Alan Neale

Sermon “Shepherds’ Shepherd” Sunday December 31st 2023. Zion Episcopal Church, Washington, NC 27889. The Reverend Alan Neale

Thinking deliberately about those “Christmas shepherds” makes me envy their boldness and readiness to listen, to move and to return! The sermon text follows the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/first-sunday-after-christmas-12-31-2023-neale.html Sermon Preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC; Sunday December 31st 2023 The Reverend Alan Neale “The Shepherds’ Shepherd” Luke 2:8 And… Continue reading

Sermon: “Only Connect” Christmas Eve, 2023. Zion Episcopal Church Washington, NC. The Reverend Alan Neale

“Only connect” – oh in this partisan life and partisan landscape, may the Lord God grant a desire and experience to “only connect” that we all, we each, may be transformed. The sermon text is below the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/christmas-eve-12-24-2023-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC Christmas Eve… Continue reading

Sermon “And Yet…” Zion Episcopal Church, Washington, NC. December 3rd 2023 (Advent Sunday). The Reverend Alan Neale

Oh this has been a tremendous task… maybe it was the tension between the good news of the Advent message in the face of so much to the contrary? The sermon text is below the sermon video. Click here for Gospel and Sermon Video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/first-sunday-in-advent-year-b-12-3-2023-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal, Washington NC Sunday December 3rd 2023… Continue reading

Sermon “What Is Holiness?”. Sunday November 5, 2023. Zion Episcopal Church, Washington, NC. The Reverend Alan Neale

Lord, I want, I need a revival of holiness to be complete and whole, ready for service and ready for heaven. The sermon text is below the sermon video. Click Here for Video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost-all-saints-day-observed-11-5-2023-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal, Washington NC; Sunday November 5th 2023 The Reverend Alan Neale; “What is Holiness?” Today we celebrate,… Continue reading

Sermon “How Many Times?” Sunday September 17th 2023. Zion Episcopal Church, Washington, NC. The Reverend Alan Neale

Friends – this is at the very heart, the crux, of our Christian faith and life. Yes, it makes our faith unique… forgive your enemies from your heart! The sermon text follows the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://www.zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-9-17-2023.html Sermon Preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC Sunday September 17 2023 The Reverend… Continue reading