Hey all you disciple fans out there! This week, we are giving away a full disciple CD collection! Disciple has been really busy lately with the Rock and Worship Roadshow, but they have still found time to answer fan questions on Twitter! Here are some of our favorite tweets:

“@colincancer72: @disciplerocks do Underoath and Norma Jean rock your socks off??” we don’t wear socks

“@Ben_Breshears7: @disciplerocks how did you guys get your start?” bunch of dudes wanting to share Christ

“@Jadairabac: @disciplerocks if you could meet one musician, dead or alive, who would or be?” William Hung

“@TheKorrinaHimes: @disciplerocks If you weren’t in the band, God forbid, what do you think you’d be doing?” trying to join one

So, we want to know, if you could ask the members of disciple anything at all, what would it be? Comment with your question for a chance to win a disciple CD collection!

Also, Disciple has been posting “crowd cam” videos from the Rock and Worship Road Show after every city they visit! Here are a few of them! For more, visit their youtube page.

In honor of the Valentines Day holiday we wanted to find out what some of your favorite love songs are. MercyMe frontman, Bart Millard, shared his top picks of all time below. What do you think? Leave a comment with your favorites to be entered for an autographed copy of MercyMe’s “The Generous Mr. Lovewell.”

3. “Wonderful Tonight” – Eric Clapton

2. “Something In The Way She Moves” -The Beatles

1. “At Last” – Etta James

…But the greatest love song of all? “I Love Rap Music” -dcTalk

Speaking of MercyMe, these guys have a brand new album on the way and you can pre-order your copy today before anyone else! You’ll get an instant download of the title track and single “The Hurt & The Healer” plus an exclusive t-shirt and MercyMe branded “Hello Somebody” watch. The watches are provided through Christian organization, Hello Somebody, which exists to feed and educate children in third world countries in order to break the cycle of poverty and hunger within their generation. This is what true love is all about! Learn more about them at www.hello-somebody.com and Pre-Order your copy of the album at www.mercyme.org

Click here to go listen to the single, and check out all of the other great stuff you can get!

MercyMe also just wrapped up a photo shoot for the new album in New Mexico, and they wanted to share some of the fun that they had with you in this video below….

Enjoy Oh, and Happy Valentines Day!

Hey everyone! We have started a FreeCCM Pinterest account, and we have found some great craft ideas that we wanted to try out ourselves! This week, we created this fun piece of inspirational wall art that is great for Valentine’s Day!

Things You’ll Need:

A canvas (we used a basic 8×10 canvas that we got at a craft supply store)

A paint color of your choice (we chose a neutral/tan color)

Magazines

Mod Podge

Paintbrushes

Thin cardboard for letter cut outs

Scissors

1. Clip brightly colored patterns and pictures from magazines!

(Tip: The brighter the colors, the better! It is also fun to find colors that match well together!)

2. Arrange the magazine clippings on your canvas the way you would like them to look! Be sure you include clippings that contrast strongly with your paint color in the area where you plan to put the words!

3. Paint a layer of mod podge underneath and on top of the magazine clippings to be sure that they stick to the canvas.

Tip: It’s okay if it turns out a little bumpy! It adds some dimension to the finished product!

4. Let the mod podge dry! While you do that, you can begin cutting out letters out of cardboard to spell out whatever word you want! Try something that will inspire you: Faith, Hope, Love, or maybe your favorite scripture reference!

Tip: I have found that the easiest way to cut out letters is to make identical square blocks, and then cut the letters out from the squares (or rectangles). This helps to make the letters close to the same size!

5. Arrange the letters on top of the magazine clippings and paint around them! When you peel the letters off, you will have a great piece of art!

Do you use pinterest? If so, follow us at Pinterest.com/FreeCCM! Also, let us know and we will follow you!

Today, we are giving away a copy of Darlene Zschech’s album, “You Are Love.” Leave us a comment with a quote or word that inspires you, and you will be entered to win a copy!

Check out our FreeCCM update of the week!

Happy February! January is officially over and Valentine’s Day is on its way, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop eating healthy! As I mentioned on Friday, we have recently started using Pinterest at FreeCCM, and we are loving all the great ideas there!

I recently found a wonderful recipe for a really healthy strawberry lemonade smoothie packed with Kale, coconut oil, fruit and other delicious ingredients. Kale is filled with amazing vitamins and nutrients. This is the best way to trick your body into getting some good nutrition!

You can find the link to our pinboard with this delicious recipe here.

The fact that this has strawberries makes it the perfect Valentine’s Day treat!!

CONTEST: Tell us your favorite thing to eat on Valentine’s Day for a chance to win a CD Collection from an artist of your choice!! Better yet, pin a favorite valentine’s recipe on Pinterest and tag us @freeccm!

Today, we are taking you back in time.  Come with us back to the days of profile themes, top friends, emo self-photos, &hearts–to Myspace.

In 2008, The Afters released a song called Myspace Girl that chronicled the story of how their former bass player met his wife! They made a pretty fun video to go along with it. As a tribute to this song, we are giving away a T-shirt from when the song came out and a full The Afters discography!

In order to be entered to win, leave a comment answering the following question:

What is your favorite social network? Go ahead and tell us why!

a. Myspace

b. Twitter

c. Facebook

d.Pinterest

e. Other

f. I don’t use social networks!

Enjoy this funny video

A contest winner has been chosen! Congratulations to Harold, our winner!

