NARRATOR: PREVIOUSLY ON "CHAPLAINS"... MILLER: A TOUGH BUSINESS.

A LOT OF ETHICAL ISSUES, A LOT OF CHALLENGING ISSUES.

IT'S A TOUGH BUSINESS.

ENNIS-DURSTINE, VOICE-OVER: HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT IS HARDWIRED IN US.

SCOFIELD: DURING THIS FIGHT, I TOOK HIM DOWN TO THE RIVER, AND I ENDED UP MURDERING HIM.

THOMPSON, VOICE-OVER: AND THESE PARTICULAR MEN WHO DID THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US.

NARRATOR: CHAPLAINS-- MEN AND WOMEN WHO REPRESENT THEIR OWN PARTICULAR FAITH OR RELIGIOUS TRADITION BUT BECAUSE THEY WORK MOSTLY IN PUBLIC SETTINGS ARE TRAINED TO BE OF COMFORT AND SUPPORT FOR EVERYONE-- RELIGIOUS OR NOT.

THERE HAVE BEEN CHAPLAINS ON THE BATTLEFIELD FOR CENTURIES.

TODAY THE BATTLEFIELD CAN BE ANYWHERE PEOPLE FACE DANGER, DARKNESS, OR DESPAIR, OR WHERE PEOPLE SIMPLY SEEK A SPIRITUAL VOICE IN A TIME OF NEED.

CONROY: NOBODY REALLY NEEDS THE CHAPLAIN UNTIL YOU REALLY NEED THE CHAPLAIN.

THOMPSON: WHAT A CHAPLAIN DOES IS LEANS INTO THE PAINFUL PLACES.

ROSENBERG: I AM A RABBI BY FAITH, BUT I'M A CHAPLAIN BY TRADE.

MELISSA: I CAN ENCOURAGE HER, I CAN CALL HER, I CAN PRAY FOR HER, BUT I CAN'T FIX IT.

HURLEY: SO REALLY AS A CHAPLAIN, YOU'RE OUT THERE.

YOU'RE WITH THE SOLDIERS.

YOU'RE WITH THE TROOPS WHEREVER THEY ARE.

MAULDIN: WHEN YOU'RE IN SUCH A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS WE ARE, YOU CAN BE AFRAID TO TALK BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO APPEAR TO BE WEAK.

ENNIS-DURSTINE: I THINK FAMILIES TEND OFTEN TO BE VERY ANGRY WITH GOD.

REFAI: WE FELT THAT THERE WAS, LIKE, A WALL IN BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

BLACK: SO I AM THE PASTOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 7,000 PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE SENATE SIDE OF CAPITOL HILL.

MILLER: IN MANY WAYS THEY LOOK LIKE A SOCIAL WORKER.

THEY'RE HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE LIFE'S PROBLEMS... NARRATOR: PASTOR, SOCIAL WORKER, COUNSELOR, BRIDGE BUILDER.

CHAPLAINCY TODAY IS AN EMERGING PROFESSION THAT STRUGGLES TO DEFINE ITSELF AS IT FACES CHALLENGES ON MANY FRONTS.

BUT CHAPLAINS OFFER A WINDOW INTO HOW TO VIEW RELIGION, FAITH, AND SPIRITUALITY IN A RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE AMERICA THAT VALUES THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, EVEN THOUGH EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR.

NARRATOR: THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT, THE ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS, THE HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION, THE FETZER INSTITUTE, AND THE E. RHODES & LEONA B. CARPENTER FOUNDATION.

MAULDIN: TRAVELING IS FUN.

IT REALLY IS.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT TO LIKE THE TRAVELING.

SOME DAYS GET LONG.

IF WE'VE BEEN AT THE RACETRACK-- YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A 14-HOUR DAY AT THE RACETRACK, AND YOU GOT TO DRIVE OUT THAT EVENING.

THAT CAN BE TOUGH, BUT IT CREATES WONDERFUL MEMORIES FOR US ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WITH OUR FAMILIES.

WHAT MAKES OUR WHOLE, UH, MINISTRY UNIQUE IS THAT WE'RE THERE EVERY WEEKEND WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY RACE, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE COUNTRY, WE'RE THERE.

SMITH: IN RACING, YOU HAVE A CRAZY SCHEDULE.

A NASCAR RACE TEAM IS ON THE ROAD FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER.

IT'S THE LONGEST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS SCHEDULE OF ANY SPORT.

NARRATOR: SINCE 1988, MRO, MOTOR RACING OUTREACH, HAS BEEN A FAMILIAR FACE IN THE NASCAR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING CHAPLAIN SERVICES THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY TO RACE-DAY CHAPEL TO COUNSELING AND PERSONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS CITY ON WHEELS THAT IS NASCAR.

SMITH: IT'S NOT JUST DRIVERS.

IT'S NOT JUST, UM, THE DRIVERS' WIVES AND FAMILIES.

UH, YOU'VE GOT--YOU'VE GOT YOUR CREW CHIEFS.

YOU HAVE THE CREWMEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD.

YOU GOT PEOPLE FROM THE SPEEDWAYS.

YOU GOT PEOPLE FROM THE TV NETWORKS-- HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL AROUND TO PUT THIS SHOW ON EVERY WEEK.

IT'S DEFINITELY THE LARGEST TRAVELING ENTERTAINMENT THAT EXISTS.

IT'S, UH, KIND OF LIKE THE CIRCUS BUT A WHOLE LOT BIGGER.

HA HA!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] NARRATOR: BILLY MAULDIN HEADS A TEAM OF CHAPLAINS THAT INCLUDES LONNIE CLOUSE, NICK TERRY, AND A FULL SUPPORT NETWORK.

MAULDIN, VOICE-OVER: MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE EXIST AS AN ORGANIZATION.

UM, WE--WE'VE NEVER BEEN REALLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT MUCH.

WE JUST KIND OF GO LOW, AND HAPPY TO BE JUST SORT OF QUIET, BEHIND THE SCENES, DOING WHAT WE DO.

NASCAR, WHETHER YOU'RE A DRIVER OR A CREWMEMBER, OR WHATEVER YOU ASPIRE TO WITHIN THE SPORT-- YOU'VE MADE IT TO THE TOP.

THERE'S NOT A HIGHER MOUNTAIN YOU CAN CLIMB, THEN, AS A--AS A RACER.

TERRY: UM, THE GUYS WHO ARE-- WHO ARE DRIVING, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.

AND THEY'RE THE-- THEY'RE THE CELEBRITIES EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF.

UM, AND THERE'S--THERE'S PEOPLE PULLING ON THEM FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT FROM A DRIVER'S STANDPOINT IS THAT THIS IS A--A COMPETITIVE SPORT.

AND SO WHEN I GO OUT THERE AND I RACE, I RACE TO MY BEST ABILITY, AND IT'S--AND IT'S ALL OUT.

MAULDIN: DAY IN AND DAY OUT, FOLKS ARE WRESTLING WITH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES, ALL TYPES OF CHALLENGES.

THERE'S THINGS THAT FOLKS ARE AFRAID OF, THEY'RE ANXIOUS OVER, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT, AND THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.

AND, AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE IN SUCH A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, SUCH AS WE ARE, YOU CAN BE AFRAID TO TALK BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO APPEAR TO BE WEAK.

JOE GIBBS, VOICE-OVER: WHEN YOU'RE IN SPORTS, AND PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE THE HEAD COACH OF SOMETHING, YOU CAN SEE HOW EVERYTHING CAN KIND OF TURN ON ONE PLAY.

AND SO YOU'RE IN A WORLD, REALLY, THAT IS CHAOS.

TERRY: RACERS ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?

UM, WE LOVE THE ADRENALINE RUSH.

WE LOVE, UH--LOVE TO RACE, AND, UH, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

ONCE IT'S IN YOUR BLOOD, YOU JUST CAN'T-- UH, YOU JUST CAN'T GET RID OF IT.

