Wedding of Dana & Zeke – May 27 2018. Trinity Church and Reception at the Bohlin!
Margeau and Ryan – Trinity Church 2017
One of the sweetest and kindest couples it has been my honor and joy to marry. And Trinity Church looks, as ever, glorious!
Thank you Christina and Brett! June 8 2018 – Oceancliff Wedding
Dear Alan, I just noticed your well deserved recognition and award for the best Officiant in Newport for 2018, CONGRATULATIONS! We were so lucky that you had our date available and could be the officiant for our wedding on June 8th at OceanCliff. We had many guests mention how great you were as well and… Continue reading
Sermon “Beware: Gatekeepers of the Lord”. Sunday October 7 2018. Trinity Church, Newport RI. The Reverend Alan Neale
So, what is it that makes Jesus irritated, frustrated… even angry? Well, today’s Gospel from Mark 10 gives us an answer because it is when the disciples try to bar people from meeting Jesus that Jesus becomes angry. So… beware, gatekeepers of the Lord. During the sermon I became deeply aware of all those I… Continue reading
Sermon “Awesome Fear – Transformational”. Sunday September 23rd 2018. Trinity Church, Newport RI. The Reverend Alan Neale
Yet another text preached on for the first time in 41 years of parish ministry – this is all getting quite exciting! Below the sermon audio is the sermon text – the latter is expanded a little in the former! Sermon preached at Trinity Church, Newport RI Sunday September 23rd 2018 The Reverend Alan Neale… Continue reading
Sermon “Vocation to Nobility”. Trinity Church, Newport RI. Sunday September 2nd 2018. The Reverend Alan Neale
At long last (over four decades) I get to preach on the intriguing and sometimes frustrating Psalm 45, one of the royal psalms. We need our hearts to be stirred by noble things so we can be transformed and then empowered to be noble people and do noble things. The sermon text follows the sermon… Continue reading
Sermon “Over/under-whelming”. Trinity Church, Newport RI. Sunday August 26th 2018. The Reverend Alan Neale
The two texts to which I refer in today’s sermon are texts that have long intrigued and engaged me; I am so joyfully fortunate to have yet another opportunity to preach a sermon on texts… for the first time ever! The sermon text (basically) follows after the sermon audio. Sermon preached at Trinity Church, Newport,… Continue reading
Oh this wedding reception planning is no easy thing…
And it’s full of potential minefields concerning relationships, family and friends… May you all have the wisdom of Solomon and the patience of Noah.
John and Laura! Congratulations… and you found such a fun and special venue!
And here’s the video too! Laura and John’s Wedding
What a recommendation – I’m almost embarrassed… almost!
Rev. Alan Neale is amazing. We did a lot of research before choosing an officiant and we did not like how “commercialized” many of them were as we were reading reviews, scoping their websites out, etc. Alan brings every aspect one could possibly want their ceremony to entail, to the table. Admittedly we only met… Continue reading