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JOSIAH: Some people
say this is the end of an era.

There are others that say this is
the beginning of something new.

Maybe you could help explain it.

It's not something to explain.

It's something to
be experienced.

What you're seeing
is a symbol of new life.

Every regret, every doubt,
all washed away forever.

Josiah. Reporter.

Greg.

JOSIAH: You know, people are
calling this God's Forever Family.

You a part of it?

Is that what this
is to you? Family?

GREG: I don't know. I don't...

really know what
a family feels like.

How'd you end up here?

One, two, three, four...

REPORTER 1: (ON TV)
Anti-war demonstrators protest

US involvement
in the Vietnam War

in mass marches, rallies
and demonstrations.

REPORTER 2: (ON TV)
...without any bell-bottoms,

reporting live from
San Francisco,

the self-proclaimed
hippie capital of the world

where hundreds of
thousands of youths

have descended to join
this growing youth movement.

The words peace and
love are used by them often.

These kids call
themselves hippies

and represent a new form of
rebellion against the status quo

-(CHARLENE COUGHING) -and the
so-called materialism of their parents.

-CHARLENE: Gregory.
-Their message to the world,

"Turn on, tune in and drop out."

I just want to
celebrate yeah, yeah

Another day of living, yeah

I just want to celebrate
another day of life

Had my hand on the dollar bill

And the dollar bill flew away

But the sun is
shining down on me

(DOOR OPENS)

NEWSCASTER: We
can't relate to our families.

Our fathers are always at work.

So you finally turn on.

CHARLENE: Gregory?

-GREG: Be back later, Mom.
-(DOOR CLOSES)

REPORTER 2: The hippies
present a social dilemma.

The clothes they wear,

the way they preach
love as opposed to hate,

peace as opposed to war.

These beliefs set
them up as rebels

against a materialistic,
square, old-fashioned society.

REPORTER: (ON TV) Everywhere
young people were turning on,

dropping out.

The hippies, pot, speed, acid.

Alcohol seemed
to take a back seat.

JANETTE: You guys stare at
that thing like the world is ending.

I think the world is ending.

JANETTE: Well, I think what
they're doing is kinda beautiful.

KAY: Honey?

Are you doing drugs?

No, Mom, I'm not doing drugs.

Please stop asking.

Look, what I'm saying is
that they want peace and love.

Isn't that the same
thing you want?

I think these kids need help.

What they need is a bath.

I don't know if
they can be helped.

JANETTE: See, and
there's the problem.

You're passing judgement on
people you know nothing about.

You've never even met a hippie.

Thought they didn't
talk to squares.

Didn't you say I'm square?

Dad, you are the very
definition of a square.

I'll tell you what, when God
walks in here, brings me a hippie,

I'll ask him what it's all about,
because I do not understand.

Maybe that's why
your church is so empty.

KAY: Where are you going?

To do drugs.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(EXHALES)

She is your daughter.

Oh, I just want to celebrate
another day of livin'

I just want to celebrate
another day of life

STURGESS: Russia,
Korea, Cambodia.

If we don't stop the
spread of communism,

it will infect
nations worldwide.

It's called the domino theory.

And it's the reason
we're in Vietnam.

(ALARM BLARING IN DISTANCE)

That's a drill. Under
your desk, everyone.

Cadet Laurie, under your desk.

Did you know that an atomic bomb

has more power than
50 million tons of TNT?

One blast would
wipe out this entire city.

Why do we do this?

I just want to celebrate
another day of livin'

I just want to celebrate
another day of life

Said I just want to celebrate

Celebrate

I just want to celebrate

I want to celebrate

I just want to celebrate

I got to celebrate

CHERLIE: Hey.

What's your deal, dude?

What, are you a narc?

What?

Are you working for the feds?

(CHUCKLES)

I'm kidding with you, man.

I'm Charlie. Nice
to meet you, man.

-I'm Greg.
-Look at you, Greg.

Shiny, sir.

-(CHARLIE LAUGHS)
-Okay.

What are you looking at?

Let me guess. Yep.

-You want me to call her over here?
-No, no, no...

CHERLIE: She's a good
friend of mine, man. She's not...

No, don't do that. It's okay.

-Hey, Cathe!
-No, no, no! I said no.

(CATHE CHUCKLES)

CHARLIE: Come here!

I think there's a guy
who wants to meet you.

He's a little strange,
but go easy on him.

Okay.

Hey, square.

I am not a square.

Sorry. You dress like one.

CHARLIE: This is Greg.

And he's gonna be
comin' to school here.

Um, actually, I can't
come to school here.

Can't?

You can do whatever you want.

You know that, right?

Maybe you can't
actually, soldier.

What? This? No.
No, no, no, no, no.

-This is not my idea. This is my mom's idea.
-Oh.

She thinks the academy will
"expand my opportunities."

See, I would rather
expand my mind.

Give me a break.
You're in high school.

All they teach is
propaganda and lies.

(SCOFFS) Okay. What if...

What if there is no truth?

What if it's all just
different points of view?

Did you just quote
Allen Ginsberg?

Yeah. What?

You read Ginsberg?

Yeah. Some.

But you know what? I actually
disagree with him on that.

Some things are absolutely true.

Yeah? Like what?

I don't know. Haven't
found them yet.

But at least now we're
asking the right questions.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

Huh?

Charlie.

Think we should invite
Greg this weekend.

What's this weekend?

It's The Happening.

It's only the largest
gathering of truth-tellers

-in Southern Cal.
-(CHARLIE CHUCKLES)

Dude, Timothy Leary,

the prophet himself
is gonna be there.

-The Grateful Dead's coming.
-Janis Joplin...

Janis Joplin's coming, man.

It's all happening.

So...

are you in?

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

This is the part
when you say yes.

GREG: Yes.

Yes, of course, I'll
be there. Of course.

Okay.

Well, then uh...

pick you up tomorrow.

Bye, Greg.

CHARLIE: See you later, Greg.

CHUCK: This
generation, lost, aimless.

Scripture tells us
that without a vision,

people perish.

In Hebrew, the word means...

to cast off restraint.

And isn't that what
we're witnessing today?

A generation without restraint.

(WHISPERS) That's right.

Cast off authority.

Cast off tradition.

Cast off morals.

(YAWNS)

Cast off God.

These...

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

are the headlines of our time.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Is this our future?

It seems as if we may
be at the end already.

(ROGER SNORING)

CHUCK: But as Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Savior, said

"He who endures till
the end shall be saved."

Amen.

Let's pray.

(DRUM ROLL)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing, uhh

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothin'!

Say it again, y'all

War, huh good God

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing
listen to me, oh...

(MUSIC FADES)

(RADIO TURNS OFF)

Hey.

-Need a ride?
-Sure.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(SIGHS WEARILY)

Cool cape.

Right on. I painted it myself.

Yeah.

-I'm Lonnie.
-I'm Janette.

-Hey.
-Hey. (CHUCKLES)

So, where you headed?

Coming down from San Francisco.

Spreading the good news
to whoever wants to hear it.

How about you, Janette?

Do you know about the
way, the truth and the life?

(CHUCKLES) You've
got to meet my dad.

Far out.

-Is he into hippies?
-Nope.

(ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(CHUCK WHISPERS) "My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

"Why art thou so
far from helping me?"

My stars.

Hi, Chuck Smith.

Who are you?

How do you know my name?

Oh, your daughter told
me when she picked me up.

You tell me right now
where my daughter is.

-Janette!
-What?

-Here.
-LONNIE: Thanks.

-CHUCK: Who is this?
-It's Lonnie.

Hi.

CHUCK: Hi, uh...

Would you mind just, uh,

stepping outside for
a minute, mister...?

Not at all. Frisbee.
Lonnie Frisbee.

Frisbee.

Thank you.

You got any sugar,
by any chance?

What is going on?

You said you wanted
God to send you a hippie.

I said that, but I
did not mean it.

Dad, I am telling you, there
is something about this guy.

We talked all night.

He pretty much
(CHUCKLES) blew my mind.

You spent the night
with him? (SCOFFS)

He could be an axe murderer.

Anyone could be an axe murderer.

