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♪ And I know

♪ I know, I know, I know, know

♪ Kn-kn-kn-know, know

♪ Kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-k, know ♪

♪ Know, know, know

- Man, let's go.

- I ain't going nowhere.

Y'all wanna eat, right? - Yes.

♪ He watches

- Wrong key, girl.

- I know [chuckles], I have perfect pitch.

[uplifting organ music]

♪ Me

♪ Ah, ooh

Yes, Lord.

♪ Churchy

♪ Let's head to the church today ♪

♪ Cause we need Him

♪ Yeah, we need Him

♪ Churchy

- Yes, I'm so proud [laughs], yes.

- Hey, Pastor.

- Corey, glad to have you here.

- Good to see you.

- You remember Mother Jean?

- Of course, how could I forget the beautiful Mother Jean.

- And this is her grandson, Teddy.

- Hey, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, brother.

- Have a seat.

- Okay.

- Teddy's gonna lead service this week.

- What?

I thought you, I thought you wanted me

to take over when you needed a day off.

- Well-

- Well, that's not quite set in stone, Corey.

What the pastor's looking for is a new voice

in the church when he's gone,

so why not try out an experienced pastor?

- I hear you're an internet guy.

You quote verses and put them on memes and whatnot.

I think my nephew has seen some of your work.

- Oh, thank you. - He's seven.

- Uh, Mother Jean mentioned him to me

and I got a chance to know him.

It's only fair with his resume that I give him a shot,

just like I gave you.

- But Pastor Stinney, what we have is already working.

If it's working, what's the point of still looking?

- Corey, do you want what's best for you

or do you want what's best for this church?

- What's best for the church, of course, Mother Jean.

- Yeah, I'm honored to have you study me.

- Yeah. - Any good thing you pick up,

feel free to use it for yourself.

You know, one thing that I had to learn back

when I was like you is to be coachable.

Gonna coach you up this week, man, it'll be fun.

- I'm honored to serve, Pastor.

- Amen.

[knocking on door]

Hey, Rodney, this is Teddy.

He is Mother Jean's grandson.

He's gonna be leading service this Sunday.

- Really? - Yeah.

I think it'll be a great complement for him

if you were to lead the music department.

Hey, you've been brought to us for a reason,

and we think we should get that started.

- Con, congrats, Rodney.

- Thank you, Pastor.

And nice to meet you, Pastor Teddy.

Well, looks like I got my work cut out for me,

so I'ma go get to it, bless ya.

- Mm hmm.

- Rodney running music department.

- He's good, God's blessing.

- God is blessing.

Thank you, good luck.

Rodney.

Rodney Demario Joseph, you hear me, man.

- Corey!

- So you wasn't gonna tell me

that you were gonna get the music department job?

- I just found out when you did, Dad.

- Oh, well, congratulations to you.

Teddy and Rodney making music and preaching.

Best of luck.

- First of all, you big mad,

and you know he just trying to do Mother Jean a favor.

And look, did you straighten out everything with Keisha?

- Don't try to change the subject on me.

And yes, I straightened it out, don't worry.

I got her gift coming today and she'll be squared away.

- It's coming here?

She's in Cali, bro.

- Yeah, but I got a whole setup.

Don't worry, bro, she gonna forgive me easy.

- Yeah, you just don't want to get back with her, though.

- No, I want to get the pastor job,

which I don't know how, because you stole my...!

[bright music]

- All right.

- All right, we got about 30 robes in here.

I think that should be more than enough.

Yeah, and let me know if you wanna talk

about getting some more.

- Yeah, I'm gonna let you know.

- Okay, well, I have a notebook that I'm gonna get to you

that has all the songs we sing in here.

I wanna let you know that you have complete control.

I want you to have everything that you need

from me to be successful.

- I won't let you down, Pastor.

- Alright, I'ma head out, I got a sandwich waiting for me.

- Okay. - Here go the keys.

You can come and go as you please.

- All right.

All right, first things first.

Graduation robes gotta go.

Now, where was that sandwich?

[melodic organ music]

♪ They offered me the job giving glory ♪

♪ I'm giving glory to God

♪ Corey can't, he can't believe the blessing ♪

♪ That you're giving me, God

- I'm not mad, bro.

