04x09 - God's Justice

[bunniefuu]

Clara, no one shares
your concern

for the history of this church
and its independence

more than I do.

But I promise you,

Harmony and Hope
having seats on this board

will not endanger that.

Twelve seats, though, Pastor.

It's still just 50 percent.

What Judee means, Clara,
is that with us having 12

and Harmony and Hope having 12,

everything would always be
a conversation between friends.

CLARA:
But what about what Mae said?

Where is the room
for God in that?

Clara, H&H is willing
to pour millions of dollars

into our church.

But they will not do that

if we don't give them
these board seats.

That's the situation.

Well, all right, then.

I'll see y'all at the meeting.

And I'll vote yes, but...

And we promise,
you won't regret it.

Don't promise me,
just make sure that I don't,

that'll be enough for me.

[CHUCKLES] Here we go, Grandma,

I'll walk you out to your car.

Isn't Karine just wonderful?

She is. Oh, yes,

she's an absolute angel.
Good to see you.

Well...

We've met with all the deacons

at this point,
am I right, Connie?

Hmm. Except for me.

[LAUGHING] Oh. Funny.

Well, then the vote's
in the bag.

Or it better be, anyhow,

otherwise Daddy's
gonna be very, very upset.

[CHUCKLES]

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

Hey, Mama. How did it go?

Clara Jackson just left.

MAE:
And she said she'd vote yes?

She did.

Oh.

Well, your father is on his way
over to Connie's now

to intercept her.

Is he gonna tell her
that we know?

No. About the H&H payment?
No.

I've forbidden him to do so.

He's going to appeal
to her reason.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] [DOOR OPENS]

PHIL: Pastor Greenleaf.

I gotta run.

Pastor DeMars.

How can I help?

By resigning.

Excuse me?

[CHUCKLES]

Is that a joke?

I have proof...

you lied to keep your son
out of jail.

If you step down,

I won't share this proof
with the police.

If you refuse to step down,
I will share it with them

and upon hearing it,
I expect they'll

reopen his case
and the wheels of justice

will begin
to roll over you both.

You have until Sunday to decide.

[♪♪♪]

God is good.

♪ Amen ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Well ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Amen, amen ♪

[WOMAN VOCALIZING]

♪ Yeah ♪

What are you doing
wearing that thing?

Heading over to Buckets.

Dante's new sports bar.

He's still on your to-do list?

[CHUCKLES] Yeah. He is. [SIGHS]

Last time we saw each other,
it kinda ended badly.

Why, did you get in his face
and tell him about

how he lost you both of your
jobs with his grandstanding?

Something like that.

Look, I got to go.

[SIGHS] Jacob? Yeah.

Before you go,

will you please ask your mother
about the house?

I told you I don't
wanna ask her. It's rude.

People have wills.

People have children.
It is not rude to ask.

It seems kind of rude to me.

We're not standing around,

tapping our feet
waiting for people to die.

We just want to sell our share
in the house, if we have one.

Just ask. I mean,
if we're ever gonna win

one of these bidding wars on
a house, we need more cash.

I'm happy living here, Kerissa.

And I'm not, and you know that.

Then you ask her.

I'll pray for you.

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

Connie.

I assume you're here
about the vote.

As if Mae's little sermon
at your re-engagement party

wasn't embarrassing enough.

When will you two realize
that you are uninvolved?

We built this church
from the ground up,

and you're about to hand
total control of its future

to a bunch of carpetbaggers
with Bibles.

Grace is in favor of the plan.

Grace is in the grip
of ambition.

Grace is on the verge
of marching the church

you almost destroyed
into the pages of history.

Speaking of those pages...

Don't start with one of your

polysyllabic word
parades, James,

I don't have to listen anymore.

You know,
I wasn't gonna bring this up,

but where do you think
the chapter will be, Connie,

in those pages of history,

about how you took a bribe
to hand Calvary over to H&H?

At the end of the book?

Or will it have
its own little pamphlet?

