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Hucklow Summer School - Unitarian RE Week

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34 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2020–2025 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/hucklow-summer-school-unitarian-re-week.html

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025Week of Aug 11, 2025 · 2 sermon(s)Week of Aug 18, 2025 · 4 sermon(s)2024Week of Aug 19, 2024 · 6 sermon(s)2023Week of Aug 14, 2023 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 21, 2023 · 5 sermon(s)2022Week of Aug 22, 2022 · 5 sermon(s)2021Week of Aug 16, 2021 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 23, 2021 · 4 sermon(s)2020Week of Aug 17, 2020 · 1 sermon(s)Week of Aug 24, 2020 · 5 sermon(s)
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 10 of 262 weeks across the span (4%).

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 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 intensityabout the same
The peaks run about the same than peers, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverynoticeably lower
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #27 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it leans toward the vocabulary of another tradition.

Most-preached topics

Creation Care 36Friendship & Belonging 22Racial Justice 20Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 18Fear & Anxiety 18Grief & Lament 16Faith & Doubt 15Poverty & Compassion 15

Recurring themes across the archive

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

Climate Crisis 6Climate Change Conference 4Health Issues 3Progressive Religious Tradition 2Lgbt 2Interdependent Web 2Lgbtq Plus Community 2Sense Belonging 2Web Existence 2Hindu: Humanism & Pluralism 2

Themes they appear in

The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.

Climate Crisis
Creation Care
6 sermons
Climate Change Conference
Creation Care
4 sermons
Health Issues
Faith & Mental Health
3 sermons
Progressive Religious Tradition
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Lgbt
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
2 sermons
Show all 56 themes
Interdependent Web
Creation Care
2 sermons
Lgbtq Plus Community
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
2 sermons
Sense Belonging
Friendship & Belonging
2 sermons
Web Existence
Interdependence & Nature
2 sermons
Hindu: Humanism & Pluralism
Humanism
2 sermons
Association General Assembly
Unitarian Universalist Identity
2 sermons
Asylum Seekers
Immigration & Refuge
2 sermons
Rights Activist
Racial Justice
2 sermons
Resist Temptation
Sin & Repentance
2 sermons
Sense Shame
Shame & Guilt
2 sermons
Facebook
Faith & Mental Health
1 sermons
Social Justice Committee
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Sorrow Pain
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Define
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Beloved Community
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Play Christmas Music
Advent & Christmas
1 sermons
Mind Heart
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
Marriage
1 sermons
Spiritual Growth
4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
1 sermons
Joining Online
Church Life & Membership
1 sermons
Lost Loved Ones
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Set Aside
Joy & Gratitude
1 sermons
Small Groups
Friendship & Belonging
1 sermons
Bisexual Transgender
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion
1 sermons
Institute
Humanism
1 sermons
Sorrow Joy
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Invite Join
Immigration & Refuge
1 sermons
Tim
Dating & Godly Relationships
1 sermons
Embrace: Th & Nd
4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
1 sermons
Original Blessing
The Fall
1 sermons
Light Chalice
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Book Jonah
Jonah
1 sermons
Acceptance Encouragement
4th Principle: Free & Responsible Search
1 sermons
Taking Care
Parenting & Children
1 sermons
Liberation
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Deconstruction Reconstruction
Doubt & Deconstruction
1 sermons
Chalice Web
Interdependence & Nature
1 sermons
But Jonah
Jonah
1 sermons
Poor Man
Poverty & Compassion
1 sermons
William: Reason & Humanism
Reason & Free Inquiry
1 sermons
Boston
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
Speak Truth
Friendship & Belonging
1 sermons
Joyce
Grief & Lament
1 sermons
Supremacy Culture
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Religious Community
Unitarian Universalist Identity
1 sermons
African
Racial Justice
1 sermons
Unworthy
Shame & Guilt
1 sermons
United States
Immigration & Refuge
1 sermons
Extreme Poverty
Poverty & Compassion
1 sermons
Retreats
Contemplative Prayer & Silence
1 sermons
Small Group Ministry
Friendship & Belonging
1 sermons

Sermons that reach across topics

These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.

