LEAD CHARACTERS
About the Characters
CASSIE
Past
Cassies biological dad left her birth mom when he found out she was pregnant with Cassie. Cassie's birth mom hated her for this and at age 9, the state caught on that Cassie's mom was unfit to be her parent and she was placed into the foster system. Cassie was adopted by the loving couple, Steve and Diane White. This was the first time that Cassie felt truly loved. They raised her in the church and Cassie grew in her love for the Lord as she experienced that God was the only one able to heal her old childhood wounds.
Present
Cassie serves as the children’s ministry director at her church, The Vine. She has agreed to host their first ever vacation bible school. Cassie, being the perfectionist that she is, has put an immense amount of pressure on herself to make sure that everything is perfect for VBS. Cassie has a very hard time trusting God and letting go when it comes to control, mostly seen in her unwritten checklists.
When Sandra, the art director for vacation bible school, has to suddenly move due to her husband's job, Cassie is left to design all the art for VBS. A skill, Cassie severely lacks. She is also given the task of having to oversee Noah’s community service. hours.
NOAH
Past:
Noah was raised going to church, however his experience was extremely painful. His mom and dad were both heavily involved in his childhood church, and they were big tithers. Noah's dad had a secret drinking problem. When Noah was 11 , his dad started beating him when he would get drunk. Both his mom and dad forced Noah to lie about his dad's alcoholism as well as his abuse. Noah gained the courage to finally tell their church pastor, but to his disappointment, the pastor threatened Noah that “lying is a sin and he better stop before something worse happens.”
At age 16, Noah ran away from home, and moved in his with childhood best friend, Roman. They were forced into a hard life, making poor choices out of desperation and pure necessity.
Present:
Noah is a brilliant artist, but he can’t seem to catch a break making money for his art. He hustles at night trying to sell his art, and during the day he tries to make cash by doing odds and ends jobs, like mowing peoples' lawns.
Noah crashes on Roman's couch, still living together after all these years, but Roman has a son and a soon to be wife and baby on the way, so Noah feels the need to try to get his own spot.
Hard times strike again, and Noah and Roman are faced with an eviction notice. They decide to steal a golden cross from The Vine Church. They get caught, and Noah takes the full blame for the crime, since he doesn’t have much to lose.
Noah is given community service instead of felony charges, and while serving he falls in love with Cassie, and experiences God's love for him for the first time.