You can't seem to accept it,
can you?

That reasonable people
looked on your works

and found them wanting.

Oh, no, you wanna make it
some big conspiracy.

Not a big one.

Just one fat check,
written on April 2nd,

from a Harmony and Hope
business account,

deposited on April 5th
into your account

at the church credit union,

then paid out the very next day

to your daughter,
whom I assume...

is holding it for you

until...
well, all this blows over

and anyone who could have
known is gone.

I am not going to dignify
this madness with a denial.

What would be the point?
You're obviously...

The congregation

will maintain majority
leadership of the board

or everyone will find out.

Everybody.

[♪♪♪]

[TAPS]

I can hear you.

Have you printed out
that copy of the church bylaws

I asked for last week,
twice, and yesterday?

I'll get right on it.

That's what you said last week,
twice, and yesterday.

Should I tell Pastor
what a resistant little camper

she's got in her hands?

No, Ms. Whitmore.

Then how about
you just print it?

If I leave the page I'm on,

I'm gonna lose
your Amy Grant tickets.

You found some? I did.

Okay.

But print it after that.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm not going to say thank you
until it actually happens,

just FYI. You're welcome.

[MOUTHS WORDS]

Who will inherit my house?

I know it's considered
unseemly by some

to ask such a question, but...

I'd say most, if not all.

In order for Jacob and I
to be effective

in this housing market,
we need more cash.

You don't know, Mae.
It's crazy out there.

Well, it's not completely sane
in here.

Why, just the other night,
I had to clear out my safe

just to make sure it wasn't
jacked by my son's wife.

Yeah, well, I got slapped
in the face by my mother-in-law,

so it's tough all over.
Who gets the house?

The house will be left to...

And I tell you this
because it's painfully obvious,

or would be to anyone
who wasn't so blinded

by greed and desperation...

To Grace, Jacob,
and Charity, equally.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

What is this proof Phil has?

Of what? Stop lying to me.

What proof does Phil have
that I lied to the police?

Grace, Phil and I don't talk
about work when we're off.

We don't talk about us at work.

Chinese walls.

If they find out that I lied,
A.J. could go back to prison.

Just tell me what you told Phil,

what he has,
what he thinks that he has.

Tell me! I don't know.

Charity, he's my son.

I don't know what Phil has.

You know, whatever it is
that you are angry about,

whatever this whole thing
that you're doing,

whatever you think
that it's gonna get you,

is it really worth ruining
a whole other person's life?

Grace, you shouldn't have lied.

That's your answer?

Seriously?

I haven't done anything, Grace.

You brought
all this on yourself.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[♪♪♪]

How's it going with Charity?

Is that why you parked
yourself there for an hour,

to ask me that?

I am waiting for Karine
to get me my Amy Grant tickets.

And the bylaws for this circus.

It's going very well, thank you.

You don't...

really love her, do you?

Why would you say that?

She's kind of nothing like me.

Well, you two are
a lot alike, actually.

Boy, I can't wait to hear how.

You're both daughters
of powerful men

who feel they've never gotten
the respect they deserve.

You both are adorably noisy
when you don't get your way.

You both are...
So it's because she's black.

Careful.

Well, you say
she's just like me,

but in one big way she's not.

She's black. [SCOFFS]

You're at the point in your life

where you feel like you need
to be with a black woman.

It's a thing.

We're just talking as friends.

Judee...

I'm sorry things
are tough for you

and Ken right now. Really.

Why even say that?

Neither thing
has one thing to do

with the other thing.
Two things.

It's not a thing.

She's a person. A person
I care about very much.

A person who's gonna be
a big part of this church

once Grace is gone.

Then let's have dinner.

I can't imagine anything worse.

No, if she's so great,
and we are so much alike,

let's have dinner.

In fact, if you want my help

paving the way for her
with Daddy

in this beautiful
black future of yours,

and you're gonna need it,

I'd set that dinner.

I'm free tomorrow.

