All the way to Alabama!

What do you know about Alabama?

• Alabama was the 22nd State to enter the Union
  
• It's commonly called the "Cotton State"
  
• The official amphibian is the Red Hills salamander
• And Alabama is one of the latest states to show up during Rocky's Roadtrip!

Thanks to Hayden & Ashton's Alabama Vacation, Rocky is one step closer to his goal of visiting all 50 states (and beyond) before Labor Day 2009!

Visit HisKids.net/rocky to learn more and enter for your chance to win some cool prizes ... including a Free MP3 player loaded up with stories, songs and videos from HIS KIDS RADIO!

Rocky's Roadtrip: Grand Prize

With two full months before Labor Day, Rocky's Roadtrip has already taken our CU mascot to eight great states:

• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New York

HisKids.net wristbands are being sent to everyone who shares a photo, and weekly winners are drawn each Monday.

We're also excited to announce that the winner of our Grand Prize drawing will receive a free MP3 player -- preloaded with music, stories and videos from your friends @ HisKids.net!

Visit HisKids.net/rocky to learn more about Rocky's Roadtrip!

Rocky's Roadtrip...

Summertime is a great time to get out and see the sights - from coast to coast, there are a lot of fun places to visit! Since we'll be spending most of the summer in Michigan keeping HIS KIDS RADIO on the air and online, we're hoping our listeners will bring our pal Rocky on their summer vacations during Rocky's Roadtrip!

Our goal is to get Rocky to each one of the 50 states between now and September 1. Here's how you can help:

1. Simply print, color, and cut out Rocky.
2. Take him along as you travel around town or during your travels this summer.
   
3. Snap a digital photo of you and your family with Rocky and upload it to our web site.
4. Visit HisKids.net often to see if Rocky has met his goal of traveling to each of the 50 United States and beyond by the time summer is over!
   

Everyone who enters will receive a cool wristband from HisKids.net and be put into a weekly prize drawing.

One grand prize winner will also be drawn and announced on HIS KIDS RADIO over Labor Day weekend (Sept 5-7, 2009).

Feel free to share more than one picture and share this with others to encourage them to help with Rocky's Roadtrip!

Bonus prizes will go to the first person to send us a picture of Rocky by the world's largest baked potato (Blackfoot, Idaho), the world's largest cowboy hat & boots (Seattle, Washington), or the world's largest snowman (White Bear Lake, Minnesota)!

We can't wait to see what fun places Rocky visits this summer! Feel free to share more than one picture, and share this with others to encourage them to help with Rocky's Roadtrip!

Keep 'em coming ...

With less than a week and a half until Father's Day, we hope you'll continue letting us know why you love your dad so much. Click here to enter his name into the drawing for our Fabulous Father's Day Giveaway.

Fifteen fortunate fathers will be winning a free book from Mark Elfstrand and Moody Publishers called "10 Passions of a Man's Soul: Harness Your Strength, Impact Your World." (more)

Be listening to HIS KIDS RADIO to hear us share your thoughts about Dad on the air. The names of our winners (and nominating kids) will be announced Father's Day weekend!

One Marvelous Mom...

We've had so much fun reading the entries we've received for our Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway! One of our favorites didn't come from a kid - it came from one of our favorite artists - Brent Weber!

Here's what he had to say about his mom -

My mom is super special because she sacrificed herself to help kids hear cool Christ centered music. You see...my mom is a nurse and 17 years ago she worked overtime all year long to save up extra money to buy me a keyboard so I could write music. She sacrificed her time, gave up a lot of sleep and gave the extra money she made... for me! When she bought me the keyboard I began to teach myself how to program and write music and still to this day I have kept that keyboard as a great memory to the start to my music ministry!
My mom totally ROCKS! Thanks mom! I love you!!!

It's not too late to enter your mom into our Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway! We've got 15 great prizes from our friends at Hearts at Home for some of the nominated moms, and prizes for their kids too! We'll pick the winners during the weekend of May 9, so get your entries in today!

Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway...

This year Mother's Day falls on Sunday, May 10 ... and while our contests are usually for kids, here's a chance to enter your Mom in our great giveaway!

Tell us why your Mom is Marvelous and we'll put her name in a drawing to receive one of 15 free prizes from Hearts at Home!

The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 9 ... and we'll even throw in a special prize for the nominating kids!

(Contest expired - see winners)

Christmas Coloring Contest Entries

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the God Rocks! Christmas Coloring Contest! You did a great job - just take a look at all of these entries!



We'll be choosing the winners of the Rock-A-Bye Christmas DVD and CD very soon. And don't forget that every kid who entered gets a prize, so be sure to keep an eye on your mailbox!

Also, keep in mind that Christmas Festival Continues on HIS KIDS RADIO! Click below for a complete schedule in your U.S. time zone.

• Eastern
• Central
• Mountain
  
• Pacific

All of us at HIS KIDS RADIO and HisKids.net wish you a very merry Christmas. As you spend time with family and friends this holiday season, don't forget that the best present of all is the gift God gave to us - his son, Jesus!

