pastor tim christianson came back to finish the sermon after kaepernicking. >> he grew up a fan of thegold since he attended his first game in 1972. >> we like this guy. >> that is cool. >> coming up next, actor kevin kostner. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for watching. >> appreciate your time as always. for sh expo andy and awful us here. have a great night.

well, pastor tim christianson of the gold hill evangelical lutheran church of butte, montana, wants it easy to love god and go to church on play-off game day. >> you may not be aware that there's a football game starting in just a few moments, but i was thinking we might have just a little bit of an abbreviated service. >> when he says abbreviated, he's not kidding. >> would you all like to be forgiven for your sins? >> okay, that's great. you are. i wanted to talk in my message about wine and service but i think you probably know enough about that, right? >> did he turn the communion into a buffet line. >> help yourself to the wine and the bread. >> that's exactly what he said. >> there's some bread and some wine up here on the table. do feel free to help yourself if you'd like to. >> yeah. oh, my gosh, i love it so much! >> he did kiss the bicep, too. >> one thing he said which is very important, they had an earlier service that morning which i'm pretty sure was probably longer than a minute long, but just to verify, let's talk to pastor tim who we have "right this minute" via skype.

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. >> die hard fan and montana pastor tim christianson cut his sunday sermon a little short to catch the a little abbreviated service, so if you want to follow with me a little bit, would you all like to be forgiven for your sins? >> yeah. >> okay, that's great. you are. i was going to talk in my message about wine and servanthood, but i think you probably know enough about that, right? >> yeah. >> great. there's some bread and wine on the table. feel free to help yourselves if you'd like to. come as you are. that's just fine. go in peace and love and serve the lord. >> we will. thanks be to god. >> i'm out of here. >> nice. right to the nachos after that. >> why doesn't that ever happen in my church? >> let's see. if he's from montana, sundays still have to have the service because the game is in the afternoon, correct? >> 3:30. so his mass will be at 9:00 in the morning. >> that's right. >> okay. >>> where does colin kaepernick's female announcer: he needs a firmer he needs a firmer tempur-pedic... she wants a softer tempur-pedic... they both get what they need with the new tempur-choi

. >> man, oh, man, that's pastor tim christianson of butte, montana. on sunday he cut his worship service down to about a minute just so he could watch his team beat the carolina panthers this past sunday. >> my dad was a season ticket holder, moved into san francisco from rural northern california when i was 12, in '72 went to a game. i have been 49 faithful ever since. >> christianson says all the media attention he's been getting since the worship service media went viral has been fun. he will be watching this coming sunday. you can count on that. >> no matter what. >> one minute, that's my kind of -- i won't say it out loud. five minutes would maybe be better. >>> time now for sports. things are turning around for the knicks in 2014. >> and two top 25 teams are battling it out in college basketball. neil and stan at espn have the highlights. >> good morning, america. you don't know but this is our second take at this, okay. >> so we're going to try to do it much better. >> i screwed it up. he's stan, i'm neil. this is the los angeles "sportscenter"

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the pastor's tim christianson. just so you know, he didn't really walk out of there. was just kind of a joke. he did go back and have a real service. >> what's his team? we couldn't tell what his team was. >> the san francisco 49ers. that's why he's kissing the biceps, colin kaepernick's touchdown ceremony. >> powerful religious message, andy. i can sign up for that. andy scholes, appreciate it. >>> after the break, all of our top stories, every single one. >> and business! >> and business, including a major new development for hundreds of thousands of people affected by a huge chemical spill. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. and better is so easy withrning you cabenefiber.o somet

the pastor's name tim, christianson. this was a bit of a joke.e did come back and they had a traditional service. he is a pastor that really gets people in church. he was like, come on, we have got to go. >> everyone knows jesus is a big football fan. >> of course, he is. >> andy shoals, many thanks. >> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. embattled new jersey governor, chris christie has kept a low profile in the wake of two politic political scandals that could derail his presidential ambitions. it has been five days since his marathon news conference. he denied any role in a massive traffic jam that may have been an act of political revenge and since then, the feds have opened up another investigation, specifically whether christie improperly used these commercials with his family. we are in trenton with more. good morning. >> reporter: carol, good morning. we know today from sources in the christie administration he will use this speech to tackle the george washington