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Steven Curtis Chapman's 'Change For Orphans' continues to make a difference

Posted: Monday, January 7, 2008, 13:49 (GMT)
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Following a 31-city fall swing, Steven Curtis Chapman will head back out on the road with his spring "Live In This Moment Tour an Evening with Steven Curtis Chapman".

This tour will be an intimate evening with Chapman and his fans where he will play all the favorites in addition to new tunes from the highly acclaimed new release This Moment.

In addition, Chapman's sons Caleb and Will join him on stage, backing him up as part of his band, and for the first time ever, Chapman will be taking song requests from the audience via his website StevenCurtisChapman.com and do a unique set in each city.

Steven Curtis Chapman and Shaohannah's Hope will continue to spread the message on the tour, "Giving a little changes a lot. Give change now," with the "Change for Orphans" campaign, which officially kicked off this fall.

Throughout the fall tour, Chapman and Shaohannah's Hope raised more than $188,000 for families adopting. At each tour stop, a local family was given a grant from funds donated to Shaohannah's Hope that evening, with the result of bringing 31 families one step closer to being a forever family for an orphan.

In support of the Show Hope movement, the change campaign will continue to raise funds for families to change the life of an orphan. Chapman will be spreading the word to his concertgoers to "give change now" by collecting loose change and bringing it to the concert in their respective areas (ideally in check form or converted to bills).

"The need of orphans is so great," explains Chapman, "that we too often believe the lie that one person can't do anything significant.

"But this is a unique opportunity to make a difference just by collecting your loose change and gathering a couple friends to do it with you, by donating that pile of coins you have lying around, or by giving up a cup of coffee each week and bringing in that money.

"Small things add up, and together we can change the life of an orphan."

Chapman's tour is in support of his recent studio release, "This Moment," which was released in October, co-produced by Chapman and Matt Bronleewe, and marked his sweet sixteenth studio release with Sparrow Records.

For more than five years, Steven Curtis Chapman and the Foundation he and wife Mary Beth founded, Shaohannah's Hope, highlighted the needs of orphans through his nationwide tours by raising awareness and collecting funds each night resulting in record breaking numbers.



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