Look, just listen
for 10 minutes,

and if you think he's crazy,
I'll throw him out myself.

This house has a very good vibe.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(DOOR CLOSES)

It's so great to meet you.

(LONNIE INHALES)

Oh, it smells amazing in here.

-What are you making?
-JANETTE: French toast.

LONNIE: Oh, I love French toast.

STURGESS: Ten minutes, cadets.

-(CATHE SHOUTS) Greg!
-(TAPPING ON WINDOW)

Greg?

(WHISPERS) What
are you doing here?

We're here to save
you, man. Come on!

(WHISPERS) How'd you find me?

We tried three schools.

What is this?

(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Uh, these are my friends.

STURGESS: You walk
outta this classroom, son,

you won't be coming back.

Sir, you can count on it.

Thank you all. Have a
good rest of your day.

CATHE: He's comin'. Go.
CHARLIE: He's been freed!

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

JANIS JOPLIN: Half
moon, nighttime sky

Seven songs on seven seas

Just to bring all your
sweet love home to me

You fill me like the mountains

Yeah, yeah, yeah

You fill me like the sea, Lord

Not coming past

But still at last

Your love brings life to me

JANIS: How we doing,
Southern California?

Do we want another one?

-Yeah!
-She's amazing!

I know, right?

CHARLIE: We love
you, Janis Joplin!

CHUCK: So, uh...

Tell me about yourself, Lonnie,

and your uh...

people.

My people.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I like the sound of that.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

You know, it reminds
me of the words of Jesus.

"To what, then, can I compare
the people of this generation?

"What are they like?"

I was up in San
Francisco for a long time.

Living in Haight-Ashbury,
on the streets, all over.

And we did everything,
and everyone.

But that was the point.

You see,

the drugs,

it's a quest.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

For what?

For God.

How can you not see that?

There is an entire generation
right now searching for God.

TIMOTHY: Everyone
is accepted here.

We love each other freely

and without discrimination.

There are no facades.

No lies.

No masks.

Just a relentless
pursuit of the truth

by those who have
expanded their consciousness.

Man, we thought acid
was gonna save the world.

-Thank you.
-KAY: Mm-hmm.

Thanks, Mom.

LONNIE: But that was a lie.

As much of a lie as what
we were rebelling against.

And what brought
you to that realization?

I kept searching and searching,

and I just finally
got to the end of it.

And there was still a void.

And my people,

well, they're a desperate bunch.

And "desperation",

man, there is
power in that word.

What would it take for you,
Chuck Smith, to be desperate?

TIMOTHY: The
psychedelic experience

is a confrontation
with the divine.

It's a spiritual awakening.

And you come back
and you define God

the best you can.

So, turn on, tune in,

-and drop out.
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Start a new sequence of behavior

that matches your vision.

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

Be reborn.

(AEROPLANE SPUTTERING)

JANIS: Free Orange Sunrise!

Lick the tab. Set
your minds free.

CHARLIE: We gotta get one.

Janette tells me
you're a pastor.

Yes.

Currently. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I know we must
seem pretty strange.

But if you look a little deeper,

if you look with love,
you'll see a bunch of kids

that are searching
for all the right things

just in all the wrong places.

So, to answer your question,

how do I describe my people?

They're sheep without a shepherd

chasing hard after lies.

And the trouble is,
your people reject them.

So, I ask you, Pastor,

"How can they believe in the
one of whom they have not heard?"

We can only walk
through doors open to us.

And your church,

well,

that's a door that's shut.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(SNIFFLES)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

Babe, can you see

Any good in me

Will you try to find

What's going on in my mind?

I've been gone

Is that me?

(LAUGHS)

"Greg Laurie. Copyright."

Wow.

So, is that what you want?

You wanna be famous?

No. Not famous.

I just want my name
to mean something.

You know?

CATHE: Huh.

It already means
something to me.

Have you always
been able to draw?

Yeah.

I used to draw with my dad

before he left.

I wish my dad would
leave sometimes.

No, you don't.

What's going on in my mind?

Will you try to find

What's going on in my mind?

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

DILLON: Let me get that for you.

Oh.

You're cute.

Hey.

Greg.

Come on, Mom. We gotta go.

-You have a son?
-I...

Yeah.

Dad will be home soon.

You have a husband?

No. No, no, no, no.

Let's go.

(SIGHING IMPATIENTLY)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLENE: Why do you
take care of me, Gerger?

YOUNG GREG: When
is Dad coming home?

You said he'd be home soon, Mom.

You know, I changed my
name for him? Your dad.

It means to be cut
down 1and bud afresh.

Life from death.

When is he coming back?

Can you sing to me, Gerger?

Come on. Sing to me.

Fly me to the moon

And let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

Whoa!

CATHE: Shh! Get back in there.

(WHISPERS) Sober, sober, sober.

Sober. Sober.

PILAR: Where have you been?

And don't you dare
say Malaika's house.

I already talked to her mother.

Mmm-mmm. Do not look at me.

That is enough 1from you, Dodie.

You know what, it was her lie.

I was just covering up for her.

Okay, I went to a concert
in Laguna. It's no big deal.

Didn't have to light
candles, Mom. (CHUCKLES)

Watch your tone, young lady.

I've had enough
of the sneaking out,

the lying, the drugs,
whatever it is you're on.

You don't know what I'm doing.

(CHUCKLES) You
don't know anything.

Oh, but you know
everything, right?

I didn't say that.

You and your sister,

you think you're smarter than
everyone else, all you kids...

Yeah, Dad. You got us pegged.

We're all just a bunch of
junkies and a bunch of burnouts.

But you know what?

We're actually paying attention.

We see what's really
going on in the world.

I see a young lady
who is gonna end up

in an alley with a
needle in her arm.

(CHUCKLES) You would see that.

-Go to your room.
-Yeah, I'm already going.

-I'm not talking to you.
-Hey, wait, wait, wait.

How was Janis Joplin?

(WHISPERING) She was amazing.

-(SIGHS)
-I'm still mad at you.

Yeah, whatever.

PRINCIPAL: So, Greg, what
are you hoping for at Harbor High?

Um...

Fresh start.

Yeah, um, something
new, I guess.

Honestly, there's this blonde.

Carry it with you

Hey, square.

Wow. You are a
rapid work in progress.

Is the vest too much?

No, I like it.

Shouldn't take it off?

-No.
-No?

No.

Thanks, man.

CHUCK: And Jesus
took a cup and said,

"This cup represents my blood

"which is shed

"for you

"to take away the
sins of the world."

Yes, for my sins!

(CHURCHGOERS MUTTER)

Let us pray.

Thank you for shedding
your blood for us,

which cleanses
us from all our sins.

Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Let us partake together.

I don't think this is real wine.

(CHUCK CHUCKLES)

You've probably noticed

we have some guests here today.

I'd like you to
meet my new friend,

Lonnie Frisbee,

and some of his friends.

Welcome.

Welcome.

See, Lonnie's been
up in San Francisco

where the Lord has been doing
some pretty amazing things.

And I'd like him to
tell you about them.

Lonnie. Please?

HIPPIE 1: Lonnie!
Yes! HIPPIE 2: Lonnie!

-HIPPIE 3: Go, Lonnie! Yeah!
-(HIPPIES CLAPPING)

Thanks, Chuck.

-Welcome.
-Thank you.

He's not wearing any shoes.

That's all right,
honey. That's okay.

We'll get him some shoes later.

Well, I'm Lonnie.

Uh, people tell me I'm tryin'

to look like Jesus or something

and I tell them

I can't think of anybody
else I'd rather look like.

(HIPPIES LAUGHING)

I was reading in
the Book of Acts,

and I think it kind of explains

what's going on
in Haight-Ashbury.

See, God says,

"I will pour forth my
spirit on all mankind.

"And your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy.

"And your young
men shall see visions.

"And your old men
shall dream dreams.

"I will, in those days,

"pour forth my spirit."

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

This is what's going
on in San Fran.

And I think it's about to
start happening all over.

Everything's about
to change, folks,

whether you're
ready for it or not.

You can't run from it.
You can't hide from it.

It's coming for you.

It's coming for all of you.

And your children too.

(HIPPIES CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

It's exciting, right?

Okay, Chuck.

