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 48 of 164 weeks across the span (29%).
How this church compares
Against other umc 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 wider
Its sermons travel noticeably wider in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably wider 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
Dynamic deliverysomewhat lower
In the voice itself, energy runs somewhat lower than peers, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among umc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #18 of 96 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it leans toward the vocabulary of another tradition.
Most-preached topics
Baptism & Communion 33Poverty & Compassion 28Friendship & Belonging 21Faith & Mental Health 20Parenting & Children 19Crucifixion & Atonement 18Faith & Civic Life 18Service & Spiritual Gifts 17
Recurring themes across the archive
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
High School 4Easter 2Holiday Season 2Health Care 1Health Issues 1Merry Christmas Merry 1Sacred Secular 1North 1Face Earth 1Small Group Ministry 1
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
Work & VocationBaptism & CommunionBible & Exposition
“So, can we talk a little bit about like, you know, not to go too lofty, but like the choir as a symbol, like, what have you learned in your years lea…”
Service & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Mental HealthAdvent & Christmas
“And I know that for a lot of people around the holiday season, they are looking for ways that they can get involved, either around Thanksgiving or Ch…”
“So, when we came back to the U. S. , the first stop is the Miami Airport, and you order whatever you order, Coke or a hamburger or something, and the…”
“The second charge was against disloyalty to the Empire, but at the time Rome wanted people to pledge allegiance to the Roman Empire, and Christians w…”
Gun Violence & SafetyHoly SpiritParenting & Children
“And our children, Emily, I say that more to you, just because I think Tom's might be just a little bit older is our children have never known a world…”
Mar 30, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Civic LifeEvangelism & MissionCreation & Eden
“He wrote in the section of the cellar that the fork and the knife that you use in the kitchen is just as sacred as the holy vessels on the altar, not…”
Parenting & ChildrenEvangelism & MissionNoah & the Flood
“Or we just say there's this particular from fifth grade down and then from high school to sixth grade And then we live at that or as a whole church,…”
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of United Methodist sites
This church
Economic justice & mutual aid
26%
LGBTQ+ affirming
18%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
10%
Anti-racism / racial justice
5%
Creation care / climate
3%
Children & youth
72%
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Online worship
53%
Small groups
52%
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Child safety policy
13%
Financial & governance transparency
6%
Languages / interpretation
2%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 44% of United Methodist 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 United Methodist churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 2 — behind 69% of United Methodist churches (the typical one states 3).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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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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Children & youthsourceCHILDREN'S MINISTRY In the children’s ministry at CUMC we believe in empowering all generations to intentionally develop holistic faith in Jesus that demonstrates the love of God and neighbor SUNDAY PROGRAMMING NURSERY (NEWBORN – PRESCHOOL) Nursery care is available for children birth through 4 years old.
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Small groupssourceSMALL GROUPS Relationships are at the heart of ministry at Collierville UMC because we believe faith grows best in community, not in isolation.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation, Online worship
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