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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 34 of 74 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 157 of 649 weeks across the span (24%).
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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 #224 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
Mother Goddess 1Longest Night 1Religious Community 1Annual Water Communion 1Northern Hemisphere 1Annual Stewardship Campaign 1Music Director Alex 1Yule 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.
Sermon12 12 21
appears in 3 different topics
Sermon 10 24 21
appears in 1 different topics
Sermon 12 19
appears in 1 different topics
Sermon 3 6 22
appears in 1 different topics
Stewardship 2022 Steve Ciganek
appears in 1 different topics
Sermon 9 11 22
appears in 1 different topics
Sermons included
Sermon 2 5 23
Feb 8, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionParenting & Children
Sermon 1.29
Feb 1, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Racial JusticeUnitarian Universalist Identity
Sermon 1.15.23
Jan 25, 2023 · unitarian universalism
FastingIdentity & WorthDaniel
SERMON DEC 4, 2022
Dec 7, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseThanksgiving & Harvest
sermon 10 16 22
Oct 19, 2022
Identity & Worth
Sermon 10222
Oct 9, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Jesus: Life & Teachings
Sermon 9 25 22
Sep 26, 2022 · connected common experience
Work & Vocation
sermon 9 18 22
Sep 19, 2022 · connected common experience
Friendship & Belonging
Show all 41 sermons
Sermon 9 11 22
Sep 13, 2022 · power between ideas
Baptism & Communion
“many other Unitarian Universalist congregations Mark the beginning of the church year and the return from Summer with the homecoming or in gathering…”
sermon 9 4 22
Sep 5, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Work & VocationService & Spiritual Gifts
Sermon 8 21
Aug 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
The Ten Commandments
sermon 8 14
Aug 15, 2022 · families and relationships
Unitarian Universalist IdentityChurch Life & MembershipMarriage
Sermon 7 31 22
Aug 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Sermon 7 24 22
Jul 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Attributes of God
Sermon 7 10 22
Jul 13, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
Sermon 7 3
Jul 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Bible & Exposition
Sermon 6 12
Jun 13, 2022 · power between ideas
5th Principle: Conscience & Democratic Process
Sermon 5 29
Jun 1, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Identity & Worth
sermon 5 15 22
May 16, 2022 · families and relationships
Parenting & Children
Stewardship 2022 Sally Daniel
Apr 5, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
sermon 4 3 22
Apr 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Poverty & CompassionRacial Justice
Stewardship 2022 Steve Ciganek
Mar 21, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Stewardship & Giving
“right now we're in the middle of our stewardship campaign what you commit to give determines what we will be able to do programmatically in the comin…”
Sermon 3 20
Mar 21, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Doubt
Sermon 3 6 22
Mar 7, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
“what does it mean to be a unitarian universalist you could ask every one of us in this zoom room today and you would probably get a different answer…”
Sermon 1.23.22
Jan 24, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
2nd Principle: Justice & EquityNew Year & Watch Night
Sermon 1 9 22
Jan 10, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Racial Justice
sermon 12 26 21
Jan 5, 2022 · connected common experience
Faith & Civic Life
Sermon 1.2.22
Jan 5, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial Justice
PART 9 12 24
Dec 22, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & Christmas
PART 8 12 24
Dec 22, 2021 · church god jesus gospel spirit
The Nativity
PART 6 12 24
Dec 22, 2021 · christmas and easter
Joseph
PART 3 12 24
Dec 21, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
New Year & Watch Night
Sermon 12 19
Dec 20, 2021 · connected common experience
Earth-Centered Spirituality
“i will begin my homily today with these words taken from the robert bly version of the poem the dark knight by saint john of the cross in the delicio…”
Sermon12 12 21
Dec 15, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Earth-Centered Spirituality
“today we celebrate yule the winter solstice we honor the longest night when the earth's very breath seems to falter in the face of overpowering darkn…”
Sermon 11 21 2021
Nov 23, 2021 · connected common experience
Grief & Lament
Sermon 10 24 21
Oct 26, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Unitarian Universalist Identity
“ga has been virtual these last two years but there's so much to engage in still the first piece of music that we heard was played at the synergy serv…”
Sermon 10 10 21
Oct 11, 2021 · power between ideas
2nd Principle: Justice & Equity
Sermon 10 3 21
Oct 4, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Thanksgiving & HarvestFriendship & Belonging
Sermon 9 26 21
Sep 27, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Reason & Free Inquiry
Sermon 9 19 21
Sep 20, 2021 · power between ideas
Racial Justice
Sermon 9 12 21
Sep 13, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
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This church
LGBTQ+ affirming
65%
Creation care / climate
43%
Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
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%
Online worship
67%
Small groups
58%
Financial & governance transparency
37%
Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: js-only site — like 4% 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 1%.
Values stated, within UU churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 0 — behind 94% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
Not found on the pages we checked: Anti-racism / racial justice, LGBTQ+ affirming, Open to people of all faiths, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Radical hospitality & accessibility, Creation care / climate, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Not found on the pages we checked: Children & youth, Languages / interpretation, Online worship, Small groups
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