ROGER: You wanna
grow the congregation,

I understand that.

But that?

This is not it.

They don't belong here.

Agreed?

(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Warhol isn't real art.

He just holds up a mirror.

The emptiness, you
know, the materialism

The religion of celebrity.

(ECHOING) Dig it, man.

It's like you say
everything that I'm thinking.

-(CHARLIE LAUGHS)
-GREG: It's 'cause cats

like Warhol, you know,
it's what they effectuate.

It's the change

that they cause, and they
inspire for other artists.

See what happens
'cause without Warhol,

there's no Sergeant Pepper's,

there's no Velvet Underground.

MALAIKA: The Doors.

Doors. There's no Doors.

And once art changes,

then everything changes.

I mean, give me a break.
Nothing ever changes

Anyone who tries just gets shot.

Martin Luther King, and
JFK, and now his brother.

Maybe that's our purpose, guys.

We just overthrow everything.

That's what we do.

You know, we open up a
portal to, like, a whole new...

Uh, like, a whole new...

-(LAUGHING)
-Uh...

I can't remember
what I was saying.

(LAUGHING)

What was I saying?

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Was I saying something?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(GAGS)

CATHE: Dodie?
Dodie, what's wrong?

Dodie?

Dodie, what's wrong? Dodie?

Dodie, please wake up. Please.

Please, God.

Dodie?

I don't know what to
do. Is there a phone?

Dodie? Dodie?

GREG: Turn her
over. Turn her over.

Turn her over on her side.

(COUGHING)

(SPITTING)

(GASPING)

(GROANS)

Okay.

Okay.

So, what did I miss?

(GROUP LAUGHING)

DODIE: Sorry about that.

CINDY: It was
scary. It's like...

(GROUP CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

RON: That's your dad?
JANETTE: Yeah, he's...

KAY: Chuck,
there's more of them.

-What are you gonna do?
-I don't know.

I guess I'm just gonna
have to ask them to leave.

Sounds great.

-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-(PEOPLE CHATTERING)2

Excuse me.

-Who are you?
-Hi, Chuck.

That's Ron. This is Mickie.

That's Lynette at the table.

-LYNETTE: Hey, Ron.
-New brothers and sisters.

Hope it's okay
they stay here too.

Isn't it great, Dad?

No. It's not.

-Oh.
-(CONNIE GROANS)

And I'm Connie.

Yes. My wife, Connie.

CHUCK: You're married?

CONNIE: Wow, you're
a real pastor, huh?

That's a trip. We're gonna have
some questions for you, mister.

Maybe later. Yeah.

Are they camping in my yard?

Oh, it's okay, don't
worry about them.

They're used to
it. They don't mind.

Wait till you see who's in here.

(GUITAR PLAYING SOFTLY)

CHUCK: What have
you done to my home?

What are these
people doing here?

Met them at a coffee
shop in Newport.

Hey, man. Nice house.

What are they doing in my house?

'Cause I had this idea.

If you wanna reach my people,

you need to speak to them in
a language they understand.

If I bring them into my church,

I'm gonna lose my job.

Just listen, huh? Sit here.

Hey, guys. Can we
just give him a taste?

Two, three, four.

(GUITARS STRUMMING)

In my weakness you
always make me strong

All I wanna do now is
praise you all day long

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

I can't think of anything
else but you anymore

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

Can't think of anything
else but you anymore

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

Can't think of anything
else but you anymore

(SINGING FADES)

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

GROUP: Since I opened up

Opened up the door

Can't think of anything
else but you anymore

-(CHUCKLES)
-I told you. I told you.

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

I can't think of anything
else but you anymore

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

I can't think of anything else

But you anymore

Since I opened up

Opened up the door

I can't think of anything
else but Jesus anymore

(HIPPIES CHEERING)

(WHOOPING)

Man, it's so crazy
being in a church.

I've never been
in a church before.

-I don't think any of us have.
-(CHUCKLES)

We call ourselves Love Song

because, well, we
sing songs about love.

Real love. You dig it?

-(HIPPIES CHEERING)
-One way, man.

Now, we're gonna be back
here next Sunday as well

except for Tommy.

He's, uh, gotta serve out
the rest of his drug sentence.

That happens.

But he only has
three more months.

-So, praise the Lord.
-(HIPPIES CHEERING)

Gosh.

And thank you to Pastor Chuck
for having us come through.

Thank you, fellas. It
sounds great. (CHUCKLES)

This is truth.

This is life.

This is God's word.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

Let's open it together.

ROMEO ON SCREEN: What
light through yonder window breaks?

Art thou not Romeo
and a Montague?

Neither, fair maid,
if either thee dislike.

I can feel the words, man.

ROMEO: With love's light
wings did I o'er-perch these walls.

Like, inside.

ROMEO: For stony
limits cannot hold love out.

And what love can do
that dares love attempt.

Therefore thy kinsmen

-are no stop to me.
-Shh!

I finally see.

JULIET: Oh, gentle Romeo,

if thou dost love,

pronounce it faithfully.

(ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING)

GREG: Cathe!

-(AUDIENCE CHATTERING)
-Hi.

There you are!

(WHISPERING) What are you doing?

GREG: I have to tell...

I have been looking
everywhere for you.

He's coming over here, isn't he?

-I can't do this right now.
-I'm sorry.

Hi. Cathe.

-Cathe. Cathe.
-(AUDIENCE COMPLAINING)

-(CATHE SIGHS)
-Cathe. Cathe. Wait.

What is your problem?

-What is my problem?
-Yeah.

My sister almost died, Greg.

That's my problem.

It's what I'm seeing.

So, no.

No, I don't wanna go
with you on your little trip.

(PROJECTOR WHIRRING)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLENE: Hey.

Get in. It's gonna be fun.

YOUNG GREG: Mom,
where are we going?

CHARLENE: Sunny California.

Warm weather, beaches.
You're gonna love it.

YOUNG GREG: But what about Dad?

Mom, we have to wait for him.

(SIGHS)

He's not coming back, Greg.

It's what people do. They leave.

So we're moving on.

-(ENGINE STARTS)
-(SIGHS)

Oh, no. Come on, Gerger.

Help me out here.

Hey. Hey.

That's the spirit.

OLIVER: These kids are
runaways, most of them.

They got drug
addictions, medical issues.

And they need our help.

Yeah, but, Chuck... (CHUCKLES)

I mean, they need to go home.

They're making our
congregation uncomfortable.

Well, maybe they
should be uncomfortable.

Maybe we all should.

Maybe it's my job to
make us uncomfortable.

And I haven't been doing it.

ROGER: Chuck, stop.

This is enough.

This is a house of worship.

And, yes, we expect a
certain level of dignity here.

These girls are
wearing halter tops,

and half of them aren't
even wearing shoes.

They're staining the new
shag carpet with their bare feet.

The carpet?

Mmm.

Oh. Yeah, let's be
sure to save the carpet.

You keep this up, and
you're gonna drive away

the only contributing
members that we've got.

You hearing me now?

Loud and clear.

REPORTER: (ON TV)
Unlike the individual,

they seize it by
one act of violence.

So many voices.

It's hard to hear the truth.

Truth is always quiet.

It's the lies that are loud.

It's complicated.

The truth is simple.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

What is going on?

You can put that right
over there on that towel.

Give me this other
one here. There we go.

I baptize these feet in the name

of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost.

There you go. Welcome to church.

-(CHUCKLES)
-WOMAN 1: Thank you.

Hello, you. Let's
have that foot, please.

This is terrific. There we go.

Okay.

Place them both on that towel,
and then step on into church.

-Welcome.
-WOMAN 2: Thank you.

Hello, young lady. How are you?

-WOMAN 3: Good.
-Let's have that foot.

Let's have that other
foot. (CHUCKLES)

Why don't you go
sit next to that fella

-in the cantaloupe jacket.
-(WOMAN 4 CHUCKLES)

Good to see you.

-WOMAN 4: Thank you.
-Enjoy. Welcome to church.

-WOMAN 4: Thank you.
-Hello, young lady.

Well, last year, I had
the privilege of visiting,

uh, New York City.

And like any other tourist,

I paid a visit to the
Statue of Liberty,

and I read those famous words.

