Trinity Church Newport, Rhode Island Trinity’s Website Sunday April 3rd 8am Holy Eucharist (said) “The Doubt Welcoming Community” 9am Adult Study “Doubt – Friend or Foe, Resident or Guest” 10am Holy Eucharist (choral) “The Doubt Welcoming Community” 11:15am Sermon Review/Conversation with the Preacher The Sunday following Easter Day has often been called “Low Sunday”…. Continue reading
It was so very good to meet this couple this morning, just shining with love for each other and the God who has made them. All couples have the opportunity to “preach” sermons of the power and vitality of love. I’m reminded of St. Francis “Preach the Gospel at all times, when necessary use words.”
The task of preaching at the Three Hours, guiding the service and presenting nine separate addresses is surely one of the most precious, challenging and renewing experiences of any preacher. The congregation was not large in numbers but it remained a holy experience and it is, regardless of numbers, an act of devotion for any… Continue reading
Today, Good Friday, The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the Cross. Noon – 3pm. Trinity Church, Newport, RI trinitynewport.org. The Reverend Alan Neale Please come and go (and return) as you are able.
How to be passive, how to surrender, with dignity and purpose; there is a way to do this… listen to the audio and/or read the text below. Sermon Preached at Trinity Church, Newport RI Maundy Thursday March 24 2016 The Reverend Alan Neale “The Majesty of Passivity” This past week I approached with care a… Continue reading
Well, apparently it’s because “our brains can’t handle it”. Pushing aside the questionable use of university funds for such research, I rather like the concept that the sign of discovered and shared love is just “too much for our brains to handle”. Click: ‘Blind Kissing’
Beware the wedding ideas that grow and grow, and consume time and energy and money. Two Faced Wedding Cake!
For over twenty years marrying couples, preparing them for weddings and marriages, has been a important part of my ministry. Part of the delight in returning to Newport, RI is the opportunity to continue this precious, profound and fun ministry. Some choose to receive Communion, all desire to be blessed! See the suit?… Continue reading
Here is one response from a sermon auditor this morning: “Good afternoon, Alan. I can’t let the day go by without telling you how very much I appreciate your sermon today. Your subtly veiled theme, opened by the account of an election of a bishop, would have been comfort enough. But then when you removed… Continue reading