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Updates continued ...
6/21/08 Hello friends and family! I just wanted to send out a quick note to let you all know what's currently happening and to hopefully have your support and presence at some upcoming events.
I hope you can support me with your $$$$$$ (votes) and your presence!!!! Both are necessary to win! And, of course, the money is for a good cause and is a tax deduction. If you want to donate online, you can go to San Diego Heart Walk. Please feel free to pass this along to friends and family--the more the merrier!
May 10, 2008 Hi everyone!!
5/2/08 Hi everyone!! 4/10/08 Friends and Family,
March 30, 2008 And the Inspirational Artist of the Year is . . . Sean Smith! Ha, got ya, huh?! Sean is a very active full time musician. He is very humble and has a heart for God and His people. You can check him out at http://www.indieheaven.com/artist_main.php?id=50268.
March 13, 2008 I have been asked to sing THIS SATURDAY from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the grand opening for Promise Land Christian Books in Temecula. It is located at 31069 Temecula Parkway #A behind Guaranty Bank in the Long's shopping center. Please join me this Saturday to support the opening of this much needed store in our area. There will be a lot of giveaways, author signings and artists on site so it should be a fun time. It is actually the grand opening for the whole shopping center, so there will be a lot going on and deals to be had! Let's show Jeff and Carol Lethin some love in supporting their new business!
March 8, 2008 As you may remember, I submitted "Love the Way" for the Songwriter of the Month MCTMG Radio contest in Nashville, TN. Well, it won!!! So, I have secured a spot for the Songwriter of the Year contest at the end of this year! The winner of that contest gets a $20,000 recording contract in Nashville, working with some of the best in the industry! Please continue to pray for my ministry. We also got some awesome feedback from Dolly Parton's people, so I was very excited about that.
Feb. 29, 2008 TOMORROW, March 1st, is the LAST DAY to vote for me for the 2008 CIA Momentum Awards. I am one of top five finalists for "Inspirational Artist of the Year". You are allowed one vote per e-mail address. Please take the time today or tomorrow to vote for me! Follow this link
Thank you to all who have already voted and have been so supportive of my music ministry so far! You are a blessing to me! I will find out the results of the vote on March 29, at the CIA Summit in Franklin, TN. I will let you know as soon as I can after that. Thanks again!
Also, TODAY is the last day to vote for my two songs in the contests on MCTMG Radio. Only one vote per person, please. Incidentally, they've changed the rules of this contest starting next month, so you won't be asked to vote in this contest anymore. A committee will select the top five from now on. So for this one last time, follow this link and vote for Apple of Your Eye and Love the Way.
Also, Love the Way is the song currently on the FanFaves chart on IndieHeaven. Please go to the "inspirational" genre and vote for it, follow this link Thanks!
I am thrilled and honored to have been asked by Birth Choice of Temecula to have His Name is Nathan on their website. Look for it soon at http://www.birthchoicetemecula.com. They are hosting the Walk for Life this year on Sunday, April 13th. His Daughter Redeemed Ministries will have a booth at the event. If you or someone you know owns a business and would like to be a sponsor, please send them to the website. I hope to be walking at this event and would appreciate your sponsorship or companionship! Check out their website for details if you're interested in being a part of this needed and worthwhile cause. I truly believe we will all stand before God on this issue one day.
Also, Birth Choice of Temecula is looking for someone to donate a digital ultrasound system to their organization that would allow them to not only show the woman the LIFE inside her, but be able to forward that image to the doctor's office. I am hoping to join their staff of RNs trained to perform the ultrasounds 3-6 hours per week! Pray for this ministry's continued growth and success. If you know someone who has connections in the Radiology field, please pass along this information.
I am so blessed to have been asked to sing this year at the National Day of Prayer celebration being held at Calvary Chapel Conference Center in Murrieta on May 1st, 2008. I would be blessed to see many of you there as we cry out to our Lord to heal our land. God wants to bless each and every one of us. Ask Him today to bless your ministry and to use you to glorify His name and further the gospel. He is waiting for you . .
If your ministry or event could use me in any way, please feel free to contact me!
