“FULL EVENTS Worship Welcome to Ainsworth United Church of Christ Ainsworth United Church of Christ is a multicultural, multiracial, open and affirming, immigrant justice, and racial justice congregation that welcomes into membership all persons who commit themselves to its faith and mission. We are in covenant with the national United Church of Christ and the Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ. All are welcome. Rooted in God’s love, following Jesus, focused on justice – we are a multiethnic, inclusive faith community.”
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Sermons over time
Every audio sermon week across the years we have — a filled cell is a week with an upload, darker blue means richer topics. A steady weekly cadence shows as a solid band across years.
LessMore·no upload·known, not transcribed
Each cell is one week · darker blue = richer topics (clean, sermon-only audio scores higher) · pale = thin, faint = no upload · gold outline = known, not yet transcribed · red outline = broken/failed file · uploaded in 27 of 59 weeks across the span (46%).
Video released
Weeks with a video upload (YouTube or livestream). These aren't transcribed, so this only marks presence — no topic coloring.
no video·video released
Each cell is one week · a filled cell is a week with a video upload (not transcribed) · video in 263 of 653 weeks across the span (40%).
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How this church compares
Against other ucc and against every sermon on the site. Signals are approximate and grow more reliable as more of the archive is scored.
●this church┃peer average┃site average
Emotional rangeabout the same
Its sermons travel about the same in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and about the same than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitynoticeably higher
The peaks run noticeably higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Among ucc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #30 of 67 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically ucc.
Most-preached topics
Worship & Praise 7Baptism & Communion 7Creation Care 6Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 5Faith & Mental Health 5Gun Violence & Safety 4Faith & Civic Life 4Joy & Gratitude 4
Recurring themes across the archive
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
Oregon 2Climate Change Conference 1Mass Shooting 1Health Issues 1Rich Man 1Wisdom Literature 1Annual Christmas Pageant 1High School 1Social Worker 1Health Challenges 1
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.
Sunday Service 8-28-2022
appears in 3 different topics
Sunday Service 9-25-2022 Simulcast From Central Pacific Conference
appears in 2 different topics
Faith Formation Sunday-9/12/21
appears in 2 different topics
Hope Will Never Be Silent, 5/22/22
appears in 2 different topics
Sunday Service 5/12/2022
appears in 2 different topics
Sunday 5 8 2022
appears in 1 different topics
Sermons included
Green Team Presentation #2 10-16-2022
Oct 17, 2022
Creation Care
“we normally only see five in October and if we keep this pace we may even break the latest we've ever had 80 degrees which is coming up in a few more…”
Sunday Service 10-2-2022
Oct 3, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Baptism & CommunionNames & Titles of God
Sunday Service 9-25-2022 Simulcast From Central Pacific Conference
Sep 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Abraham & IsaacStewardship & GivingBaptism & Communion
“there was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted on something who feeded some sumptuously every day and at his Gates pla…”
Sabbath & RestJoy & GratitudeFaith & Mental Health
“uh one and then verses 7 through 14 and it is on page 77 in your Pew Bibles I'll be reading from the inclusive Bible one Sabbath when Jesus came to e…”
Sunday Service 8-14-2022
Aug 15, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Worship & PraiseJoy & Gratitude
Sunday Service 7-31-2022
Aug 1, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & BelongingJoseph
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Active Shooter Training
Jul 5, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationFaith & DoubtFaith & Mental Health
Live Service 7-3-2022
Jul 4, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticePrayer & DevotionThe Lord's Prayer
Sunday Service 5/12/2022
Jun 20, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
ProverbsFaith & Civic LifeJohn
“s and internationally martin lynn you will not be forgotten but remembered by your beloved community of ainsworth ucc in portland oregon continued su…”
Sunday Service 5/19/2022
Jun 20, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionWork & Vocation
“good morning that's a new one that one is sinhala from my wife's family so it is a beautiful morning out isn't it once again we we are praying for th…”
Living Spirit; Crossing Cultures, 6/5/2022
Jun 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionIdentity & Worth
Eyes on the Prize, 5/29/2022
Jun 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
“the prize in this text is the call of god as we continue to remember the victims of buffalo and george boyd's death we mourn yet another mass shootin…”
Hope Will Never Be Silent, 5/22/22
May 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Gun Violence & SafetyRacial JusticeGrief & Lament