I'll see if she's available.

Oh, don't worry.

I know I'm jealous.

I would never actually
do anything

to stop you
from being happy, Phil.

Well, I pray that's true.
For your sake.

Point taken.

Oh. [SNAPS]

One question, though.

What?

What makes you so sure

Grace isn't going
to be Daddy's long-term pick?

Is that what you think he'll do?

No one ever knows
what Daddy is going to do,

but what makes you so sure
it isn't going to go that way?

Let's just say I have a feeling.

Interesting.

So many feelings.

I'm feeling steak.

Just saying.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

JACOB: Hey, how you doin'?

[GAME BEEPING]

Pastor Greenleaf!

It's Brother Greenleaf now, man.

Hey, give me a sec, man.

I'm tryin' to set a score
in this game

that'll never be broken.
All right.

Buckets!

Nineteen hundred, baby!
[BUZZER BLARES]

That'll never be topped, amen?
Hey, amen.

What's up?
Oh, this is fresh, man.

[CHUCKLES] Hey, I appreciate you

coming through.
Hey. No problem, man.

Uh, I feel kind of bad
about the other day.

No, don't. Don't.

I was totally in my feelings.

I was coming off
of what happened

with me and Nikki.
It's all good.

Things looking any better?

I know she's been
staying with Zora.

Yeah, not really.

But when this place
opens up, man,

it's gonna be full of honeys.
[CHUCKLES]

You know what I'm saying?

Right. Full of them.

What, man, you all right?

Yeah. Yeah.

Whatever.

You know, she was probably,
uh, just watching out for me

with the whole money thing,
but it's all good,

because I moved on.

Already? Yeah.

Okay, with who?

Yeah, I'mma let you know
when it's solid.

[CHUCKLES] Fair enough.

So this whole school thing.

Excellence Prep. Right.

I talked to my people.
Let's do it.

All right, listen, man,
it's... It's okay.

I was just kinda
in my own feelings

with Kerissa, man, and...

I really shouldn't have even
come at you like that.

Hey, I already signed the check.

Oh, wow, Dante.

I can't accept this, man.

Yeah, you can.

Yeah, I feel bad
about what happened,

me losing you your jobs,
but I need a favor.

I don't know.

Yeah, you know.
Can your wife, um...?

What's her name? Kerissa.

Kerissa, yeah.

Can me and her do some kinda...

some kinda press conference
announcement soon?

Because I have to get off
that bench, man.

And the GM says
that this is the way do it.

Yeah, I'm sure
she could do that.

All right. Cool. It's done.

Hey, Davon, hold up.
DAVON: Okay.

Yo, get that check to Kerissa,
see if she don't soften up.

You might get the high score
on that thing, okay?

You feel me? All right.
Yeah, I do.

Thank you, Dante. Hey.

I'm just a man. Thank Jesus.

Let's talk.

I need two of these
bad boys right here.

CHARITY: A dinner?

Like, a whole dinner?

Well, she can help with Bob
when it comes

to making you Associate Pastor.

Wait, so it's up to Bob now?

Relax, it's all gonna happen.

All right? But why not make sure
all of our bases are covered?

It's just a dinner.

All right.

Does she know about,
you know, Grace's...?

No, no,
and we don't want her to.

We want to make sure
Grace is gone

before Bob
could do anything about it.

Got it.

What's that smile?

I'm just thinking about
where I want to eat.

I'll do it if it's sushi.

[♪♪♪]

It just went to voicemail.

Damn it, A.J.,
pick up the phone.

Wait. What are you doing?

Hey. Listen, it's me.

I know I'm just some kid
from the 'burbs

who doesn't know anything,

but right now,
my mom is in serious trouble,

and she just needs
to talk to you

to find out the truth
or she could go to jail.

I know that might not
matter to you.

I know that you might
still hate her

for not keeping you,
for icing you out

when you came looking for her...

[SIGHS]

But if she goes to jail, A.J...

