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[Grace] Previously onGreenleaf...

I'm glad we met, Kerissa.

You can have shared custody.

Remember what I said before I left for Vegas,

about the future?

Well, once we get to the bottom of this,

we'll talk about that future.

We're ready to concede that your blood ties

to this property proceeded our legal ones.

-You're giving us the house? -I lost my way.

And you, you paid the price.

All I ever wanted was to show you

what is possible with God.

But I'm afraid that all I ever showed you

is what is inevitable without him.

You showed us a lot more than that, Bishop.

-A lot more than that. -Amen.

[crowd] Amen.

I think you better leave.

[Lady Mae] What's the matter?

Oh, my God. Something is happening.

I need an ambulance right now.

Look at me. Yes. I'm right here with you, baby.

James.

♪ Amen

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Ooh

♪ Well

♪ Oh

♪ Ooh

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Amen, amen ♪

♪ Yeah

♪ Ooh

Then why didn't you tell me about this before?

Because it's not a big deal.

It's a big enough deal that you're considering

changing schools, honey.

[phone vibrating]

-Take it. -No, we're not done here.

Mom, everything is fine.

[sighs] Hello?

[Ann] Grace, is it too late to call?

Who is this?

[Ann] Ann Halliday. I tried to hire you at 20/20

a few years back.

Ann, yeah, hi. What's going on?

[Ann] Well, I just took a job running New York One

and I've heard CBS is doing a major exposé on Bob Whitmore.

I think you might've had a hand in.

Yeah, that was me along with Darius Nash.

[Ann] I just thought I'd check in.

I know you had some family issues

come up that kept you from coming to20/20.

And those have cleared up now.

[Ann] Any plans to be in New York soon?

-Not currently but I could. -[Ann] Because my marching

orders are "Smart women of color"

and I've got some slots to fill fast.

Ready to get back in the game?

[knocks on door]

Um... Ann, I'm going to have to call you back.

[Ann] Okay, time is of the essence.

Yeah. I'll call you tomorrow.

[Charity] ♪ If I can help

♪ Somebody ♪

♪ As I travel ♪

♪ All along

♪ If I can help

♪ Somebody

♪ With a word

♪ Or a song

♪ If I can help

♪ Somebody

♪ From do

♪ Doing wrong

♪ Then my living

♪ Shall not

♪ Be in vain

[all] ♪ My living

♪ Shall not be ♪

♪ In vain

♪ Oh

♪ My living

♪ My living

[all] ♪ Shall not be

[Charity] ♪ Shall not be

[all] ♪ In vain

[Charity] ♪ Oh

-[all] ♪ If I can help -[Charity] ♪ Help

-[all] ♪ Somebody -[Charity] ♪ Somebody

I just don't understand how I could miss someone so much

that I barely knew.

Well, he definitely made an impression.

Yeah.

No one has ever talked to me like that before.

[Charity] Mm.

You know, when I first started working at the church,

after Sophia and I moved back...

Bishop sat me down and...

[chuckles]

...he said, "Before you do anything, Gigi,

check your heart and make sure you're acting from love.

Because there wasn't anything that Jesus did that wasn't

dipped down in and dripping

with Jesus' love for human beings.

We are His beloved."

I'm going to build that car, even if it takes me a year,

ten years.

Excuse me.

I'ma build it.

If you'd excuse me. I have to take a phone call.

Anything I can help with, Mama?

Oh, no, I'll be right back.

[clears throat]

To the Bishop.

[all] To the Bishop.

Misty, how good of you to call.

[Misty] I'm sorry to bother you, Mae.

Oh, no, no. It's no bother. How can I help?

Well, we just met at the church,and by we,

I mean the deacons, minus Connie Sykes, of course.

Minus Connie, really?

Oh, yes, and we're wondering whether or not

you'd be willing to lead worshipthis Sunday in the sanctuary.

-You want me to speak? -[Misty] Yeah, well,

Phil is gone and, as you know, we're cutting ties with H & H

and after this year of chaos,

I can't even begin to categorize

our misadventures with H & H.

Sojourn in the wilderness?

[Misty] Exactly.