♪ God, he lyin'

♪ Yeah, he know he mad

♪ His girl about to leave him

♪ And he ain't talked to his dad ♪

♪ God, he lyin', lyin', lyin', lyin' ♪

♪ Oh

♪ He lyin'

- Are you done?

♪ You big mad, mad, mad

♪ Big mad, mad

♪ Oh boy, you so sad, you so sad ♪

♪ Oh yes, yes

- Oh, man.

- No, but in all seriousness,

we gotta change our perspective, man.

Yeah, I know, it sucks the plan ain't unfolding

the way you want it to, but we here, man.

This where we at, so we gotta be positive.

I mean, it's probably the only reason

I got blessed with this, 'cause I ain't complained

the whole time we been here.

- Cool man, let me just shut up, lose my fiance

and get back to counseling older couples

on how to eat butt properly.

- Good, 'cause at least you got a fiance to lose.

And at least you got people who trust you to listen to you.

Man, you gotta flip that perspective.

See, that's why Keisha hanging up on you now.

And that's why your daddy on Amazon right now trying

to find a new son.

- That's the thing, man.

I feel like I'm just taking L after L.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm in my head, too, 'cause Keisha was, she was different.

You know, like her tone, it was disappointment.

Same tone my dad has, just pure disappointment.

- Well, not to play devil's advocate in the church,

but Keisha, y'all ain't no spring chickens, bro.

I mean, y'all want to get married, have a family,

do the big wedding and buy a house.

All this stuff takes money and stability.

Now, I ain't saying your plan ain't gonna eventually work,

but I mean, you gotta understand,

a woman wanted a man to have

what he said he was gonna have.

Now look, I would love to hold your hand

and cry you through this.

Bro, I gotta get ready for my new praise team.

- You know what, you're right, man.

Let me stop complaining and help you.

How can I be of service to the man of God,

the chief Levite, the minstrel, what can I do?

- Let me tell you what you can do.

You can go to that room over there

with all them choir robes, throw 'em all away,

burn 'em, I don't care what you do with 'em,

I don't never want to see 'em again.

- Done, what's next?

- I need four new singers, bro.

These singers at this church is Nicodemus-old, bro.

I mean, they was singing

at the Emancipation Proclamation signing.

They literally was singing with old Abe.

They are the original American choir from back then.

- Okay. - Yeah.

- What if you had some auditions?

- Where?

- Right here, man, we can have our own gospel idol.

Oh wait, not idol, 'cause Tinkerman

is kind of anti-idol worship.

But like gospel singing, audition, competition show.

Okay, you set up a chair right here, have the singer sing.

You like 'em, you turn 'em around, right?

But if you don't like 'em, then we send 'em to hell,

or however the show works.

- Like "The Voice." - The voice of God.

- The voice of God. - Yes!

Matter of fact, I'm gonna kickstart this for you, man.

Don't you worry, I'm gonna set you up right.

Ladies and gentlemen of Lubbock, are you ready to sing?

Bethlehem Temple is looking for some new singers

who will have the chance to work

with stellar award-winning singer-songwriter Rodney Joseph.

If you're interested, hit his DMs right now.

We are looking for you to audition, all right?

- I got a Grammy, too.

- Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Rodney Joseph.

Hit that DM, we'll see you this week.

All right, bet, let me post that with a Lubbock geotag

and you should be good to go.

- See, see, that's how you help your boy.

♪ That is how you help, you help your boy ♪

You like that, wanna do it again?

- That was great, walk it down, go down,

I like it like that.

♪ That is how you help, you help your boy ♪

- That's good!

All right, man.

♪ Help your boy

- Okay, I'm out.

♪ Help your boy, help your boy

[melodic organ music]

- If you are in relationship with God

and transformation is truly taking place,

there should be some measure of past tense associated

with your faith walk.

- No sir.

- You oughta be able to point back to something.

- Oh, now she can be supportive.

- Oh, y'all don't hear me.

If Christ is truly the Lord of your life

and transformation is truly taking place, you should be able

to point back to something you used to do.

- Amen.

- Paul says fornicators, liars-

- Supposed to be on my side.

- Point to your neighbor and say word.

- Word!