MAULDIN: NASCAR-- THEY KNOW WHO THEIR FANS ARE.

MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE STILL VERY STRONG BELIEVERS IN FAMILY AND FAITH AND--AND FREEDOM.

THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE MIX OF MILITARY AND GOD AND THE SUPPORT FOR OUR NATION'S TROOPS.

MAULDIN ON P.A.

: LET US PRAY.

GRACIOUS GOD AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO PAUSE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES.

WE JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR A SAFE NIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE RACERS AND THE FOLKS HERE ON THE TRACK AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE FANS THAT HAVE COME OUT TO ENJOY THE EVENING.

WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT... JOE GIBBS: WE STILL PRAY BEFORE THE RACES.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY TAKE A STAND, AND WE CAN STILL DO THAT BEFORE OUR RACES.

ALLGAIER: ONE OF THE CHAPLAINS FROM MRO COMES DOWN TO THE LINEUP RIGHT BEFORE THE RACE STARTS.

THEY PRAY WITH EVERY DRIVER THAT--THAT WANTS IT.

UM, AND--AND THAT'S A--THAT'S A GREAT FEELING.

THAT'S THE--THE LAST THING THAT YOU DO BEFORE YOU GET IN A RACE CAR.

TERRY: WHAT I WANT AS A CHAPLAIN IS WHEN THEY SEE ME, THEY SEE A REPRESENTATION OF GOD, AND SO THAT WHEN THEY CALL ME OVER TO PRAY, REALLY THEY'RE CALLING UPON GOD TO BE PART OF THEIR LIFE, AND SO I TAKE THAT AS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.

SERIOUSLY?

I MEAN, DO YOU NEED ME TO... ALLGAIER, VOICE-OVER: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE--WE HAVE OUR RACING, AND WE TRAVEL A LOT.

WE'RE GONE ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY COME OUT AND DO-- AND THEY TRAVEL WITH US, AND THEY COME TO ALL THESE RACES JUST LIKE WE DO.

UH, THEY'RE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES JUST LIKE WE ARE.

UH, AND THEY DON'T GET THE-- THE--THE GLORY OF--OF DRIVING THE CAR.

THEY DON'T GET THE GLORY OF GOING TO VICTORY LANE IF THE CAR WINS.

UM, THEY HAVE THE TOUGH JOB OF DEALING WITH ALL OF OUR MESSES, AND THEY DON'T EVER COMPLAIN.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM.

YEAH, I'M DOING GOOD.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

IT WAS GOOD TO--GOOD TO SEE YOU THE OTHER DAY.

WHAT'S UP, MARK?

J.D.

GIBBS: THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THE BIG SALARY OR BIG HOMES OR FANCY CARS.

THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT CHANGES PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WRIGHT: I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 8 YEARS, AND WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.

AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE ROAD SOMETIMES, IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

AND WHEN YOU GET HOME, IT GETS DIFFICULT.

AND SO THERE WAS ONE DAY I HAD TO TALK TO BILLY BECAUSE THE MARRIAGE REALLY WASN'T GOING TOO WELL.

YOU KNOW, HE'S A SPIRITUAL MAN WHEN HE ALWAYS FINDS A GREAT WAY TO SAY, "IT'S YOUR FAULT."

SO FROM OUR CONVERSATION, I TOOK OUT OF IT, LIKE, AS A MAN OF CHRIST, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO BE ON MY GAME IN MY HOUSE WITH MY FAMILY A LOT MORE OFTEN.

I NEED TO BE MORE HANDS ON.

AND BILLY MAULDIN WAS THE GUY THAT TOTALLY REFOCUSED ME ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, BUDDY.

SEE YOU.

NARRATOR: MANY CONNECT THE ROOTS OF NASCAR BACK TO THE DAYS OF PROHIBITION, WHEN YOUNG BOOTLEGGERS WOULD MODIFY THEIR CARS SO THEY COULD OUTRUN THE STANDARD ISSUE POLICE CARS.

OVER THE YEARS, MORE AND MORE FANS BECAME ATTRACTED TO THE SPORT, NOT ONLY FOR THE SPEED BUT THE DANGER.

RACING ICON DARRELL WALTRIP DOMINATED THE SPORT THROUGHOUT THE 1970s AND 1980s.

WALTRIP: THIS WAS AT A TIME WITH THESE CARS AND PEOPLE GETTING HURT AND PEOPLE DYING THAT WHEN YOU STRAPPED INTO THAT CAR AND DROVE OFF PIT ROAD AND YOU LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND YOU SEE YOUR WIFE STANDING THERE ON PIT ROAD WAVING GOOD-BYE, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL SEE HER AGAIN OR NOT.

NARRATOR: IT WAS DARRELL WALTRIP WHO EARLY ON FELT THE NASCAR COMMUNITY NEEDED A SPIRITUAL DIMENSION.

WALTRIP: AND THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF RACE FANS THAT HAD SORT OF TAKEN UP THE--THE CROSS, IF YOU WILL.

UH, THEY WEREN'T ORDAINED MINISTERS.

THEY WERE JUST RACE FANS, LOVED RACING, AND, UH, THEY HAPPENED TO HAVE A BIBLE.

HA HA!

AND SO THEY BECAME CHAPLAINS.

UH, AND--AND THAT WAS THE MINISTRY THAT WE HAD, BUT THEY HUNG OUT WITH THE DRIVERS.

THEY PLAYED CARDS WITH THE DRIVERS.

UH, THEY WERE JUST A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY KIND OF TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES, UH, TO BE THE CHAPLAIN.

NARRATOR: ALL THAT CHANGED WHEN THEY MET MAX HELTON, WHOSE VISION WOULD BECOME MOTOR RACING OUTREACH.

WALTRIP: HE SAID, "THE LORD HAS CALLED ME TO START A MINISTRY IN RACING."

AND, SEE, WE'D HEARD THIS BEFORE.

"THE LORD HAS CALLED ME TO START A MINISTRY IN RACING."

RIGHT!

AND THEN THAT GUY WAS BASICALLY A RACE FAN, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MEET DRIVERS AND GET SOME AUTOGRAPHS AND SOUVENIRS OR WHATEVER.

NARRATOR: BUT MAX HELTON PROVED TO BE DIFFERENT.

WALTRIP: AND, UH-- AND MAX STARTED COMING AND MEETING WITH US IN OUR HOTEL ROOMS.

HE DIDN'T SPEND THE NIGHT.

HE WOULD--HE WOULD DRIVE IN.

WE'D DO AN HOUR OR SO OF BIBLE STUDY IN OUR HOTEL ROOM, AND HE'D GO BACK HOME.

IT WAS--IT WASN'T FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE FOUND OUT THE REASON HE DID THAT WAS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR A HOTEL ROOM, WHICH WE WERE ALL LIKE, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?"

NARRATOR: NOW, A GENERATION LATER, MOTOR RACING OUTREACH IS ITS OWN ARMY, WITH AS MANY AS 200 VOLUNTEERS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TRACK.

YANCEY: THE AVERAGE NASCAR FAN WILL SPEND ALMOST 48 HOURS ON PROPERTY.

SO YOU SHOW UP FRIDAY AFTER WORK.

YOU'RE HERE PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY SATURDAY, AND THEN YOU'RE GONE AFTER THE RACE ON SUNDAY.

SO, THEY LIVE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY'RE CAMPING IN THE SAME SPOT THAT DAD BROUGHT THEM WHEN THEY WERE A KID.

NARRATOR: AND MRO EVEN PROVIDES A CENTER FOR THE NASCAR COMMUNITY CHILDREN.

MELANIE SELF: WE OFFER SUPERVISED TIME DURING, UM, ACTUAL QUALIFYING AND RACES.

SO, UH, WHEN MOM WANTS TO GO BE WITH DAD, THEN WE PROVIDE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THAT.

THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CHILDREN KNOW THE DANGER OF THE SPORT.

WHEN THE CARS STOP ON THE TRACK, WE STOP EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD INFORMATION.

NARRATOR: AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS OVER THE YEARS, THE ONE PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT IS DALE EARNHARDT.

FOR YEARS, DALE WAS PART OF A WALTRIP TRADITION.

WALTRIP: MY WIFE STEVIE FOREVER PUT SCRIPTURES IN MY CAR FOR SUNDAY, UH, NOT A GOOD LUCK CHARM BUT ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND SO STEVIE HAS THIS NOTE CARD WITH MY SCRIPTURE ON IT.

AND DALE'S STANDING THERE, AND SHE HANDS ME THE NOTE CARD.

AND, UH--AND DALE SAYS, "WHAT'S THAT?"

UH, AND STEVIE SAYS, "WELL, THAT'S A SCRIPTURE I GIVE D.W. TO PUT IN HIS CAR."

"WHERE IS MINE?"

"OH, REALLY?"

STEVIE, I MEAN SHE LIT UP, BECAUSE, I MEAN, DALE WAS A TOUGH GUY, YOU KNOW?

HE HAD AN IMAGE HE HAD TO LIVE UP TO.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO THINK THAT HE MIGHT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD WOULD BE, "OH, MY GOSH!

WE CAN'T HAVE THAT."

SHE RAN DOWN TO OUR PITS, FOUND A NOTE CARD, SCRIPTURE FROM MEMORY, WROTE IT ON A CARD.

"LOVE YOU, DALE.

GOOD LUCK."

RAN BACK.

GAVE IT TO DALE.

HE PUT IT ON THE DASH OF HIS CAR.

AND FROM 1994 UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED IN 2001, HE HAD A SCRIPTURE IN HIS CAR FROM MY WIFE.

RACE ANNOUNCER: HERE COMES SCHRADER ON THE OUTSIDE.

NARRATOR: THE DAYTONA 500--2001.

AS THEY ENTERED THE LAST LAP, DARRELL'S BROTHER MICHAEL WAS IN THE LEAD.

DALE EARNHARDT HAD HIS SCRIPTURE CARD ON THE DASH.

WALTRIP: "PROVERBS" 18:10.

"THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER, THE RIGHTEOUS WILL RUN TO IT AND--AND BE SAFE."

AND SO THAT WAS THE SCRIPTURE SHE PUT ON HIS CARD.

I'M UP HERE.

I'M CALLING THIS RACE.

AND I'M TRYING TO BE IMPARTIAL.

SOMEBODY GETS A LITTLE RUN, LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT GET UP THERE TO CHALLENGE HIM.

HE WOULD RUN HIM UP THE TRACK, AND--AND IT'S MAKING ME NERVOUS.

NARRATOR: BUT ON THE VERY LAST LAP, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

WALTRIP: THE LAST THING HE SAW WAS MICHAEL AND DALE JR.

HEADED FOR THE CHECKERED FLAG.

IT'S THE LAST THING HE SAW.

HE HIT THAT WALL, AND IT BROKE HIS NECK.

TO WATCH THAT AMBULANCE GOING ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR-- IT WAS CHILLING.

BECAUSE I KNEW THAT DALE WAS IN THAT AMBULANCE, AND I KNEW THEY WEREN'T IN A HURRY, AND I KNEW THAT WASN'T GOOD.

I MEAN, DALE DIDN'T MAKE IT.

THAT WAS HARD.

BOEHNER: DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME?

CONROY: I WENT TO COLLEGE PLANNING TO BE A UNITED STATES SENATOR.

AND THAT'S WHY I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE ONE DAY WAS TO BE IN THE U.S. SENATE.

NOW, YOU CAN TELL BY MY CLOTHES THAT GOD INTERVENED ON THAT ONE AND, UH, MY LIFE WENT A DIFFERENT WAY.

BOEHNER: FATHER PAT CONROY COMES TO US FROM THE NORTHWEST... NARRATOR: WHEN SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER WAS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CHAPLAIN FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HIS PREFERENCE WAS A CATHOLIC JESUIT PRIEST.

FATHER PAT CONROY WAS TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL RELIGION IN PORTLAND, OREGON.

CONROY, VOICE-OVER: SO MY EVEN BEING A CANDIDATE HERE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME PERSONALLY.

UH, IT ONLY HAD TO DO WITH MY BEING A JESUIT.

I WAS ASSIGNED TO DO THIS BY MY SUPERIOR.

I AM ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE.

UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW-- THE--THE RESOLUTION WAS, UH--WAS BIPARTISAN UH, BY JOHN BOEHNER AND NANCY PELOSI.

SO AS THEY SAY AROUND HERE, I HAD THE VOTES.

PELOSI: IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HONOR STEEPED IN HISTORY, DEEPLY PERSONAL, FREE OF POLITICS, AND WE WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN THAT JOB.

AND, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR YOU.

PLEASE PRAY FOR US!

CONROY, VOICE-OVER: MOST AMERICANS ARE SURPRISED THAT THERE'S A CHAPLAIN TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR THEY'RE SURPRISED THAT A CHAPLAIN AT ALL ANYWHERE IS PAID FOR BY AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS.

AND THE REASON THEY'RE SURPRISED AND THEY TAKE UMBRAGE, UH, IS BECAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

NARRATOR: BUT WHILE THE ARTICLE PROHIBITS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, IT ALSO GUARANTEES THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF, AND THAT CLAUSE REQUIRES SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD OR THOSE WHO SERVE IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS THE CHANCE TO EXERCISE THEIR FAITH.

CONROY: IF A MAN OR WOMAN IS CALLED AWAY FROM HOME, WHERE THEY WOULD NORMALLY EXERCISE THEIR RELIGION, TO A PLACE IN SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDED A CHAPLAIN TO MEET THE NEEDS WHERE THEY ARE.

I'M GOOD, JAMES.

HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

LANGEVIN, VOICE-OVER: SO YOUR PRESENCE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.

IT'S A--I THINK IT'S-- IT'S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE AND THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON THAT ARE LARGER AND--AND BIGGER THAN OURSELVES, MORE IMPORTANT THAN REALLY JUST THE INSTITUTION ITSELF, BUT THAT WE TRULY ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

CONROY, VOICE-OVER: THEY DON'T WANT ME HERE AS ANOTHER POLITICAL VOICE OR ANOTHER POLITICAL OPINION.

UH, THEY REALLY WANT ME HERE AS CHAPLAIN, AND I FIND THAT PERSONALLY LIBERATING.

AS A JESUIT, DO I BELIEVE GOD'S HAND IS IN ALL OF THIS?

WELL, HERE--I'M SITTING HERE AS THE 60th CHAPLAIN, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WAS CLEVER.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TEACHING NINTH GRADE THEOLOGY IN PORTLAND, OREGON, MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, AND HERE I AM.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

NARRATOR: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAPITOL HILL, THE SENATE CHAPLAIN, BARRY BLACK, HOLDS HIS WEEKLY BIBLE GATHERINGS FOR SENATE STAFF.

BLACK: "ISAIAH," CHAPTER 54, VERSE 17, SAYS, "NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PROSPER."

AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT.

AS YOU'VE FACED HARDSHIPS, GOD HAS YOUR BACK.

AND IT IS CRITICAL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE AT WAR.

[SIREN] BLACK, VOICE-OVER: I GREW UP IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IN A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT.

THERE WERE PROSTITUTES ON THE CORNER.

THERE WERE DRUG PUSHERS.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS OFTEN A SPECTATOR SPORT.

IT WAS A VERY POOR ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE A CHILD.

NARRATOR: DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF HIS UPBRINGING, BARRY BLACK WOULD GO ON TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ADMIRAL IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND ITS FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAPLAIN.

