Rev. Cari Copeman-Haynes

  This sermon for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost was preached by Rev. Cari on Luke 7:36-8:3. Many thanks to the Rev. Dr. Keith Howard for permission to “borrow” his story about his granddaughter Grace for the opening of the sermon.  

  This sermon was preached on the day Crossroads acknowledged the 30th anniversary of the Apology of the United Church of Canada to First Nations Peoples. Early in the service, we participated in a Litany remembering the history of how the Apology came to be offered, then Rev. Cari preached on Galatians 1:11-24.  

  Rev. Cari preaching on I Kings 18:20-39 and Luke 7:1-10, with thanks to Eugene Peterson for the story about his first convert.  

Rev. Cari preaching on Proverbs 8 and Romans 5:1-5, for Trinity Sunday.

This Pentecost Sunday sermon focussed on both Genesis 11 (the story of the Tower of Babel) and Acts 2:1-21 (the day of Pentecost). Rev. Cari is preaching.

Rev. Cari preaching two days after Earth Day on Fossil Fuel divestment by the United Church, and the “two loops theory of change” by the Berkana Institute. The text was Revelation 21:1-6.

A follow-up sermon on the text following last week’s: John 21:1-19. Love has the last word!

The text for this second Sunday of the Easter season was John 20:19-31, the story about the disciple who is often referred to as “Doubting Thomas.”

Our Palm Sunday message from Rev. Cari, based on Luke 19:28-40.

Rev. Cari preaching on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, and concluding with a Mary Oliver poem.