- Psst, check your phone.

- Transformation means I don't do what I used to do.

I don't even think how I used to think.

So if my behavior is synonymous with my past,

then I have not gone through my transformation.

- Stay right there, Pastor.

- How you been saved 20 years

and you still cussing folks out?

- I'm finna go back in my bulwarking.

- Don't back him up, it's gonna make him sound better.

- Doesn't matter what they said to you.

What matters is your response.

- I think you should still back him up.

- Okay.

- The Bible says if you faint in the day of adversity,

then your strength is small.

You ain't as powerful as you think you are.

You can wave your hands, but you can't shut your mouth.

The devil is a liar!

See something crazy, I'm gonna give God the praise

and let the Lord handle it.

Let your praise be your answer, amen?

- Ladies and gentlemen, the live please come on in

and welcome my lovely fiance, Keisha, to the live broadcast.

Put some copping emojis in there for her, yes, yes.

She comes to us missing me today.

Well, baby girl, let me tell you something.

♪ He's missing you

- Yes, now, y'all know I've been at this church

that has been blessing me.

And because I am blessed, she is blessed.

A virtuous woman should walk in these, boom!

Mm, these is what?

- Bloody shoes.

- These is bloody shoes, boom!

♪ Diamonds are forever

- Boom, you see him and he do this all for you, what's this?

♪ Diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪

- Yeah, baby, you love all this, don't you?

Babe.

Oh, her service must have been messed up, y'all.

It's no thing man,

she probably wants to thank me in private.

I'm gonna catch y'all later, I'm gonna tap in with y'all.

I'm gonna just, I'm gonna just hit her up on the side.

All right, y'all be blessed.

What do you want from me?

Those shoes cost a lot of money.

- Corey, I don't care about those shoes.

You never even apologized.

And you think hopping on live

with some expensive shoes was for me?

No, that was for you. - Keisha!

- No, don't "Keisha" me.

Corey, I have been in your corner this whole time.

I will not be your mother.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- That means I will not be sitting around doing puzzles.

[soft music]

- Hold on.

♪ Hail Mary

♪ Jesus loves me, this I know

♪ Hail Mary, don't you weaky la nacht ♪

- It's "Silent Night" in German, my mom taught me.

- Next!

♪ Nobody greater

♪ Nobody greater

- Let me hear you say God is good!

♪ All the time

♪ Joyful, joyful, Lord, we adore thee ♪

♪ Is it you, you

♪ Is it you

♪ Oh, this is my story

- Oh my God, where are the good singers?

32, terrible, 21, real bad, 20, help, Lord.

- Hi.

♪ This little light of mine

♪ I'm gonna let it shine

♪ Twas grace that brought me safe thus far ♪

♪ And grace will lead me home

♪ He looked beyond all my faults ♪

♪ And saw my needs

♪ Great is thy faithfulness

♪ Lord, unto me

- Whoo, Alison, Alison, Alison, Alison.

Y'all might as well give it up for Alison,

'cause it's only four spots, but you got one of 'em.

So welcome to the team.

♪ There is a name

- Oh no, I don't need that kind of competition.

He think this "The Voice" for real.

Wow [claps], wow, thank y'all so much

for coming out to the audition.

So if I call your name, that means you made it

and I would like you to stand where you are.

So first up, Alison Wallace.

[group applauds]

Second up, Tasha Jones.

[group applauds]

Third up, Jamal Cross.

And last but not least, the last coveted spot,

Latrice Jackson.

Let's give it up for 'em, guys.

[group applauds]

Yeah, so, if you did not make it, I'm so sorry.

If you're still looking for a place to serve,

I heard the usher board is hiring.

So God bless y'all and go in peace.

Y'all made it, I'm so glad.

So you guys can stick around, go ahead and have a seat.

Rehearsal starts today.

I'll be back and I'll see you at choir rehearsal.

Get those voices warmed up.

Alison, whoo!

Hey, what's up, bro?

- Man, I called Keisha and she was really mad.

I mean like, I ain't never seen her like this.

- Well, poor Keisha, I seen her like that.

She looks terrible either way it goes.

But sorry to hear that.

But my auditions actually was just epic, bro.

Shout out to you for the idea.