I'm gonna lose my mother,

and I haven't done anything.

I do not deserve this.
It's not fair.

[CRYING]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I'm not going back to Hampton.

What?

It's a six-week program.

I've done three weeks.

I'll just start back in the fall

like a normal person. Baby...

Don't do that.
I'm gonna be fine.

[♪♪♪]

Mom...

if I don't stay for this...

what would I stay for?

You're my mom.

I'm staying.

[♪♪♪]

Hey.

What?

Well, I've been debating
whether I should tell you this.

I thought I might just
wait to see what happens...

but I'm feeling fairly confident
that it'll work out.

What did you do, James?

I, well...

I spoke to Connie.

I tried to impress upon her
what a disaster it would be

if the deacons were to go along
with this plan.

Well, she couldn't hear it.

You did not tell her
you know about the bribe.

Tell me you didn't. I had to.

But I think it worked.

Did I not explicitly
prohibit you from using that?

I had no choice. Did I not

make it clear that
wielding a w*apon like that

could hurt us more
in the long run

than it could ever hurt Connie?

I mean, didn't I
lay that out clearly?

How can you be so wise
about so many things

and so foolish about others?
How is that possible?

I am flabbergasted.

I'm trying to get you
your church back, Mae.

Can you not see that?

Well, if the love
you have for me is such that

you do ungodly things,
it's not a godly love!

You're really gonna say that?

No, James. I don't wanna fight.

[SIGHS]

If I didn't have you right now,

I would be drowning
in a pool of hopelessness.

Our children are all flailing
in one way or another,

our past is hunting us like
a pack of wolves in the night.

James, I'm not judging you.

And thank you for caring, but...

don't ask me to pretend
not to be terrified

by how I think
this move against Connie

is going to be our undoing.

[♪♪♪]

Where are you going?

To my prayer closet.

I thought I was done
for the night, but, well...

I'll see you in the morning.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

KERISSA: I'm asking you first

because Charity's paying
money to Kevin for alimony,

and I think
she's still mad at me

for not supporting her
silly dream of being AP.

She's mad at everyone right now.

I wouldn't take that personally.

But is this something that

you would be willing to do,
even able to do?

I'm sorry for
bothering you with this

with everything you're
going through with A.J.

No, it's okay.

I just want to move on.

Are you sure
this is right for you guys?

I mean, I guess,
if I buy you out,

you can always buy
your share back and mine too.

So you do have the cash?

I have some, yeah.

And... maybe this is
why I have it.

Where did you get it? [CHUCKLES]

That's a long story.

But, Kerissa,
I have to be honest.

Something about this
feels rushed and weird to me.

Am I wrong?

No, you're not.

Look, when I married Jacob,

seeing that he was
the only male in the family,

I saw us in this house forever.

I think we all did.

But it's not working out
like that, Gigi.

With the way things are

between me and your mother now,

I'm not sure I even wanna
stay in this house.

That bad, huh?

I'm not proud to say it,
but yeah.

Well, how much do you guys want?

[SIGHS]
Uh, well,
our share in the house

is easily worth a million...

Oh... but we would take 500.

Honestly, anything over 250

would be like manna from heaven.

You really want out.

Yeah, like Jonah in the whale.

[♪♪♪]

So where are we going tonight?

Somewhere with lots of knives.

Hmm. Sounds perfect.

We need to talk privately.

Now.

What's the matter?

We're going to have
to amend the motion

to expand the Deacon Board.

Why?

[SIGHS] James knows about the...

Oh.

How the hell did that happen?

I can only think Karine.

Well, that sneaky little...

So we need to amend
the motion how?

It can't be a fifty-fifty split.

The current members of the board

have to maintain
majority control.

Or what?

The Bishop goes public?

Yes.

So he's blackmailing you?

Yes.

What does the split have to be
to keep the blackmailer happy?

Sixty-forty.

Fine.

[♪♪♪]

Blackmail?

Who are these people?

