Intro by: Gail Nobles

Does Vanessa Bell Armstrong single Shine On Me sound familiar? The gospel song was written by Andraé Crouch who was a gospel singer and composer. It was the theme song for the TV series amen starring Sherman Hemsley from The Jeffersons.

Amen debuted in September 1987 and ran five seasons and 110 episodes. The series Sherman Hemsley as Ernest Frye, a widower Deacon of First community Church of Philadelphia.

Vanessa Bell Armstrong was chose to sing the lead for the theme song Shine On Me with the backing of a church choir. Vanessa Bell Armstrong is a gospel singer and seven Grammy Award nominee Stella Award winner and a Soul Train Award winner.

You'll find her single Shine On Me on her 2012 album titled Timeless. It is a gospel and theme song for the television series Amen. It is the perfect theme for the TV series Amen because it is about church and the character Ernest Frye is a deacon.

I'm Gail Nobles and you're listening to Spoken In Words: The Gospel Edition.