“good morning buenos dias good morning <br> no matter where you are on life's journey you're welcome here welcome to ainsworth united church of christ…”
The Imperfect is Perfect, Mental Health Sunday 5/15/22
May 28, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
“at school i didn't understand why everyone on campus always quoted their therapist or admitted they went to therapy or missed their therapist i didn'…”
Sunday 5 8 2022
May 8, 2022 · families and relationships
Creation CareFear & AnxietyThe Lord's Prayer
“good morning church good morning it's so good to see you and be here with you today um i'm linda haramiu and i um happy mother's day to all the moms…”
Maundy Thursday April 14, 2022
May 8, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Baptism & Communion
Wedding 4 10 2022
Apr 10, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Learning from Our Children, Sunday Worship 12/26/21
Dec 26, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & ChristmasSermon on the Mount / BeatitudesCreation Care
Christmas Pageant 2021
Dec 19, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & ChristmasThe Nativity
“hi my name is jeannie lafrance and i welcome you to christmas pageant 2021 for ainsworth ucc this year we focused on the issue of abundant welcome an…”
Ready or Not, 12/5/21
Dec 5, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & Christmas
Follow the Signs, 11/28/21
Nov 28, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Advent & Christmas
Especially Blessed, 11/21/21
Nov 22, 2021 · power between ideas
Worship & PraiseGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
A Culture of Gratitude and the Gift of Reciprocity, 11/14/21
Nov 14, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
“org click or donate or you can mail or drop off your offering to ainsworth united church of christ 2941 northeast ainsworth street 97211 and i apprec…”
Volunteer Training for Cold Weather Shelter 2021
Nov 14, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsHope & EncouragementGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“amen amen amen that was beautiful brandon and diana thank you so much it reminds me of choir because we sang that piece many times and we will be bac…”
Pillsbury Boycott
Nov 4, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
The Story of a Stranger, 10/24/21
Oct 24, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Immigration & RefugeWorship & Praise
“amen thank you brandon beautiful good morning everybody buenos dias guten morgen i hope you're practicing to keep your your words going because we're…”
Who's the Greatest? September 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Friendship & BelongingService & Spiritual Gifts
Faith Formation Sunday-9/12/21
Sep 12, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Parenting & ChildrenImmigration & RefugeFaith & Civic Life
“christian leaders rejoiced to see them teaching children and they imagined that both sets of both the young and the and children were were being enco…”
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Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 48% of UCC churches.
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Website completeness, all churches: a rough score of how complete and easy-to-navigate the church’s own website is.
Among the 3,012 churches with a readable, rated website (scores of 0 and 100 left out), this one scores higher than about 58%.
Values stated, within UCC churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 8 — ahead of 86% of UCC churches (the typical one states 4).
What their website says
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Anti-racism / racial justicesourceSacred Conversations to End Racism skillfully builds a common analysis and shared vocabulary for people of faith to dismantle racism in our hearts, our churches, and the wider world.
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceOpen & Affirming * immigrant justice * racial justice * accessible Ainsworth United Church of Christ is a multicultural, multiracial, open and affirming, immigrant justice, and racial justice congregation that welcomes into membership all persons who commit themselves to its faith and mission.
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Immigrant & refugee welcomingsourceOpen & Affirming * immigrant justice * racial justice * accessible Ainsworth United Church of Christ is a multicultural, multiracial, open and affirming, immigrant justice, and racial justice congregation that welcomes into membership all persons who commit themselves to its faith and mission.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Open to people of all faiths, Radical hospitality & accessibility, Creation care / climate, Economic justice & mutual aid
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Children & youthsourceOur Faith Formation Team provides leadership, enthusiasm, and structure for spiritual growth and religious education across all generations of the church, to support a lifelong deepening of the Christian faith.
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Online worshipsourceBible Study Tuesday, at 10am on Zoom.
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Small groupssource2 pm This Sunday, we are stepping out of our usual separate affinity groups to pull up our chairs to the same table.
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