"Give me your tired, your poor,

"your huddled masses,

"yearning to breathe free."

And as I read those
words, I thought, well, that's

Christianity, isn't it?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) I
mean, it's the essence of it.

An invitation to the broken.

Jesus was very
friendly with the outcasts.

In Revelation 22, it says,

"Let the one who
can hear say, 'Come.'

"Let the one who
is thirsty come.

"Let the one who desires

"take the waters
of life freely."

I want you all to
look at me. Uh...

Please.

Every one of you.

This place,

it is yours.

(CHUCKLES)

I don't...

I don't care if anybody
else thinks so. (CHUCKLES)

If... if you feel like
you're an outcast...

then join us here.

If you feel like

you're misunderstood and judged,

this is where you belong.

If you feel ashamed or trapped

in something you've
done or are doing,

you will find

forgiveness and freedom...

right here.

No guilt trips.

(HIPPIES LAUGHING)

This is your home.

And I want you to tell
all your friends about it.

There is a place for you.

Now that door is open
all the time for you.

Any time of day.

And if there are some
who don't like that,

well, then, that door
is open for you too.

It works both ways.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(ALL CLAPPING)

All right, Pastor. Let's begin.

-(ALL CHUCKLE)
-Let's begin.

Hey, Chuck.

You're gonna need
a bigger church.

(LAUGHING SOFTLY)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(FLAME HISSES)

-(TIRES SCREECH)
-(HORN BLARES)

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, Charlie, slow down, man.

Relax, man.

-(TIRES SCREECH)
-(HORN BLARES)

Charlie, hey, man.
Hey, stop swerving, man.

(LAUGHING)

(HORN BLARES)

Charlie, slow down,
man. Slow down.

-Slow down!
-(HORN BLARES)

(LAUGHING)

Hey. Charlie. Charlie, man.

Steer right, man!
Steer right! Steer right!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

-Get off the wheel, man!
-CHARLIE: No, no.

(LAUGHING)

Hey, man.

We're gonna die.

(TENSE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHUCKLES)

Slow down, man! Slow down!

Slow down! Slow down! Slow down!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

You all right back there, man?

(GROUP LAUGHING)

Get me out of here!

(SOMBER ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(GREG BREATHING HEAVILY)

(TIRES SCREECH)

DRIVER: Get out
of the road, man!

(SHOUTS)

(GRUNTING)

(PANTING)

I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die.

I don't wanna die.

Hey. Hey. All
right. Hey, hey, hey.

(GREG GRUNTS)

It's all right, brother.

I'm dying. I'm gonna die.

That's the drugs
lying to you, man.

You're alive. I promise you.

What's your name?

(GREG BREATHING HEAVILY)

Greg. Greg.

It's all right. It's all right.

I'm Lonnie.

You ran past my house screaming.

And I just followed you.

Just breathe.

Lonnie, be honest with me,
man. Are you really here?

Are you really here?

Yeah, man, I'm really here.

And I'm gonna sit with you here

as long as it takes, okay?

What are you doing out here?
What are you running from?

I don't know.

Hey. Where are you going?

Hey, Greg.

God says you don't
have to run anymore.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

CHARLIE: What's up, man?

(CHARLIE CHUCKLES)

Last night was crazy,
wasn't it? A little bit.

Ah, yeah, we could've died.

Nah, come on, man.

We're going to live
forever, Greggo.

That's the thing, man.

Dexter!

You have some weed of mine.

JAMAL: Man, slave
owners, you know,

they were pushing religion
onto the slaves that they owned

whose blood and
features that I bear.

-Christianity supports...
-I'm Greg Laurie.

...property owners in the city.

The police, military...

Oh. Yeah, right, I
think I remember you.

-Oh, you do remember?
-Yeah.

Oh, nice.

Does that mean you're
done ignoring me?

I don't know.

JAMAL: And it's just
never been any good.

I've just been
figuring some stuff out.

JAMAL: No religion's
really good, really.

Yeah.

-You just gotta dig people...
-You okay?

-Yeah. Just, uh...
-JAMAL: ...and dig each other.

...figuring some stuff out.

Now I think the, uh,
Satan people wanna talk.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Hail Satan.

So, this is very creepy,
and we should leave, right?

-(GREG CHUCKLES)
-Before he starts sacrificing us.

I'm... I'm waiting to
hear someone talk.

That guy, sitting
right over there.

CHARLIE: Oh, I see.

The Jesus guy.

-(CATHE CHUCKLES)
-Huh. This is a tragedy.

-This is very sad...
-LONNIE: Thanks, man.

...for me to hear right now,
okay? We're losing our girl

to the dark side,
and you're not even...

What are you looking at?

That was really far
out. (CHUCKLES)

The Magic Bus is leaving
in seven minutes, folks.

I'm really glad to be here.

Really, all I got to bring

is what the Bible
calls the good news.

So, this is what you've
been trying to figure out?

LONNIE: In the
Gospel of Matthew...

-Yeah. Mostly.
-LONNIE: ...Jesus said,

"Come unto me all ye that labor.

-There's this, um, church.
-LONNIE: "...and are heavy laden...

CATHE: It's called

-Calvary Chapel.
-LONNIE: "...and I will give you rest.

"Take my yoke upon you...

You could come.

LONNIE: "...and learn
from me, for I am meek...

CATHE: Why not?

LONNIE: "...and
lowly in heart...

We say we're looking for truth.

What if this is true?

LONNIE: "Ye shall find
rest unto your souls."

CATHE: 'Cause everything
that we've been trying...

LONNIE: There's a lot of
heavy stuff happening right now.

...it's not working for me.

LONNIE: Jesus wants you
know... CATHE: And this...

LONNIE: ...you don't have
to deal with it on your own.

CATHE: I don't know. It's
something I haven't heard before.

It's different.

LONNIE: Let him
take it from you.

-Let him help you.
-Come on.

Jesus also said,

"Whoever is not with me

"is against me.

"And whoever does not
gather with me scatters."

You have to decide

for yourself.

We all have to decide.

(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)

These are common words but true

We aren't quite a mountain

But he's moved us here

To you

Accept him with your whole heart

Welcome home.

And use your own two hands

Right over there.

With one reach out to Jesus

And with the other

Bring a friend

(MUSIC STOPS)

(CONGREGATION
CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

Thanks, guys.
That was beautiful.

Jesus Christ willingly

went to the cross,

and he died.

He gave his life.

He became a sacrifice
for all of us here

so that we might be
forgiven of our sins.

That we might be reborn

of water

and the Spirit.

-That's why we're going down...
-(CAMERA CLICKS)

...to the ocean this weekend.

(CONGREGATION
CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

So many of you
wanna be baptized.

And, well, you look around,

we don't have any more room.

This place is packed
even on a Monday night.

(CONGREGATION
CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

So we're going
down to the beach,

Saturday afternoon
at Pirate's Cove.

Maybe I'll wear my eye patch.

-(ALL LAUGHING)
-Arr!

Let's all turn our Bibles now.

John, chapter three.

VETERAN: I need help!

I'm gonna die.

I can't stop. I need help.

No, you're all right, brother.
You're all right. It's okay.

-(VETERAN CRYING)
-You're all right.

You're safe here.

You're not gonna die.

Not on my watch.

There is hope for you here.

Let's all pray for him. Guys,
come on. Help me pray for him.

ALL: Heavenly
Father, we thank you

for all your loving
and gracious gifts

from your Spirit that you send
down upon this man right now

to be healed in Jesus' name.

We thank you, Lord.

In the name of Jesus Christ...

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

CATHE: Will you just
give this a chance?

I don't know, I
think it might be real.

That's the problem, Cathe.

Look, I can't...

I just can't be let down again.

What I felt in
there, I haven't...

I know.

What if it's another high?

What if it's just another
drug, you know?

It's good for a minute,
and then it's gone.

What then?

We can find out together.

(WAVES LAPPING)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(ALL CHEERING)

-Come on.
-It's just water.

I'm just saying, what
is it gonna prove?

You're right, it's just water.
So why are you freaking out?

I'm not freaking out.
I'm not freaking out.

Okay, I'm freaking
out a little bit.