[DOOR OPENS]

You.

Little missy.

You're fired.

Whose side are you on?

Really?

Why? What happened?

Connie Sykes?

Your father?

I thought we were
on the same page here,

let's move this forward.

I'm sorry, if I'm gonna help...

[SCOFFS]

I need to know
what you're talking about.

What are you talking about?

Nothing.

[♪♪♪]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[♪♪♪]

What's going on here?

I have some good news.

Me too.

You first.

NIKKI: Seriously?
ZORA: What's wrong now?

The soft opening
for Dante's bar is happening,

and he didn't even invite me.

Were you expecting him to?

Um, yeah, I designed the place.

Look, just go anyway.

No, I want an invitation.

I deserve it. I did everything.

The boy is so
damn disrespectful.

Maybe he's just conflicted.

Maybe you're just confused.
Can you two just stop?

Constant.

You know,
I don't even wanna go anyway.

Buckets, it's the dumbest name
for a sports bar ever.

I'm out of here.

Wait, I thought we were all
gonna, you know, order in.

Yeah.

I'm not hungry.

Later.

[DOOR CLOSES]

You know, maybe we should,
like, show up late,

act like we didn't know
or something.

Yeah, we don't have to decide.

No, I think we should go.

I agree.

[LAUGHS]

Okay, what are you gonna wear?

I don't know.

[WAITRESS SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

[BOTH LAUGH]

Mmm, sushi and steak.
Nicely played.

Well, I'm glad you two
are so happy.

It is so rare to find a man
who can satisfy one woman,

let alone two.

He does have a gift in
pleasing others, that's true.

Don't I know it?

[CHUCKLES]

So how did you two meet?

I mean, I know how you met,
but how did you meet?

What was the meet cute?

It's a funny story, actually.
Yeah, hang on a second,

What did you mean by
"Don't I know it?"

I think I put my foot in it.

She means she's watched me

be at Bob's beck and call for...

20 years now?

Does she not know?

Judee, you know
she doesn't know.

What don't I know?

Well, it's not mine to say.

I'm about to grab one
of these knives like a ninja

and take a slice
out of both of you.

What don't I know?

[SIGHS]

[BOTH PANTING]

You can buy that house now.

Yeah, and finally
grow that school.

Mmm.

Ah. This has been
a good day for you.

Mmm, it's gonna be
an even better night for you.

Really? [CHUCKLES]

Yep, really, really,
and then some.

Wait, woman. [BOHT CHUCKLE]

You know you gotta give
a brother a minute.

Mm-hmm. Heh, heh.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
where are you going?

Wait, what do you...?

Oh, all right, oh, okay,
that works.

You can't step down.

You can't surrender
to this man's mendacity.

What if Phil takes his proof,
whatever it is, to the cops?

And what about
Charity's mendacity?

Oh, she's just a helpless pawn
in all of this.

And this proof
that Phil says he has,

you don't know what it is?

I have a feeling it has
something to do with Charity

and that night
that A.J. came to visit,

but she will not admit that
she knows anything about it.

I'm gonna k*ll him.

What about k*lling Charity, huh?

Gigi, she's so hypnotized
by that scoundrel's attention,

I'm surprised
she can still tie her shoes.

Remind me to come back next time

as the youngest daughter.

Oh, reincarnation's
a lie of the devil.

I was joking.

From the sound of what
you've told me,

and forgive me
for seeming cold...

A.J.'s guilty.

You don't know that
he is guilty.

But what would you do if he was?

I'd step down.

[SCOFFS]

And if he was innocent?

Well, I'd stay and fight,

because then at least
there would be a chance

that I could get him exonerated.

I'm about to have a stroke.

JAMES:
Oh, wait, well, Gigi's right.

Now, if he did it,

we don't want the police
reopening the case.

We can't risk sending
the boy back to jail.

He'd be there
for decades. Now...

You don't wanna be
the cause of that, do you?

This happened because of you.