Coloring Contest Creativity ...

If you're still hoping to enter the God Rocks Christmas Coloring Contest, but aren't sure how to get your picture to us by Monday (December 15), feel free to scan and email it as an attachment to the following address:

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• Print the picture
• Contest prizes & rules

Be sure to include your name, age, parent's name, address, phone number and email!

God Rocks is in the Prayer Chair!

This month, our friends from God Rocks! are in the HIS KIDS RADIO Prayer Chair! They're finishing up a very busy year of music and ministry to kids in North America and around the world!

• In 2008 God Rocks! successfully raised money to build a NEW SCHOOL and install a fresh water well for children in Kabwe, Zambia. Pray that God will bless these children, many who have no mother or father to care for them. Pray that they will grow up to be strong and healthy and will learn not only their 1-2-3's and A-B-C's but also about how much God loves them.
• God Rocks! performed many LIVE CONCERTS this past year where hundreds of boys and girls prayed and became followers of Jesus for the first time! Pray that these children will continue to grow strong in the Lord as they learn to trust and obey him day by day.
• God Rocks! will be partnering with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to share the message of Jesus at more then 20 exciting community events in the United States and Canada in 2009. Pray that God will bless the Rev. Franklin Graham and God Rocks! as they share God's love with many thousands of boys and girls who attend these special events.
• Please pray for God Rocks! as they travel many thousands of miles across North America in 2009 to share the Good News of God's love with children everywhere. Pray for good health and for safety as they drive, fly and perform.
  

Be sure to keep listening to HIS KIDS RADIO to hear the music of God Rocks!, including great holiday songs from their Rock-A-Bye Christmas project. And don't forget about the God Rocks Christmas Coloring Contest - where every kid who enters gets a prize!

Enter the God Rocks Christmas Coloring Contest!

It's hard to believe that Christmas is just a few short weeks away! This time of year is especially important for Christians, as we're reminded that the best gift of all is Jesus!

This year, our friends at God Rocks! would like to help you get in the holiday spirit with a fun DVD called "Rock-A-Bye Christmas". With just a few days remaining before Christmas, the town of Rocky Ridge is bustling with busy shoppers as Chip, Gem and the band rehearse little nuggets for the Christmas Eve play. But who will play the part of baby Jesus? The answer to this and the amazing story of Nana Rock-a-Bye and Little Star are told in this wonder-filled musical tale that reminds young and old of the true meaning of Christmas!

Would you like to win this DVD for yourself? If so, we hope you'll print this page, follow the instructions, and enter the God Rocks Christmas Coloring Contest! 15 winners will receive the Rock-A-Bye Christmas DVD, 15 kids will get copies of the Rock-A-Bye Christmas Bibletoons CD, and everyone who enters will receive a special "little star" prize from God Rocks!

Entries need to be received by Monday, December 15 - so pick up your crayons and get started today!

Set Sail for Adventure with VeggieTales!

This month during PhoneTag and the Song Request Contest, we'll be passing out some perfectly piratey prizes, the latest DVD from VeggieTales, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything!

Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt, and Pa Grape find themselves on the ride of their lives when they are mysteriously whisked back to the time when pirates ruled the high seas. As they help a brave princess rescue her brother from a dastardly pirate villain, they battle evil cheese curls, giant rock monsters, and their own fears to become the most unlikely heroes you've ever seen.

Listen in for your opportunity to dial in and win when we play PhoneTag on HIS KIDS RADIO, or enter to win during the Song Request Contest!

And if you can't get enough of those crazy pirates, check out the Veggie Pirates website for fun downloads, coloring pages, videos, games, and more (including lessons on how to talk like a pirate)!

WIN A Wi-Fi Family Radio!

Many of you love listening to We Kids with Mr. Nick. Each week he helps us learn more about God through great Bible stories, fun songs, and of course, the "Wonderful We Kids March".

Did you know that you can hear We Kids on-demand at HisKids.net? You can also hear the program anytime through the Wi-Fi Family Radio. It's a fantastic tool that has been helping families around the world listen to their favorite kids' shows on their own schedule.

Starting Saturday, September 6, you'll have the opportunity to win a Wi-Fi Family Radio from Mr. Nick! It's as simple as listening to the program, answering a question, and sending the correct answer, along with your name and address to Mr. Nick.

Mr. Nick will be drawing the name of one winner on Friday,
Sept. 19. Until then, make sure to listen to We Kids each week at HisKids.net - you'll be glad you did!

• Visit Mr. Nick's website
• Listen to We Kids to learn more about the contest
• Learn more about the Wi-Fi Family Radio

Fabulous Fathers!

It's been a fun few weeks at the radio station, as we've seen dozens of entries fill the e-mailbox for our Fabulous Father's Day Giveaway!

