By ESTHER ONYEGBULA

Recently Fountain of Praise hosted her annual Worship for Change benefit concert, to aid orphans, less privileged and children with special needs. The worship for change concert which started several years back have raised about $100,000 utilized to affect the lives of less privilege kids.

Featuring several sizzling gospel artistes like: Wale Adenuga the visionary of Worship for Praise benefit concert, Freke, Eben, Psalmos and Nathaniel Bassey, the event was no doubt a heart lifting and amazing experience for lovers of gospel music.

Gospel music took an innovative twist at the  concert; affirming that it is definitely a new dawn for the genre of gospel music. After the opening prayers, the sonorous voice of Fountain of Praise choir filled the atmosphere by preparing the pathway for other gospel acts that mounted the stage afterward.

Co-hosting the event alongside Saco  is Freke, a renowned comedian.He proved beyond measure that it is possible to have  an unadulterated and clean comedy without being unnecessarily boring. Over the years pledges made at the event have been used to benefit the children living at the Dustbin Estate in Ajegunle. The organizers of the event have also partnered with LOTS Charity Foundation to put together a befitting Resource centre that helps in giving these children a head-start in life.

Passionate about touching and changing lives Wale Adenuga, the visioner of Worship for Change, has written songs like: Today O, You alone are worthy Lord, Lord because of Me amongst others which have become worship favourite staples in many churches.