Your Servant is Listening

A voice calls in the night at the tabernacle - and young Samuel is the only one listening. The Imagination Station has dropped Camilla among the tabernacle servants, where Eli's corrupt sons steal from worshipers and laugh off every warning to change their ways. When God finally speaks, He gives Samuel a hard message of judgment, and the boy must repeat every word to old Eli, the man who has been like a father to him. Then the Philistines crush Israel's army, the Ark of the Covenant is captured, and in one terrible day Eli and both his sons are dead. All Israel now looks to a boy as God's prophet... and Samuel will wait for God to speak again. Back at Whit's End, Camilla realizes God has been speaking to her all along - through Scripture, her family, and the story she has just lived - and she gives her life to Him.

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0722 The Lost Riddle A stuck locker yields a decades-old puzzle of riddles, hidden ink, and coded messages that leads two kids on a hunt to deliver a message meant for someone else long ago.

0723 Groundhog Jay When Jay tricks his way into a Room of Consequence program meant for someone else, he finds himself trapped reliving the same birthday party until he can figure out what the simulation is trying to teach him.

1 of 2 0724 Home Again Jason returns to Odyssey seeking secret solitude, but a well-meaning secret-keeper, a jewelry scam warning, and Eugene's uncanny resemblance to a wanted thief set everyone on a collision course.

2 of 2 0725 Home Again While Jason wrestles with an unexpected struggle back in Odyssey, a case of mistaken identity lands Eugene in dangerous company at a jewelry store.

0726 Push the Red Button (Live) When Eugene's new master computer program links every invention at Whit's End, one untested red button threatens to blur the line between imagination and reality.

1 of 2 0727 Your Servant is Listening A doubting girl travels back to ancient Israel, where a childless woman's desperate prayer teaches her what it means to hear God's voice.

2 of 2 0728 Your Servant is Listening When the Imagination Station drops Camilla into the tabernacle of ancient Israel, she befriends young Samuel and discovers what it truly means to listen for God's voice.

0729 No Chemistry Whatsoever When a demanding new professor takes over their easy chemistry class, Connie must figure out why she's really struggling while a Sunday-school memorization contest tempts Barrett to cut corners.

0730 The Friend Formula A lonely newcomer to Odyssey trades a rare Elvis record for lessons in a scheming boy's four-step formula for making friends - only to discover what friendship really costs.

0731 More Than a Feeling A new believer's overflowing excitement collides with a string of disappointments, while Connie pushes a long-married couple to prove their romance isn't dead.

0732 Repent After Me With opening night days away and his grades on the brink, a desperate student's shortcut on a science test pulls him into unmasking the anonymous scammer behind it - before the trail leads back to him.

0733 Big Trouble Under the Big Top When a string of suspicious accidents threatens her uncle's circus, Emily and her friend Matthew go undercover among the performers to unmask a saboteur before someone gets seriously hurt.

1 of 3 0734 Life Expectancy When a sudden loss upends Connie's world, the people of Odyssey gather around her - until an unexpected arrival brings a secret she never saw coming.

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Minor characters & crew 8 more roles

8 supporting roles

God Keith Ferguson Samuel Sean Fox Eli Jay Blair Hophni Actor Unknown Israelite Actor Unknown Phineas Jon Curry Israelite Messenger Keith Ferguson Israelite Soldier Actor Unknown

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Chris Anthony Host Kathy Buchanan Writer Nathan Hoobler Writer · Director Jonathan Crowe Sound Designer Bob Hoose Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Eva and Lucia surrender their lamb rather than risk a violent confrontation with Phineas. They report his conduct to Eli, only to learn that Phineas and his equally corrupt brother, Hophni, are Eli’s sons. Eli rebukes Phineas and warns that God will end their family’s priesthood if the brothers refuse to change. Phineas dismisses the warning, and Eli sadly claims that he is too old to do more than talk to them.

The Imagination Station separates Camilla from her mother and grandmother and places her among the tabernacle servants. There she meets Samuel, now a boy near her own age. Hannah visits only once each year and brings him a new robe, but Samuel trusts that God has a purpose for his service. He also reveals that Hannah now has three more sons and two daughters.

That night, Samuel repeatedly hears someone call his name and goes to Eli, who insists that he has not called. After the third time, Eli realizes that God may be speaking. He tells Samuel to answer, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” Camilla is nearby when the voice comes again. God tells Samuel that He will judge Eli’s family because Eli knew his sons were dishonoring God and failed to stop them.

Samuel dreads delivering such painful news, but he truthfully repeats the entire message when Eli asks. Eli accepts that God will do what is right and admits his failure. Samuel explains to Camilla that God has spoken to him in other ways too: through the sacred writings, his mother’s teaching, and the inward prompting that reminds him of right and wrong. God has something to say to young and old alike, but they must learn to listen and also speak to Him.

The Philistines defeat Israel in battle, killing four thousand soldiers. Hophni and Phineas take the Ark of the Covenant into a second battle, treating it as if possession of a holy object will force God to give them victory. Samuel warns that people do not get to choose their own miracles. The next messenger brings devastating news: the army has been crushed, both corrupt priests are dead, and the Philistines have captured the Ark.

The shock of the Ark’s capture causes Eli to fall backward, break his neck, and die. Samuel grieves for the man who has been like a father to him, while the people begin looking to the boy as God’s prophet. Samuel does not pretend to have an answer ready. He will wait for God to speak in His own time and obey when He does.

Back at Whit’s End, Eva tells Camilla that Samuel grows into a great leader of Israel and later appoints its first kings. Camilla now recognizes that God has been speaking through Scripture, church, her family, and the story she has just lived. Remembering that Jesus gave Himself as the sacrifice for sin, she decides to stop ignoring God and give her life to Him. Holding hands with Eva and Lucia, Camilla asks God to forgive her, change her, and make her the person He wants her to be.