- Well, congratulations, look dope, man.

- We got some good singers, bro.

- That's dope, man, I'm proud of you.

And listen, at least one of us had a good day.

- Well, I gotta get back to it

because we go straight from auditions to rehearsal, so...

- All right. - I'll be praying for you.

- Pray and fast.

'Cause these come out by prayer and fasting.

Congratulations, bro.

- Prayers to the family. I'll see you at the house.

- Yes, sir.

Yo, little bluebirds, I just want

to thank everybody for being here today.

- Oh boy, stop, we have rehearsal every single week.

Ain't nothing special about today.

- Actually, there is something special.

For those of you who don't know, my name is Rodney Joseph,

and I'll be taking over the music department here.

- Taking over the music department.

What qualifies you as the leader of the music department?

- Oh, well, you know, I've, I've written a few gospel songs

you might've heard on the radio.

I also have a Grammy,

sits on my mom's pedestal, Grammy Gold.

So anyway, I'd like you to meet the new members

of our praise team, Latrice, Tasha, Alison and Jamal.

- Yes, a woman named Jamal.

Named after my daddy, who I love.

Heard all the jokes, they ain't funny.

Also, I don't do nicknames, so no Ja-maul.

Uh uh, it's Jamal.

Other than that, I'm excited to sing with y'all.

- Yeah, I've been looking for a church

and I've never gotten chosen for a praise team before,

so I think this will be fun.

- I'm Latrice, I used to sell drugs,

but then a plea deal got me outta jail.

- What?! - No, I'm just playing, guys.

No, I'm Latrice and I just moved here,

and yeah, I'm happy to join you guys.

I can't wait to wear my little choir robe.

- Well, first up, moving forward,

we're gonna be progressive, okay?

So we're gonna be making some changes.

One big change being choir robes, they're out.

We are going to sing in the clothes we came to church in.

- Oh, wait, wait, no, we not.

It is tradition for us to sing in our church robes,

wear our church colors every time we sing.

- And I appreciate that tradition.

But like I said, we're gonna be a little bit

more progressive, and choir robes, first to go.

- Wow, giving it.

- Also, Sunday we're gonna start singing some new music,

and I want Alison to be one of my lead singers.

- Wait, what?

No, no, no, I sing lead, okay?

I've been singing lead for years, that's what I do.

- See, and I appreciate your service as lead singer,

but you know, it's a new day.

- Oh, see, I see what's going on around here, I see.

And I'm not about to be a part of this.

You trying to play me, you trying to play me.

- No, I'm trying to run a praise team.

- No, no, no, what you trying to do

is you trying to change too much.

Gotta sing it without choir robes.

Naked it in front of Jesus while you over here

changing the daggone energy in the church.

Oh no, I'm not here for it.

You know, have fun, young man, go ahead.

But let me me tell you this, you are missing out

on one of the best voices that you ever heard.

- No, don't go, don't go.

- Goodnight!

- Well, now that that's done,

who's ready to learn some new music for Sunday?

Who sings soprano? [upbeat music]

- How many of y'all know Jesus paid it all

and all to Him you owe?

If you know that, sing it along with us.

You know this one.

♪ Jesus paid it all

♪ All to Him we owe

♪ All to Him I owe

♪ That sin has left a crimson stain ♪

♪ Sin had left a crimson stain

♪ But He washed me, He washed me ♪

♪ He washed me white as snow, white as snow ♪

♪ White as snow, snow

♪ Yes, He washed me white as snow ♪

Come on, y'all, let's sing it again.

♪ Oh, Jesus paid it all

♪ All to Him I owe

♪ All to Him I owe

♪ That sin has left a crimson stain ♪

♪ Sin had left a crimson stain

♪ My Jesus has washed me, He washed me ♪

♪ He washed me white as, white as snow ♪

♪ Yeah, washed me white as snow ♪

♪ Oh, He washed me white as snow ♪

♪ Said He washed me white as snow ♪

♪ Said it's dropping down from the sky, snow ♪

♪ Washed me white as snow, snow ♪

♪ He washed me white as snow

♪ White as snow

♪ Washed me white as snow

♪ Said I'm walking around ice cold 'cause He washed me ♪

♪ He washed me

♪ Oh, yes He did, He washed me

♪ 'Cause He washed me, He washed me ♪

♪ He washed me white as snow, white as snow ♪

♪ I'm free, He washed me

♪ I'm delivered, He washed me

♪ Anybody been washed in the blood, He washed me ♪

♪ Yeah, He washed me white as snow ♪

♪ White as snow

♪ Say yeah, yeah

♪ Oh say yeah, yeah

♪ Lift your voice and say yes, yes ♪

♪ He washed me white as snow

♪ Said He washed me, He washed me ♪

♪ Ooh

[congregation applauds]

- Good morning, church.

