My First Task: "Sing in a choir or small group at church"

I have to admit that this one isn't urging me to stretch myself or grow...I love being apart of church choirs and so even if I wasn't doing the University of Life, I'd still be singing in this choir. But I'll still take what I can get and sign this off, my first 3 credits out of a goal of 300 (that's such a big number!) Tomorrow night and Sunday the choir I'm in will be singing 4 different songs, 2 Saturday night, and 2 on Sunday. My favorite song that we're going to sing is "Make Us One" by Sally DeFord. The lyrics are amazing and it sounds just beautiful! The lyrics are:


"How shall we stand amid uncertainty? Where is our comfort in travail?
How shall we walk amid infirmity, when feeble limbs are worn and frail?
And as we pass through mortal sorrow, how shall our hearts abide the day?
Where is the strength the soul may borrow? Teach us thy way.

Make us one, that our burdens may be light
Make us one as we seek eternal life
Unite our hands to serve thy children well
Unite us in obedience to thy will.
Make us one! teach us, Lord, to be of one faith, of one heart
One in thee.

Then shall our souls be filled with charity, then shall all hate and anger cease
And though we strive amid adversity, yet shall we find thy perfect peace
So shall we stand despite our weakness, so shall our strength be strength enough
We bring our hearts to thee in meekness; Lord, wilt thou bind them in thy love?

Take from me this heart of stone, and make it flesh even as thine own
Take from me unfeeling pride; teach me compassion; cast my fear aside.
Give us one heart, give us one mind
Lord, make us thine
Oh, make us thine!" 


Beautiful! I just hope that the people that we are singing to will be able to understand the lyrics as we sing and feel the spirit as I know all the members of the choir do. 


I"m actually just getting over being sick, and, of course, a sore throat and cough are my main symptoms! I can talk just fine, and I'm pretty sure I can sing just fine too, but I'm afraid of coughing in the middle of the songs, that would be simply horrid, especially in the middle of lyrics like that! So I'll just hope and pray that I won't cough and disrupt the spirit of the meetings, and any prayers from others would be helpful too! I'll post after we perform to let you know how it went!:)