A Murder of Innocence

Go ahead, get it up,

Go ahead, go ahead,

- I think we need a little review,

Remember how I tagged everything

by the room it's supposed to go in?

Yes, Mom,

Yes, Mom,

So, if it's marked "K-I-T"

it goes into the--

Kitchen,

Good one,

Thank you, Debbie,

And if it's marked "1-KID-B-R" it goes into the--

First kids bedroom,

Thank you, Becky,

Nice work,

So, why am I finding boxes

in rooms they're not supposed to go in?

Yes, Jonathan?

I can't read,

I don't know where stuff goes,

Hmmm,

- All right, well, maybe some of you older ones

can help him, okay?

We're in this together, we've moved before,

Yeah,

All right,

Let's go!

All right,

You wanna grab that box?

Goes in the kitchen!

Right into the kitchen,

Okay?

Perfect,

I'm sorry, Mom,

That's okay, Mary,

You are amazing,

I forgot you knew how to whistle like that,

- Well you can take the girl out of the country,

but you can't take the country out of the girl,

Mm-hmmm,

So, this goes into the basement?

You put that in the basement,

I'll put you in the basement,

* Take the name of Jesus with you *

* Child of sorrow and of woe

* It will joy and comfort give you *

* Take it then wherever you go

As you all know,

we've been searching for a pastor for quite awhile,

We're so excited to have him and his family here

as they help grow our congregation,

Let's pray,

Lord Jesus, I just thank you for Pastor Albert,

I thank you for his wife Aimee,

and I thank you for their lovely family,

I pray your blessing upon our congregation

as you lead Pastor Albert to lead us in your ways

through his gifted teaching and his anointed leadership,

Father we just thank you and praise you,

In Jesus name,

Amen,

Amen,

Church!

The Andersons!

- My family and I feel extremely blessed to be here,

We felt a calling to come,

We felt led to this beautiful town,

After our first meeting with Chris

and the rest of the board,

Aimee and I went home and we prayed

with our six wonderful children,

The Lord led us to Isaiah 43,

verses 16-21,

Mom,

can the kids and I go play outside?

Mrs, Reese said it was okay,

Of course,

Have fun,

Let's go,

Grab your plates guys,

Thank you, Mrs, Reese,

It was yummy,

You're welcome,

Thank you so much,

You're welcome,

You have such wonderful children,

They seem to truly love and respect each other,

- Thank you, we're really proud of them,

- Well, that just comes from good parenting,

and God's grace,

We're really glad you're here,

Are we gonna see a revival in this town anytime soon?

Well, I certainly hope so,

Always be ready to preach the Gospel, in season and out,

- We're going to get along just fine, Pastor,

- We really want to see you succeed here,

so any support we can give you, let us know,

Oh, that's sweet,

- Thank you, we really appreciate that,

Do you like fishing, Albert?

- Are we still talking spiritually, or?

I mean actual fish,

- Well, I don't get to often, but yes I do,

- We have a houseboat down at the marina

and we'd love to have you come join us this Saturday,

If you're available,

That would be great!

- Absolutely, the kids would love that,

Well then, it's set!

I'm gonna have to find my rod,

Yeah,

- Thank you all so much for coming out this evening,

Aimee and I thought that we would do just

a basic marriage seminar

to all help up to get to know each other

and our stories a bit better as well,

Sound good?

- Now Aimee would say that our marriage is a love story,

Right, Sweetheart?

Right,

- I always get a little nervous when I ask that question,

Hollywood would lead us to believe that

a love story takes place in two hours or less,

but a real love--

- Albert leaned over and whispered,

"I have something for you, Aimee,"

My heart was fluttering,

And so was mine,

Gentleman, you'll appreciate this one,

One hot summer afternoon,

Aimee decided to help out with the yard work,

Albert!

What? It's a funny story,

Yeah, to you,

Okay, well, needless to say,

Aimee got angry with the lawn mower,

- Ladies, when It comes to making decisions,

being a marriage partner comes with great responsibility,

- Now Gentlemen, the Seahawks didn't just walk out

onto that field and collect those Superbowl rings,

now did they?

A real marriage takes a lot of effort,

It has to be nurtured, worked,

and fought for,

Bade, your wife said you wanted to chat with us?

- Yeah, well I just want to tell you

my wife and I both really liked your talk,

Nancy mentioned that,

- Gonna need your help, I can tell you that,

You may regret it someday,

but we really do need your help that's for sure,

- Okay, well, if you want to call the office

and set up an appointment, we'll see what we can do,

Will do,

That was interesting,

The devil's in that one,

Excuse me?

Well, I mean,

there's just something not quite right about him,

We need to be careful, Chris,

Well, maybe he just really needs our help,

Other pastors have tried,

It's lead to nothing but trouble,

And, I want you to know,

you did a good job tonight,

Nice job,

Thank you,

And that was interesting,

We need to pray for grace,

Really?

Yeah,

Chris did that?

Yeah,

Well, I had no idea,

- It took him months to live down that title,

That is some great ammunition

for the next board meeting though, thank you,

Yeah,

- So, how are you enjoying your retirement?

It's different all right,

Still just as busy though,

Between the house, new boat,

the yard,

kids,

grandkids,

All the church activities, of course,

- Yeah, you know I've been meaning

to say something about that,

You know, most people check out when they retire,

but you two?

You're still just as involved, I love that,

- Well God has a reason for us to still be here,

And it's not just to serve ourselves,

I want to hear "well done,"