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Valerie Ann Knies -- My Master And My Friend

	Price: $15.95 Availability: In stock Product#: Valerie2-CD Format: CD Released: 2000 Label: Independent Artist Description: Female Solo Total Playing Time: 43:12

About Valerie Knies...
Valerie Ann Knies has spent a lifetime singing hymns. She has sung in churches in almost every state in the United States and over 30 countries. Wile visiting these many churches, she noticed the old hymns of the faith are being neglected. New songs and contemporary music are replacing the heritage hymns in many homes and churches. Having a desire to do something to preserve the  foundational music of Christianity, Valerie has recorded two hymn collections of 32 each. These collections, "My Master And My Friend" and "My Blessed Redeemer" include man of her favorite hymns. She has worked together with the most talented and brilliant pianist and arranger, Miss Heather Roberts, and several instrumentalists, to record these beautiful hymn stylings. Her desire is to get this music into homes and hearts as listeners sing along. People of all ages will enjoy this inspiring and spiritual music, which has become a favorite for many families.

Valerie, who has been a soloist since her teenage years, holds a bachelor's degree in music education and has taught band and choir. She plays several wind instruments and majored in sacred and classical saxophone. She and her husband Jim have served as missionary church planters in Southeast Asia and have been in Pecs, Hungary for over 10 years. She works in the church in Hungary as church organist and music director, including directing a youth choir and adult choir.

Meet the artists (from Valerie Knies' website)

Mother, mentor, missionary, and musician, Valerie Ann Knies has served in many capacities of full-time ministry for twenty-five years. After having received a B.S. degree in Music Education and a M.S. degree in Bible, she taught band and choir. In 1986, Valerie and her husband, Jim, were appointed as missionaries to the field of Malaysia where they served for one term. Seeing unique outreach opportunities in Eastern Europe, they transferred to Pécs, Hungary in 1993. The Knieses have since ministered planting the Bible Baptist Church where, along with several other responsibilities, Valerie is actively involved in the children’s and music ministries. They have three children, James, Anna, and Mary. She has had a burden for many years to contribute to the preservation of traditional hymns and gospel songs of the Faith. Her desire is to see churches rediscover these songs, mature believers remember them, young believers replace their worldly music with God-honoring music, and young children, including her own, revere them for a lifetime to come.

Heather Roberts began her music education when she was six-years-old. At the young age of twelve, she began accompanying church services at the piano. She has completed her B.S. in Sacred Music. The eldest of ten children and a pastor’s daughter, Heather has used her abilities for the Lord. Among her areas of ministry are writing, musical arranging, teaching piano and serving as the secondary education teacher in the Mukwonago Baptist Christian Academy in Mukwonago, Wisconsin.

Neno and Maxine Quintana	John and Elizabeth Knies

Dedicated to Neno and Maxine Quintana and John and Elizabeth Knies, my dear parents and in-laws, who have been constant sources of love, prayer, and encouragement to their children and grandchildren.

Elizabeth Knies went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2004.

“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;
and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.”
Psalm 71:23

The Knies Family (as of early 2007)

Jim, Valerie

James Michael, Jr.
(age 19)

Anna Elisabeth
(age 15)

Mary Magdalena
(age 13)