TODAY HE IS THE 62nd CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

BLACK, VOICE-OVER: WHEN THE SENATE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1789, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS DONE WAS TO ESTABLISH A CHAPLAINCY.

IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT PRAYER WAS NEEDED AS EARLY AS MAY OF 1787 AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, WHEN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SEEING THAT THE BODY HAD REACHED AN IMPASSE, SUGGESTED THAT THEY PRAY.

NARRATOR: AND THE IRONY IS THAT IN 2013 WHEN THE SENATE REACHED ANOTHER IMPASSE THAT THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT, IT WAS THE CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER THAT CAPTURED THE NATION'S ATTENTION.

BLACK: LET US PRAY.

HAVE MERCY UPON US, O GOD, AND SAVE US FROM THE MADNESS.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, OUR SHORTCOMINGS, OUR SMUGNESS, OUR SELFISHNESS, AND OUR PRIDE.

BLACK, VOICE-OVER: PEOPLE RESPONDED POSITIVELY FOR THE MOST PART TO THE SCOLDING NATURE OF MY PRAYER, BECAUSE I WAS ARTICULATING WHAT THEY WERE FEELING.

BUT ONE MAN IN WASHINGTON HAS THE CATBIRD SEAT, HAS PRIME REAL ESTATE TO TELL CONGRESS EVERY DAY TO THEIR FACES EXACTLY HOW HE FEELS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THE COUNTRY, AND THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT, AND THEY CANNOT TALK BACK.

AND IT'S INTERESTING.

I WAS RECEIVING POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

IT IS UNUSUAL FOR A PERSON TO BE CELEBRATED BY RACHEL MADDOW AND TO BE FOX NEWS' PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON THE SAME WEEK, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!

IF THE SHUTDOWN NEEDS A HERO, I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE.

NARRATOR: BUT BEYOND THE ATTENTION THE CHAPLAIN RECEIVED IS THE CONCERN FOR A DEEP DIVISION THAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE AMERICA.

BLACK: I THINK THAT OUR LAWMAKERS REFLECT THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THEY REFLECT THE ATTITUDES OF THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.

I THINK AMERICA IS MORE POLARIZED NOW THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

UM, AND BECAUSE IT IS MORE POLARIZED, YOU SEE THAT POLARIZATION UH, ON CAPITOL HILL, AS WELL.

NARRATOR: WHETHER BARRY BLACK IS DELIVERING HIS PRAYER BEFORE THE SENATE OR GUEST PREACHING BACK HOME IN A BALTIMORE CHURCH, THE HEART OF THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME.

BLACK: WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, I DIDN'T PANIC BECAUSE MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD... BLACK, VOICE-OVER: AND I BELIEVE THAT THE AVERTING OF THIS PRECIPICE HAPPENED BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID I PRAY FOR 45 SECONDS TO A MINUTE, BUT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF FAITH WHO WERE LIFTING THEIR HEARTS PASSIONATELY AND FERVENTLY TO THE SOVEREIGN GOD OF THE UNIVERSE.

WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THINGS WERE GOING TO IMPLODE, I DIDN'T PANIC BECAUSE I'M NOT DEPENDING ON GOVERNMENT TO SAVE ME.

ADMIRAL BLACK, WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR HOPE IN?

DR. BLACK, WHAT ARE YOU LEANING ON?

I'M NOT PUTTING THEM IN STOCKS AND BONDS.

I'M NOT PUTTING THEM IN ACADEMIC PEDIGREE.

ON CHRIST, THE SOLID ROCK, I STAND!

♪ ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND ♪ ♪ ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND ♪ [APPLAUSE] NARRATOR: ON A SPRAWLING, PICTURESQUE CAMPUS IN LOS ANGELES IS THE MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND.

IT'S A SENIOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WITH A HOSPITAL AND CARE CENTER.

WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE IS THAT IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO MADE THEIR LIVING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

HERE, SHOW BUSINESS IS IN EVERYONE'S BLOOD.

INSTRUCTOR: MONICA, YOU'RE A--A BANK TELLER IN A BANK.

AND, AL, YOU ARE A, UM, ROBBER COMING INTO THE BANK.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE ALL THE MONEY OUT OF THE DRAWER, PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE, AND GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW YOU.

WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

YOU WERE VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

WELL, I AM SUCCEEDING!

I MEAN... WELL, WHAT THE ... ARE YOU DOING WITH A GUN IN A BANK?

BECAUSE I'M A BANK ROBBER-- A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE.

YOU HAVE TO BE--YOU HAVE TO PICK ON SOMETHING... NARRATOR: MPTF, AS IT'S NOW KNOWN, WAS FOUNDED BY SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S EARLIEST STARS, WHO RECOGNIZED EVEN THEN THAT WHILE A FEW IN SHOW BUSINESS BECAME RICH AND FAMOUS, MANY OTHERS--OFTEN THOSE BEHIND THE CAMERAS--STRUGGLED.

CLYMER: THERE IS A STORY OUT THERE THAT MARY PICKFORD WALKED ONTO A SOUND STAGE, PLUNKED A BUCKET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR, AND SAID, YOU KNOW, "JOE SMITH CAN'T FEED HIS FAMILY "AND CAN'T MAKE HIS RENT.

"WE'RE WORKING.

"DONATE WHAT YOU CAN, "AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP HIM OUT.

"AND THEN ONE DAY IF YOU NEED HELP, "WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING."

IN A LARGE PART, THE FUND IS HERE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN BUT DON'T MAKE THE HAND OVER FIST DOLLARS.

NARRATOR: AND, OF COURSE, THE CHAPLAIN HERE, RABBI ARTHUR ROSENBERG, IS HIMSELF NO STRANGER TO THE LIGHTS.

ROSENBERG: THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO DO FROM THE TIME I WAS A SMALL CHILD-- I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR, AND NOT JUST AN ACTOR.

I WANTED TO BE A STAR.

I WANTED TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS.

[GLASS BREAKS] COME ON.

ERRRP!

[CHILDREN SCREAM] [CHILDREN CRYING] WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

OH, MY GOD.

AMY?

OH, WHAT IS IT... ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IMPORTANT FILMS LIKE "COMING HOME" AND "BEING THERE," "FOOTLOOSE."

DO YOU SEE NOW?

DO YOU SEE?

YOU DON'T GO WAVING YOUR FLAGS AROUND HERE WITHOUT PEOPLE TAKING SHOTS AT-- NOW, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.

MY BUSINESS WAS OFF, BUT PEOPLE ARE TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM ME, AND YOUR AUNT LULU'S BEEN GETTING SOME UGLY PHONE CALLS.

AND TODAY YOUR MOTHER LOST HER JOB... ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: SO THAT HAD BEEN ALL I CARED ABOUT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THAT FATEFUL DAY IN 1992 WHEN I HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AND MY LIFE TURNED OVER.

JULIE IS MY FRIEND, AND I ADORE JULIE.

DON'T I ADORE YOU?

AND I ADORE YOU.

AND YOU HAD YOUR 100th-- SHE HAD HER 100th BIRTHDAY.

IN AUGUST.

YES, PLEASE.

IN AUGUST.

ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: THE AGE WHEN WHITE HAIR WAS RESPECTED IS OVER.

IT TELLS US IN THE BIBLE, IN THE TORAH, UH, THAT WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE WITH WHITE HAIR, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAND UP.

SO WE--WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AS A CULTURE.

WE DON'T SEEM TO VALUE LONGEVITY, EXPERIENCE, LIFE EXPERIENCE.

AS WE GET OLDER, WE HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE WANT TO SHARE, WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO BUSY.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.

NARRATOR: YET OTHERS IN HOLLYWOOD DO WANT TO HEAR IT AND HAVE EMBRACED THIS COMMUNITY.

RUSSELL BRAND: HELLO!

I'M A VISITOR.

YOU'RE NOT!

90 YEARS NOW!

ME, TOO.

