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The FAMU Gospel Choir performs at Lee Hall Auditorium for the 2025 Homecoming Gospel Concert. (Phillip Woodside\/The FAMUAN)<\/p>\nThe FAMU Gospel Choir performs at Lee Hall Auditorium for the 2025 Homecoming Gospel Concert. (Phillip Woodside\/The FAMUAN)<\/p>\n
Florida A&M University\u2019s Gospel Choir drew a packed audience for the spirit-filled finale of FAMU\u2019s \u201cEternal World Tour\u201d Homecoming Sunday evening with a concert of praise and worship inside Lee Hall Auditorium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vice President of the FAMU Gospel Choir, Cordai Epting said closing the week\u2019s festivities with worship was both a humbling and joyful experience after months of preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like a breath of fresh air,\u201d Epting said. \u201cSeeing all the hard work come to life was amazing. God really showed up \u2014 the atmosphere was electric. The auditorium was filled from top to bottom; there wasn\u2019t a single empty seat in sight. It\u2019s a moment I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The FAMU Gospel Choir serves as a creative and spiritual space for students to connect through music and ministry. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something powerful about seeing young people willingly worship and praise God together, especially in today\u2019s world,\u201d Epting said. \u201cIt reminds us that while we live in the world, we don\u2019t have to be of it. That\u2019s the beauty of this choir we represent faith, authenticity and community through worship.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
President Tahj Merriex reflected on one of the songs from this year\u2019s set list that resonated most with the group, \u201cFor the Rest of My Life\u201d by Vincent Bohanan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs college students, every day we make a conscious decision to live for Christ and do things right,\u201d Merriex said. \u201cIt\u2019s not always easy to walk that path on campus; it\u2019s important to keep making the conscious decisions to live for Christ, for the rest of our lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Merriex spoke to the choir\u2019s unity and success when asked how he kept the group motivated and unified leading up to the performance,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe lean on the foundation we\u2019ve built with having an intimate setting and a close-knit family,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the Bible, family is a cornerstone being able to lean on your brothers and sisters in Christ and having them uphold you when times get hard, while keeping God at the center, keeps us strong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carina Edwards, parliamentarian of the FGC, said the concert\u2019s success was a meaningful end to Homecoming Week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing the whole homecoming experience culminate in such a spiritual and supportive space really meant a lot to us,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cIt showed how much love and support we have from the campus and alumni.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edwards also expressed how important faith is to her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKeeping God at the center of everything we do as a FAMUly is essential to our strength as an institution,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the night\u2019s highlights was the appearance of the children\u2019s choir, whose harmonies delighted the audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe energy of the kids was so beautiful,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cWatching the connection between the director and the children made me appreciate the relationship between choirs and their leaders.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Epting hinted that the Gospel Choir has more in store for fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a few exciting things in the works \u2014 but I\u2019ll just say this: stay tuned,\u201d Epting said. \u201cMake sure you\u2019re following the FAMU Gospel Choir page and have those post notifications turned on. It\u2019s only up from here. Thanks be to God.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FAMU Gospel Choir performs at Lee Hall Auditorium for the 2025 Homecoming Gospel Concert. (Phillip Woodside\/The FAMUAN)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-48534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}