When plans go awry, Elizabeth gets the town to band together to give Clara and Jesse the wedding of their dreams. Elizabeth struggles with the fact that she has two suitors.
Abigail takes in a very pregnant widow Carla Noonan to keep an eye on her health while Coal Valley's doctor is away. Meanwhile, the new coal miners arrive to start working while bunking above the saloon.
Elizabeth helps a mute student who is struggling to cope with the death of her father; Jack investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding the burning of Coal Valley's only church.