I WAS A SET DESIGNER AND SET DECORATOR.

DID YOU DO ANY FAMOUS SETS?

WHEN I STARTED, AT MGM FOR 5 YEARS, I WORKED ON "DR. ZHIVAGO"... OH, WOW!

GIVE US A LITTLE CUDDLE.

OK. 102, EH?

I LIKE CUDDLES.

YEAH, I LIKE CUDDLES, TOO.

YOU MUST KNOW SOME INCREDIBLE TECHNIQUES AT YOUR AGE.

I'M GOING TO BE TAPPING YOU UP.

MWAH!

I'M HERE WITH GEORGE CLOONEY.

AND ALL MY FELLOW RESIDENTS ARE REALLY JEALOUS OF ME RIGHT NOW.

WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM.

THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE FIRED ME OVER THERE.

OH, REALLY?

NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

RECORDING!

ACTION!

HI.

THIS IS RABBI ROSENBERG WITH YOUR THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

CARL SAGAN, THE SCIENTIST, SAID, "SOMEWHERE SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IS WAITING TO BE KNOWN."

I LOVE THAT... NARRATOR: THE RABBI RECORDS HIS DAILY MESSAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS RIGHT ON THE CAMPUS IN A TRAILER THAT'S HOME FOR MPTF's OWN CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION STATION.

CUT!

CLYMER, VOICE-OVER: THE INTERNAL TELEVISION STATION IS INTENDED TO GIVE, UM, PEOPLE A CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE CREATIVITY DOESN'T END WHEN YOU'RE 45 OR WHEN YOU'RE 65.

NARRATOR: BUT WHILE MPTF PROVIDES A CHANCE FOR MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THEIR SKILLS, THERE ARE ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE WHO FIND THEMSELVES FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES.

WELL, IN YOUR FIRST CONVERSATION I ASKED YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, "SO WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

WHAT GIVES YOU STRENGTH?

WHAT IS YOUR SPIRITUALITY?"

AND YOU SAID THE FAMOUS PHRASE... "GOD'S A PINHEAD."

"GOD IS A PINHEAD."

AND YOU WERE VERY ANGRY.

I WAS VERY ANGRY.

ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: DOREEN IS A SINGLE MOTHER, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF HER LIFE WHO FACED, YOU KNOW, A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS...

SO WHEN I WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED, THERE'S JUST--YOU KNOW, I HAD THE SENSE OF JUST BEING DRAGGED INTO HELL, YOU KNOW, AND HOLDING ON BY MY, YOU KNOW, CLASSIC FINGERNAILS.

AND--AND I WAS DRAGGED INTO HELL.

[SNIFFLES] BECAUSE YOU SURELY DIDN'T TRUST GOD.

NO.

YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO HEAL ME.

I COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT PRAYER.

I COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT THOUGHTS.

WHAT I WANTED WAS SOMEONE TO GIVE ME ANSWERS, I WANTED TO ARGUE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, "HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?

I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT!

LIKE, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?"

ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: AND PART OF A CHAPLAIN'S WORK IS TO RE-LINK YOU BACK TO WHATEVER IS YOUR SPIRITUAL CONNECTION, NOT TO SELL YOU MINE, BUT TO RE-LINK YOU BACK TO--TO WHAT YOU INHERENTLY KNOW AND BELIEVE AND--AND CARE FOR.

YOU LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, AND IT'S TERRIFYING.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.

AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO TAKE THAT.

THERE'S NO PLACE IN-- NO FRIEND.

THERE'S NO THERAPIST.

THERE'S NOBODY WHO YOU CAN TAKE THAT TERROR, BUT I KNEW I COULD TAKE THIS TO YOU.

WHATEVER THEIR JOB IS, I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO DID IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH WHOM I'VE WORKED OVER THE YEARS WHO END UP COMING TO OUR HEALTH CENTERS OR TO OUR RESIDENCE IS AMAZING.

THEY JOKE WITH ME, BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEE-- THEY CALL ME UP AND SAY, "WOULD YOU MEET A PATIENT BY THE NAME OF" SO AND SO... AND, "OH, I KNOW HIM.

I WORKED WITH HIM 30 YEARS AGO!"

IN FACT, WE'RE ON OUR WAY RIGHT NOW TO VISIT ONE OF THE PEOPLE, ONE OF THE PATIENTS WITH WHOM I WORK, AND WE FOUND OUT THAT BACK IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, WE BOTH WORKED ON "HART TO HART" TOGETHER.

HE WAS ON THE CREW, AND I WAS ONE OF THE ACTORS.

HI, BOYCHIK!

THE RABBI IS HERE!

HI, BOYCHIK!

HEY.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I'M GOOD.

ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: PART OF MY--MY HONOR-- NOT MY JOB, MY HONOR-- IS TO LISTEN TO THEM.

"TELL ME YOUR STORIES.

"TELL ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT FOR YOU."

MY BODY IS LOSING STRENGTH DUE TO THE NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDER THAT'S KIND OF WINDING THROUGH MY BODY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DOCTORS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

NOBODY CAN FIX IT.

NOBODY CAN STOP IT, AND SOMETIMES, UM, I CAN ACCEPT THAT, AND THERE ARE DAYS THAT I'M JUST FURIOUS ABOUT IT.

WHEN YOU'RE FACING A LIFE-CHANGING, LIFE-ALTERING, PERHAPS A LIFE-ENDING ILLNESS, THE STAKES GO UP.

YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS GET BIGGER.

NARRATOR: MARK WEISS WORKED IN PRODUCTION ON SOME OF TELEVISION'S TOP SHOWS.

NOW, LEAVING THE HOUSE IS DIFFICULT, AND ONE OF HIS GREAT JOYS IS WHEN THE RABBI VISITS AND READS FROM THE TORAH.

SO SHEMOT.

"THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL "WHO CAME TO EGYPT WITH JACOB, EACH COMING WITH HIS HOUSEHOLD."

SO THIS TORAH IS A SPECIAL GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY STEVEN SPIELBERG.

THIS TORAH IS IN HONOR OF THE PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE SHOAH.

A LOT OF TIMES, YOU SEE THINGS ARE IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE WHO PERISHED.

AND IT WAS A DECIDED CHOICE TO HONOR THIS TORAH TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE SO THAT IT'S LIFE.

ROSENBERG, VOICE-OVER: THE TORAH IS A SCROLL, RIGHT, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME MACHINE.

IT'S A TIME MACHINE BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BY PEOPLE JUST LIKE US.

THE MESSAGE THAT I GET FROM THE TORAH IS THAT WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IS UP TO YOU.

THE TORAH DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO BELIEVE.

IT TELLS YOU THAT THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD MADE.

REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.

WHAT YOU DO IN THIS WORLD MATTERS.

HOW YOU ACT IN THIS WORLD MATTERS.

WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON MATTERS.

[SINGING IN HEBREW] OFFICIAL: I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... REFAI: I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... THAT I WILL SUPPORT... THAT I WILL SUPPORT...

THE CONSTITUTION...

THE CONSTITUTION... OF THE UNITED STATES... OF THE UNITED STATES... AND THE CONSTITUTION... AND THE CONSTITUTION... OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN... OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN... AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM... AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM...

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE...

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE... OF HAMTRAMCK POLICE CHAPLAIN... OF HAMTRAMCK POLICE CHAPLAIN...

ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

MAN: CONGRATULATIONS!

WELCOME ABOARD!

[APPLAUSE] [SIRENS] I JUST GOT OUT FROM PNEUMONIA.

[CHANTING IN ARABIC] NARRATOR: KHALIL REFAI IS A LEADER IN HIS MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THE NEWEST VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN FOR THE HAMTRAMCK POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HAMTRAMCK IS A CITY THAT'S LIKE AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY DETROIT, AND IT'S UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE LAST YEARS.