We just thought it would be powerful

to celebrate the Bishop,

to look back at all he's done for us,

all you've done for us, for all these years.

We need to come home to Calvary.

I couldn't agree more.

[Misty] We need to gather together as a family in faith

and we need someone to remind us of where we've been

and what we've achieved and...

what a blessing it all was.

Even so, is that something you'd be willing to do, Mae?

[Noah] What do you think?

It's really nice. Is it expensive?

It's not cheap, but I got a job.

When were you gonna tell me this?

Well, you kind of have a lot going on.

What's the job?

Director of Campus Safety at Rhodes College.

-Just found out yesterday. -Congratulations.

-That's great. -Thank you.

-That's great. -Thank you.

Isabel's not asking for anyalimony, so it's a clean break,

so, I want him to have a nice place.

Can I help? I am his mother.

What do you think?

I think you two will be very happy here.

You can stay here too, if you need a place.

Your mother is giving Tara the house, right?

That is still the plan, yeah.

So, what did the doctor say?

It's great and it's only been a week and already

my CD4 count is improving a lot.

[Grace] That was the doctor

-on the phone? -[AJ] Mm-hmm.

Praise God. Can I give you a hug?

Can I give you a hug?

You're the one that set me up with this fancy doctor.

[Noah] Looks like someone neededsome good news, huh?

Yeah. I did.

[phone vibrating]

Hey, stranger, I was just about to call you.

Any chance you might be able to come by tonight?

Of course, of course, I want to.

Okay, see you then.

Who was that? Darius?

-Yeah. -Mm.

So, when do I get to meet this man?

-Are you scared I won't approve?-You will meet him soon enough.

Damn right, I will.

-I got a few questions for him.-Oh, yeah.

Looking up for old ma?

I think we should get to know each other as well.

[Grace] Oh, you're getting comfortable, are you?

[AJ] Uh, just a little, you know.

[car starts]

I think I need to sit down, have a little man to man,

heart to heart, like that.Make sure he's on the up and up,

he has honorable intentions.

You know what I'm saying? Check the man out.

-[Grace] Okay. -[AJ] Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

[crickets chirping]

[sighs, chuckles]

-That boy is exhausted. -Yeah.

You think he gets it?

That Grandpa won't ever really be coming back?

I don't think so.

I'm not sure any of us get it yet.

Uh, have a seat. You know, if you want to.

I'd like to leave Winkie here for a few days

while I look for a place. Would that be okay?

Sure, I love having him here.

Thank you.

-You're staying at Excellence? -Of course. It's my school.

I thoughtwhen you left for your Mom's...

Shared custody is shared custody.

Wink needs to be close to his Dad

especially at a time like this.

I think so, too.

You can have him call me in the morning.

Where are you going?

I'm getting a room at the Templeton.

That's-- That's crazy. Just stay here.

-[sighs] Jacob. -[Jacob] No.

I didn't mean as, you know, I just mean, uh...

I don't want to confuse Winkie.

I don't want to confuse you either.

Well, I'll call you in the morning.

[Kerissa] Jacob, I knowit might not seem like one now,

-but this is our happy ending. -I know.

[Sophia] What do you think happens when you die?

I mean, like, really,

because nothing in the Bible explains it.

[Zora] I think... What do I think?

I-- I think it's like you jump off the diving board

into the deep end and you just keep going down

and you start freaking out because it's deeper than

what you thought and how are youever going to get back

to the surface to breathe,

and then you run out of breath

and you realize you can breathe.

And then, like, angels and everyone you know

just starts coming and hugs youand you're happy forever.

[AJ chuckles]

I don't know. What do you think happens?

I think it's like falling asleep,

and you don't even know it happens, and that's that.

-What do you think, AJ? -[AJ] I don't know.

I still want to see what happens when you live.

Right on.

You have to at least call her back.

My family needs me right now.

I'm not saying we have to move to New York tomorrow.

Just call her back.

What do you have to lose?

What about Sophia and AJ?

She's going to be in college, and AJ,

you just said the other dayhe and Noah were like old pals.

He's on his medicine and it's working.

He's an adult. Everybody's an adult.

What about us?

What about us?

Are we adults, too?