Feb. 3,2008 THANK YOU to all who voted for me for the Momentum Awards! I am one of the top five finalists for Inspirational Artist of the Year!!! God is so good! The next phase in the voting process goes from February 1, 2008, through March 1, 2008. You are allowed one vote per e-mail address during this time frame. Please take the time to check out the other artists and get to know them and their music so your vote can really count! Really, some of the cream of the crop on IndieHeaven are in the top five in various categories. You will be blessed by them and their music. Here's the link for voting!
Also, some very exciting news! Love the Way and Apple of Your Eye have been entered into a contest (two contests really) for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for MCTMG Radio in Nashville, TN. This is another fan based get me to the top five type deals. The station manager says they're great tunes and I need to send my fans over to get them to the top five! What happens then is industry professionals listen to them and select Artist of the Month and Songwriter of the Month. At the end of 2008, all Songwriters and Artists of the Month will be eligible to become Songwriter or Artist of the Year. Those persons get a sweet recording deal in Nashville for FREE! Help me get there! Follow these links: You must become a member and follow the directions for your vote to count. I would be VERY APPRECIATIVE of your taking the time to help me with this project.
Nothing But the Blood is currently number 34 on the FanFaves chart and climbing (it's actually #2 on the Inspirational chart)! Please visit Indieheaven and vote for it! Thanks!
Check out my link and send it to your friends and family!
I continue to be amazed at God's grace and mercy toward me. Please join me in prayer as I continue my music mission. The enemy likes to attack in areas where I feel insecure and defeated. Pray God's protection in these areas. Also, please join me in prayer as I am considering beginning recording on another album. Pray for the time, balance, and finances to continue to promote Kiss the Son while beginning work on a new project. I love and pray God's blessing on each one of your lives, your ministries, and your families!
January 21, 2008
Sandi's counting on you!!!! AND IndieHeaven is counting your votes for the 2008 Momentum Awards!!!
Did you know . . . independent artists must rely on their friends and supporters to get them there. If you'd like the world to hear Jesus Christ lifted up in song by Sandi, she needs your help by:
¨ Lifting her up to God in your daily prayers-praying for her faithfulness to fulfill His plan for her life ¨ Letting radio stations know about her and requesting her music ¨ Voting in this and other fan-driven promotions ¨ Telling your friends and family about her and asking them to vote, too! Thank You.
Your friendship and support means so much. Sandi just wants to bless as many people as she can doing what God called her to do, and she can't do that without You. She wants you to know she is praying for you-that God will greatly bless you with peace, wisdom and understanding to carry out His will for your life to further His Kingdom. January 5th, 2008 I am extremely excited to tell you that I have been nominated for several Momentum Awards!!! Check out the press release link. You will find instructions there for voting--I NEED YOUR HELP!! At this point in the process, you can go to the link and vote all day every day if you're so inclined. This portion of the voting ends JANUARY 31, 2008! Then the top five will compete and the fans can vote through MARCH 1, 2008. Then a panel makes the final selection. Joe and I are traveling to Nashville in March to attend the awards ceremony.
December 13th, 2007 Sandi will be performing this Saturday, December 15th, at Berean Christian bookstore on Margarita Road in Temecula, CA. Berean is hosting a benefit/fundraiser for Rancho Damacitas, a local youth group home. The event will start at 9 a.m. and end at 9 p.m. Sandi will sing from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. She would love to see all of you there! For more information on the event, please contact the bookstore at 951-695-8630. Sandi is currently having a Christmas special on her CDs: one CD for $12 (regular price $13), and 2 CDs for $20. Hurry and take advantage of this special offer, which will end December 24, 2007! Sandi Simon needs your votes!!! CIA Music Summit is just around the corner. It is a conference to further your music ministry and there is an awards ceremony (similar to the Dove awards and the Grammys) for independent artists. You can follow this link to vote for Sandi in the category(ies) of your choice. The number of nominations is very important. Please help Sandi out with your votes!! Once all the nominations are in (they end December 31, 2007), a panel of experts will then pick from those nominations to get the top 5 nominees in any one category. The awards will be given at the CIA Music Summit in Franklin, TN, March 26-30, 2008! As usual, please continue to vote for Sandi’s song on the Fan Faves chart! Currently, playing is Mercies Anew. Vote now! Nov. 15, 2007 Friends and Family, Happy Thanksgiving!!! It’s hard to believe it’s already time for the holidays! It has definitely been too long since I’ve updated all of you on the happenings of the ministry.
