N A N C Y S C H A R F F M I N I S T R I E S P R E S E N T S :

Portions of ticket sales will benefit

LOVE, INC.Love in the Name of Christ, Eatontown, NJ

Friday, December 16, 2011 – 7:30 PM

With special appearances by:

• The Ecumenical and Children’s Choirs• Kirk Ringers Bell Choir, First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, NJ

• Jeremy Blossey, Tenor• Praise Band • Professional Orchestra • Gospel Singers

Nancy Scharffin Concert at Count Basie Theatre

Christmas: The Gift of Love!

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Christmas : The Gift ofLove!

Greetings & Invocation:Pastor Ty Choate, First Baptist Church, Red BankCarolyn Eyerman, LOVE, INC., Love in the Name of Christ

Nancy Scharff, Ecumenical Choir & Gospel Singers

Glory To God Geron DavisCome to the Stable Geron DavisDeeper Nancy Scharff, (lyrics based on Oswald J. Smith’s

hymn, Deeper & Deeper)

Nancy, Pastor Willy Barron, & Ecumenical Choir

Why Would He Choose Me Geron Davis

Ecumenical Choir & Orchestra, & Bell Choir

Mary Did You Know Mark Lowry & B. Greene, arr. by Jack SchraderGreat, Great, Joy! Mark Hayes

The Children’s ChoirThe Gift Goes On Claire Clonninger & Ron Harris,

arr. by Nancy ScharffThe Gift of Joy! C. Clydesdale & D. Clydesdale,

arr. by Nancy Scharff

Children’s Choir, Ecumenical Choir, Band & Orchestra

Happy Birthday, Jesus Carol CymbalaSoloist, Maggie Lu

Nancy, Ecumenical Choir, Band & Orchestra

Hold the Baby in Your Heart Nancy Scharff, arr. by John Jurgensen

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Ecumenical Choir, Orchestra, Band, Kirk RingersCarol Fantasia Arranged by Harlon, Albritton, Fettke, Williamson, Waldrop

The First NoelAway in A Manger

Silent NightGo Tell it on the Mountain

Angels We Have Heard on HighO Come All Ye Faithful

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Ecumenical Choir, Kirk Ringers, OrchestraChristmas Bells Are Ringing/Christmas Medley Arr. by Mark Hayes

Kirk RingersLittle Drummer Boy Noel Regney and Gloria ShayneDo You Hear What I Hear? Arranged by Douglas Wagner

Nancy & King of Kings Lutheran Church Praise TeamBlessed Be Your Name Matt Redman & Beth Redman

Nancy Scharff & Jeremy BlosseyThe Prayer David Foster, Carol Bayer SagerAve Maria Franz Schubert, Op. 52

Nancy ScharffO Holy Night Adolphe Adam

Ecumenical Choir, OrchestraFinale – Medley: Joy to the World,How Great Our Joy, Joyful, Joyful,We Adore Thee Arranged by David Clydesdale

The Hallelujah Chorus G.F. Handel, From The Messiah

Director, Producer, Conductor: Nancy ScharffChildren’s Choir Assistants: Sarah Hanvey, Kris Nettleingham

LOVE, INC.

Love in the Name of Christ started in July, 1994, in the Red Bank area to act as a community

clearing house for the area churches to help those in need. Today, 47 churches participate

in order to end duplication of services and combine volunteers and financial resources to

meet community needs. Their programs include Wheels Appeal, which provides used cars

for the needy; The Connect Christmas Gift-giving Program, giving gifts to the needy;

The Cuts for Christ Program, giving free haircuts to the disadvantaged and homebound;

and Furnished With Love, a ministry that gives away used furniture to those in need.

For further information about LOVE, INC,please contact Carolyn Eyerman at 732-542-7012.

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ORCHESTRA

Violin I - Alex RonesViolin II – Sara SmithViola – Kimberly Foster WallaceCello – Bruce MikolonDouble Bass - Bob MarrinerTrumpet I - Tom BenderTrumpet II – John Luckenbill, Jr.Trombone - Tom AvakianTuba – Billy HughesFlute – Dana DonovanOboe – Leslie GodfreyClarinet - Jennifer BrushBassoon - Don VeneziaFrench Horn – Alex MastrandoHarp - Patricia TursePercussion - Fred OltarzewskiJoe Accurso - Conductor

MUSICIANS

Robert Sammond, pianoKen Carroll, guitar, vocalsJimmy Mizell, drumsBob Marriner, bassMark Nettleingham, congasJohn DiSanto, alto saxNancy Scharff, vocals, guitar, piano

