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 31 of 58 weeks across the span (53%).
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 40 of 409 weeks across the span (10%).
How this church compares
Against other uu 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 rangenoticeably narrower
Its sermons travel noticeably narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably narrower than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #235 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
Most-preached topics
Unitarian Universalist Identity 7Faith & Civic Life 4Joy & Gratitude 4Parenting & Children 3Creation Care 3Interdependence & Nature 2The Exodus 2Thanksgiving & Harvest 2
Recurring themes across the archive
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
Luther King Junior 1Moses Burning 1Light Chalice 1Seven Principles 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.
A Time For All Ages 012421
appears in 1 different topics
Church of the River Time For All Ages 100420
appears in 1 different topics
Session 1 - Church of the River Summer of Faith (RE)
appears in 1 different topics
Toolbox of Faith: Justice
appears in 1 different topics
Sermons included
TFAA 050921
May 10, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & Harvest
TFAA 041121
Apr 13, 2021 · power between ideas
Faith & Civic Life
TFAA 040421
Apr 5, 2021 · connected common experience
Creation Care
TFAA 032821
Mar 30, 2021 · connected common experience
Unitarian Universalist Identity
TFAA 032121
Mar 25, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
TFAA 031421
Mar 18, 2021 · power between ideas
Creation Care
TFAA 030721
Mar 8, 2021 · unitarian universalism
4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
A Time For All Ages 012421
Jan 25, 2021 · connected common experience
Racial Justice
“good morning the theme of this month's worship service is joy comes in the morning and exorcism in four parts and i usually think of my role bringing…”
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TFAA 011721
Jan 21, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & Membership
Time For All Ages 011021
Jan 11, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & Children
A Time For All Ages 112220
Nov 27, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & Worth
A Time For All Ages 111520
Nov 16, 2020 · families and relationships
Parenting & Children
A Time For All Ages 110825
Nov 9, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic Life
A Time For All Ages 110825
Nov 9, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic Life
A Time For All Ages 110120
Nov 3, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Joy & Gratitude
Church of the River Time For All Ages 101820
Oct 18, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & Gratitude
Church of the River Time For All Ages 100420
Oct 4, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
The Exodus
“hi everyone my name is meredith barber and i'm the ministerial intern here at church of the river this year it's good to be with all of you so this s…”
Church of the River Time For All Ages 092020
Sep 20, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & Nature
Church of the River Time For All Ages 091320
Sep 17, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & Gratitude
Church of the River Time For All Ages 090620
Sep 10, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Session 5 - Church of the River Summer of Faith RE
Aug 24, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Faith & Civic LifeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Church of the River Summer of Faith (RE) : All Are Welcome Here
Aug 13, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free Inquiry
Church of the River Summer of Faith (RE) : Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman & Caroline Birch
Jul 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Privilege--Summer RE
Jul 13, 2020 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & Guilt
Session 2 - Church of the River Summer of Faith (RE)
Jul 4, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Session 1 - Church of the River Summer of Faith (RE)
Jun 27, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Interdependence & Nature
“hello welcome to the first session of Church of the River summer a faith sunday-school series focusing on the eighth principle we're gonna start with…”
“William F Schultz now everyone else not every one of us can set out for war-torn Europe but every one of us can help those who do in sharing his gran…”
Toolbox of Faith: Love
May 3, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
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LGBTQ+ affirming
64%
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Creation care / climate
42%
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Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
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Radical hospitality & accessibility
31%
Immigrant & refugee welcoming
19%
Reproductive justice
13%
Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
9%
Disability justice
6%
Mental health
5%
Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
66%
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Small groups
57%
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Financial & governance transparency
37%
Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 38% of UU churches.
Audio + videoAudio onlyVideo onlySite, no sermonsFeed without audioJS-only siteBlocked / timeoutDead or hijackedNo website
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 UU churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 8 — ahead of 55% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceAs a Welcoming Congregation and a proud sponsor of the Mid-South Pride Fest and Parade , we open our doors and hearts to the LGBTQ+ community in Memphis and the surrounding region.
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Open to people of all faithssourceSome have little or no religious background at all, some come from other religious denominations, and some are humanist, agnostic, atheist, or consider themselves "spiritual but not religious." Mixed-faith families who may have felt uncomfortable elsewhere can feel at home with us.
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Creation care / climatesourceThat's why we became a certified Green Sanctuary , to reduce waste and energy use.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Anti-racism / racial justice, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Radical hospitality & accessibility, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourcechild_friendly Child Care Our nursery and early childhood rooms open at 9:30am Sunday.
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Online worshipsourceOur services are livestreamed and recorded which may include scenes of worshippers in the pews.
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Small groupssourceIf you choose to become more involved in church life, you'll find lots of ways to Get Connected , through small groups, volunteering and social events .
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation
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