The sermon text follows the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/last-sunday-after-the-epiphany-2-19-2023-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Church, Washington NC. February 19th 2023 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Glory Without Alleluias” Today we say farewell to “alleluias” for almost seven weeks; on Ash Wednesday of this week we enter into an “alleluia free zone”. For some, maybe… Continue reading →

The sermon text follows the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-1-15-2023-neale.html Sermon Preached at Zion Church; Sunday January 15th 2023 The Reverend Alan Neale; “It’s Rude to Point – isn’t it?” In a little book for children, Lynne Gibbs discourages children from pointing. The book’s title “It’s Rude to Point”. Joe the parrot… Continue reading →

The precious, the lovely, the powerful NAME OF JESUS! The sermon text is below the sermon video… Click Here for Video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/first-sunday-after-christmas-1-1-2023-neale.html Sermon Preached at Zion Church, Washington, NC Sunday January 1st 2023 The Reverend Alan Neale “The Name To Remember” One of the many hilarious scenes in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” occurs when… Continue reading →

I’ve never preached on this Isaiah passage before – it was challenging! The sermon text is below the sermon video. Click here for sermon video: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/fourth-sunday-of-advent-12-18-2022-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal, Washington, NC; Sunday December 18th 2022 The Reverend Alan Neale; “We’re all of us, looking for the key!” In a brilliantly composed sermon (gathering… Continue reading →

The sermon text is below the sermon video… click here: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/first-sunday-in-advent-11-27-2022-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC November 27th 2022 – Advent Sunday The Reverend Alan Neale “Fatal Distraction” After the long trudge through the green Sundays of Trinity (now nicely but ineffectually called Pentecost) we come to this triumphant, startling Advent Season…… Continue reading →

The sermon text is below the sermon video – click here: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/twenty-second-sunday-after-pentecost-11-6-2022-neale.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal Church, Washington NC Sunday November 6th 2022 The Reverend Alan Neale “Praise, the energy for giving and remembering” So… you can all, nearly, heave a sigh of relief… stewardship sermons are almost over… this is the third and… Continue reading →

The sermon text is below the sermon video. Click here: https://zionepiscopal.com/Sermon%20Videos/seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost-10-2-2022.html Sermon preached at Zion Episcopal Church; Sunday October 2nd The Reverend Alan Neale; “Harvest Time” Matthew 9:37-38 “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”… Continue reading →