Oh, good morning, church.

Now, last week we had a relatively new babe in Christ.

Oh, but this... [organ plays]

Softly, softly.

Oh, but this week we have a more tenured pastor.

I'd like to present to some and introduce to others

my grandson, Pastor Teddy Moore.

[congregation applauds]

Baby! [congregation applauds]

- Thank you for having me. - Hallelujah.

- I want to thank my grandmother, Mother Jean,

Pastor Stinney and all of you for that warm welcome.

Sit down, sit down.

Some of y'all gotta stop following your dreams

and start walking in your purpose.

There's a difference.

Number one, Joseph is credited for being a dreamer.

Joseph was a dreamer, Joseph was a dreamer.

Wait, where did y'all get that from?

Joseph was recorded of having two dreams, that's it.

- Psst, hey, bro.

- You ain't gonna want to hear this-

- Then don't say it.

- Moore is low-key killing.

- He dreamed that his brothers were serving him

and he dreamed that his daddy was serving him, that's it.

- This sounds familiar.

- Corey, come on, don't be that guy.

- He was a dream interpreter, Joseph interpreted two dreams,

three dreams, three, I say two

because two of them were together.

So how do you give a person credit and validity

in an area where they did minimal activity?

- Nah, bro, I heard this last year.

This dude is stealing the sermon.

I'ma find it.

- So now your jealousy has led you to become a detective?

Now you just a FBI agent, huh?

That ain't how you get blessed like that, okay?

That ain't how it work.

- When he gets there, he's promoted to second in charge.

I mean, his administrative skills are ama...

His wife, Potiphar's wife-

- Found it.

- She said, "Hey, I want to have sex with you."

- It's Pastor YPJ, "Don't Let Jealousy Blind Your Gift."

- But when he gets there, the warden sees his gift.

- Told you, last year, told you.

- And the Bible said that he cleaned up that whole prison

with his administrative abilities.

And then he interpreted a dream.

See, God took a small gift and opened a big door.

- Big door! - Hey, mama!

- You finna let him take your job?

You finna go down like that

after grandma bought us down here?

Go storm that office, bro, insurrection style.

January 5th. - 6th.

- Whatever date it was.

- That was an incredible message.

- God bless you. - Incredible.

- Yes, it was. - God bless you.

- Thank you. - My grandson!

Well, Pastor Stinney, I think that this shows

that my Teddy, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

Pastor Theodore, has shown us that he is

more than capable of running-

- I think that Teddy, Pastor Theodore,

owes us an explanation.

- Excuse me.

- Oh, you haven't heard, Mother Jean?

- Some of y'all have gotta stop following your dream

and start- - Walking in your purpose.

I knew I heard that before.

- Okay, first of all, I don't owe you nothing.

- Well, you owe him something.

- So what, I used the sermon.

Those people never heard it before, it was new to them.

- Whoa.

- Okay, so what's, what's, what's going on?

Is he trying to say that you are preaching sermons

that you didn't write yourself?

- Who cares, Grandma?

As long as the people felt like God spoke to them

and the church cuts the check, what's the big deal?

I didn't know we had a snitch in the church.

- Get out.

Get out.

- Me? - Yes.

I put my name out there for you,

and this is what you come to this church with?

Uh huh, no, get, get out.

- I'll coach you up, buddy.

Send your nephew my latest video, he's gonna love it.

- Pastor, I am sorry, I, I'm speechless.

I should've never, should've never asked him to come here.

I'm sorry.

As you can see, I just kicked my own grandson

out of the church, because Corey,

I do what's best for this church, not what's best for me.

I'm sorry, Pastor.

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