- Simon is eager to resume the baseball season, but not to get the mandatory tetanus-shot, but also a master at scaring needle-phobic Matt who has to accompany him and could fake it. Jimmy Moon needs some tutoring, so Lucy gets Mary to do it, but son regrets it, fearing big sister is falling for her boy-friend. Eric wants the parish to hire fraud-convicted Ron Kramer, an organist to the choirmaster's taste. Lou Dalton's vestry considers that as imprudent as having no security system in church and recruits Annie to be treasurer and draft a budget before the matter is settled, even threatening to fire Eric.—KGF Vissers
- Reverend Camden interviews Ron at the local job fair for the position of church organist. Eric is impressed with him and asks him to come by for an audition. There is one problem though: Ron has served time in prison, which poses a problem later with the church board. Back at home, Simon is excited about the upcoming little league season but Ruthie is less impressed and more interested in dialing numbers. Meanwhile the Church board is meeting at the house and asks Annie to be the interim treasurer and deliver a report in a few days. Lucy's boyfriend Jimmy Moon needs help with science and Mary has agreed to tutor him.
At the audition, Ron impresses the church board but one member,Lou, is concerned about bringing an ex-con into the church. He is worried that he might steal from the church. Lou is more interested in putting money into a new security system for the church, which Eric opposes, rather than hiring Ron. Annie is concerned as well about Eric wanting to hire Ron but works on the report while Eric and Lou battle it out. Simon though needs a tetanus shot and Matt takes him to the clinic. Simon tries and fails to get Matt to sign off on the form that he had the shot. Later at the clinic he plays on Matt's fears causing him to want to bring Simon back another day.
Lucy imagines something is going on between Mary and Jimmy causing major problems with both of them. Back at the church Eric and Lou are at odds with each other. Lou does not want Ron hired and Eric does not want a security system installed in the church. Lou threatens to send a letter to the authority above Eric and ask that he be removed. Ruthie has started making calls on a list she has but they are emergency numbers. Lucy stops her but then Simon locks himself in his room refusing to come out so that he can get a shot. As they try to get him out, Ruthie calls the police for help. They race out and ask Simon to come out. Sgt. Michaels gives Ruthie a lecture about calling the police for non-emergencies.
Lucy finally realizes she had made a mistake about Mary and Jimmy, apologizing to both, and getting the study sessions back on track. At the church Annie makes her report and where the money ought to be spent. She says it ought to he spent on the community and not the church. She also recommends hiring Ron as the organist, which the rest of the board agrees with except Ron. And as the episode ends, Ron begins playing the organ as the service is about to begin.
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