And the stars came to worship

By: Forgive Adjoa Forfoe Date : Monday, 07 December 2015 14:05 - See more at: http://www.graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/54419-and-the-stars-came-to-worship.html#sthash.VnwcSooj.dpuf

By Forgive Adjoa Forfoe

The highly-anticipated Stars in Worship concert finally came off last Saturday,December 5, at the House of Miracles Ministries(HOM) auditorium at Madina Estates, and the event really lived up to its hype.

This year’s event which is the fourth edition hosted Pastor John Abercrombie from the USA and Prophet Emmanuel Kobi of Glorious Wave Chapel, was really star-studded as it saw a total of 20 celebs from different spheres of the showbiz gracing the ocassion.

Kalu and Amanda were a spiritual pair to behold

Kalu and Amanda were a spiritual pair to behold

Kalu and Amanda were a spiritual pair to behol

Some of the celebs who represented include Nadia Buari, Becca, Kwabena Kwabena, Kalybos,Bukom Banku, Willie and Mike, Adwoa Smart and Soraya Mensah.

The rest are Mr Beautiful,,Joe Mettle, OJ, Amanda Jissih, Fiifi Folson, Zynell Zuh, Tornado of Afia Schwarzenegger fame, Nigerian actor, Kalu Ikeagwu and comedians Aboki4Christ, Hogan, Power and Parrotmouth.

The evening which began with a worship session led by Minister Ben of HOM saw co-MC, Amanda Jissih, and Tinsel bad boy, Kalu Ikeagwu, perform a song together which  left the patrons in tears for Amanda who lost her brother last year.

The tears soon turned into tears of joy when veteran actress, Adwoa Smart, did some catwalk on stage and tried to speak the English language with a British accent.

Musician Becca was also in her elements when she led the audience to sing a medley of  Lawrence Flower’s More and Danase, a local song and had the patrons on their feet cheering and clapping.

Rousing performances from Kwabena Kwabena, Joe Mettle, Willie and Mike, highly energetic OJ and comedians Hogan, Aboki4Christ and Powers left the audience asking for more

The event  emceed by Amanda Jissih of GH One TV of and Fiifi Folson of Sunny FM, is a fund raiser aimed at supporting people with cleft lip palate to have sugery to correct the deformity.

Speaking with Showbiz after the event, the host of the show, Prophet Sampson Amoateng expressed his delight for an overwhelmingly patronised  and successful show.

“The patronage has exceeded my expectation by hundred percent. It feels very awesome by the grace of God, because as you know, there are a lot of programmes in town but people decided to come here and it has been massive’’.

One of the organisers of the event, actress Soraya Mensah, also stated, “ It went very very well, infact some of the stars that I knew couldn’t make it came around to my surprise and delight. Someone like Nadia I knew had to travel, but because of this programme, she cancelled the trip to be here”, she added.