Speaking the Truth in Love - Opening Service
appears in 6 different topics
Speaking the Truth in Love - Talk 1/5
appears in 5 different topics
Right Relationship - Talk 5/5
appears in 4 different topics
Why Are We Here? - Talk 5/5
appears in 3 different topics
Real Life - Opening Service
appears in 3 different topics
Right Relationship - Talk 1/5
appears in 3 different topics

Sermons included

Aug 21, 2025 · hope and light, the beloved community
HumanismThanksgiving & HarvestDating & Godly Relationships
“As I leave, my carry two questions: how might I find the courage to be who I am while also encouraging others to be?”
Aug 20, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltThe FallEvangelism & Mission
“I often hear fellow unitarians talk original blessing rather than original sin, and actually I think they embody this blessing in many of their congr…”
Aug 19, 2025 · power between ideas
Sin & RepentanceFriendship & BelongingFaith & Doubt
Aug 18, 2025 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionPoverty & CompassionFriendship & Belonging
“My wishes as a result of this year's summer school is that some of us could lead or co-lead or encourage someone else's lead, a new small group in yo…”
Aug 17, 2025 · reason and sound thinking
Worship & PraiseThe Kingdom of GodHope & Encouragement
“And what he calls second naivety: this is when we purchase of them and contempt and religious stories and more playful, imaginative and experimental…”
Aug 16, 2025 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Contemplative Prayer & SilenceEvangelism & MissionGrief & Lament
“It might be the Buddhist or the Hindu or the humanist Traditions.”
Aug 25, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Joy & Gratitude4th Principle: Free & Responsible SearchSpiritual Growth
“The Unitarian way of faith in the summer school experience in particular has to borrow a phrase offered me: Liberation and salvation, a free and resp…”
Aug 24, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementDating & Godly RelationshipsRacial Justice
“So be today and that's just the beginning of their contribution, because now the girls and Tim and Elvis, or three bears the Tree of Life, are going…”
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Aug 23, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & GratitudeCreation CareBible & Exposition
Aug 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CarePoverty & CompassionIdentity & Worth
“And, and the freedom that Claire is lamenting is the very same Freedom that are contemporary free marketeers claim: the freedom to spoil, to tear up,…”
Aug 21, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareJonahThanksgiving & Harvest
“I've always had a soft spot for Jonah because, well, he just makes such a massive things and if you read the actual story in the Book of Jonah, you c…”
Aug 20, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareHumanismFear & Anxiety
Aug 25, 2023 · power between ideas
Friendship & BelongingWorship & PraiseLoneliness & Isolation
“Christian soundtrack play top Christmas music.”
Aug 24, 2023 · power between ideas
Faith & Mental HealthThanksgiving & HarvestContemplative Prayer & Silence
“Many of you will have joined her or the others who offer heart and soul, which makes it accessible to many more people than meeting in a building- th…”
Aug 23, 2023 · power between ideas
Poverty & CompassionBaptism & CommunionJesus: Life & Teachings
Aug 22, 2023 · power between ideas
Racial JusticeImmigration & RefugePeace & Nonviolence
“The lights are chalice to start our time, and I like this chalice for the Web of Life, which susd play, Sacred Circle of Life, in which we have our m…”
Aug 21, 2023 · power between ideas
Hope & EncouragementWorship & PraiseEvangelism & Mission
“People all over the world, and here in this room of course- will have experienced illness, bereavement, poverty, loneliness, mental health issues and…”
Aug 20, 2023 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeGender & Sexuality / InclusionFaith & Mental Health
“I was somewhat shocked to be looked at and completely ignored by one of the other participants when I was wandering around a bit lost by the back doo…”
Aug 26, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Grief & LamentRacial JusticeForgiveness & Reconciliation
“All these equally deserve conversations, but we need the time to focus on race and place at the center of our conversations the statistic structure o…”
Aug 25, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionFear & AnxietyShame & Guilt
“It's very hard to push past expensive diminishment of being less than I was and even being unworthy, because you know, even if I know, or at least ho…”
Aug 24, 2022 · spirit soul within us
