“The Greatest Journey” special follows BarlowGirl and CCM artist Matthew West as they participate in Operation Christmas Child in Belize and Columbia, respectively. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collects gifts for needy families and distributes them around the world. In August, BarlowGirl traveled to Belize to hand-deliver gifts to the children and this was a moving experience for the group.

“Being a part of the moment when the children opened their gifts was one that we will never forget. Seeing how much such a simple gift means to them made us realize that Samaritans Purse OCC program was a ministry we had to partner with on this Christmas tour and help give back in anyway we can,” shared the Barlow girls.

“Hallelujah (Light Has Come)” is from this super trio’s acclaimed Christmas album Home For Christmas released in 2008. Currently, BarlowGirl is headlining their Acoustic Winter's Night Tour playing dates all across the country in support of their latest album Our Journey…So Far with upcoming shows in Fort Wayne, IN (12/10), Minneapolis, MN (12/11) and Fargo, ND (12/12).

Since releasing their self-titled debut in 2004, Rebecca, Alyssa and Lauren Barlow have continuously inspired fans with such intimate portraits, as their sophomore set, Another Journal Entry and such bold challenges as 2007’s, How Can We Be Silent. Nominated for fourteen Dove Awards, the songwriting siblings have written and recorded such landmark hits as “Never Alone,” which became Radio & Records’ Christian Song of the Year in 2004 and helped earn BarlowGirl best-selling new Christian artist status. Their poignant hit, “I Need You to Love Me,” topped the charts for thirteen weeks in 2005, making it the longest #1 single in Christian Radio Weekly Chart History. BarlowGirl has always represented an interesting dichotomy; tender-hearted, beautiful young women who aren’t afraid to take an aggressive, almost warrior-like stance when it comes to spreading the gospel and serving God. That fiery dedication reverberates throughout their latest release Our Journey…So Far that chronicles the never-before-seen side of their 10-year musical adventure.

To watch BarlowGirl’s video for “Hallelujah (Light Has Come) CLICK HERE

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About Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is a kids-helping-kids project of Samaritan's Purse that uses simple gift-filled shoe boxes to let hurting children know that they are loved and not forgotten. Each year, thousands of volunteers pack shoe boxes with toys, school supplies, necessity items and handwritten notes of encouragement, which are hand-delivered to millions of children around the world suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, poverty and famine. Since 1993, OCC has hand-delivered shoe box gifts to more than 77 million hurting children in more than 130 countries. For additional information on Operation Christmas Child, please visit www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/index.

About the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) proclaims the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ throughout the world by every effective means available. From its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., BGEA directs a wide range of domestic and international evangelism ministries, including: large-scale Festivals led by evangelists Franklin Graham and Will Graham; Dare to Be a Daniel, a youth evangelism training project; My Hope World Evangelism Through Television; the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, offering the hope of Jesus Christ in the midst of tragedy; and many others through print, television, telephone, radio and the Internet. For more information, please visit www.billygraham.org.

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