Pastor Osei Anokye: “We accomplished the purpose of gathering people around to sing about God”

1st January 2010: Church choirs and guest artistes recently thrilled lovers of Gospel music at a special concert in Reggio Emilia.

The event titled “Night of Gospel” hosted at Theatre of Reggio by the Ghana Nationals Association in collaboration with the Trade Union, CGIL, attracted so many Ghanaian youths.

Performances by celebrated gospel artistes Robert Psalmpong, Annie Marie  and Gladys Donkor drew guests to the dance floor, dancing and waving white handkerchiefs in praise of God.

Among the upcoming artistes who filled the packed house with their soul warming songs was Richmond Pra from the Good News Church. The young man’s voice and songs were fantastic and really exhilarated the audience.  
Pastor Noble Ofori-Asante of Assemblies of God Church in Reggio Emilia, sitting in the front row with a host of invited Pastors, could not hide his feelings. He said:“The Church is playing a good role in the life of the youths.
If you see what is happening here then you know what God is doing for our youths. It’s a great feeling to be here.”
Apostolic Foundation Church Choir were the first to step on stage. They were followed by Apostolic Faith International Church, Good News Church, the Catholic Church, Living Faith Christian Centre, Assemblies of God Church and the S.D.A, all making their presence felt with soul inspiring songs.
The instrumentalists coming from different churches played like a group that had been together for a long time. Among them was a 10-year-old whiz-kid drummer, Obed Asiedu whose extraordinary skills captivated all present. His performance made Robert go back to the stage to perform a new song he had just composed in honour of Obed.
“The young boy’s performance on the drums rekindled my spirit to compose a song for him, a song asking God to build a wall of fire around him, to protect him from jealous entities that might want in so many ways to destroy and take away such a gift or even dampen it,” Robert said after performing the new  song. He asked God to bless Obed’s parents “for allowing their son to be a blessing to many people.”

The young boy looked very shy when I approached him after his show. He could only mumble a few words. “I like it when I am behind the drums,” he said. The MC of the evening was Francisca Naana Furguson, assisted by Benjamin Enyan.
The President of the Ghana Nationals Association in Reggio Emilia, Pastor Hastings Osei Anokye, was full of praise for the singers and the participants. “The aim of the Association in Reggio Emilia is to bring all the churches in the province together to sing and have communion with one another.” He said they wanted to make “Christians put aside doctrinal differences and sing about the Gospel - good news of Jesus dying for us.”
Pastor Osei Anokye added: “I think we accomplished the purpose of gathering people around to sing about God. The attendance was very inspiring.”

By Reggie Tagoe

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