You're gonna be fine.

CHUCK: Do you fully
accept Jesus Christ

as your Lord and Savior?

-CATHE: Yes, I do.
-Then I baptize you,

in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

-(PEOPLE CHEERING)
-(CATHE GASPING)

Today you are transformed.

Your heart, your soul, your
life will never be the same.

-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

(CHUCK CHUCKLES)

-GREG: How did that feel?
-You'll see.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

GREG: Hi.

Greg, right?

Yeah.

I have been praying
for this moment

since I met first you.

Have you decided?

Um, I... I don't know.

You wanna decide right now?

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

Then pray with me.

Lord Jesus,

I know I'm a sinner.

Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner.

LONNIE: You are
the Savior of the world.

GREG: You are the
Savior of the world.

LONNIE: I ask you
to come into my life.

I ask you to come into my life.

I repent for my sins.

I repent for all my sins.

And I accept you as my Lord
and Savior, my God, and friend.

And I accept you as my Lord
and Savior, my God, and my friend.

In Jesus' name...

-In Jesus' name...
-Amen.

Greg, I baptize you

in the name of the
Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

How do you feel?

Alive.

-(WHISPERS) Oh, my God.
-(LONNIE CHUCKLES)

Thank you.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(MYSTICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

GREG: Yeah, so
this guy is moving

into the trailer with my mom,

and I have nowhere else to go.

So, you sure it's okay I'm here?

Oh. Yeah, brother.
There's plenty of room.

Where did you get this place?

Kay found it,

-and Chuck rented it for us.
-Ah.

It's condemned, technically,
so it doesn't cost much.

I think, mainly, they
wanted us out of their home.

Which I get.

Welcome to paradise, brother.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

This is Lance. He used to
work for a big marketing firm.

Greg draws too.

That's Bud, Marty,
Steven, and Suzie.

They're a bunch
of righteous cats.

Lot of artists here.
You'll fit right in, brother.

And Janette, Chuck's daughter.

-CONNIE: Greg, finally!
-(GRUNTS)

And my wife, Connie.

Praise God.

I have heard so much about you.

-Okay.
-CONNIE: Come on in.

-Make yourself at home.
-LONNIE: Okay. That's great.

Let's just give him a
little space, Connie, okay?

I'm just greeting him, Lonnie.

You're overwhelming him, Connie.

I'm okay.

Don't mind him.
He gets irritable.

Connie!

See? Irritable.

LONNIE: Come on up here, Greg.

Voila! Your own room.

Uh, that's not human blood.

We had raccoons.

They're tough little
critters. (SNIFFS)

Don't mind the smell.

Yeah, that will be
gone in about a week.

It's perfect.

They're just people, Kay.

Crazy, weirdo,
homeless, drug people.

But, yes, just people.

-Hello.
-How are you?

-KAY: (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Hey.
-I can't believe

you're actually doing this.

(CHUCKLES) Me either.

LONNIE: In your name. Amen.

-ALL: Amen.
-All right. Dig in.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Hey. You doing all right?

Yeah, just...

adjusting.

Relax. You're home now.

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(GROUP LAUGHING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

This is for all
the lonely people

Thinking that life
has passed them by

Hey.

Don't give up until you
drink from the silver cup

And ride that highway in the sky

GREG: This thing that we found,

it's everything I've
been looking for.

I'm really glad that we're
in this together, but...

But what?

But I feel like if
we're gonna do this,

then I wanna do it right.

So I just wanted
to tell you that

if you ever get
between me and God,

then it's over for us.

(LAUGHING)

That sounded better in my head.

Yeah, it was a little harsh.

-(CATHE CHUCKLES)
-(GROANS)

Are you finally
officially asking me out?

What would you say if I were?

I don't know.

Ask me again.

CONNIE: Hey, Greg.

We have a surprise for you.

Come outside.

Really?

We all pitched in,
and we got you a car.

So you don't have to
pick up your girlfriend

on a bicycle anymore.

LONNIE: Huh?

She's all yours, brother.

-This is my car?
-(CONNIE CHUCKLES)

She is yours.

GREG: This is my car?

-Think he likes it.
-I do too.

Does it run?

Of course, it runs.

We all prayed
over it this morning.

I'm gonna fire it up.

-LONNIE: Get in there.
-Yeah.

Give it a whirl.

Okay.

(WHISPERS) Come on, Lord.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(ALL CHEERING)

-(CHUCKLES)
-(ENGINE BACKFIRES)

(ALL GROAN)

It's just a warm-up.

(ENGINE STARTS, STOPS)

Let's pray over it again, guys.

Heavenly Father,

we just thank you for
sending down your Holy Spirit

-into this car, especially...
-(ENGINE TRYING TO START)

...engine and the carburetor

that I was assured
was just replaced.

-(ALL CHUCKLE)
-Thank You, Lord.

Thank You. In Jesus' name...

-Amen.
-ALL: Amen.

LONNIE: Lord, we're
asking you here, please.

I'm looking bad right
now, Lord. Please.

Just give us a little
bit of Spirit juice here.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(CHUCKLES) Yeah!

(ALL CHEERING)

-Yes!
-(LONNIE CHUCKLES)

Thank you so much, guys.

I knew it would run.

Eventually.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Who knows what I need?

Who knows what I need?

Who knows what I need but me?

-(ENGINE BACKFIRES)
-(GROANS)

Of course, that would happen.

(SIGHS)

(DICK SIGHS)

Is that your car?

It's a piece of junk.

It's amazing.

It's amazing, Greg.

We have a car. Bye, Daddy.

(CHUCKLES) We
have a car! He has a car.

What a gentleman.

Thank you.

Sorry. One minute.

It's kind of stuck.

(GRUNTS) This is great.

Wait, one second.

Okay.

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

(ENGINE BACKFIRES)

(BOAT HORN BLARES)

CATHE: So, what do you
wanna do after high school?

I don't know.

I just don't want this to end.

Do you ever worry
about that sometimes?

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

No.

It's not going anywhere.

And neither am I.

LONNIE: What happened next?

Um, the sea raged.
They threw him overboard.

The raging stopped. And then...

Whoa. "Raging stopped."

I like that. I'm gonna use that.

Hey.

Could you use your
camera to film me?

-Like, your sermon?
-Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

Right on.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

I'm working!

CONNIE: Other people
live here too, you know.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JOSIAH: So, you're clean?

No cravings at all?

Yeah, man. I'm
completely delivered.

But how did that happen?

Man, I just told you.

But that makes no sense.

I know! (CHUCKLES)

-(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-CHUCK: Can you believe it?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

You know, we were runnin'
out of space, so we thought,

"Let's put up this tent

"and maybe in a couple
of months, we'd fill it."

And it's full in one day!

(ALL CHEERING)

Lonnie's gonna preach.

(CHEERING)

Thank you, Chuck.

So, to bring it all full
circle back to Jonah,

are the storms
in your life raging?

Do the drugs

no longer quiet the storms?

When Jonah stopped running
from God, the raging stopped.

(WHISPERING) That's
my line. He used my line.

I turned to God.

Stopped running.

And when you do,

the raging in
your life will just...

(SNAPS FINGERS)

...stop.

Like it did in mine.

(ALL AGREEING)

Of course, you might
have to spend a few days

inside a giant, smelly fish.

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Um...

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(SIGHS)

Someone here is in pain.

I see you.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

You've suffered a
long time, haven't you?

Is it drugs?

Yes. (SNIFFLES)

And you've tried so
many times to stop,

but it has its grip on you.

(SOBS) Yes.

Sometimes you think the
only answer is to end it all.

You even thought about ending
it tonight before you came here.

WOMAN: How could you know that?

Stand up with me, dear.

Stand up.

I spent a real long time

in the gutter with
my own addictions.

And if God can heal me,

he can heal anyone.

In Jesus' name, you are
healed from this addiction.

(CONGREGATION
CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

You, sir,

you're having trouble breathing.

Be healed in Jesus' name.

Breathe freely by the
power of the Holy Spirit.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

You,

you've been deaf in your
left ear since you were born.

God knows you're suffering.

And you are healed.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

You,

you outside this tent here.

