A Call for Reverend Jimmy

289: A Call for Reverend Jimmy

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November 19, 1994

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Album

22: The Changing Times
More Than Sundays

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Theme

God's will

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Scripture

Isaiah 30:21

Written By

Marshal Younger

Directed By

Paul McCusker

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Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Mark Drury

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A Call for Reverend Jimmy

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Summary

Jimmy Barclay is told he would make a good pastor, so he tries to teach a Sunday School class. Meanwhile Donna Barclay feels awkward when her father starts using her as an example during sermons.

Plot

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 Hodges 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 Barclay 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.

Discussion Questions

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

Cast

Characters	Actors
Donna Barclay	Azure Janosky
George Barclay	Chuck Bolte
Jack Davis	Donald Long
Ms. Jeffries	Cheryl Henderson
Jimmy Barclay	David Griffin
Lawrence Hodges	Gabriel Encarnacion
Mary Barclay	Carol Bilger

Notes

• This was the last episode with Jack Davis until 638: The Triangled Web, Part 1 and 639: The Triangled Web, Part 2.
• In this episode, an airplane flies over the Barclay house just as Mary reveals what sex the baby will be. This was inspired by the ending of the 1992 film Patriot Games, where Caroline Ryan is about to reveal the gender of her baby just as the credits start to roll.

Quotes

Lawrence Hodges: I changed the letters in your Dad’s name on the sign out front of the church. Now it says, ‘Preaching this Sunday: Large Rag Boy.’
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