GARBARINO: HAMTRAMCK IS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 23,000 PEOPLE SQUISHED INTO 2.2 SQUARE MILES.

AND IT'S OFTEN BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BIG MELTING POT.

HISTORICALLY, THE CITY ITSELF WAS NOTED FOR ITS POLISH IMMIGRANTS BACK MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

BUT SINCE THEN, MANY OTHER DIVERSE GROUPS HAVE COME IN.

WE'VE HAD AN INFLUX OF, UH, ALBANIAN, BOSNIAN, RUSSIAN, A BIG INFLUX OF BENGALI AND YEMENI COMMUNITIES, WHO NOW BRING ISLAM INTO THE CITY, WHICH HISTORICALLY NEVER WAS, BUT NOW IT'S, UH--NOW IT'S PRETTY PREVALENT.

WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE IS OVER 20-SOME LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

REFAI, VOICE-OVER: WELL, MY PARENTS ARE FROM YEMEN.

I CAME HERE WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE.

I WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE, AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL-- TO HAMTRAMCK HIGH SCHOOL.

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1908.

SO THEN HIS KIDS CAME HERE, MY GRANDFATHER CAME HERE, MY FATHER, YOU KNOW...

THIS IS THEIR HOME.

WALID: OH, THE HAMTRAMCK MUSLIM COMMUNITY PROBABLY HAS ALMOST DOUBLED IN THE LAST 15, 16 YEARS.

THERE HAS BEEN, UH, AT LEAST A DOUBLING OF THE ISLAMIC CENTERS IN THE AREA.

HALF OF THE POPULATION OF HAMTRAMCK ARE MUSLIMS, AND THEN AMONGST THAT PERCENTAGE, ABOUT HALF OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN AND OF ITSELF ARE IMMIGRANTS.

HEDRICK: WE'RE SURROUNDED BY DETROIT AND HIGHLAND PARK.

YOU KNOW, AND...

THE NEWS SAYS ENOUGH ABOUT BOTH THOSE CITIES.

AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY IT.

YOU KNOW, THE CRIMES THAT HAPPEN IN DETROIT HAPPEN IN HAMTRAMCK.

MAN ON POLICE RADIO: THE CALLER STATED SHE WAS JUST STABBED BY HER DAUGHTER.

SHE IS ARMED WITH A KNIFE, 3058... NARRATOR: AS THE NEW CHAPLAIN, KHALIL IS INVITED ON RIDE-ALONGS TO LEARN POLICE PROCEDURES AND TO SEE HIS COMMUNITY ANEW FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF A POLICE CAR.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL UP ON A SCENE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HURT OR--OR IT'S GOING TO BE A FALSE ALARM.

THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS GOT TO BE READY.

GARBARINO: IF THEY PULL UP AT A HOT SCENE AND THE OFFICER HAS GOT TO JUMP OUT IN A HURRY, THAT CHAPLAIN'S GOT TO KNOW TO STAY IN THE CAR, TAKE COVER, AND WAIT UNTIL THE SCENE IS RENDERED SAFE AND THEN COME ON UP AND--AND TRY AND HELP.

SO WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GET INTO, LIKE, THE POLICE CHAPLAIN?

WELL, UH, MAX HAD BEEN-- MAX HAD BEEN, UH, TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT.

"WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A MUSLIM CHAPLAIN FOR THE DEPARTMENT."

REFAI, VOICE-OVER: HE WAS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, "YOU WILL BE THE MIDDLE GUY BETWEEN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT."

WE FELT THAT THERE WAS, LIKE, A WALL IN BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

HEDRICK, VOICE-OVER: WHEN KHALIL AND I FIRST STARTED RIDING TOGETHER, HE WAS--HE WAS TELLING ME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE PRETTY SURPRISING TO ME ABOUT WHAT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY THOUGHT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN HAMTRAMCK.

HE WAS TELLING ME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY THINKS THAT WE'RE JUST OUT TO GET MUSLIMS AND WE'RE JUST OUT TO WRITE MUSLIMS TICKETS.

WALID: IN SOME OF THE COUNTRIES THAT MUSLIMS IMMIGRATED HERE FROM, UH, POLICE, UH, WERE EXTREMELY REPRESSIVE, SO WHEN IMMIGRANTS COME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THEY JUST DON'T LOSE THEIR MEMORY OF WHERE THEY COME FROM.

GJOKAJ: PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO JUDGE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE AND HOW THEY POLICE, BUT ANYONE GETS IN THEIR SHOES CAN SEE THE WAY IT IS.

PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT ASPECT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT CAN CHANGE WITHIN A SECOND.

STAY IN THE CAR, BUDDY.

STAY IN THE CAR.

STAY IN THE CAR.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

STAY IN THE CAR.

NO...YES, YUP.

STAY IN THE CAR... STAY IN THE CAR... HEY... REFAI, VOICE-OVER: AND THEN, SNAP.

THIS KID JUST STEPS FROM THE CAR, GETS OUT FROM THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH I--I YELLED AT HIM, SAYING "GO BACK TO THE CAR" BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHO IT WAS.

[BOY SPEAKING ARABIC] WELL, NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR IT.

[BOY SPEAKING ARABIC] NO, NO.

BUT YOU PASSED A RED LIGHT.

I MEAN A STOP SIGN.

NO, HE WASN'T.

NO.

THAT'S WHY HE CALLED ME.

[SPEAKING ARABIC] THAT'S WHY I CAME OVER HERE, OK?

HE'S NOT.

HE'S NOT.

DON'T THINK HE IS.

HEDRICK, VOICE-OVER: AND IT WAS GOOD FOR KHALIL TO SEE, TOO, BECAUSE IT SHOWED HIM THAT EVERY CULTURE COMMITS CRIMES.

IT WAS JUST VERY EYE-OPENING FOR HIM.

HE--HE WASN'T ANGRY, BUT THE IMPRESSION THAT I GOT FROM HIM WAS THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED.

REFAI, VOICE-OVER: AND WE DID, ACTUALLY, GO BACK TO THE POLICE STATION FOR ME TO TALK TO HIM.

AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM, SAYING, YOU KNOW, "WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG."

HEDRICK: LOOK AT IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

YOU'RE A POLICE OFFICER, AND YOU'RE STOPPING THIS CAR.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN IT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.

AND A GUY JUMPS OUT ON YOU AND STARTS SCREAMING AND YELLING, "I GOT TO GO, I GOT TO GO..." I KNOW.

IT LOOKS CRAZY.

I KNOW...

I MEAN, YEAH.

IT DOES.

HEY, I KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND.

IT DOES LOOK CRAZY, BUT I'M NOT LIKE THAT.

HOPEFULLY, IT'S A LESSON.

AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT.

I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT...

IF YOU HAVE BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW.

I DID LEARN FROM THIS.

I'LL NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.

NEVER.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

NOT NEVER AGAIN.

NARRATOR: KHALIL'S ROLE IS TO INSPIRE CHANGE, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY BUT THE POLICE FORCE AS WELL.

NOT SCARED OF THE POLICE... REFAI, VOICE-OVER: UH, THEY DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE A CHAPLAIN-- YOU KNOW, A CHAPLAIN IN THE DEPARTMENT SITTING WITH THEM, SO IT'S A NEW THING.

UM, WHEN I STARTED WITH THEM, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, LIKE, AWKWARD.

YOU KNOW, "OH, MAN!

"WHAT, IS THIS THE NEW GUY IN OUR DEPARTMENT?"

YOU KNOW.

"HOLD ON.

HE'S A CHAPLAIN.

"SO WE GOT TO WATCH WHAT WE'RE SAYING," AND ALL THAT.

YOU KNOW... GARBARINO: THE RESISTANCE INITIALLY TO THE CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM WASN'T RELIGION SPECIFIC.

IT WAS RESISTANCE TO THE CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.

SOME OF THE GUYS WERE LIKE, "WHY DO WE NEED THIS, CHIEF?"