GOSPEL SINGERSChristina EdwardsPastor Willy BarronEbony MattoxZarita MattoxMaurice Watson

PRAISE SINGERSKen CarrollSarah HanveyErnest MassarottiRobin OsborneKaren Sulzman

KIRK RINGERS, FIRSTPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,FREEHOLD

JOHN CAVICCHIO, DIRECTOR

Susan BeatonDavid BowmanSusan CroftSusan DaesnerBarry FitzLarry Hartzell

Sue HedrickBill KellyJenn KellyDebbie MoranClaudia RadekeYvonne Lindner

We are grateful to Aslan Youth Ministries, a non-profit organization serving urban youth and their families. Aslanis headquartered in Red Bank, and reaches out to impoverished communities in Monmouth County, NJ. Aslanyouth were brought to the Children’s Choir rehearsals by bus, and we are blessed to hear their voices with thechoir, this evening.

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Ryan ApplegateGemma BilellaCyntaia BirchElla BlackmoreAzia BraySerenity BrownDiamond BullockDanny BurgerNikki BurgerDrew CannonLauren CommissaryKatira CooperAnthony DeAngeloAlexandra DaCostaGinna DiazMaria DiazAntonia DunbarImani DunbarEvan EckerstromGunnar EckerstromVienna EckerstromPaige Finnegan

Angelina FioreGianna FioreAliana ForteFrances ForteChristina GeorgiouEva GeorgiouMarkia GillMcKenna GottschalkCamryn GrantImani GrayDestiny JacksonM'khailah JacksonNydida JacksonRon JacksonTerian JacksonKierra JacobsenDerek JacobsenHa’Niyah JohnsonMaggie LuAjaunara MackasonAdriana MacrisSteven Malo

Tiana MaloRobbie MattesMegan MolloyAianna MorrisAril MorrisCiara MorrisIquann MorrisJahmir MorrisShaniya MorrisTaniaya MorrisElliot MunizOlli MunizOlivia OgidiVictoria OgidiKelly OtterbineZah‘kyiah PenningtonAhiera RangeEthan ReinesNathaniel ReinesLily RyersonEmerson ScaleraReagan Scalera

Savana ScaliceToti SeiglerFord SimpsonKeith SpiveyKevin SpiveyKatie SpiveyYvonne StarksSha-Niya StokesMackenzie UrbanDelaney UrbanAveene UrbanMadeline VieiroEmma WalzBekka WarrenAnyra WatsonZykeriah WoodNicole WoodsPhilip WoodsAlivia Ann WrightElla Rose Wright

Gail FunkMarion GilesEllen GoldfarbSarah HanveyJoan KugelmannCarol J. MawbyChristina Morrison

Robin OsborneCarmen PetersonDiane ReckMarjorie SamuelsKaren SulzmannMiriam WoodwardElaine Young

Cindy AllenMary DownumCindy FariaStacey FariaWendy FariaBetsy FeeSue Morgan

Carol NewcombAnna Mae PerilloAngie RamdathRuth ScullySamantha UstJoanne Van Sant

Daniel BuckleyJohn CapuanoThomas DossieBurke MawbyErnie MassarottiGreg SantopadreKyle SantopadreDeborah WhiteDennis Young

Steven BuckleyMichael EllisDavid FurnissGreg HartlineCharles LawsonMichael PichiralloWally TunisonDavid Wells

Ecumenical ChoirDirector, Conductor: Nancy Scharff • Accompanist: Robert Sammond

Assistant Conductor: Joe Accurso • Narrator: Tami Jones

Children’s ChorusDirector: Nancy Scharff

ALTOSSOPRANOS TENORS BASSES

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• School programs are individualized based on developmental assessments

• Are staffed by certified teachers and experienced teachers’s assistants

• All of our classes have a low child-teacher ratio

• Follow the guidelines established by the National Association for the Educationof Young Children (NAEYC)

• Offer a free parent / child class for infants and toddlers

• Include half day and full day scheduling options for children 2-5 years of age

• Before and After Care program staffed by experienced Child Care Professionals

Open HouseJanuary 28, 201210:00 AM - Noon

FOR MORE INFORMATION...Call: 732-615-0220

E-mail: KingofKingsSchool@GMail.com

SINGERS FROM THE FOLLOWING CHURCHESPARTICIPATED IN TONIGHT’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT,

HELPING TO BENEFIT AND ASSIST LOVE, INC:

Ardena Baptist Church, Freehold

Community Worship Center, Neptune

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Matawan

The First Baptist Church, Red Bank

Faith Reformed Church, Hazlet

First Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls

First United Methodist Church, Atlantic Highlands

Higher Purpose Fellowship, Iselin

Hope Presbyterian Church, Tinton Falls

King of Kings Lutheran Church, Middletown

Long Branch Covenant Church, Long Branch

Montgomery United Methodist Church, Belle Mead

Monmouth Chinese Christian Church, Middletown

New Monmouth Baptist Church, Middletown

Shrewsbury Presbyterian Church, Shrewsbury

St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, Keansburg

St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church, East Keansburg

St. John’s United Methodist Church, Hazlet

St. James Roman Catholic Church, Red Bank

St. Leo’s Roman Catholic Church, Lincroft

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Long Branch

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Colts Neck

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Middletown

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About Nancy Scharff:Nancy began giving her Christmas concert at the Count Basie Theatre in 2006. She wanted to share thetrue meaning of Christmas with her community, and to benefit, LOVE, INC., Love in the Name of Christ, alocal charity helping the poor and the homeless. The only non-secular, Christ centered Christmas concertof its kind in the greater central NJ area, Nancy combines classical and Contemporary Christian musicalstyles. Merging her superb talents as a singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, composer, conductor, andworship leader, Nancy has a powerful and eclectic style, unique to a performing artist. Nancy will performtwo of her own original songs this evening: Deeper, and Hold the Baby in Your Heart. Nancy has sungonstage with renowned Christian artists, such as, Sandi Patty, Twila Paris, Wayne Watson, Larnelle Harris,and Kathy Trocolli. She has performed nationally, on the stages of New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall,Lincoln Center, Cami Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Off-Broadway, St. John the Divine, St. Paul’s Chapel, fortheir renowned Concerts at Noon Series, and Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church. She has performed all overthe world, with special tours in Israel, South Africa, England, Europe, and Australia. In June of 2012, Nancywill give her annual God & Country Concert, to benefit The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, with St. Peter’sBrass & Ecumenical Choir, at King of Kings Lutheran Church, Middletown, NJ. Nancy holds a Bachelor ofArts Degree in Music Education, from Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ, where she studiedwith faculty members from Julliard, Manhattan School of Music, and Mannes College of Music. Heroriginal CDs include, Don’t Look Back, Open Heart, Covenant Love, and Live at The Church on the Square,FL. Nancy continues to share her music ministry nationally and worldwide, giving concerts and leadingworship services. Nancy also gives workshops on developing contemporary worship services. She iscurrently Music Director at King of Kings Lutheran Church, Middletown, NJ.

Singing With the Choirs:The Ecumenical Choir is made up of singers, teens and adults, from various churches in the Monmouthand Ocean Counties, as well as singers from the Monmouth Civic Chorus and NJ Chamber Singers. TheChildren’s Choir is comprised of children from various churches in our area, brownie troops, and localneighborhoods and schools. If you, your teen, or your child is interested in singing with the choirs, pleasecontact Nancy Scharff at NScharff@aol.com, or Nancy’s web site, www.NancyScharff.com.

Special thanks to Pastor Jim Reeb and the people of King ofKings Lutheran Church, Middletown, for the use of theirsanctuary for rehearsals.

We thank Kris Nettleingham for signing this evening’s concertfor the hearing impaired.

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Best wishes to you, the choirs, the band,and the orchestra!

Thank you, Nancy, for your music!!!!

We love you!!!

Love,

Mom & Dad

KING OF KINGS LUTHERAN CHURCHRev. Jim Reeb, Pastor

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SUNDAY SERVICES

Traditional Lutheran Worship 8:00 am & 11:30 am

Sunday School 9:00 am

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Family Service 4:00 pm – Family Service

Contemporary Worship 7:00 pm – Praise & Worship

Traditional Lutheran Worship 11:00 pm – Candlelight Service

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A Note from Nancy…Thank you for sharing this special Christmas concert with me, and all the performers here,

tonight. Each year, I choose new selections for the choirs to sing. We hope you enjoy the

different arrangements of new and old Christmas songs, as well as your favorites, such as,

O Holy Night, Ave Maria, and The Hallelujah Chorus. May Christ surround you with His love

and peace, as you carry the love and joy of the season into the world. Let us rejoice…Jesus

Christ is born!!

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