Heavenly Match Page #7

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WHY, OLIVIA?

DO YOU REALLY:

HATE ME THAT MUCH?

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

MINISTERS SHOULD BE MEN.

ESPECIALLY SENIOR PASTORS.

I'M A TEMPORARY FIX.

YOU REALLY COULDN'T HANDLE

A WOMAN MINISTER

JUST FOR A FEW MONTHS?

IF IT'S WRONG,

IT'S WRONG.

RIGHT.

SOME VERY FAITHFUL,

VERY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

DON'T THINK

IT'S WRONG AT ALL.

IF IT WAS:

WRONG IN MY DAY,

IT'S WRONG NOW!

OLIVIA...

DID YOU HAVE A CALL

TO BE A MINISTER?

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU?

WHAT DID THEY SAY?

[SOBS QUIETLY]

THEY SAID:

THAT SATAN:

WAS TEMPTING ME AWAY

FROM MARRIAGE AND MOTHERHOOD.

WELL, I'VE HAD

PRECIOUS LITTLE OF ONE

AND NONE OF THE OTHER.

THEY SAID IT WAS WRONG,

THAT I WAS WRONG.

AND THEY WERE RIGHT.

I WAS WRONG TO THINK

THAT I COULD EVER BE A MINISTER.

WHAT IF THEY WERE WRONG?

I'M TIRED.

GO AWAY NOW.

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-CASEY--

-HELLO.

WE NEED TO TALK.

OLIVIA CALLED.

SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING.

OH.

OH, GOOD. SO YOU KNOW

WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING

TO THE CASH OFFERINGS, THEN?

YEAH.

WELL, I'M SO GLAD I DON'T HAVE

TO KEEP IT A SECRET ANYMORE.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU KNOW,

IF YOU NEEDED MONEY,

YOU SHOULD HAVE COME

TO THE COMMITTEE.

EXCUSE ME?

WELL, I TOLD YOU,

OLIVIA SAID THAT YOU'D

CONFESSED EVERYTHING TO HER.

DID SHE?

WELL, I REALLY MUST HAVE

OVERESTIMATED THE PAINKILLERS

AND UNDERESTIMATED THE WOMAN.

SHE ALSO SET A VERY GOOD

EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

SHE SAID THAT WE SHOULDN' CALL THE POLICE,

AS LONG AS YOU AGREED

TO RESIGN AND GO QUIETLY.

WHAT?

LOOK, I THINK YOU SHOULD

RETURN THE MONEY.

I DIDN'T STEAL THE MONEY, ED!

I NEVER EXPECTED

THIS OF YOU, CASEY.

WELL, I'M GLAD

THAT MY ALLEGED KLEPTOMANIA

COMES AS A SHOCK TO YOU.

ALLEGED?

LOOK, IT'S TOO LATE FOR DENIAL.

I'VE ALREADY CALLED

AN EMERGENCY MEETING

OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE FOR

FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.

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KNOCKS]

-HELLO?

YOU HAVE A VISITOR.

ANGELIQUE,

I REALLY CAN'T--

OH.

THIS IS A SURPRISE.

CAN I COME IN?

SURE, YEAH. COME IN.

HOW'VE YOU BEEN?

IS THIS A TRICK QUESTION?

LOOK, ABOUT THE OTHER NIGHT--

THE SECURITY CAMERA WORKED.

EXCEPT FOR NOW OLIVIA TOMPKINS

IS BLAMING ME:

FOR TAKING THE OFFERINGS.

AND OLIVIA'S

THE REAL CULPRIT AFTER ALL?

VERY ASTUTE.

WE NEED TO TALK.

DO WE? REALLY?

I MEAN,

I'D RATHER JUS PRETEND SATURDAY NIGH NEVER HAPPENED.

WELL, IF WE DON' TALK ABOUT IT,

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED

TO MOVE PAST IT?

YOU'RE NOT PAST IT?

[SIGHS] I SWEAR...

YOU CAN RUN AWAY

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE STANDING STILL.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A CALL

WHEN YOU'RE READY TO TALK,

OKAY, CASE?

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BYE.

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[CASEY, QUIETLY]:

OKAY, SARAH.

I COULD REALLY:

USE SOME WORDS RIGHT NOW.

[CASEY SIGHS]

MATTHEW 5:
11--

"BLESSED ARE YOU

WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU,

"PERSECUTE YOU,

"AND FALSELY SAY ALL KINDS

OF EVIL AGAINST YOU,

BECAUSE OF ME."

NO. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

WHATCHA GOT HERE?

PROVERBS 20:
1--

"WINE IS A MOCKER,

BEER IS A BRAWLER.

WHOEVER IS LED ASTRAY

BY THEM..."

OH.

SILLY.

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TIMOTHY 6:
12.

"FIGHT THE GOOD FIGH "FOR THE TRUE FAITH.

"HOLD TIGHTLY

TO THE ETERNAL LIFE

TO WHICH:

GOD HAS CALLED YOU."

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THANK YOU, SARAH.

THAT'S THE ONE.

THANK YOU.

[BREATHES DEEPLY, EXHALES]

[INDISTINC BACKGROUND EXCHANGE]

TA-DAH.

[COMMITTEE CHUCKLING]

WELCOME.

HERE. SIT.

-NEED A HAND?

-NO.

SHALL WE BEGIN?

-[OLIVIA CRIES OUT IN PAIN]

-OH, OH.

SHALL WE BEGIN?