YOU KNOW, "WE'VE EXISTED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS "WITHOUT A CHAPLAINCY CORPS.

WHY DO WE GOT TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM NOW?"

GJOKAJ: HAVE YOUR PEOPLE LOOKED AT YOU DIFFERENTLY NOW?

HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING OR HEARD ANYTHING SINCE YOU'VE BECOME A POLICE CHAPLAIN?

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GETTING E-MAILS, YOU KNOW, SINCE--BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CHAPLAIN YET.

YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THEM THINK I AM A POLICE OFFICER.

SOME OF THEM THINK I'M AN INVESTIGATOR.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M A SPY ON OUR--ON OUR COMMUNITY AND STUFF.

SO IT'S STILL A NEW THING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW?

[DOORBELL RINGS] SO THEY THINK THAT SOMEONE-- SHE COULD BE DEAD OR... YEAH.

HER MOTHER IS FRIENDS WITH HER AND TALKS WITH HER ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY, AND SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HER SINCE MONDAY.

HEDRICK: HI.

THIS IS, UH, HAMTRAMCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CALLING TO REPORT A DOA.

[DEVICE BEEPS] REFAI, VOICE-OVER: WHEN WE ENTERED THE HOUSE-- AND THEN--ACTUALLY FOUND HER-- YOU KNOW, LAYING DOWN ON THAT BED PEACEFULLY--YOU KNOW, JUST PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY, AND SHE'D BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, IT WAS--IT WAS SHOCKING TO SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS SPEAKING ABOUT HER-- HOW WONDERFUL SHE WAS, HOW KIND SHE WAS.

YEAH.

THIS IS HOW--THIS IS HOW LIFE IS, YOU KNOW?

SHE WAS.

YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO NOW IS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.

REFAI, VOICE-OVER: THEY WERE HER NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WERE FROM YEMEN.

I KNOW THEM FROM-- WE ARE FROM THE SAME AREA.

SO THEY WERE FIRST SHOCKED WHEN THEY SEE ME FIRST ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, APPROACHING WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THAT AND THEN SEEING ME WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT WAS SHOCKING FOR THEM.

HEDRICK: HE'S SO CONNECTED IN THE CITY.

HE--HE REALLY KNOWS EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, NO MATTER WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE CITY, IF WE'RE OUT OF THE CAR WALKING AROUND, YOU KNOW, "HEY, KHALIL, HOW YOU DOING?

HEY, KHALIL, HOW YOU DOING?"

I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HER MOTHER'S NUMBER... YEAH.

OK. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE-- JUST CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CALL US AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SWING BY HERE AND SEE IF EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH YOU.

OK?

YEAH.

YEAH.

GARBARINO, VOICE-OVER: OUR OFFICERS SEE A LOT OF TRAUMATIC THINGS OUT HERE, AND A LOT OF TIMES, THEY WON'T ADMIT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD TALK TO SOMEONE, BUT I WANTED THE CHAPLAINS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

THEY'RE BECOMING MORE FAMILIARIZED WITH THEM.

UM, IN FACT, AT FIRST, THEY WERE REAL STANDOFFISH, AND NOW THEY'RE KIND OF LAUGHING AND JOKING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIX WITH THEM AS THEY COME AROUND.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS A LOT.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YEAH.

WHY THIS PLACE?

YOU GUYS ORDER FROM HERE.

UH, THEY'RE THE BEST BURGERS IN HAMTRAMCK.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

YES.

OK. [CALL TO PRAYER] [CHANTING IN ARABIC] WALID: DEALING WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, HE HAS TO BOTH TELL THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE POLICE AND HOW THEY OPERATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE HAS TO KEEP HIS CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

GARBARINO, VOICE-OVER: WELL, IT'S TRUE THAT WE WENT 99 YEARS WITHOUT A CHAPLAINCY CORPS, BUT I THINK WE WERE REALLY MISSING THE BOAT ON, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL THINGS WE COULD BE DOING FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

REFAI: THE ONE THING THAT EVERY TIME WE ARE AT A SCENE AND WE GET BACK TO OUR CARS, THE REASON I SMILE BECAUSE WE CAME BACK SAFE.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL FIND.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

[CARS ZOOMING] RACE ANNOUNCER: YEAH, JUST IN TIME FOR KEVIN HARVICK.

HE WAS THE LAST CAR ON THE LEAD LAP.

AFTER STARTING ON THE FRONT ROW, THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TONIGHT.

TERRY: WHEN I HAVE A TROUBLED HEART AND SOMETHING IN LIFE IS TROUBLING ME, I FIND MYSELF IN A--IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TRUST GOD.

NOW, I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE SAT IN THE SEATS THAT YOU GUYS ARE SITTING IN THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE TROUBLING US.

NARRATOR: A KEY REASON WHY NICK TERRY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A NASCAR CHAPLAIN IS BECAUSE OF HIS EARLIER LIFE.

NICK TERRY, JACKMAN, 33, CHEERIOS, HAMBURGER HELPER, CHEVROLET.

FOR 10 YEARS, I WENT OVER THE WALL AS A JACKMAN, AND, UH, SO I WAS THE GUY THAT JACKED THE CAR UP, UH, FOR THE GUYS TO CHANGE THE TIRES, AND THE HIGHEST HIGH FOR ME WOULD BE A PART OF THE TEAM WINNING THE DAYTONA 500.

UH, SOME OF THE LOWS WOULD BE WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR JACK STUCK UNDER THE CAR, AND IT'S DRUG AROUND THE RACETRACK FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE.

NARRATOR: FOR NICK TERRY, THE DECISION TO PURSUE CHAPLAINCY CAME AT A SEMINAL MOMENT.

TERRY: IT ALL STARTED FOR ME THE MONDAY AFTER WE WON THE DAYTONA 500.

THINKING, "GOD, I KNOW HEAVEN MUST FEEL LIKE THIS "BECAUSE THIS IS THE--THE MOST JOYFUL AND MOST FULFILLED I'VE EVER FELT IN MY LIFE AFTER WINNING THAT RACE."

AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD CLEARLY THAT DAY, AS CLEAR AS I'VE EVER HEARD HIM BEFORE SAY THAT IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.

SO THAT DAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I BEGAN TO ASK, "WHAT AM I DOING WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE?

"AM I GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE CHASING THESE TROPHIES?"

AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I FOUND MYSELF, UH, BEGINNING TO MAKE PLANS AND PREPARATIONS FOR MINISTRY.

WRIGHT, VOICE-OVER: IT'S A BUSINESS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO-- LIKE, RESPECT COMES PRETTY HARD TO GET.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE NICK, WHO'S--WHO'S BEEN IN THE DEAL, HE'S BEEN ON PIT ROAD FOR YEARS-- YOU KNOW, HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ONE SEASON, YOU KNOW, ON PIT ROAD.

HE WAS HERE FOR YEARS.

HE PITTED ONE OF THE BEST CARS ON PIT ROAD.

HE'S GOT THAT EXPERIENCE AND WE ALSO SEE HIS TESTIMONY, TOO, SO WE KNOW HE--WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF GUY HE IS.

MAN, VOICE-OVER: BEFORE IT GETS ALL CRAZY AND ALL HECTIC AND IT'S EASY TO, UM, TO NOT PRIORITIZE THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

SO WE MEET WITH EACH OTHER AS EARLY AS WE CAN ON RACE DAY TO MAKE SURE WE START THE DAY OFF RIGHT AND THAT'S IN THE WORD AND THAT'S HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.

TERRY: "IF SOMEONE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE WELL "AND SEES A BROTHER OR SISTER IN NEED BUT SHOWS NO COMPASSION, HOW CAN GOD'S LOVE BE IN THAT PERSON?"

