Sunday, November 22nd 2009 will go down in history as a day that will live forever in the memories of over 20,000 worshippers including former President Frederick Chiluba of Zambia. The venue of worship was the famous Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria; the event was a thanksgiving service organized in appreciation to God Almighty for what God’s ability had done in the lives of His people in the just concluded FIFA Under 17 World Cup. Not one but two players from My People FC - the soccer club founded by the General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua – made history as they led their National Team, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, to the silver medal: Sani Emmanuel, No.14 Striker and Onazi Ogenyi, No.4 Midfielder. During the championship, Sani Emmanuel scored five goals in just 221 minutes of play and won the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball – World’s Most Valuable Player 2009 - as well as the Silver Shoe – second highest goal scorer of the championship!

The atmosphere was simply electric as the two teammates celebrated with fellow Golden Eaglets and members of My People FC. The church auditorium was filled to capacity and worshippers who could not find space inside, enjoyed the service from their positions outside as SCOAN crew provided television sets from which worshippers could view what was going on inside the magnificent auditorium.
The choir group dazzled the worshippers with different gospel songs that left all standing and dancing for hours all in praise and worship to God. The service started as Prophet TB Joshua took his sermon from the book of Ephesians. The title of the message was: THE BEST MAN BY HIS GRACE and he admonished all that the best man in the world holds his integrity only as long as God upholds him in it. Man’s outward appearance does not grant him the desired esteem and position – it is the grace of God.
Prophet T.B. Joshua linked his sermon with the success story of young Sani Emmanuel who came to The SCOAN as a young man in need, following the tragic murder of his mother. As his father was attempting suicide in response, a family member rushed to his rescue and brought him to The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations for help. There, Mr. Sani met Prophet T.B. Joshua and explained his predicaments. The SCOAN Widow and Widower Program gave the family N150,000 naira and supplies of food to support his nine children. Mr. Sani later brought his son, Emmanuel, from Abuja, Nigeria and appealed to Prophet T.B. Joshua to allow his son to live with him in The Synagogue.
From that day, Emmanuel started living in the church and became an altar boy, assisting in all church activities. He later joined My People FC and was nurtured into the professional striker he is today. With Prophet T.B. Joshua’s assistance, Emmanuel, along with his friend Onazi and a fellow teammate, Yakubu Azeez, were sent to Sweden for international exposure and training at BK Bodens. All expenses were paid by the man of God who gave the trio $5000 for upkeep aside the money spent to procure passports, visas and tickets. They spent six months in Sweden and returned. On return, they were ordered by the man of God to go to the Golden Eaglets camp for tryouts, unaided. That was the story the congregation celebrated.
At the end of the sermon, Prophet TB Joshua invited the duo of Emmanuel and Onazi to deliver speeches and cut the cakes. There were two cakes, one for the Golden Eaglets as a team and the other for the celebrants (Emmanuel and Onazi). The cake for the duo was cut after the name Jesus was spelt while Eaglets’ cake was cut after Christ was pronounced. The awards were also placed on the table beside the cakes. Both players spoke on how God used the Prophet to touch and change their lives. Emmanuel promised to set up a foundation that will cater for the needy as he once belonged there. He further promised a scholarship scheme for the deserving ones and ensured that it would be used to discover talents just as he was discovered by Prophet TB Joshua.
Emmanuel dedicated the awards he won to the needy stating that “I know what it is to be poor. I am here today to show what God’s ability can do. As we all know, going by what happened on the field, I am undeserving. Yet, by the grace of God, I am the best Under 17 player in the world.”
In his speech Onazi who came to SCOAN through Emmanuel after both players were initially dropped from the camp of the Golden Eaglets and were accepted to live in the church after being introduced to Prophet TB Joshua who counseled the boys and revealed that God would take them to higher ground, said “we are here to thank everyone for your prayers and support. I don’t want to repeat myself since my brother (Emmanuel) has spoken on my behalf, I will only add that we shall leave the rest till we go to our future clubs.”
The Eaglets’ duo then went into ball juggling. They delighted everyone with their skills as they remained on the floor of the auditorium doing ball work.
Preseident Frederick Chiluba hailed the kids for, “their courage and God fearing stance. Their success should surprise no one because they are in safe hands and on the path of glory. It is good to follow God from one’s youth because when one grows old you will always abide in the house and glory of God.”

TEE MAC RAZZMATAZZ
Veteran musician and multi-instrumentalist Tee Mac stormed the choir and performed a special tune for the celebrants. The music of the flute expert held the worshippers spell bound as the handsome Tee Mac danced and sang to the glory of God. It was a razzmatazz as the music icon stylishly left the stage swinging his flute even as the worshippers applauded and sang on.

Prophet Joshua: I’m Ready To Guide Eaglets
Prophet TB Joshua told the worshippers and viewers of Emmanuel TV worldwide that “I am ready to give spiritual guidance to the entire squad members of the Golden Eaglets because these kids need to be protected so that they can reach the heights that God has set for them. We should not forget that destiny can be tampered with and even altered that is why we need to give these boys God’s cover.
“Whoever among them needs my help in this regard is free to reach me. I will not charge them for this service because we have to give out our precious time and most cherished items as gifts to the less privileged and needy. When you give what you don’t need to the needy it does not count before God. The Almighty God wants us to part ways with things we will greatly miss or feel when we want to give to the needy. Therefore I am giving out my time to help these kids to reach their promised land. Last time I sent out three players to Sweden and I am promising by the grace of God that I will be sending six out to Europe the next time, not to go and sign contracts or to go and seek for clubs but to go for training and equip themselves with the current trend in the game because football is dynamic and it is fast changing.
“I want to use this opportunity to inform everyone that My People FC will be conducting screening exercises every Tuesday and Wednesday to select the very best players who will be under our care for free. Those who will not be successful during the screening will be given money to take care of their transport back to their respective destinations. The screening is for the whole world and not just for players within Lagos or Nigeria. We expect players to come from the rest of the world. We will cater for them.
This is one area that everyone here today should endeavor to partake in. Think of how you can help these less privileged people. The future of these young ones is very important because they will determine our future when we grow old. I am out to help the world. Let’s start building the world, let’s start healing the world, let’s start creating hope for all. We can indeed make the world a better place. We have started with Emmanuel and Onazi, more will follow even as I follow the career of the entire Golden Eaglets squad to the top.”  The Best Is Yet To Come!