The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Page #3

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You say it.

"Teacher, who are you..."

Hihateven the wind and waves...

Okay.

Sorry.

You kill the lights. Okay?

You drop a single spot on me.

I step out away from these guys,

big hero moment for me.

I am the Alpha and the omega,

the beginning and

the end of all things.

Cue pyro.

We can't do...

And these waves obey the one

they recognize as their creator.

I don't know.

Something like that?

That is actually the exact

opposite of what Jesus was about.

He wasn't an attention seeker.

Really? I mean, why not?

In short, humility.

Don't you pick up on that

when you read the gospels?

Well, yeah, you know,

when I read the gospels,

I pick up on that

a little bit. Um...

All right, trying to bring something

to the production, you know.

Okay. Well, thank you. Let's

just do it again as written.

And back to one, everyone.

Just wanna say, great

first rehearsal. Yeah?

And I have some thoughts

that might help you out.

I think I've had enough

of your thoughts for today.

How about tomorrow?

Lunch? Coffee maybe?

No, thanks.

It's lunch. What's the worst

thing that can happen?

I watched your e! True

Hollywood story last night.

So I can think of

about 10 worst things.

Okay. But you see

how it is, right?

I mean,

they need help out there.

It's still early. The cast will

get it together in a few weeks.

But they're so stiff.

It's like they're in

a bad '40s melodrama.

And you, you're so uptight.

You just need to relax.

We've been doing this

for 15 years.

That's why it's so stale.

I gotta go. Believe

it or not, I'm late.

Late? For what?

One of my students left this,

and I have to drop it off.

Give it to him tomorrow.

No. If he doesn't get this

by bedtime in 10 minutes,

he's not sleeping. Gotta run.

Oh, oh. One more quick question.

This is important.

What is that thing?

It's a...

I don't know what it is.

Surely, it had

a face at one point.

I have nine minutes.

Okay.

So, I take it lunch is off.

Don't sweat it.

We've been there.

Where?

In her dust.

I haven't been there myself,

but from what I've seen,

she's a pretty

tough woman to impress.

I've been trying to court

her since the late '90s.

Court her?

What, are you

a Quaker or something?

I was, yes.

Oh. Sorry, dude.

- What, you guys know a lot about her?

- Totally.

You should come to Doug's.

We can fill you in.

What's at Doug's? Just

some fellowship, brother.

Fellowship?

It's our small group.

We get together once a week.

And do what? Where?

It's Masonville.

Just relax, talk, pray.

You know, that kind of thing.

Hmm.

So, what do you think?

Ls it a bit much?

Just a little.

Fair enough.

No, that's cool.

What do you guys do?

You know, we show up

for church events,

go to homeless shelters,

things like that.

Yeah? Full time?

No.

That was the old Doug. Bc.

That was a much

different group of guys.

We mostly do this just for fun.

I'm basically now just a

mechanic and a family man.

You want a brewski?

Can't. I'm sober.

And the root beer

has processed sugar.

I get you. You're keeping

the old temple pure.

I'm trying.

Don't leave me hanging.

Hey, hey.

- It's here.

- Nice.

Deep dish. Gavin, you

want to pray it up?

Huh?

Pray, before we crush this.

Oh. Uh...

Yeah, yeah. Let's...

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

Uh... all right, guys.

Let's take a knee.

Dear god,

as we head into battle each day...

Mmm-hmm.

We know it will not be easy.

Mmm. Mmm-hmm.

But even though our enemies,

like the devil,

may try to take away our lives,

they will never

take away our freedom.

Oh. Yeah.

And thank you

for this glorious feast

of cheese and bread,

pizza and fellowship.

Amen.

Amen.

All right then.

Whoa!

Yeah, looks nice.

I know.

So, she can have fun.

Kelly? Yeah, she's just

under a lot of stress.

Especially being a pk.

Pretend I don't know

what that means.

Pk, pastor's kid.

She's Allan's daughter?

Yeah. I mean, she

basically runs half the church

between the children's ministry

and now the production.

Does she ever do anything

besides church stuff?

Not that we know about.

She's totally sold out.

Mmm.

She sold what?

She sold out to Jesus.

First time I asked her

out about 10 years ago,

she told me there's only room

in her life for one man,

and that man was Jesus Christ.

How do you measure up to that?

Yeah.

You don't.

Mmm. I tried. I dressed up

like Jesus at a church event.

Totally had the opposite effect.

Didn't go well.

Yeah, it was bad.

She, like, ran away.

He, like, talked to her...

He tried to woo her in Aramaic.

Step one, go to church.

Step two, wear the uniform.

Good morning. Blessings.

Peace be to you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning. Blessings.

Good morning.

Blessings. Peace be to you.

Oh, thank you.

Good morning.

Peace be to both of you.

Okay...

Blessings. Blessings.

Oh, my gosh.

We have the same book.

Gavin.

Gavin.

Blessings.

Blessings to all of you.

Hey, how are ya?

We're good.

Hi. Hey, guys-

so, where's Kelly?

Why are you whispering?

It's a church service.

Where's Kelly?

God, show your power!

Blessings.

We've waited for this day

we're gathered in your name

calling out to you

your glory like a fire

awakening desire

will burn our hearts with truth

you're the reason we're here

you're the reason we're here

yeah.

You're the reason we're singing

open up the heavens

open up the heavens

we want to see you

we want to see you

open up the floodgates

a mighty river a mighty river

flowing from your heart

filling every part of our praise

filling every part of our praise

ah, thank you.

Here you go.

Thanks.

This is my body, broken for you.

Do this in remembrance of me.

This is my blood

shed for you

and for all mankind.

Do this in remembrance of me.

Lord, we thank you for all the

work you're doing in our church.

We ask all this

in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen.

Are we not supposed

to get up on that?

Yeah.

Oh no, thanks.

Can you just pass it on?

Oh. Hey, blessings.

Good morning.

Pass it to him.

Oh. Oh.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Let go of the rope,

and trust in Jesus.

He will do a better job managing

your life than you ever will.

It's been a joy

worshipping with you today.

Have a great week.

You are loved.

You are loved.

You are loved.

Hey, we're gonna grab some lunch.

Do you wanna...

Do you wanna come?

Oh!

Lam exhausted.

Think I need a nap.

Okay. Next time.

Thanks, guys. Blessings.

Blessings to both of you.

He'll come next time.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We're falling a little behind.

So we're gonna have to pick up

the pace tonight, you guys.

Um, where's Gavin?

Hey.

Sorry. Sorry.

Wow.

I know, right?

Hey, everybody.

So, I got this great deal

from this shop I've worked with before.

Didn't cost you anything.

I figured I might as well

start diving into character.

And it all starts

with the wardrobe, guys.

Wow. I, uh...

Okay, let's get started.

Uh, nativity scene's up first.

Mary and Joseph.

Nice.

Thanks.

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