[chuckles]

What does that mean?

I don't know. You're always talking about

wanting to talk about the future.

What if that future was in New York?

Wait a minute.

Did you just say that...

Well, if you got a job in New York,

I would consider accompanying you there.

You would follow me to New York?

I didn't say I would follow. [chuckles]

I said I would accompany you there.

Oh. I didn't know "accompany" was the magic word.

[chuckles]

I didn't know it was until just now.

Yeah, but it might be.

Well, look at us.

Look at us.

Thank you.

Anytime.

They want me to honor your father on Sunday.

Misty is giving you the church back?

No, no. They just want me to speak about your father.

And I want us all to have a united front.

Well, whatever you need, Mom, I'm here.

Yeah, me too. If you want me to sing for Daddy's service...

[Lady Mae] Yes.

Daddy did lay himself on the altar for us.

[lady Mae] I know he'll be therein spirit and...

[phone vibrating]

We just won't have his smile.

Him singing from some distant room like sunlight

cutting across the floor. [chuckles]

It's just us and the Lord now.

[Jacob] Yeah, it is going to bedifferent.

Pop kinda had this light that he took everywhere he went.

Guess that light lives within us now.

Grace, are you on board?

Gigi, Mama's talking to you.

Yeah, Mama. Of course.

Full speed ahead.

[Karine] I'm so happy you're back, Pastor.

Well, I'm not back yet.

For now I am a guest speakerat a memorial.

We'll see what the Lord does next. Good morning.

I'm so sorry to hear about Bishop.

Karine, do me the kindness ofnot mentioning James this week.

We will honor him on Sunday richly, but until then

my heart is a truckload of nitroglycerine and his name

is a bump in the road, understood?

Yes, ma'am.

Here it is.

I know you're only speaking on Sunday,

but I wanted you to have a place to hide.

You know, just in case you needed it.

May I have a moment, please?

Should I not have had it all moved in?

-I thought that's how you-- -Karine, may I please

-have a moment? -Yes, sorry.

Sorry, my bad.

-[Lady Mae] And shut the door. -[Karine] Yes, ma'am.

I'm so sorry about your father.

Yeah, uh, thanks.

We're all, uh, pretty bad.

[Tara] I can't help but feel that all the stress created

by all this drama around the past

somehow contributed to this.

It was a stroke, right?

Yeah. The M-E said it was amajor cerebrovascular accident.

That makes me feel terrible.

[Jacob] Well, look, I don't know what caused what.

Nobody's holding any grudges onour end, to my knowledge anyway.

Look, my mother wanted me to ask if you could,

you know, maybe give us...

maybe three months, you know, to deal with losing my father.

Of course. Yeah, of course.

Thank you. I knew you'd get it.

I actually was...

What? Go ahead.

You were so upfront with me from the beginning, Jacob.

I know. I won't hold you to anything.

Can we just... Can we just call it even?

-Seriously? -[Tara] Yes.

And I'm not even talking in a justice way.

There is no justice here, there's just human beings.

I can't throw your mother out of that house

or let her leave.

Not when I know exactly how she feels,

how you feel. I can't.

Yeah, but didn't God promise you a blessing?

He did. But maybe the blessing He meant me to have

is something else.

So, either way, I can't do it.

Tell your mother that she can call me whenever she wants to

and I am sending all my prayers to her.

Other than that, tell her we're good.

-[woman] Thank you. -Bless you.

There.

Now, between this trust fund for Sophia

and the other one for AJ,

that money is officially off my plate.

It is nothing but trouble.

Hey, I know it was strange,

finding out that we shared a father,

but I like that I got a sister out of the deal.

No, that part's been good.

[phone vibrating]

Money just screws things up.

[sighs]

[vibrating stops]

What is that about?

Right before Daddy passed, this woman from 20/20called.

The woman tried to hire me way back when.

-To offer you a job? -Basically, yeah.

But if everything goes well this Sunday,

then you'd be back at Calvary, wouldn't you?

Charity told Kevin and me you'd all be associates.

I wanna be here for my family.

But every time she contacts me,I cannot take the call.

I can't say no to her.

I don't know what to do.

I've had a situation like this once.

