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 30 of 122 weeks across the span (25%).
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 intensitynoticeably higher
The peaks run noticeably higher than peers, noticeably higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverysomewhat higher
In the voice itself, energy runs somewhat higher than peers, noticeably higher than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among umc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #17 of 96 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it leans toward the vocabulary of another tradition.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
High School 7Easter 2Struggling Addiction 1Pay Attention 1Youth Group 1Sabbath 1Joyful Noise Unto 1Lgbtq Plus Community 1Singing Psalms 1Outside Sanctuary 1
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
Joy & GratitudeFriendship & BelongingGrief & Lament
“I think it's such an important and part of it came from my last class when I was onto Seminary at Perkins School Theology here at SMU and the last cl…”
“And I think I decided I was too busy, or I decided that there was like more important ways that I could be thinking or doing, I think this idea of pr…”
Church Life & MembershipFaith & Mental HealthFaith & Doubt
“And that was so devastating because my entire life had been the church kid, the youth group kid, the person that really loved scripture academically,…”
“And you would have, we don't have a ton of writings, but in some of the writings we have from these exiled people, they would talk about entering Cal…”
“And then if we wanna pay attention to these things like invitation and outreach and networking or getting coffee with young adults or whatever it mig…”
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This church
Economic justice & mutual aid
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LGBTQ+ affirming
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Radical hospitality & accessibility
10%
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Anti-racism / racial justice
5%
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Creation care / climate
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Immigrant & refugee welcoming
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Children & youth
72%
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Online worship
52%
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Small groups
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Child safety policy
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Financial & governance transparency
6%
Languages / interpretation
2%
Website & sermons online
This church: audio only — like 3% 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 is at the top of the scale.
Values stated, within United Methodist churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 12 — ahead of 100% of United Methodist churches (the typical one states 3).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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Anti-racism / racial justicesourceConversations on Racial Justice Join us as we work to be anti-racists, seeking to undo racism in ourselves and to recognize and understand our participation in systemic racism.
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceFUMC’s Reconciling Ministries team, along with several of its Sunday School classes, are proud members of this movement.
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Immigrant & refugee welcomingsourceService-learning opportunities may be focused on issues like poverty, racism, food insecurity, climate change, or asylum seekers and include working in places like community gardens, refugee welcome centers, and elder-care facilities.
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Radical hospitality & accessibilitysourceThe Family Life Center has a ramp at the main entrance, accessible restrooms on the first and second floors, and elevator access at the southwest corner of the Foyer.
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Creation care / climatesourceService-learning opportunities may be focused on issues like poverty, racism, food insecurity, climate change, or asylum seekers and include working in places like community gardens, refugee welcome centers, and elder-care facilities.
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Economic justice & mutual aidsourceAt FUMC, we are expanding that definition to include justice—addressing the root causes of poverty, homelessness, and inequality.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Open to people of all faiths
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceChildcare and Sunday School are available every Sunday morning to support families and help children grow in faith.
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Online worshipsourcevia Livestream via Youtube Later in the week, listen to our sermons online through our website or subscribe to our First Church Sermon podcast through iTunes Music Store and listen on your mobile device while on the go.
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Small groupssourceSunday Mornings 10:00AM Sunday School is an opportunity for middle and high school studentsto have small group discussions about faith and scripture, as we look at God’s story, Christian history, and United Methodist beliefs and practices from many perspectives.
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