50 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2022–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/mcc-united-church-of-christ-in-the-valley.html
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.
Against other ucc 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.
Emotional intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
Dynamic deliveryabout the same
In the voice itself, energy runs about the same than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
Among ucc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #18 of 67 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.
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.
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Nov 14, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionPoverty & CompassionSpiritual Growth
“And so that is the goal, you know, the future programs that God could be the center of it all, that his name will be horrified and when people step o…”
Oct 31, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Parenting & ChildrenAdvent & ChristmasHumanism
“So our high school summer campus sense, a youth workers leadership pipeline and a youth worker network is kind of the three big areas we help out or…”
Oct 17, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthSin & RepentancePrayer & Devotion
Oct 3, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionFaith & Civic LifeBaptism & Communion
Sep 19, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionFriendship & BelongingPrayer & Devotion
Sep 5, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Peace & NonviolenceForgiveness & ReconciliationBaptism & Communion
“And because of that, they had the conviction of this importance of making the decision to follow Jesus as an adult and then getting baptized as a res…”
Aug 22, 2024 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipPeace & NonviolenceJoy & Gratitude
“We encourage stewardship and generosity through the gathering, management, and distribution of financial resources for Christ and his kingdom.”
Aug 9, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionJoy & GratitudeBaptism & Communion
Jan 4, 2024 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionIdentity & WorthParenting & Children
“And so creating the kinds of opportunities through biblical literature class, physical theology classes, and biblical interpretation of teaching, giv…”
Dec 14, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Joy & GratitudeSpiritual GrowthAdvent & Christmas
“A bit of the phrase that Jesus gives Peter and Andrew of come follow me and I will To a transformation in that relationship that he leads us in and t…”
Nov 30, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthIdentity & WorthCreation Care
“It says fewer people go to church, fewer people read their Bibles, fear of people, pray every week, but guess what, they're individuals who are still…”
Nov 16, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeCrucifixion & AtonementParenting & Children
“And around the same time frame, there was a single Presbyterian woman a missionary in North Carolina who believed very strongly in educating black ch…”
Nov 2, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
“If you have a print edition or it's also online, so if you want to look it up, prioritizing peacemaking, one point that you make, which I think is wo…”
Oct 19, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementMarriagePeace & Nonviolence
Oct 5, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Salvation & GraceFear & AnxietyGender & Sexuality / Inclusion
“All these pastors know each other all around the United States and around the world.”
Sep 21, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Bible & ExpositionSpiritual GrowthJonah
Sep 7, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Dating & Godly RelationshipsEvangelism & MissionSpiritual Growth
Aug 25, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Evangelism & MissionBible & ExpositionParenting & Children
Aug 10, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Spiritual GrowthAdvent & ChristmasFaith & Doubt
Jul 27, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthSin & RepentanceService & Spiritual Gifts
Jul 13, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationBible & ExpositionIdentity & Worth
“And it was also friends and and people at my church saying like, hey, have you considered this?”
Jun 29, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Shame & GuiltCrucifixion & AtonementFaith & Doubt
Jun 15, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceBaptism & CommunionHoly Spirit
“All we can do is read the Psalms, but, and we were hoping, you know, it wouldn't last vlog and now here we are over a year later and and she and his…”
Jun 1, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Stewardship & GivingFaith & Civic LifeBaptism & Communion
“But we like to say that we started in 1880, so that was when we first have identified an effort by our Midnight Brother and Family throughout the Uni…”
May 18, 2023 · families and relationships
Joy & GratitudeReason & Free InquiryFaith & Civic Life
May 4, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Immigration & RefugeStewardship & GivingFaith & Civic Life
Apr 20, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Sin & RepentanceFaith & Mental HealthEconomic Justice & Wealth
Apr 6, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Evangelism & MissionBible & ExpositionFriendship & Belonging
Mar 23, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Sermon on the Mount / BeatitudesCrucifixion & AtonementFaith & Doubt
Mar 9, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Holy SpiritHope & EncouragementPrayer & Devotion
Feb 23, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Work & VocationParenting & ChildrenImmigration & Refuge
“If you just take Oregon, California and Washington, there is no county, zero counties in all that hole that has more than a 20% evangelical populatio…”
Feb 9, 2023 · unitarian universalism
Worship & PraiseFaith & Mental HealthWork & Vocation
Jan 26, 2023 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Civic LifeThe Kingdom of God
“I think that this is to solve the fight where we've been doing over four or five years now with immigrant churches, immigrant community, especially t…”
Jan 5, 2023 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Bible & ExpositionForgiveness & ReconciliationResurrection & Easter
Dec 15, 2022 · unitarian universalism
DanielFaith & Civic LifeHope & Encouragement
Dec 1, 2022 · unitarian universalism
MarriageBaptism & CommunionParenting & Children
Nov 17, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Peace & NonviolenceForgiveness & ReconciliationMarriage
Nov 3, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Spiritual GrowthSin & RepentanceIdentity & Worth
“There's another church in the area They have a similar leader on you know a single site location and they're trying to figure out how to go through i…”
Oct 20, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Service & Spiritual GiftsMarriageCrucifixion & Atonement
Oct 6, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
HumanismJoy & GratitudeSabbath & Rest
Sep 22, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Dating & Godly RelationshipsFriendship & BelongingWork & Vocation
“We were friends for a few years, then started dating at the end of college and eventually got married in 1991.”
Aug 25, 2022 · unitarian universalism
Hope & EncouragementEvangelism & MissionBaptism & Communion
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