Advise me, please.

For the longest time, I tried to be straight.

I tried so hard.

But I couldn't stop being gay.

Drove me crazy.

One day, a friend of mine said,

"What do you get out of believing

that this is a choice?"

You think I should go see her?

Who cares what I think?

It barely matters what you think.

If you can't say no, then you won't.

If you can, you will.

And you'll never let not takinga call be your answer.

That's not my sister.

[knocks on door]

[Lady Mae] Come in.

-Oh, my prince. -[chuckles]

What you preaching on Sunday, Ma?

You tell me.

Tell me what verse in that bookdoes justice

to the kind of light your father carried?

I just haven't found it yet.

What?

Tara James said keep the house.

-What? -Yeah.

I just left her.

She said keep the house.

It's over.

It's finished.

She really is who she seems to be.

Seems that way.

-I don't know what to say. -[chuckles]

Oh!

[bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Jacob] My man. [laughs]

So good to see y'all.

Hey, Sister James.

Brother Greenleaf.

-Hey. -What brings you here?

What could've kept me away? [laughs]

My favorite gospel station won't be quiet about Calvary.

"This Sunday, be there. Get yourself down there."

Didn't have much of a choice, so here I am.

And what about your congregation?

Oh, they're around here somewhere.

You brought them from the mission?

I did. I hope that's okay.

I know from Tasha

you've always had a heart for the homeless.

I have, indeed.

Well, maybe all three of us can work together

on that someday soon.

I'd like that very much.

Uh, Sister James.

-Tara. -Better.

What you did for my mother,

letting our family keep the house...

[sighs] ...it means a lot to me, really.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Never thought I'd have a mansionto add to my list of things

to tell Jesus I renounced when I get up to Heaven.

[laughs]

I'm rich in blessings.

Yes, ma'am.

-God is good. -All the time.

Hey. [laughs]

Amen.

[Charity] ♪ I thank God for saving me

-♪ What a mighty God we serve -♪ What a mighty God

-♪ What a mighty God we serve -♪ We serve

-♪ Angels bow♪ -♪ Angels bow before him

♪ Because he's worthy Said he's worthy, y'all ♪

♪ Angels bow before him

♪ Every knee will bow

♪ Heaven and Earth adore him

♪ No other name ♪

♪ Heaven and Earth adore him

♪ No other name

♪ What a mighty God we serve

-♪ What a mighty God -♪ What a mighty God we serve

-♪ Angels bow -♪ Angels bow before him

♪ Heaven and Earth adore him

♪ What a mighty God we serve

[cheering and applause]

-[man] Yeah! -[Grace] Come on, Pastor.

Come on, Pastor.

[cheering and applause]

I know...

exactly...

what Bishop is feeling right now.

-[man] Yes. -[woman] Yes.

Yes, Lord.

Hmm.

[woman] It's all right, sister.

[man] All right, now.

[exhales]

Good morning.

[all] Good morning.

There's so much to say.

-[woman] Oh, there is. -[woman 2] Mm-hmm.

I miss him so much.

[congregation] Yes.

I think...

that I have talked to Bishop more this week

than I have in the past 10 years.

-[woman] That's right. -[woman 2] It's all right.

[Lady Mae] And I said to him, I said,

"James, they want me to talk about you.

What should I say?"

-And you know what he said? -[congregation] Yes.

Well, just one moment of thoughtand you will know.

He said, "Me?"

[laughter]

"What is there to say

about this humble servant of God, Mae?"

[cheering]

He said...

"Tell them something new."

[applause]

So before we dive into the memories

and I know that we all have so much to share...

I just want to say a few words

to honor Bishop's wishes about...

what is yet to be.

[all exclaiming indistinctly, applause]

I want to talk about the new.

[congregation] Yes!

Behold...

the prophet Isaiah said, "Speaking for God,

I am doing a new thing.

Do you not perceive it?"

[applause]

And so, church, today,

I want us to think together about the new.

I want us to dream together today

about the new.

[all] Yes!

Not what this church has ever been,

but what has never been.

[applause, exclaiming indistinctly]

[Grace] Yes.

What... What we can't even imagine a church to be.