REPORTER 1: In California,
the beat has changed,

but the message is the same.

REPORTER 2: More
and more these days,

young people are turning
away from dangerous drugs

and turning on
to Christ instead.

REPORTER 3: You'll find
Jesus people everywhere,

even the Sunset Strip,

walking and rapping
about the new religion.

There you go, guys.

I love your outfits.

REPORTER 3: These are young
people who have rejected religious dogma

and dangerous drugs.

He just makes it look easy.

REPORTER 3: They'll
stop people on the street

and ask, "Do you know Jesus?"

GREG: Hey, man,
do you know Jesus?

Hey, what's up, man?

-Oh...
-GREG: Oh, no, no, no.

-Sorry. Sorry. This is Lonnie.
-Oh.

Yeah, this is a
lot of words, man.

I can't read all this.

Jesus is just all right Oh, yeah

Jesus is just all right with me

Anyone? Anyone at all?

Jesus is just all right Oh, yeah

CHUCK: Comic strip.

Never seen it
presented that way.

Well, yeah, that was kind
of my idea. I was thinking

you know, people
who don't normally vibe

with the religious
stuff that we use.

Not that there's anything
wrong with it, but...

Can I have them in 2.5 x 4?

Great. (CHUCKLES)

All right. Thanks, Pastor Chuck.

Hey again, sorry.
Thank you so much.

-It's okay.
-Thank you. Have a good one.

Bye, Greg.

CATHE: How does it feel?

One thousand. He's
printed a thousand of these.

I've never had anything
of mine printed before.

I'm so proud of
you, little brother.

Thanks.

What are we waiting for?
Let's go hand these out.

Jesus is just all right with me

Jesus is just all right Oh, yeah

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

Jesus is just all right with me

Jesus is just all right

JOSIAH: How many
baptisms a week?

Oh, we're doin' hundreds a week.

Sometimes even
close to a thousand.

It's remarkable.

Lord is doing some
amazing work here.

(PEOPLE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

You're an artist.

What do you draw?

Pretty much everything I see.

But right now, that guy.

(PEOPLE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

Josiah. Reporter.

Greg.

Have you had your time
in the water yet, Greg?

Yeah, I have. You?

I'm more of a neutral observer.

MAN: Jesus!

JOSIAH: Lonnie.
LONNIE: Hey, man.

How do you explain all this?

God is saving hippies.

And it's blowing everyone's mind

because nobody thought
the hippies could be saved.

Thank you.

KATHRYN: (ON TV) Welcome
back to I Believe in Miracles.

Thousands are
gathering every week

to listen to one
of the young men

who is central to the
new Jesus Movement.

Lonnie Frisbee.

LONNIE: Thousands of
people are starting to get saved.

And it's happening right here
in my church, Calvary Chapel.

I've really been building it up.

God has chosen himself

some unexpected prophets.

Are you one of those
prophets, Lonnie?

Well, I told God to use me, and

he sure is using me.

So I would say,

yes, I think so.

KATHRYN: I think
so, too, Lonnie.

REPORTER: (ON TV)
As the Jesus Movement

continues to work its way

from the Haight-Ashbury
in San Francisco

to Southern California,

the question many
people are asking

is whether the Jesus people

are a new religious
group or a cult?

CRITIC: (ON TV) That's the
trouble with Haight-Ashbury.

We need more ministers
down there preaching

that these kids can clean up.

I'm tired of these
Bob Dylan preachers

who go around the streets

telling these kids that they
can have all this and Jesus, too.

They're not
preaching the Gospel.

We have a church
that is permissive,

total breakdown of discipline...

-LONNIE: Riverside?
-Disrespect for law and order.

I don't get it. We already have

our own Wednesday night service.

Their church is struggling.

Father Malone is
getting a little older.

He's having difficulty
reaching the youth.

Well, why don't you do it?

It's a youth service

(CHUCKLES) for teens and 20s.

It's perfect for you.

You're trying to get rid of me.

Come on, Lonnie.

Please, don't get dramatic.

It's one night a week.

And...

there have been some
concerns about our methods.

I think it's time
we pull back on

the theatrics.

The theatrics?

Is that what you think I do?

-No, not per se.
-Theatrics?

Look, I think you're an
amazingly gifted man.

I think it's possible
you may actually walk

hand in hand with God.

I am so grateful
that you came here.

But we have to start
paying attention to the idea

that we can control
how we're perceived.

What does it matter how
we're perceived, Chuck?

Kids are getting
saved by the Holy Spirit.

And you can't control
the Holy Spirit, man.

But we can control our ministry.

And we must.

I'll cover things here

while you help them there.

No.

No, I don't feel the
Lord calling me to that.

Mmm-mmm.

GREG: I'll do it.

Yeah, I, uh...

I feel called.

I was just picking
up more tracts.

No, that's okay.

Uh, door's always
open. (CHUCKLES)

Uh...

Why not, Greg?

(CHUCKLES) Far out. Great.

Okay, thank you.

(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Problem solved.

CATHE: You nervous?

No.

Little nervous.
Maybe a little nervous.

Definitely a little bit nervous.

You got this.

So, we arranged a guest speaker

for you youngsters tonight.

Well, he's a minister.

He put it here on his
coloring book he made for you.

(BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

His name is, uh, Greg Laurie.

-(CATHE CHUCKLES)
-So, um...

Come on up.

(CATHE CLEARS THROAT)

(CHUCKLES)

All right. Hey, everyone. Ooh.

Oh, that's really bright.

Um, thanks for comin' tonight.

Uh, thank you, Father Malone

for that warm introduction.

My name is Greg Laurie,

and I am totally sold out
on Jesus. Can you dig it?

ALL: Yeah.

Let's get right to it.

You got your Bibles, everybody?

Yes!

All right, well, this
is the Word of God.

This is life. Let's
open it together.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

GREG: That was awesome!
CATHE: Mmm-hmm.

Right? It was totally awesome.

It was so good.

And they followed me.
It was like they got it.

-Yes.
-They got it. It was natural.

-It was so natural.
-Right?

Oh, my gosh!

-(CHUCKLES)
-That was amazing!

(SIGHS)

I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

MAN: (ON TV) Okay,
Neil, we can see you

coming down the ladder now.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

LONNIE: Guys, guys. (SHUSHING)

NEIL: (ON TV) That's
one small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.

-(ALL CHEERING)
-(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

I cannot believe it!

Me too.

This is such a trip, babe.

(PHONE RINGING)

Is he okay?

I think he's okay.

CONNIE: Greg.

Hello?

Gerger. Hi.

Could you not call
me that anymore?

Did you see it?

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
The whole world saw it.

Listen,

Gerger, can you come home?

I just need you.

I really miss you.

-Mom, I have a new...
-Dale left.

(SNIFFLES) They all leave.

(SOBBING)

Can you please come home?

I am home now,
Mom, and I just...

I need to be where
I am right now.

But, listen, I've got
some good news.

My girlfriend, Cathe,

I'm gonna ask her
to marry me, Mom.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

-(EXHALES)
-Mom?

Sing for me, Gerger.

Sing.

Not tonight, Mom.

But maybe next time.

(PHONE DISCONNECTS)

How's your steak, Dodie?

I think I wanna be a vegetarian.

So, Greg,

what are your plans
now that you graduated?

(CHUCKLES) Dad.

I'm actually, uh, very
involved with the church

that Cathe and I are going to.

Hmm. Yeah. Cathe
told us about the church.

-Yeah.
-And do they pay you at, uh, at this church?

Do they, um... No.

No, they don't, as of now.

-It's more of a, um...
-He volunteers.

Yeah, yeah. It's more
of a volunteer situation.

But the, uh, the dream

is to actually start my
own church one day.

-Yeah, that's the dream.
-DICK: Hmm.

We need more
churches, do we, Greg?

-How do you pay the rent?
-Dad.

Mom, can you please help?

It's a fair question.

You should really
stay for dessert.

They do blood
samples and fingerprints.

PILAR: Oh, Dodie.

GREG: Look, Mr. Martin,

I know that you may not approve

of everything that
Cathe and I are doing, but

I just think that it may be

because you don't
understand it really.

And what I want you
to know is that it's real.

It really is.

