First Congregational UCC Church St. Louis on Divining

77 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2022 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/first-congregational-ucc-church-st-louis.html

“Mission & Outreach - First Congregational UCC Church St. Louis Contact Calendar Give   ABOUT US Who We Are Our Beliefs Open & Affirming Staff Team Our Heritage Mission, Vision, & Values Events MINISTRIES Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries MISSION Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners PRESCHOOL Who We Are Our Beliefs Open & Affirming Staff Team Our Heritage Mission, Vision, & Values Events MINISTRIES Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries MISSION Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners PRESCHOOL RESOURCES Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications BLOG Contact Calendar Give  Who We Are Our Beliefs Open & Affirming Staff Team Our Heritage Mission, Vision, & Values Events Who We Are Our Beliefs Open & Affirming Staff Team Our Heritage Mission, Vision, & Values Events MINISTRIES Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries MISSION Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners PRESCHOOL RESOURCES Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications BLOG MISSION & OUTREACH To Do God's Work... That is part of our mission statement and one of the reasons we ask all in our congregation to get involved. Who We Are Our Beliefs Open & Affirming Staff Team Our Heritage Mission, Vision, & Values Events MINISTRIES Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries MISSION Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners PRESCHOOL RESOURCES Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications BLOG MISSION & OUTREACH To Do God's Work... That is part of our mission statement and one of the reasons we ask all in our congregation to get involved. We do that by participating in short-term mission projects, like our annual trips to Food Outreach and Isaiah 58 and providing funds to our mission partners and other organizations. Adult Ministries Worship Music Children & Families Adult Ministries MISSION Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners Mission & Outreach Our Mission Partners PRESCHOOL RESOURCES Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications Policies A Neighborhood Summer Staff Team Publications BLOG MISSION & OUTREACH To Do God's Work... That is part of our mission statement and one of the reasons we ask all in our congregation to get involved. We do that by participating in short-term mission projects, like our annual trips to Food Outreach and Isaiah 58 and providing funds to our mission partners and other organizations. We also have ongoing mission projects, like our work with the Truancy Initiative, a joint effort to reduce school chronic absenteeism. That is part of our mission statement and one of the reasons we ask all in our congregation to get involved. We do that by participating in short-term mission projects, like our annual trips to Food Outreach and Isaiah 58 and providing funds to our mission partners and other organizations. We also have ongoing mission projects, like our work with the Truancy Initiative, a joint effort to reduce school chronic absenteeism. We hope you will find an opportunity to participate! OUR MISSION PARTNERS We do that by participating in short-term mission projects, like our annual trips to Food Outreach and Isaiah 58 and providing funds to our mission partners and other organizations. We also have ongoing mission projects, like our work with the Truancy Initiative, a joint effort to reduce school chronic absenteeism. We hope you will find an opportunity to participate! OUR MISSION PARTNERS As a congregation we target our efforts on our local Mission Partners. We also have ongoing mission projects, like our work with the Truancy Initiative, a joint effort to reduce school chronic absenteeism. We hope you will find an opportunity to participate! OUR MISSION PARTNERS As a congregation we target our efforts on our local Mission Partners. Click the links below to learn more about the agencies and organizations we work with throughout the year. OUR MISSION PARTNERS As a congregation we target our efforts on our local Mission Partners. Click the links below to learn more about the agencies and organizations we work with throughout the year. Beyond Housing Food Outreach Bravely (formerly Magdalene St. Louis) Interfaith Partnership St. Louis Area As a congregation we target our efforts on our local Mission Partners. Click the links below to learn more about the agencies and organizations we work with throughout the year. Beyond Housing Food Outreach Bravely (formerly Magdalene St. Louis) Interfaith Partnership St. Louis Area Diaper Bank Emmaus”

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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.

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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 66 of 103 weeks across the span (64%).

Video released

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Each cell is one week · a filled cell is a week with a video upload (not transcribed) · video in 230 of 299 weeks across the span (77%).

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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.

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Emotional rangesomewhat narrower

Its sermons travel somewhat narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and somewhat narrower than the site overall.

site avg 0.12

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Emotional intensitysomewhat higher

The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.

site avg 0.64

lowerpeer avghigher

Among ucc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #46 of 67 for emotional range.

On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically ucc.

Most-preached topics

The Lord's Prayer 30Church Life & Membership 14Advent & Christmas 11Lent & Holy Week 8Joy & Gratitude 7Baptism & Communion 6Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 5Bible & Exposition 5

Recurring themes across the archive

Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.

Joining Online 6Easter 3Annual Christmas Pageant 2Lgbtq Plus Community 2Jim: Church & New 2Hearts Minds 2Severe Famine 1Tax Collectors 1Virtual Coffee Hour 1Read Gospel 1