You see, now,

those early friends of Jesus

who gathered in small groups,

and in small spaces, in upper rooms,

where the fire of tongues rain down.

[applause, exclaiming indistinctly]

[Grace] Come on, Pastor.

Well, who had ever heard of such a thing?

You see, church, that was something new.

[congregation exclaiming indistinctly]

And when God saved all the guilty people

with the death of one innocent man...

oh, that was new.

-[applause] -[man] Yes, Lord!

And so...

I stand here...

before you, Calvary,

at the edge of infinity

with no ideas, and no plans,

with my arms, and my heart,

and my mind open,

and I am saying,

Oh, Lord Jesus,

make me something new.

[applause]

Lord God, I'm asking you right now.

I'm asking you.

Show me forgiveness where there can be none.

Redemption when it's far too late.

The waters where the wells long ago ran dry.

Acceptance where there is hate.

Lord God, I want you to show mewhat I can't explain.

[woman] Show her, Lord!

I want you to make me what I can't become.

And torment my tongue in the fire

of your unendurable light

that I can moan to you, Jesus,

and I can groan to you.

Yes, Lord God, and I can say "Please, please,

make me new."

[applause]

And this is so important, church.

Because, Calvary, we've been through a lot.

We've been through so much.

And we're asking God...

[woman] You bet it, Lord.

...to help us learn

and love our past enough to let it go.

[congregation] Yes!

And move forward.

I wanna move forward, Lord God.

-Forward into the future. -[man] All right, then.

And say, Jesus...

[all] Jesus.

-Jesus. -[all] Jesus.

Say it with me.

-Make... -[all] Make...

-...me... -[all] ...me...

-...new. -[all] ...new.

[cheering and applause]

Hey, Mom.

Hey, baby.

I think your work here is done.

Now, if there's anyone out there,

all Calvary members, all visitors out here today,

if you want to be new, if you want the renewal

of God's love and God's grace, I want you to come down

and lay everything down on this altar,

anything that is keeping you from the newness of God,

anything that is keeping you from that new idea,

anything that is keeping you

from the best new you you can be.

You see right here, Calvary.

You can lay it right down on this alter

and let Jesus make you new

like a newborn baby...

Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus.

Oh, Lord, I'm happy today.

We're gonna be new.

Yes, Lord God.

Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah.

Oh.

Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah.

God, we're so grateful.

-Hallelujah. -Thank you.

We're gonna be new again. We're gonna be...

[knocking at door]

[Grace] Mama?

Need a minute?

Oh, come in.

Close the door.

We got the church back.

I overheard Misty Williams talking

to some first-time guests sayingthat you're gonna be preaching

next Sunday and every Sunday after that.

With God's grace.

And perfectly.

[Lady Mae] And AJ.

AJ got saved.

He did.

-Mama, he did. -He needs that peace.

He does.

We all do.

You have something to say.

It's time for me to go.

Not now, Grace.

-I need you here. -Mama.

Not now. Not with your father gone.

-No, you need to say. -Listen, Mama.

It's your time.

And it's my time.

Let us trust Him.

It's time for me to go.

[Grace] See you soon.

I love you.

All right.

I'll be back in a few days, y'all.

You better not be.

I need my hypegirl there when I touchdown.

It's just an interview.

For a job you're gonna get.

Now, look.

Sis, do me a favor of keeping an eye out

-for Zora for me. -[laughs]

If I get the job.

When you get it.

You keep an eye on Sophia for me, okay?

Mm-hmm.

-She's wilder than she seems. -[laughs]

[Charity] You got it.

Thank you.

Gigi, God's gonna do something special with you.

Something new.

I can feel it.

You are the best sister.

I love you.

I love you.

-Mama. -[Lady Mae] Don't say it.

Just come here.

Thank you.

For what?

Sowing discord in the fields of my peace.

They needed it.

Now I don't wanna go.

And that's when you have to.

You tell us what happens.

I will.

I will.

All right, go on.The Lord's gon' take care of us.

Go, go.

[car door closes]

[car engine starts]

You're Pastor Greenleaf, ain't you?

It's just Grace Greenleaf now.

I hope that's the way you want it.

Me too.