Many kids entered their deserving dads, and even though they all deserve something special, we could only pick ten winners this time. Here's who they are:

• Dan (11) - Des Plaines, IL (dad Esteban)
• Katlyn (10) - St Cloud, MN (dad Dan)
• Casey (9) - Summerfield, NC (dad Chris)
• Emily (11) - Milford, NH (dad Burke)
• Hil’Lesha - Newburgh, IN (dad Anderson)
• Meghan (11) - Byron Center, MI (dad Mitch)
• Ben (10) - Duluth, MN (dad Nathan)
• Naomi (4) - Mishawaka, IN (dad Bruce)
• Greysen (7) - Holland, MI (dad Ray)
• Kylee (8) - Eden Prairie, MN (dad Rick)

Thanks so much to everyone who participated. And even if you didn't win this time, we hope you'll let your dad know how much you care about him, not just on Father's Day, but every day of the year!

Fabulous Father's Day Giveaway! ...

Father's Day is quickly coming on Sunday, June 15 ... and we'd love to hear why you think your Dad is so Fab!

Fill out the form below to put his name in a special drawing to win one of ten free copies of the book Never Walk Away by Crawford Loritts (provided by our friends at FamilyLife Today)!

Amanda & I can't wait to read your notes on HIS KIDS RADIO. The winners will be announced on June 14 -- and we'll even throw in a special prize for the nominating kids! :-)

(Contest expired - see winners)

Marvelous Mothers

It's been a fun few weeks at the radio station, as we've seen dozens of entries fill the e-mailbox for our Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway!

Many kids entered their marvelous moms, and even though they all deserve something special, we could only pick ten winners this time. Here's who they are -

• Autumn (12) - Lopez Island, WA (mom Michele)
• Rachel (11) - Smyrna, NY (mom April)
• Tamiko (12) - Ripley, ME (mom Mary)
• Rebekah (12) - North Aurora, IL (mom Grace)
• Hannah (11) - Monroe, NC (mom Lisa)
• Anna (7) - Clearfield, PA (mom Susan)
• Bethany (9) - Merced, CA (mom Sonia)
• Casey (9) - Summerfield, NC (mom Susan)
• Betty (10) - Bemidji, MN (mom Debbie)
• Katlyn (10) - St Cloud, MN (mom Maggie)

Thanks so much to everyone who participated. And even if you didn't win this time, we hope you'll let your mom know how much you care about her, not just on Mother's Day, but every day of the year!

Something Fun For Mom!

There's only a few days until Mother's Day...do you know what you'll be doing for your mom this year?

Here's an idea...how about learning the words of the famous "Mom Song" from Go Fish? They've made it easy for you to print the lyrics, download a performance track, and even watch a video of the guys performing the song LIVE in concert!

While you're at it, don't forget to sign your mom up for our Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway! We'll be picking ten winners on Friday, May 9, so get those entries in soon!

Marvelous Mother's Day Giveaway

This year Mother's Day falls on Sunday, May 11 ... and while our contests are usually for kids, here's a chance to enter your Mom in our great new giveaway!

Tell us why your Mom is Marvelous and we'll put her name in a drawing to receive one of 10 free books from Kregel Publications:

• Amazing Grace
• Out of the Depths
• Praying with Purpose
• Tailor Made Marriage
• or The Praying Wives Club

The winners will be drawn on Friday, May 9 ... and we'll even throw in a special prize for the nominating kids!

(Contest expired - see winners)

Coloring Congrats ...

Amanda & I are thrilled that so many kids participated in our God Rocks! Easter Coloring Contest this month! The entries were divided into three age categories and we're happy to present the following winners:

• Clarice M (age 3) - Marion, WI
• Micah J (age 5) - Quaker Hill, CT
• Timmy H (age 5) - Brooklyn Center, MN
• Jamie B (age 6) - Spring, TX
• Grace H (age 8) - Hesperia, MI
• Delight W (age 8) - St Petersburg, FL
• P.J. T (age 12) - Alta Loma, CA
• Jonathan S (age 13) - Jonesboro, AR
• Katie B (age 14) - Manitowoc, WI

Each of these fine artists is receiving a free "Rez - The Rock That Rolled" DVD just in time for Easter.

The big congrats goes to 8 year old Jemima M from Chicago, IL!
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God Rocks! Easter Coloring Contest

It's hard to believe that Easter is just a few short weeks away! This time of year is especially important for Christians, as we're reminded of the great price Jesus paid when he died on the cross for our sins.

Our friends from God Rocks! have a great DVD that tells the good news of the Easter story. It's called "Rez - The Rock That Rolled" (view clip), and we're giving away 10 copies to the winners of the God Rocks! Easter Coloring Contest!

Simply print this picture, grab your crayons, and start coloring. When you're finished, send your picture to the address below.

We'll pick 10 winners in all - 9 runners-up and one grand prize winner. Our runners-up will recieve a DVD copy of "Rez - The Rock That Rolled", just in time for Easter. Our grand prize winner will get the DVD, PLUS 10 great CDs from the HIS KIDS RADIO Music Library!

So, grab your crayons, colored pencils, or markers, and get coloring! All entries must be received at the following address by Saturday, March 15:

HIS KIDS RADIO

P.O. Box 151515

Grand Rapids, MI 49515

Please be sure to include your name, age, address and phone number with your entry!