Hey everyone! One of our goals here at FreeCCM is to introduce readers to new music, and we know there is so much music out there that we don’t know about! From time to time, we receive submissions from artists, but we have never had a space to highlight those until now!

If you or someone you know is a new Christian artist or aspiring Christian artist, we would love for you to submit your music. You could potentially be featured as an artist of the month. We would feature a free download of your music and promote you to our fans! This is a great way to get the word about your music out to Christian music listeners! There is no guarantee that you will be featured, but we will review all submissions.

Here are the guidelines:

1. Email info@freeccm.com with the subject “Artist Spotlight Submission”

2. Attach an mp3 of a song or a link to somewhere we can listen to your music.

3. Be sure to include links to anything that will give us a better idea of who you are: website, facebook fan page, videos, bios, etc.

Feel free to email with any questions! We can’t wait to hear all of your music!

Sara Groves has been one of my favorite artists for a very long time. She has such a way with words! After the release of her tenth album, Invisible Empires, this past October, she became a favorite of other people as well!

For today’s Favorite Things Friday, I am going to let someone else do the talking and point you to the Top 11 Gourmet Albums of 2011 post on Under the Radar where “Invisible Empires” was listed at the #1 spot! Pretty great!

Under the Radar highlighted some other great albums of 2011 from artists like Switchfoot, Gungor, Josh Garrels, The Civil Wars and Need To Breathe. That’s a great list!

Here is what they said about Sara,

“This ambitious album hits a cultural nerve as Sara addresses themes of loneliness, self-worth, personal image, and interpersonal challenges in the Internet age.  One of our panelists said, “It’s hard to imagine, but Sara has now once again released her ‘best’ album topping all of her previous excellent work.” Another UTR critic said, “Lyrically raw, but musically accessible, Sara uses the marriage of melody and verse to infuse her prose into the conversations of everyday people, in their everyday lives.”  Still another critic stated, ‘Lyrically intelligent and vulnerable, sonically lush and melodic, Invisible Empires should not be overlooked by anyone with a musical or social conscious.’”

Check out the rest of the article here.

As a tribute to Sara and her great year in 2011, we are giving away a Sara Groves T-Shirt–exclusive to those who bought the album presale! Just comment with your favorite Sara Groves song for a chance to win! We have both men’s and women’s sizes.

CONTEST CLOSED. A winner has been chosen! Congratulations!

For this week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday, I enlisted our resident office nutrition expert, Nicki for some great healthy recipes!

We discovered last week that you guys had some great New Year’s resolutions! We know a lot of you want to eat healthier, and we hope one of your resolutions is to listen to awesome music . We can help with both!!

Here are a couple very healthy recipes to start off your year. Comment with your favorite healthy food, for a chance to win “The One You Need” by Shane & Shane AND “Response” by Phil Wickham!

Almond Milk and Berry Smoothie

There are two versions to this smoothie: one for the “Novice Health Nut” and one for the “Crazy Health Guru.” Determine which you think you are, and you can adjust accordingly!

Crazy Health Guru Version:

1.5 cups of unsweetened almond milk

1-2 scoops of Whey & Greens protein powder (full of whey protein & vitamins & minerals found in green foods!)

1-2 Tbsp of Chia Seeds (yep, just like a Chia Pet, these little guys pack more fiber & nutrients than Flax Seeds!)

1/2 cup berries – blueberries are exceptionally tasty in this smoothie, but you can do a mix of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, or even go citrus with mangos. I use frozen berries in the winter months b/c it’s near impossible to find good organic berries

Blend Together on high! This entire smoothie is under 200 calories (with only 1 scoop of protein powder & 1 Tbsp of chia seeds)

Veggie Soup

Great for a light lunch or snack – packed with vitamins & minerals, asurprising amount of protein & tons of energy!

It is hard to believe how quickly 2011 passed by us! The new  year always gives us time to reflect on the year before and look forward to the year ahead! We are taking the chance to do that here at FreeCCM. Keep reading for your chance to win some 2011 favorites!

Your Favorite blog post of this year was

BEHIND THE ALBUM “BLESSINGS” WITH LAURA STORY

Laura sat down with us and shared a little bit about her album, “Blessings.” So many of you connected to her story and to the message behind the song: that God can make blessings come out of suffering. We loved hearing your responses to that powerful message!

Followed closely by:

PHIL WICKHAM LEAKS HIS NEW ALBUM… BUT YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT

where Phil shared with us a sneak peek into his album “Response” which was released in October. There were some really creative submissions to Phil; lots of people did a great job learning the song. Thanks for being a part of that! Hope you are enjoying “Response.”

Our Top downloaded song of this year was “Need You Now” by Addison Road.

The month where you guys visited the most was April.

Thank you all for a great year! You have made us want to laugh and cry at comments, and we are always so happy to see you enjoy something that we post!

For this week’s contest, tell us your favorite song from 2011 for a chance to win a CD from each artist listed above: Addison Road, Phil Wickham and Laura Story.

Just comment with your favorite to be entered!

Happy New Year!

Winners have been selected! Thanks for commenting!

MercyMe is so excited about the upcoming Rock & Worship Roadshow Tour that they’re giving away passes! You can visit their Facebook page below to compete for a chance at winning 5 tickets to the show plus a GPS to take you there.

Click here to see how you can get your hands on these great prizes!

And now for a special message from the band….

Don’t miss out on your chance to experience a ton of great bands including MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North, Lecrae, Hawk Nelson, Disciple,  Sidewalk Prophets and Rend Collective Experiment!

Click here to see when the Roadshow is coming your way.