Friendship & BelongingFear & AnxietyHumanism
“For me, one of the most accessible ways we can ground ourselves in the present moment and in our bodies is through our breath, and in a few minutes I…”
Aug 23, 2022 · unitarian universalism
JosephJoy & GratitudeChurch Life & Membership
Aug 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Creation CareFriendship & BelongingPeace & Nonviolence
“I'm going to share a description adapted from the Covenant group Source book produced by the center for Community Values, which I think was an Instit…”
Aug 27, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & GratitudeSin & RepentanceContemplative Prayer & Silence
“It hurts me that you, as an individual, lived with fear of you all day, and possibly with the death of loved ones, and that you lived with it at a ti…”
Aug 26, 2021 · connected common experience
Creation CareSin & RepentanceFaith & Civic Life
“And the answer to that question is to do with what arose most strongly in the 19, because the 1980s was also a time when a new and very powerful ideo…”
Aug 25, 2021 · unitarian universalism
Gender & Sexuality / InclusionImmigration & RefugeMarriage
“In particular, I'd like to talk about inclusivity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT people.”
Aug 23, 2021 · uu spiritual principles
Racial JusticeFear & AnxietyImmigration & Refuge
“Allow the chair on which Define equil, you might find it helpful to place the soles of your feet on the to raise up a question asked by Julian, of be…”
Aug 21, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticeGrief & LamentFear & Anxiety
“But in small communities of resistance we can practice a different way of living, one that's in alignment with our values and alignment with that vis…”
Aug 28, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Reason & Free InquiryFaith & Civic LifeRacial Justice
“We light our chalice not to defeat the darkness, but because for a time, we need the gifts of flame, warmth and light to guide and help us in our end…”
Aug 27, 2020 · church god jesus gospel spirit
JonahMarriageUnitarian Universalist Identity
“He was born in Boston, USA, and previously served a Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New Jersey.”
Aug 26, 2020 · power between ideas
Thanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Mental HealthDaniel
“He thought it would be interesting to get students attention by asking them to guess the number of Statistics which could be used as measures of prog…”
Aug 25, 2020 · unitarian universalism
Reason & Free InquiryImmigration & RefugeRacial Justice
“Is William bombarded with all sorts of information?”
Aug 24, 2020 · power between ideas
Immigration & RefugeRacial JusticeFear & Anxiety
“As John Lewis, the American Civil Rights activist who recently passed away, do you not get lost in a sea of Despair.”
Aug 22, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeHeaven & HellFaith & Doubt
“Principles for me deeply theologically: Dignity of every person, Justice, equality, compassion in human relations, acceptance of one another and enco…”

How this website compares

What this church’s own website says, compared with other churches. See every church in the Church values report, or what this means for your church.

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The percentage is how many UU churches’ websites state that value; the bar turns orange where this church’s website states it too.

of UU sites
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%
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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%
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Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: site, no sermons — like 9% 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.
5 to 10: 4 churches10 to 15: 32 churches15 to 20: 3 churches20 to 25: 2 churches25 to 30: 24 churches30 to 35: 7 churches35 to 40: 28 churches40 to 45: 13 churches45 to 50: 20 churches50 to 55: 22 churches55 to 60: 28 churches60 to 65: 34 churches65 to 70: 72 churches70 to 75: 209 churches75 to 80: 88 churches80 to 85: 2317 churches85 to 90: 27 churches90 to 95: 51 churches95 to 100: 31 churches255075This church: 80
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 5 — behind 70% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
0 values: 32 churches1 values: 9 churches2 values: 6 churches3 values: 7 churches4 values: 11 churches5 values: 14 churches6 values: 24 churches7 values: 19 churches8 values: 21 churches9 values: 27 churches10 values: 28 churches11 values: 16 churches12 values: 6 churches13 values: 7 churches14 values: 8 churches15 values: 3 churches16 values: 1 churches17 values: 2 churches051015this church: 5
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