Rev. Cari Copeman-Haynes

  This sermon on Jeremiah 31:27-34 was preached by Rev. Cari on a baptism Sunday… you’ll hear references to little Brayden, who entered into the Christian community of all times and places on this day!  

  In this very short clip from Thanksgiving Sunday, Rev. Cari “sets up” those who will offer testimony to the congregation that day. She does so by opening up the text for the day, Deuteronomy 26:1-11, which has just been recited by “Moses,” a member of the congregation in full costume! Please go to the…

  This sermon based on Habakkuk 1:1-4 and 2:1-4 by Rev. Cari put the Crossroads congregation to work (near the end of it) discerning the places of clear call in our own vision statement, and the places where we are still challenged by the vision God has placed before us.  

  This short sermon on our all ages “Welcome Home” Sunday is an invitation to the congregation to practice “getting lost” in order to be ready to learn something new, and to be found again by the Good Shepherd, the Householder of the universe. The text was Luke 15:1-10.  

With this sermon, we return to the Revised Common Lectionary. Rev. Cari is preaching on Luke 14:25-33 – a “hard” word of Jesus about “picking up the cross and following” him.   

  The final “Stump the Preacher” topic for the summer of 2016 was “the problem of evil.” In this one, Rev. Cari takes a close look at the third chapter of Genesis, and sounds the notes of Romans 8:31-39 (again!).  

  This fourth “Stump the Preacher” sermon is focused on the story behind Nehemiah 8 and the “advice” in II Timothy 3:14-4:4. The sermon is in response to a request from a congregation member after the Bible Study the Affirm team hosted in the spring of 2016. The requester said, “I know my Mom believes…

  The third “Stump the Preacher” sermon this summer was “provoked” by Psalm 27, and also featured Luke 8:22-25.  

  This second “Stump the Preacher” sermon focussed on selected texts from the book of Job, as well as Romans 8:31-39.  

  The first “Stump the Preacher” sermon of the summer of 2016. Rev. Cari preached on Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, and Luke 13:10-17.