LET'S NOT MERELY SAY THAT WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

LET US SHOW THE TRUTH BY OUR ACTIONS... MAN, VOICE-OVER: YOU KNOW, WE GET TOGETHER IN SOMEBODY'S MOTOR HOME ONCE A WEEK, UM, AND--AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, STUDY GOD'S WORD AND JUST DIG IN TOGETHER AND HAVE FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNITY, AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AND--AND IMPORTANT TO US IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE RACE EVERY WEEKEND, SO WE'RE NOT PLUGGED IN TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCH.

THIS IS OUR CHURCH, AND--AND MRO PROVIDES THAT CHAPLAINCY FOR US.

AND WHAT WE DO ON THE RACETRACK IS OUR JOB, AND WHAT WE DO AWAY FROM THE RACETRACK IS WHO WE ARE, AND SO THE SPORT DOESN'T DEFINE WHO WE ARE, OUR CHARACTERISTICS DEFINE WHO WE ARE.

NARRATOR: MICHAEL McDOWELL KNOWS THE DANGERS OF RACING.

HE WAS IN ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE WRECKS IN NASCAR HISTORY...

REMARKABLE BECAUSE HE WALKED AWAY.

McDOWELL: WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE SEE A RACECAR ON FIRE ROLLING DOWN A RACETRACK, IT'S A LOT MORE FUN FOR THEM.

SO NOT THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER, BUT SOMETHING THAT GOD USES.

J.D.

GIBBS, VOICE-OVER: WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR SPORT-- BEFORE THE RACE BEGINS-- AN HOUR, TWO HOURS BEFORE-- YOU HAVE A CHAPLAIN, YOU SING, YOU PRAY, YOU HEAR A MESSAGE, AND YOU GET IN THAT RACECAR AND GO 200 MILES AN HOUR.

WALTRIP, VOICE-OVER: OUR MINISTRY IS UNIQUE.

IT'S LIVING IN A CULTURE THAT HAS A FAST, WILD, AND CRAZY LIFESTYLE.

AND WITH A LOT OF GUYS, THAT-- THE FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THEM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MRO DOES REALLY, REALLY WELL IS TO SAY, "YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST WINNING RACES AND TROPHIES."

MAULDIN: IT'S A WONDERFUL GROUP OF FOLKS TO BE A PART OF.

THEY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, BUT WHEN THE GREEN FLAG DROPS, IT'S TIME TO GO RACING, BUT WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG DROPS, WE COME BACK TOGETHER.

THOMPSON, VOICE-OVER: THE WHOLE PROFESSION HAS BEEN, UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, VERY MUCH DESIGNED AROUND A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MODEL OF TRAINING AND BACKGROUND, AND REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WAS GETTING HIRED, AND AS A MINORITY FAITH PERSON AND AS A BUDDHIST, IT WAS NEW.

I THINK I WAS MAYBE ONE OF THE... THIRD PROFESSIONAL BUDDHIST CHAPLAINS AND ONE OF THE FIRST IN A PRISON SETTING.

MAN, VOICE-OVER: CHAPLAINS THAT WORK FOR THE STATE OF OREGON, THEY'RE THEY'RE COMPENSATED AND PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYER OF OREGON.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT, "OK, YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING FOR THIS CHAPLAIN," "BUT THIS CHAPLAIN IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO YOUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE GIVING US."

[MEN SINGING] ♪ YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH FOR ME ♪ ♪ GOT TO SING IT ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH ♪ ♪ I'M COVERED IN YOUR LOVE ♪ ♪ YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH FOR ME ♪ MAN: YOUR GRACE.

♪ YOUR GRACE IS ENOUGH... ♪ NARRATOR: AT OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, WHERE CHAPLAINS WORK WITH VARIOUS VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO OFFER RELIGIOUS SERVICES, ONE OF THE LONGEST PARTNERSHIPS IS WITH CALVARY CHAPEL SOUTHEAST, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PORTLAND.

THE RELATIONSHIP STARTED BECAUSE KARUNA THOMPSON RECOGNIZED THE NEED SOME INMATES HAD FOR CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL SERVICES.

CALVARY CHAPEL'S PASTOR IS DOUG SNOW.

SNOW: I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW COMING INTO THIS PRISON.

AMEN.

YEAH, CARL, YOU GUYS REMEMBER.

OH, YEAH.

AND FOR ME, THE JOY IS-- IS WATCHING THE GROWTH IN YOU GUYS.

THIS CHARGES MY BATTERIES, THIS IS WHAT GETS ME ALL SET FOR SUNDAY MORNING WHEN I'M GOING INTO SERVICE... O'CONNOR, VOICE-OVER: IN OREGON, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO CHAPLAIN PROGRAMS, AND IN ONE YEAR, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO THE PRISON SYSTEMS, 71% OF THE MEN HAD VOLUNTARILY ATTENDED SOME PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE CHAPLAINS.

MAN: FATHER GOD, WE JUST LIFT UP OUR BROTHER, FATHER GOD, TO YOU... NARRATOR: AT A MEETING OF THE FAITH-BASED PROGRAM HOME FOR GOOD, EACH INMATE BEING RELEASED HAS A CASE REVIEW TO SEE WHAT ASSISTANCE THE FAITH COMMUNITY CAN OFFER.

THE HELP IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES.

BOWEN: OK, AND SO WE'RE AT MARVIN SCOFIELD.

THOMPSON: HE GOES BY HIS MIDDLE NAME, WALTER, AND HAS BEEN INCARCERATED LONGER THAN HE HAS BEEN FREE, SO HE HAS BEEN DOWN FOR 23 YEARS.

UH, HE IS SOMEBODY WHO SUFFERS FROM PRETTY EXTREME-- HE WAS A, UH, SOLDIER AND SO HAD JUST RELEASED FROM THE ARMY WHEN HE COMMITTED HIS OFFENSE.

SCOFIELD: WHEN I WALK OUT OF HERE, I'LL HAVE TO START MAKING...

DECISIONS FOR MYSELF, AND THAT SCARES ME.

NARRATOR: AS WALTER BEGINS THIS NEW CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE BEYOND THE PRISON WALLS, HE ALREADY HAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM HOME FOR GOOD, THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHERS.

GOOD.

HOW YOU DOING TODAY?

OH, HA HA!

I'M GONNA GET A HUG TODAY.

HEY, BUDDY.

YOU READY TO COME IN?

I'M READY TO COME IN.

OK. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?

WELL, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT THROUGH THE CHAPLAINS' SERVICE AT--WHEN I WAS BEHIND THE WALLS.

WELL, YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD, AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA KEEP PROGRESSING FORWARD.

YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME EMPLOYMENT BEHIND YOU, MAKE SOME PEACE IN YOUR HEART.

SCOFIELD, VOICE-OVER: SHE HAD FAITH IN ME WHEN--WHEN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T.

I STARTED LISTENING TO HER GUIDANCE AND S-S-STARTED TO--TO APPLY THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS TEACHING ME.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER GUIDANCE THAT I WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT OF--OUT OF PRISON.

SHE STILL STAYS IN CONTACT WITH ME, AND...SHE E-MAILS ME ON OCCASIONS.

"HEY, HOW YOU DOING?"

YOU KNOW, "HOPE THINGS ARE GOING WELL FOR YOU."

UM, "IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, JUST CALL ME."

AND, UH...SHE SAID SHE'D ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME TO TALK TO.

[LAUGHTER] THOMPSON: WE DO GET TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WHO DOES GET TO WEAR THE ROSE-COLORED GLASSES AND WHO DOES GET TO BELIEVE IN THE INNATE POTENTIAL THAT EACH OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE, AND I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT OR SEE ALL OF THE UGLINESS THAT HAPPENS ON THE TIERS.

SO I HAVE A VERY LUXURIOUS POSITION IN THAT I GET TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT ALLOWS ME THE GREAT LUXURY OF GETTING TO REALLY ENJOY THE BEST OF WHO THESE MEN ARE.

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