And I've got plans
for my life, sir.

And I just want Cathe
to be a part of that.

(SIGHS) You're right,
Greg. I don't understand it.

And I don't need to,

so long as you understand

that you are never
gonna marry my daughter.

Sir, I think that you're
prematurely judging me.

Just listen to me for a second.

The answer is no,

and the sooner you accept
that, the better, okay?

(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)

There is a house in New Orleans

FATHER MALONE: We've
decided to seek someone

more qualified, son.

You decided?

Look, if you wanna take
my name off the program,

that is totally fine.

I just wanna serve.

We probably threw
you into this whole thing

a little too quickly.

Thanks for understanding, Greg.

There are plenty of
other ways to serve.

LONNIE: I was
leading kids to Christ.

CONNIE: Lonnie, we need a break.

This isn't just
about you, Lonnie.

We need it.

LONNIE: What's the problem?

CONNIE: The
problem is I feel like

I don't have my husband anymore.

LONNIE: You don't
know what I do, Connie.

You couldn't do what I do.

-No one can do what I do!
-CONNIE: Lonnie,

-you're not listening to me!
-LONNIE: You're just jealous.

Jealous of me just like Chuck.

But I know your tricks, man.

No, no, no.

No, that's not true.

LONNIE: That's absolutely true!

CONNIE: You wanna act
like this is all about God.

It's really all about you.

Well, I got one
foot on the platform

The other foot on the train

He's just under a lot of stress,
you know? And there's, like...

There's this side to him
that's, like, really unpredictable.

I think we need to take
a break if that's okay.

Could we just...

Could we just have
a break, Chuck?

I know you're hurting right now.

I'll talk to him.

(SNIFFLES)

Thanks, Chuck.

LONNIE: Do not abandon
me! Do not abandon me!

They call the Rising Sun

And it's been the ruin...

Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.

Please, just continue to use me.

Do not abandon me.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

Lookin' past the hair

And straight to his eyes

People finally comin' around

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

Love Song!

This is God's Word.

Let's open it together.

The Lord is telling
me that someone here

has a deafness in their ear.

-Who is it?
-Not now, Lonnie.

Guys, just keep playing.
Just keep playing, all right?

Someone here needs healing.

-Get back on your instruments.
-Not now. Sit down, Lonnie.

Someone needs healing.

The Spirit needs
to heal someone.

Sit down.

LONNIE: What's your
problem with me, man?

Not everything needs
to be a spectacle.

The Spirit of God
is not a spectacle,

It's an encounter.

And I do what the
Spirit leads me to do.

CHUCK: No. You use the Spirit

as an excuse to do
whatever you want!

You're just afraid of what
God is really gonna do.

So you're stepping on
it. You're holding it down.

I took a risk on you.

I brought you in off the street
and put you up on that stage.

You should be proud just to
be a part of this movement.

Without me, there
is no movement.

Is that what you think?

Check your ego, son.

I can cast you out as quickly
as I brought you in here.

Well, let me save
you the trouble.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLENE: (SOFTLY) Thank you.

Here comes the sun
shining down on me

I just wanna be glad But
you just wanna be free

Tell me now

Tell me all the reasons why
you wanna break my heart

Tell me how

Tell me how you're managing
to force our lives apart

Sing it out...

(MUSIC FADES)

-(SIREN WAILING)
-(HORN HONKING)

-(ENGINE STARTS)
-(SOBBING)

(HORN BLARING)

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)

GREG: Oh, hey, Mom.

It's me. You had a surgery.
You're gonna be all right.

(SOFTLY) My face.

You should've been here.

I know.

I've just been trying to figure
out some things on my own.

Trying to make you proud.

Make our name mean
something, you know?

Like you always said...

Oh, stop with that, Gerger.

It doesn't matter.

It's just a name.

It's not even yours.

What?

He's not your father, Greg.

He adopted you
when you were little.

And he did care about you.

He was a good man.

A good man? Mom, he left us.

No, we left him.

He would have
left us eventually.

They all do.

I'm sorry.

You know what?

Why do I always break things?

(WHIRRING)

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Is that your dad?

No, actually.

Guess now I know why I
always felt like an orphan.

We're all orphans.

It's a movement of orphans.

(GREG SCOFFS)

No.

No. Come on.

Lonnie, don't go.

We need you here.
I need you here.

I start things, man.

It's what I do.

And then when people
are done with me,

they throw me back.

(CONNIE SNIFFLES)

Just like Jonah.

Where you gonna go?

Florida.

Work on our marriage.

Find something new.

You said we were a family.

Yeah, families are
like bands, man.

They break up.

I'm better on my own.

I never did tell you.

That first night we met,

God showed me a vision...

Of you.

Speaking before a
crowd of thousands.

Don't let me get
in the way of that.

Then stay here.

Stay.

Please, help me get there.

I can't, little brother.

I'm sorry.

(DOOR CLOSES)

He's wrong, you know?

We'll always be your family.

Bye, Greg.

(CAR APPROACHING)

(CATHE SIGHS)

I know you talked to my dad.

And I'm so sorry
that he ruined it.

I just found out, so I
came straight here.

It's okay, Cath.

It was just a thought.

Wasn't like I actually
bought a ring or anything.

Great.

Well, um...

I just, uh, wanted to say

I am very much in favor

of a future together.

Yeah. And, uh...

thank you.

You're welcome?

Hey, what's going on?

GREG: It's the same
old story, you know?

Mom was right.

Right about what?

Greg.

Look at me.

Right about what?

The fact that everyone leaves.

Eventually.

You think you found
something solid,

something firm,

it all just starts
to fall apart.

And that's what's
gonna happen to us

because that is what
happens to everyone.

It's not. Listen.

I don't care what my dad says.

I don't care what your name
is, where you come from,

and how much money
you make, any of that.

You have a place
where you belong.

It's with me.

It's with us.

Haven't you learned
anything in the last year?

Greg.

I know that you
think you mean that...

I do. I do mean that.

(SIGHS)

But I love you, and
I wanna be with you.

I don't think that you really

know what you want.

Maybe you're the one who
doesn't know what you want.

Well, obviously,
Cath, look at us!

Yeah, look at us!
We're... We're arguing.

We're talking
about our feelings.

We're... We're
working through things.

It's called being in
a relationship, idiot.

What is...

What is wrong with you?

Why aren't you
fighting for this?

Come on, fight for me.

Wow.

(SNIFFLES) You know, you say
that you're looking for the truth.

I really just think you're looking
for an excuse to be unhappy.

So go ahead.

Don't let me stand in your way.

(CRYING)

-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
-(ENGINE STARTS)

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

(CRYING)

(CATHE SNIFFLES)

Congrats, Dad. You win.

We broke up.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DICK GRUNTS)

Cathe, I hope you know that...

I love you, Mouse.

More than anything in the world.

I just don't wanna
see you get hurt.

I just wish you
could experience this.

(SIGHS)

Dad, it's not just for hippies.

(WHISPERS) It's so
much bigger than that.

(SIGHS)

I love you too.

Welcome

Back

Welcome back to the
things that you once

Believed in

Everyone's waiting.

They're expecting Lonnie.

Chuck, this never
was about Lonnie

or you

or any one person.

He wasn't ready.

Maybe I wasn't ready.

I pushed him too hard.

I made a real
mess of things, Kay.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

You ever think

maybe God chose
the wrong person?

(CONGREGATION
APPLAUDING IN DISTANCE)

Chuck,

listen to those people.

Feel the spirit in this place.

You think you're
important enough

to get in the way of that?

Don't be so arrogant
to think that God

can't work through
your failures.

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

JOSIAH: Thought I'd say goodbye.

Yeah?

Seems to be going around.

JOSIAH: Why aren't you in there?

I feel like worshipping alone.

(JOSIAH CHUCKLES)

I'm no expert, but I don't
think that's how this works.

You?

Headed back to New York.

You know, when they gave
me this story, I didn't want it.

Kind of thought it
was beneath me.

I cover wars and
riots and politics.

Important things.

(CHUCKLES) Hippies and Jesus...

Now, man, I don't know.

Our country is a dark
and divided place.

But in that tent,

there's hope.

And unity and miracles
that I can't even explain.