What? If the boy goes to jail,

half the blame lies with you.

How does that work?

Oh, do you think
it's a coincidence

that your daughter is facing

this kind of situation
not a day,

not 24 hours after you did
the same thing to Connie?

What did you do?

Disobeyed me.

And don't you make
that mistake, you listen to me.

Oh, I'm listening.
We're all listening, Mama.

Good.

You cannot step down.

You need to get up
in that pulpit on Sunday

and tell your story,
all the way up to Phil DeMars

and what he's doing,

and let the people
of this church decide.

Tell them that she lied
to the police?

Oh, there is not a mother
in those pews

that wouldn't understand.

And what about the police?

They'll go after him again,
and her.

Oh, if they actually charged her
for this garbage,

I would eat my hat.

Which one?

And as for A.J.,

the two of you want to
keep him out of jail.

But what use
will his freedom be, Gigi,

if he did it
and knows that he did?

If he misses this chance
to know that his soul is real.

This world is just
a waiting room for the next,

so let him face his facts
now, Gigi.

And your task...

is to face yours.

You get up there on Sunday,
you make a stand.

You speak your own truth,
and you win.

[♪♪♪]

You do what's best for your son.

Thank you, Daddy.

You do what's best
for your soul.

And everything else is noise.

[SIGHS]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC BLARING]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

I did good.

You did.

Yeah.

That's her, isn't it?

Nikki, wait. Nikki!

Not hungry, huh?

Looks like you hungry
for something.

Yo, what are you doing here?

Man, dang, my team
stay messing up.

There's supposed to be a list.

I am the list.

What the hell
are you doing here?

I don't know.
I must be confused.

When I yank that ponytail
out your head,

you're gonna be
perplexed, bitch.

Hey, hey, hey. You need
to back up, all right?

You're not even supposed
to be here anyway, bruh.

Nikki, let's just go,
come on.
Bruh?

So you really gonna do me
like this, Dante?
He is.

Bitch, back the hell up.
You back the hell up.

You guys, stop, what
are you guys doing? Come on!

Listen... Don't you touch me.

Get off, you don't...
Don't touch me,

don't touch me,
don't touch me! Get off!

I'mma catch you all later.

[KEYS JANGLING]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Got anything to say?

It was a long time ago.
We've stayed friends,

for obvious reasons,
ever since. It's nothing.

Why keep it a secret then?

It wasn't a secret.
It's such old news,

I didn't think it mattered.

Come on.

You're cute when you're jealous.

Yeah? Well, you're ugly
when you're dumb.

I have thrown my whole life
in the garbage for you,

and now I'm like,
I don't even know who you are.

You wanna know who I am, hmm?
I'm not sure I do anymore, no.

You wanna know who I am?

Right.

Here.

What is this?

The key to my apartment,
keep it.

Go there whenever
you wanna look around.

But I warn you, you're gonna see

a couple of pictures
on the refrigerator of you

that I printed the day
after we met,

and a list on a page
in my prayer journal

of all the things I wanna do
for you once, uh... Once...

Once what?

Once a stupid night
like this is so far back

in the rear-view mirror,
we can't even see it.

That's yours.

I only said yes to the dinner
to get Judee on our side

because it's gotten so...
I can't even think

about running this church
without you,

or doing anything else,
for that matter.

[♪♪♪]

You really like me, don't you?

Like you?

[CHUCKLES]

Charity...

[SCOFFS]

I love you.

Yeah, I love you.

I love you. [CHUCKLES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

So, what was last night about?

You tell me.

How am I supposed to explain
something that you did to you?

Are you drinking stupid juice
out the mug?

What I'm drinking is
"I don't care what you or Nikki

or anybody else has to say
about me" juice.

You have a problem,
you know that,

like a real serious problem.

Dante broke up with Nikki.

I don't know her,
and I don't wanna know her,

so why should I care?

You should care
because you have no friends.