Since we last met, three beautiful granddaughters, Makenna, Loralei, and Zoey, have been added to the Simon clan! Praise God they are all healthy and beautiful. All moms, Kelly, Janee, and Stephanie, are doing well and adjusting to either being a first-time mom or managing two children instead of just one. Makenna and Loralei both wound up at different Children’s Hospitals and had to stay a few days for observation. Praise God all tests were negative and they are home. Zoey made a grand entrance two weeks early and almost had to be taken by emergency c-section. But, God was gracious and she was taken by routine c-section.
My mom, Janie, was hospitalized for infection and is still recuperating at home from it. Joe’s mom, Stella, suffered a heart attack and will be coming home soon to recover. Please pray for each of our moms and for wisdom for those of us who are their caretakers! Thank you for your prayers!
Exciting things have been happening with the music ministry KRTM Radio (FM 88.9) located at Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta contacted me and said they wanted a CD so they could add some of the songs to their rotation. When I met with Kelly, the Director of Operations for the station, she informed me that she had just finished previewing the CD and they were adding EIGHT songs to their rotation!! The songs they will add are Apple of Your Eye, Glimpse, Be Glorified in Me, In the Secret Place, Kiss the Son, The Divine Dance, Nothing but the Blood, and Mercies Anew. I am a blessed woman and am humbled by God’s grace and blessing. Please tune in and listen!!
His Name is Nathan went out on the November 2007 S-Disc to over 400 reporting radio stations. An e-blast e-mail was also sent to over 1500 stations announcing that it was available to be added to the rotation for the stations. After two weeks, it has moved from number 25 to number 23 on the IAA music chart and three radio stations have agreed to add it to their rotation. One will add it in January (right to life month) and one just said today they would add it. Those stations are WVPP-FM 97.9 in Beckley West Virginia, and 92.3 FM, 1060 AM KIJN Jesus Radio in Farwell, TX. PelicanRadio.com in Miami, FL has already added it. The day it was added, the station sent me this e-mail: I want you to know that I just played "His Name is Nathan". Since I added it, it has probably played three times. Internet radio listeners are notoriously silent. So it is rare that I get comments on songs. But I did want to share this with you.
The subject line was: His Name is Nathan
What a beautiful testimony! Jesus came to save us!! Tell her, I loved her song and I love her! She has a beautiful voice and I pray that she uses her God-given talent to proclaim Jesus Christ's love and forgiveness!
Is God awesome or what? What a blessing! Continue to pray for this song and the people it will touch with God’s message of forgiveness and healing. I will meet with LeAine Dehmer (the woman who wrote the words to the song) this Friday and will be gaining more insight into her testimony and how God is using her to minister to others. Look for the poem His Name is Nathan on the website soon!
CRW magazine covered me as a featured artist in the November 15, 2007 issue. I have attached a copy of the magazine for your perusal. This magazine continues to publish announcements that His Name is Nathan is available for adds to radio stations. This magazine goes to radio stations and artists all over the world!
In October I had the privilege of leading worship (with Lenna Sanchez and Kristin McMillan) for the Hope Lutheran Women’s Retreat. We had a blast ministering to our sisters in Christ and furthering our relationships with them. Golden Preciado joined us Saturday night for a special time of worship. Pam Farrell was the speaker and God used her to minister to hearts. We were truly blessed to be a part of what God was doing as we learned it was TIME TO MOVE based on Hebrews 12:1.
On October 20th, I was blessed to be a part of the worship team for the Women Sharing Christ conference A Passion for His Power. Mary Sutherland was the speaker and what an amazing time we had breaking down chains and walls and releasing God’s power in our lives! I was also privileged to share two songs from my CD, His Name is Nathan, and Hope of Heaven. Monica Calles (co-author of Finish Line) was there and also blessed us with special music. We had a beautiful time in Jesus that day!
We are currently gearing up for the Women’s Christmas Celebration at Calvary Chapel Murrieta. It is scheduled for Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. It would be awesome to see y’all there!
Be watching the website as we will be adding a promotional DVD for viewing soon!
Let me know how I can pray for you. If you haven’t added a comment or visited the site yet, please do so! It is a source of encouragement to me!
