I was actually able to get this working, here's my code:
	
	
	
		PHP:
	
	
		<?php
/*
* This file is part of a XenForo add-on.
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Pages;
/**
* Static methods for the Providers page.
*/
class Providers
{
    /**
     * @param \XF\Pub\Controller\AbstractController $controller
     * @param \XF\Mvc\Reply\AbstractReply           &$reply
     */
    public static function getData(
        \XF\Pub\Controller\AbstractController $controller,
        \XF\Mvc\Reply\AbstractReply &$reply
    ) {
        $active = 1;
        if ($reply instanceof \XF\Mvc\Reply\View) {
                $finder = \XF::finder('XF:Thread');
                $thread = $finder->where('thread_id', $active)->fetchOne();
                $firstPost = \XF::app()->finder('XF:Post')->where('post_id', $thread['first_post_id'])->fetchOne();
                $viewParams = [
                    'title' => $thread['title'],
                    'message' => $firstPost['message']
                ];
                $reply->setParams($viewParams);
        }
    }
}
	 
 
And in the nodes, I created a page and using the php callback provided within the page node I have: 
Pages\Providers as my class and 
getData  as my method.
Now that you have all that set up, you can simply change 
$active to whatever thread you would like to display within the page. You can use variables such as {$message} within the body of your page to actually display the message (or w/e it may be).