CASEY, WOULD YOU CARE

TO START US IN A PRAYER?

SURE.

ALMIGHTY FATHER,

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE.

WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US

IN THIS MEETING TODAY. AMEN.

[OVERLAPPING]:
AMEN.

I KNOW WHO TOOK THE OFFERINGS.

[OLIVIA]:

WE ALL KNOW, CASEY.

YOUR CONFESSION:

COMES A LITTLE LATE.

WE WAN YOUR RESIGNATION.

OBVIOUSLY, IT WASN'T ME.

THAT'S NO OBVIOUS TO ANYONE.

WELL, I'VE BEEN

MONITORING THE SACRISTY

WITH THIS SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.

IT WAS:

ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS.

I'D RATHER NOT SAY WHO,

BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE

THAT THEY WILL RETURN

THE MONEY TO ME,

AND THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND YOU EXPECT US

TO BELIEVE:

THIS OUTRAGEOUS STORY?

WELL, YES, BECAUSE I HAVE

VIDEO FOOTAGE.

I THINK WE PROBABLY

NEED TO SEE IT.

[CASEY]:
I'M WILLING

TO FORGIVE THE CULPRI AND GIVE THEM A NEW START,

BECAUSE I BELIEVE

THAT'S WHAT JESUS WOULD DO.

I BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS,

AND I'D LIKE TO PRACTICE THAT.

YOU ALL CHOSE ME

TO FILL PASTOR BLACK'S SHOES,

AND I'D LIKE YOU

TO HONOR THAT CHOICE,

AND I EXPECT YOU

TO TRUST ME:

AS SENIOR PASTOR.

UM...

WELL, AS I'M SURE

WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO

AVOID ANY MAJOR SCANDAL,

IT APPEARS AN UNKNOWN PERSON

STOLE THE MONEY:

AND THEN THEY RETURNED IT.

-THEY DID.

-AND THEY WON'T DO IT AGAIN.

RIGHT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

GOOD.

UH, THE PROPERTY COMMITTEE

WILL LOOK INTO IMPROVING

SECURITY, BUT, UH...

AS IT STANDS,

THIS COMMITTEE:

HAS NOTHING TO ACT ON.

WELL, THEN,

I GUESS WE SHOULD

JUST ADJOURN.

UH, ACTUALLY--

THERE IS ONE MORE THING

THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

THIS INCIDEN HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION

THAT WE NEED:

A MORE STRUCTURED AGREEMEN ON MY NEW ROLE

AS SENIOR MINISTER HERE.

I AM ASKING FOR CONFIDENCE

IN MY MINISTRY,

A 25% PAY RAISE,

AND A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT.

AND I'D LIKE YOU TO GIVE ME

AN ANSWER TODAY.

THERE, THAT'S DONE.

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I BELIEVE CASEY'S REQUESTS

ARE REASONABLE.

AND AS THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR

IN THIS CONGREGATION,

I SUGGEST WE DO AS SHE SAYS.

THE LARGEST CONTRIB--?

YOU'RE THE LARGEST?

I THOUGHT--?

WE THOUGHT IT WAS...

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CONGRATULATIONS, CASEY.

THANK YOU, MARJORIE.

YES.

CONGRATULATIONS, CASEY.

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OH, HI, CASEY.

I CAN DO THIS LATER.

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HI, SARAH.

I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

I FEEL SILLY TALKING

TO AN EMPTY ROOM, BUT...

IT FEELS GOOD:

TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

A GOOD LAWYER...

WOULD HAVE PROSECUTED OLIVIA.

AND ENJOYED DOING IT.

BUT... [SNIFFS]

THAT'S NOT ME.

THAT'S NOT MY CALLING.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS

MY TICKET TO HAPPINESS.

I WAS WRONG.

[SNIFFLES]

GRANT ME FAITH, O LORD.

[TAKES A DEEP BREATH]

GOOD MORNING,

OLIVIA.

-IS IT?

-MM-HMM.

THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?

YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT.

AREN'T YOU

GOING TO OPEN IT?

WHY?

I KNOW WHAT'S IN IT.

A REQUEST FOR ME TO RESIGN

MY MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHURCH

AND A POSSIBLE ADMONITION

TO BE GRATEFUL YOU'RE NO TURNING ME INTO THE POLICE.

COME ON.

OPEN IT UP AND SEE.

[GRUDGING SIGH] AHEM.

THIS ISN'T FUNNY, PASTOR.

NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S FAR TOO LATE.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.

YOU'VE CHAIRED ALMOS EVERY COMMITTEE IN THE CHURCH,

RUN THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY

AND WERE THE TREASURER.

YOU CAN DO THIS!

I'LL LOOK LIKE A FOOL.

WE ALL LOOK A FOOL

ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

YOU'D BE IN GOOD COMPANY.

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THANK YOU.

NO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME

REMEMBER AND APPRECIATE MY...

OUR CALLING:

TO SERVE GOD:

IN THE CHURCH MINISTRY.

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[QUIET CHUCKLE]

AHEM. ALRIGHT.

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-HEY!

-[KNOCKS]

HI! I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.

I'M LEAVING NEXT WEEK.

SO YOU GO YOUR ASSIGNMENT?

WELL, I ACTUALLY, UH,

I'M GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA.

I'M TEACHING AT A SCHOOL

FOR A.I.D.S. ORPHANS.

RONNIE, THAT'S AMAZING!

I KNOW!

THEY ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.

I'M GOING TO REALLY MISS YOU.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, TOO.

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