And it's spreading.

It's not just here.

Where, and how
far, I'm not sure yet.

That's what I'm gonna find out.

I don't know if
any of this is real.

I kind of hope it
is, to be honest.

And even if you
can't see it right now,

it's a family, man.

Don't give up on it.

It's my advice, anyway.

You take care of yourself, Greg.

GREG: Yeah, you too.

Uh, hey, who are
you writing this for?

Is this a book or newspaper?

A magazine.

Which one?

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(WAVES SPLASHING)

(CAMERA WHIRRING)

Race you to the water.
Come on. Let's go!

It's gonna be different now.

You'll see.

(SINGING) Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

Hey.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

I don't care about
your face, Mom.

Yeah?

How's my hair?

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

I love you just the way you are.

Why?

I don't want you to
end up like me, Greg.

I know that you did your best.

I can do better.

Hey.

We both can.

I'm sorry I didn't tell
you about your father.

But, Greg...

your name is no mistake.

I can see it.

Life from death.

Whatever it is you found,

maybe it's real.

It is, Mom.

It really is.

Maybe it can be real for me too.

I love you, Mom.

(SIGHS)

(KEY JINGLE)

(SIGHING) Oh, boy.

(CLEARS THROAT)

JANETTE: You
were out past curfew.

-You okay?
-Oh, I'm all right, babe.

I know I've been distracted.
I haven't been around a lot.

No, Dad. Stop.

I have something that
I wanna say to you.

You see, um...

I was almost done with this

whole Christianity thing.

And I was like,

"Where's the love?" You know?

"What are we even doing here?

"Where is Jesus in all of this?

"He seemed like a
radical dude. I'd like him.

"But this? I don't know."

But then you did what nobody
else would even dare to do.

You let the hippies
in. (CHUCKLES)

Come to find out,
Jesus came in with them.

And you know what?

I'm proud of you.

You opened yourself up to
something you didn't understand.

And I'm changed because of it.

Thousands of us are.

But you don't have
to carry it all, okay?

Don't lose
yourself in all of it.

Okay.

(CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES)
Also, don't do drugs.

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

CHUCK: Thought I
might find you here.

Do you mind?

So I recently heard
about this little church

up in Riverside.

Pretty near that place
where you did that Bible study.

And it seems that
their leadership

had an issue about something

and ended splitting up.

They took everything.

They left an empty,
abandoned building

where a church used to be.

Seems a shame, doesn't it?

But that's what
people do sometimes.

They lose sight of
what's important.

Fortunately, God has a long
history of using flawed people.

I'm sorry, son.

I didn't stand up for
you when I should have.

I was wrong for that.

Thank you.

So, what happened
to that church?

Oh, I bought it.

This morning.

It's like an empty canvas.

Seems perfect for
an artist like you.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

You want me to
work there for you?

It's not my church. It's yours.

This movement
started at Calvary,

but it can't stay here.

So, go build something great.

I don't know what to say.

Say yes.

Yes.

(CHUCK CHUCKLES)

Pastor Chuck...

I don't think I can
ever do what you do.

CHUCK: No.

You'll do better.

MAN: Hey, man.

Hey, sorry to bother you.

Is this the beach where
people get baptized?

Yeah. Yeah, it
is. Pirate's Cove.

Cool.

My friends and I heard
about it on the radio

and drove all the way here.

Where from?

Texas.

Texas.

We wanna get baptized but
didn't know how or when...

How about right now?

(ENTHRALLING MUSIC PLAYING)

Amen. Amen.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

GREG: Good evening, sir.

Um, I know that you don't
like me very much and...

She's in the dining room.

Oh.

Okay.

I didn't see that coming.

Go ahead, son.

Hey. Hi.

Hi, Greg.

Hi. Good evening.

Sorry to barge in so late...

I, uh... (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

I did not know how wet
I was until just right now.

And your hardwood floors.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

CATHE: And you're
not wearing any shoes.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm not.
You're right about that.

But I just gotta
tell you something.

I've been really stupid lately.

Obviously, you know that.

I'm sure you've heard.

I am so sorry that
I pushed you away.

And I hurt you.

It was so dumb.

It was really dumb.

-Really dumb.
-It really was.

The dumbest.

Yeah.

But I wanted to ask you

if you still mean what
you said the other day

about what you want

with us.

Because I got really
big plans, Cathe.

Hopes and dreams.
I've got goals.

And I wanna do it with you.

Together.

You and I.

Because I get you.

I need you.

I want you.

And I...

"Love you"?

Yeah.

Like, a lot.

(CHUCKLES)

And so, what? What is this?

Is this your way of
proposing to me?

Oh. Um...

Um...

Uh... (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

What would you say if it was?

I would say...

that if you ever get in
the way of me and God

it's over between us.

So,

is that your way of saying yes?

Yes.

You're so wet.

I'm so wet.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

If you wake up and
don't want to smile

If it takes just a little while

JANETTE: What is it?

Open your eyes
and look at the day

You'll see things

Whoa.

In a different way

Don't stop thinking
about tomorrow

Don't stop, it'll soon be here

It'll be better than before

Yesterday's gone
Yesterday's gone...

CHUCK: He wrote
a pretty nice article.

Seems the movement's everywhere.

Los Angeles.

Vegas.

Even in the South.

Alabama, Georgia, Florida.

-It's spreadin' like wildfire.
-(CATHE CHUCKLES)

"Revolution." Wow.

-I like that.
-CATHE: Me too.

You know, the first
time I saw Josiah,

he asked me if I thought this

was the beginning of
something or the end.

Feels to me like the beginning.

Let's see what God has in mind.

(UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

REPORTER 1: The Jesus
movement is no longer a California fad.

It's a song-singing,
hand-clapping,

full-fledged,
old-fashioned revival

that's sweeping the country.

The converts are young
people who are turning to Christ

as their personal savior.

REPORTER 2: Their
meetings, for the most part,

are not inside the
established churches.

MAN: Jesus loves you.

Every last one of you.

I don't care what color you are,

he loves all of
you just the same.

REPORTER 3: More than
a quarter million youths

have converged on Dallas,

former hippies among them
now known as Jesus freaks.

We're told it could
very well be the largest

Christian youth gathering
in the history of America.

BILLY GRAHAM: This
is a Christian happening.

It's a demonstration
of the love of God

by tens of thousands of
young people to the world

that are saying to the
world, "God loves you."

It's the Jesus Revolution

that is going on
in this country.

Hey!

(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)

Everybody

They say there's a man coming

Tell me

And he walks on water
and makes a blind man see

All the good people

Little boys and girls

All the creatures in
the whole, wide world

You've got a friend

If you're feeling down
and you're acting real blue

Who do you call?

You've got a friend in Jesus

(VOCALIZING)

Down by the water
The Sea of Galilee

He heals the sick and
the broken, yes, he does

And they hang
him up on the cross

They don't understand
his kind of love

Don't you know he died for us

So we can be free, baby

You've got a friend in Jesus

(VOCALIZING)

This goes out to every outcast

To the just-don't-quite-fit-in

Every wrong-way runaway rebel

So ashamed of where you've been

This goes out to every searcher

Trying to fill that empty space

Well, your searchin'
days are over now

Everything's about to change

Come on down to the living water

Waves of mercy washing over you

No more strangers
Only sons and daughters

Come down to the living water

And rise up new

(VOCALIZING)

Have you heard about
a man named Jesus?

He's the way the truth, the life

Stretched out his
arms on a rugged cross

And paid every sinner's price

So when you're
tired of all your runnin'

You don't have to run no more

You can leave it all behind you

Just believe and be reborn

Come on down to the living water

Waves of mercy washing over you

No more strangers
Only sons and daughters

Come down to the living water

And rise up new

(VOCALIZING)

This is your invitation

No more lost and alone

This is your invitation

Hear your father sayin'

"Welcome home"

See that cross upon the steeple

Hear that sweet forgiveness song

Come and join the Jesus people

This is where your heart belongs

Come on down to the living water

Waves of mercy washing over you

No more strangers
Only sons and daughters

Come down to the living water

And rise up new

Come down to the living water

And rise up new

Come down to the living water

And rise up new