all over and you know we serve the same Lord, the same God and it so amazing to see people that are so passionate about Jesus in every denomination. And, we’re all worship the same God as I said before and that’s something we all have in common. A common place that we are all joined together.

GM: What is your favorite song on the album?

Elisa: I did this song called “More than I think I am” and that’s one of my favorites. It talks about our values and our worth in Christ and how God sees us.

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Check out The Sonflowerz on “The Boundless Show” by Focus on the Family, for young adults and college students!

Elissa and Becca recently visited their studios in Colorado Springs to chat with the Boundless team, answer questions and talk about issues that young adults face.

Go straight to download the Valentines Day podcast featuring The Sonflowerz here.

Check out their website, loaded with cool resources and articles at: http://www.boundless.org/

All podcasts are archived and available on their website.

It's a strange quirk of the music industry that an album by an American duo, issued in the UK in May, should only have received its US release in December. But then The Sonflowerz, two Colorado-based sisters Elissa Leander (25) and Becca Leander (23), have ministered in Britain on numerous occasions, playing various festivals. Now that the pair have finally got a record company behind them big things are being predicted for the Leander sisters and their 'All Over The World' album. Wrote Christian Retailing magazine, "The girls sing radio-friendly pop that sounds a bit like Point Of Grace, meaning their album will appeal to adult contemporary fans. But it should also attract younger audiences, in part because of age, but also because some of their songs, especially the title track, have a bit of a Hillsong vibe."