Pray for the ministry as I would love to start recording some of the new songs God has blessed me with. Prayer requests are: a vision for the album and songs, time to work on it, finances to support it, and opportunity to share it with others.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas! May God richly bless you as you serve Him!
August 28, 2007
Please visit www.indieheaven.com Fan Faves chart to vote for Finish Line or go to Vote Now! Also, Take 12 Recovery Radio is playing His Name is Nathan, Apple of Your Eye, It's Your Quiet Love, and Hope of Heaven. KXBQ-LP (95.9 FM), "The Lighthouse", in North Dakota is playing Mercies Anew and Send Me. I was also contacted by someone producing a documentary who is interested in using some of my music for the film, details to follow... ...... This week in my quiet time, I came across a couple of verses that made me question whether I had done the same thing. Psalm 106:12-13 says, “Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel.” How many times has God’s silence on a subject or the lack of activity that can be seen in a matter discouraged me and caused me to move ahead of God. Or worse, have bitterness toward Him in my heart. We are often critical of the Israelites because they were so prone to doing these types of things. But, really, aren’t we the same way? I think we must constantly be working at remembering God lest we forget Him and His works. Sing His praises with a sincere heart. Also, go back to your Jordan and pick up those stones as a remembrance for what He has already done in your life. He has been faithful all along, right? He has been there with you the whole time, correct? Praise Him for what He has done and ask for the strength to wait on His counsel and direction in a matter.Then move forward with confidence!!! As Beth Moore says in her series, Believing God, As we begin really believing God and He rewards us with various revelations of Himself or His activity, God forbid that we’d grow casual in a few years and forget what we have seen. When He appoints us to wait on Him in an important matter, God forbid that we’d return to our whining and complaining that He never does anything for us. I still have so much to learn about believing God, but of two things I’m certain: God means to be noticed, and God means to be remembered. Whoa! That made me sit up and take notice. I do exactly that. Lord, please forgive me and help me to trust You more. Help me to wait as you prepare to part my Jordan. Help me to give You all praise and honor and glory both in the waiting and in the crossing over. And, Lord, help me to share what you have done with my children, grandchildren, neighbors and anybody who will take the time to listen. Amen.
Friends and Family, The Divine Dance climbed from 127 (I think) to number 9!!! Woo hoo, top 10!! THANK YOU for your votes! You can now start voting for It's Your Quiet Love by going to www.indieheaven.com and going over to the FanFaves section. Go clear to the bottom and you'll see it there! A couple of nights before, my husband said, think about what you want your table to look like. Well, it sounds simple, but I hadn't thought about it! So, on the way to work, I started meditating on that and lifting it up to the Lord and He started telling me what He wanted on my table! Long story short: my music table became a place of evangelism . . . amen?!!! I brought free bibles, tracts, Daily Breads (provided by my church, Calvary Chapel Murrieta). I printed up a "Personal Invitation" of how to accept Jesus. I also displayed my CD, the cover, CRW magazine, my picture, etc. We had two boom boxes with headphones so people could listen. When the band wasn't playing we unplugged the headphones and flooded the area with TRUTH!! The most popular item on my table was the prayer request box. Highlights: I was able to pray with a woman who had a "stressful" day, and was able to speak to a security guard about where to start reading the bible and about Who Jesus is; many Christians stopped and were either edified or edified me too!! I would say there were probably around 300-400 people milling about. When I left there, I was on cloud 9! It was so not about my music, even though people were interested and took flyers and were very complimentary. It was about JESUS and reaching out to a hurting world!! Jesus rocked at my gig last night!! Can I get an AMEN?!!!! His Daughter Redeemed,
Check out the S-Disc from CRW Magazine
6/18/07
Please visit www.indieheaven.com Fan Faves chart to vote for the next song I'm adding: The Divine Dance!!! Vote Now! If I had to pick one song from the CD that gets the most attention and comments, it is this one. I pray you enjoy it. Also check out Shannon Kubiak Primicerio's book The Divine Dance at www.beingagirlbooks.com. I heard her speak one night and was inspired to write this song. Remember to dance WITH your first Love, JESUS!!! Lord bless and keep actively pursuing your call here on earth . . . our King's a comin'!!
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