- Father Mac: So, why were you looking for the other church?
- Daniel Cooper: I'm the new minister.
- Alex Stone: [seeing the angry look on Father Mac's face] Ha ha ha. Well, Father Mac. It looks like the holy man population just doubled.
- Daniel Cooper: [calling to God in despair at the terrible condition of the community church] Come on, God! You call this a start? Hope you plan on giving me a hand here.
- Brian Brewster: Oh, excuse me! You're trespassing on private property.
- Daniel Cooper: I am the new minister.
- Brian Brewster: Oh, Reverend Cooper! I'm Brian Brewster.
- Daniel Cooper: I must have missed you at the ferry.
- Brian Brewster: Nub said you weren't on the ferry.
- Daniel Cooper: What's a nub?
- Brian Brewster: [pointing to Nub who is waving hello from under a heavy stone slab] There. That would be a Nub.
- Brian Brewster: [making introductions] Callie, this is Reverend Cooper. Callie Pender, who runs the island's newspaper.
- Callie Pender: Oh, yeah. Hi! Maybe um... maybe I could ask you some questions for your obituary.
- Daniel Cooper: I'm not dying!
- Callie Pender: We're all dying, Reverend. Here I've written an obit for everyone on the island. That way, I'm ahead of the game.
- Brian Brewster: Callie, he looks healthy enough to me. Can we concentrate on the footprints, please?
- Daniel Cooper: [regarding the footprints in cement] Whose are they?
- Brian Brewster: Only the holiest man that ever lived, that's all!
- Daniel Cooper: [in disbelief] Jesus?
- Brian Brewster: [to Callie] Hey, Callie. You hear that? The Reverend recognized those feet!
- Brian Brewster: [to Daniel Cooper] Atta boy!
- Dylan Stone: [seeing a dejected Daniel about to board the ferry] You can't leave now.
- Dylan Stone: [the church bell on the hill rings out] You got people waiting.
- Daniel Cooper: [his first sermon] I am Reverend Cooper, and I am your minister. I have to admit I don't have anything prepared. Mostly because I didn't think that anybody would be here to listen. Here you are! I'm truly in awe of God's power.
- Daniel Cooper: [steps down the pulpit to get closer to the congregation] Since the moment I got here I have found myself on more than one occasion asking God for help. In fact, I have been so busy needing Him that I couldn't see that there were people who needed me. We all need someone to lean on from time to time. A son needs a father one day, the next the father needs his son. A boy needs a friend. And a reverend needs someone who's a really good swimmer!
- Daniel Cooper: [in a sincere tone] When we lean on each other, and ultimately, when we lean on God. We find the strength to face whatever comes our way. Now I realize I truly hadn't opened the doors of this church until this moment. But they are open now.
- Daniel Cooper: [referring to Dylan acting as his acolyte without Alex's permission] Told him, just this once.
- Alex Stone: Well, just 'cause I don't go to church anymore doesn't mean that he can't.
- Daniel Cooper: Thank you. There's always the chance you might find your way back to church.
- Alex Stone: [walks away] Oh, how you clergy love to believe in miracles.