The sermon text is below the sermon video… St. Stephen’s Episcopal, Goldsboro NC; Sunday June 13 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Moving On” Search committees for church leaders have been established since, almost, time immemorial. I think of a search committee led by a gifted, powerful and prophetic spiritual leader; a person hesitant to accept… Continue reading
The sermon text is below the video. Oh I so very much wanted to preach on the Hebrew Lection for the day (I Samuel 8) but, literally, as I sat yesterday to begin writing the sermon… it was the 2 Corinthians 6:14 text that demanded my attention. There are times when I know that there… Continue reading
The sermon text is printed below the sermon audio… Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s, Goldsboro NC; Sunday May 9 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale; “Mother O’ Mine” In late May 1988, the Neale family (Alan, Wendy, three children and a dog) arrived in South Dakota – all present and correct to enable me to begin… Continue reading
The sermon text is below the video… (and the passage from Acts 8 is below the sermon text!) Sermon preached at St. Stephen’s, Goldsboro NC Sunday May 2nd 2021 The Reverend Alan Neale “Opportunists for the Gospel” While I was away, one of my faithful Goldsboro correspondents sent me an email all about words…… Continue reading
The “live” sermon today was especially lively with a lot of interaction with the congregation (always good to know there are some out there awake and alert!). But the message (as shared below) is the same call to “look… look carefully… look intently… and be changed, transformed”. The sermon text is after the sermon audio…… Continue reading
The basis of the sermon text is below the audio (if you want to hear what actually came from the preacher’s mouth… you’ll need review the FaceBook Recording https://fb.watch/4ORRynKibb/ Sermon “There’s A Place For You”. Sunday April 11, 2021. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Goldsboro, NC. The Reverend Alan Neale A while ago we watched the harrowing… Continue reading
Mark 16:5-8 (New Revised Standard Version) 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. 6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised;… Continue reading
Mark 15:37-39 (New Revised Standard Version) 37 Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man… Continue reading
Mark 15:25-34 (New Revised Standard Version) 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him… 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land[d] until three in the afternoon. 34 At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God,… Continue reading
Mark 15:9-13 (New Revised Standard Version) 9 Then he answered them, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he realized that it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed him over. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release… Continue reading