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A Call for Reverend Jimmy

Album: 22: The Changing Times

Episode: 289

Lesson/Theme: God's calling

Bible Verse: Isaiah 30:21

Characters: Donna, George, Jimmy, Mary

Writer: Marshal Younger

Sound Designer: Mark Drury

Original Air Date: November 19, 1994

Last Air Date: March 3, 2009

Description:
After one of George Barclay’s sermons one Sunday morning, one of the church members plants the idea in Jimmy’s head that he should become a pastor. Jimmy is intrigued by the idea. When his father asks him to teach a Sunday school class, and Lawrence tells him he handled a crisis with Donna just like his father would, Jimmy begins to take the idea seriously. Meanwhile, Donna is getting mad. Her dad keeps using stories about her in his sermons. The stories are humorous and good illustrations, but they are embarrassing to Donna, especially one where George describes how Donna made goo-goo eyes at a boy during an awards ceremony the family attended for Jimmy. Donna is irate. Jimmy joins Donna’s foul mood when his Sunday school teaching experience is terrible. He is so boring that the kids practically walk out on him during the class. Later, George and Mary counsel their children. Jimmy realizes that he doesn’t really want to be a preacher, and George apologizes to Donna for using her so often as a sermon illustration. He promises to ask permission before he tells stories about her in the future. It’s not easy being a preacher’s kid.

Questions:
Why did Jimmy think he’d make a good preacher? Why did Donna have a problem with George’s stories about her? What do you think God wants you to do with your life? What’s the best way to find out?