And you're not gonna make
any new friends

if you keep on
rolling your eyes at girls

that could be your friend,
and turning around

and batting your eyes at
the guys they'd been with.

I can do whatever I want
with whoever I want.

I'm grown.
You a ho, that's what you are.

And I'm so happy
you're going back to school.

I'm not.

Actually, I've decided to stay.

And it's gonna be great.

MAE: Good morning, Ms. Sophia.

JACOB: Good morning, everybody.

Good morning, darling.

Hey, baby girl.

Ooh, this looks good.
I'm starving.

Oh, you are sharp.

Yeah, just like Daddy.

[CHUCKLES]
Go ahead downstairs, okay?

[PHONE RINGING]

[SIGHS]

Please stop calling me. Please.

I have some news about the house

you might find very interesting.

We didn't get the house.

FERNANDO:
Not that house,
the one you're standing in.

The one that could very well
be the owner of one day.

[♪♪♪]

I hope I didn't cause
any trouble last night.

I thought she knew.

No, you didn't. But that's okay.

You showed her who's boss?

No, but I put out the fire
you tried to start.

Great. Because we're going
to be needing her help

with something soon.

I'm listening.

In Calvary's bylaws, which I was
finally able to read last night,

it states the most senior
Greenleaf employed at Calvary

can always cast
the tie-breaking vote

in board disputes.

I'm not sure I follow.

If we get those 10 seats
on the board

and the church keeps 12,

we still have Connie with us.

It'll be a tie.

When we vote for what?

That's for me to know
and you to find out.

But keep her happy.

We're going to be
needing her vote.

[GOSPEL SONG PLAYING]

♪ This morning
When I rose, yeah ♪

CHOIR:
♪ I didn't have no doubt ♪

♪ Oh, this morning
When I rose, yeah ♪

CHOIR:
♪ I didn't have no doubt ♪

♪ Hey, this morning
When I rose ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

CHOIR:
♪ I didn't have no doubt ♪

♪ I know the Lord ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Will take care of me ♪

CHARITY: ♪ I know the Lord ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Will provide for me ♪

♪ And he will ♪

CHOIR:
♪ Lead and guide me
All the way ♪

♪ All the way ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Yes, all the way ♪

Hallelujah!

Somebody give
a shout and prayer!

[AUDIENCE CHEERING
AND APPLAUDING]

Hallelujah.

Amen, good morning, Calvary.

AUDIENCE: Good morning.

It feels so good to be
worshipping in God's house

with you today. Amen?

AUDIENCE: Amen. GRACE: Amen.

Well, let's get right
to the reason

why we are here today.

The Word of God.

Amen? [AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

Okay. Turn with me
in your bibles, if you would,

to Luke 22, verse 40.
When you get there say amen.

AUDIENCE: Amen.

[CHUCKLES] All right.

"On reaching the place,
he said to them..."

[DOOR OPENS]

[♪♪♪]

[AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

GRACE: Uh...

[CLEARS THROAT]

Church, I'm sorry, where was I?

AUDIENCE: Luke 22:40.

That's right, that's right.
The Garden of Gethsemane.

We see Jesus praying alone...

and...

I-I'm sorry, Church,
change of plans.

I... I have to tell
y'all something.

Don't do this, child,
please don't do it.

GRACE: Now, uh...

this may come as a shock
to most of you, but...

this will be my last Sunday
as your pastor.

[AUDIENCE GASPING] WOMAN: What?

Why is she doing this?

I'll explain later.

Effective immediately,
I'm stepping down

as the Head Pastor
of Calvary Fellowship.

[AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

[♪♪♪]

♪ One more day ♪

♪ One more day ♪

♪ Help me just
To make it through ♪

♪ One more day ♪
♪ One more day ♪

♪ One more day ♪
♪ One more day ♪

♪ One more day ♪

♪ Takes too much to fake it ♪

♪ Sometimes I just
Can't take it ♪

♪ Lord, help me just
To make it through ♪

♪ One more day ♪
♪ One more day ♪