“What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge Worship Sunday Worship: What to Expect First Visit Vespers Meditation Sermons Holidays and Traditions Music and Choir Ceremonies Watch Livestream Learn What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge Worship Sunday Worship: What to Expect First Visit Vespers Meditation Sermons Holidays and Traditions Music and Choir Ceremonies Watch Livestream Learn Who We Are What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge Worship Sunday Worship: What to Expect First Visit Vespers Meditation Sermons Holidays and Traditions Music and Choir Ceremonies Watch Livestream Sunday Worship: We Are What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination What We Believe Our Mission Our History Ministers and Staff Board of Trustees Nominating Committee Committees & Groups Our Denomination Our Governance Pledge Worship Sunday Worship: What to Expect First Visit Vespers Meditation Sermons Holidays and Traditions Music and Choir Ceremonies Watch Livestream Sunday Worship: Goal, Mission, Process and Timeline Our Goal: Each year the Nominating Committee looks for nominations to the Board of Trustees, the Legacy & Endowment Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Office of the Treasurer. We have to finish the nomination process by the end of April and announce nominees to the voting members of the congregation thirty days prior to the annual meeting in June. All new nominees will begin service on July 1, 2019 (the beginning of our next fiscal year). Brief Description of positions to be filled: Board of Trustees (9 members): The Board, on behalf of MDUUC, shall have general charge of all its administrative, property, and business affairs, subject to the provisions of the church bylaws. Members serve a three-year term and are eligible for a second three-year term. The Board elects its own officers (President, Vice President, and Secretary). The congregation elects the Treasurer. Board officers attend a monthly executive meeting to set the agenda for the monthly Board meeting. Mission: The Nominating Committee's primary mission is to identify lay leaders to be nominees for service on the Board of Trustees, Legacy & Endowment Committee, Nominating Committee, and for the Office of Treasurer. Qualifications of Nominees: Considerations include commitment to UU values and the MDUUC mission and goals, acting consistently with the MDUUC Covenant of Right Relations, involvement in MDUUC activities, and being recommended by multiple people. Importantly, we also aim to nominate members who represent the diverse range of our congregation. The Nominating Committee's primary mission is to identify lay leaders to be nominees for service on the Board of Trustees, Legacy & Endowment Committee, Nominating Committee, and for the Office of Treasurer. Qualifications of Nominees: Considerations include commitment to UU values and the MDUUC mission and goals, acting consistently with the MDUUC Covenant of Right Relations, involvement in MDUUC activities, and being recommended by multiple people. Importantly, we also aim to nominate members who represent the diverse range of our congregation. Process: Considerations include commitment to UU values and the MDUUC mission and goals, acting consistently with the MDUUC Covenant of Right Relations, involvement in MDUUC activities, and being recommended by multiple people. Importantly, we also aim to nominate members who represent the diverse range of our congregation. Process: At the Annual Congregational Meeting each June, members will be asked to vote for the entire slate of candidates nominated to serve on the Board, Nominating Committee, Legacy & Endowment Committee, and the Office of the Treasurer. Election is by simple majority. Goal, Mission, Process and Timeline Each year the Nominating Committee looks for nominations to the Board of Trustees, the Legacy & Endowment Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Office of the Treasurer. We have to finish the nomination process by the end of April and announce nominees to the voting members of the congregation thirty days prior to the annual meeting in June. All new nominees will begin service on July 1, 2019 (the beginning of our next fiscal year). Board of Trustees (9 members): The Board, on behalf of MDUUC, shall have general charge of all its administrative, property, and business affairs, subject to the provisions of the church bylaws. Members serve a three-year term and are eligible for a second three-year term. The Board elects its own officers (President, Vice President, and Secretary). The congregation elects the Treasurer. Board officers attend a monthly executive meeting to set the agenda for the monthly Board meeting. The Nominating Committee's primary mission is to identify lay leaders to be nominees for service on the Board of Trustees, Legacy & Endowment Committee, Nominating Committee, and for the Office of Treasurer. Considerations include commitment to UU values and the MDUUC mission and goals, acting consistently with the MDUUC Covenant of Right Relations, involvement in MDUUC activities, and being recommended by multiple people. Importantly, we also aim to nominate members who represent the diverse range of our congregation. At the Annual Congregational Meeting each June, members will be asked to vote for the entire slate of candidates nominated to serve on the Board, Nominating Committee, Legacy & Endowment Committee, and the Office of the Treasurer. Election is by simple majority. Considerations include commitment to UU values and the MDUUC mission and goals, acting consistently with the MDUUC Covenant of Right Relations, involvement in MDUUC activities, and being recommended by multiple people. Importantly, we also aim to nominate members who represent the diverse range of our congregation. At the Annual Congregational Meeting each June, members will be asked to vote for the entire slate of candidates nominated to serve on the Board, Nominating Committee, Legacy & Endowment Committee, and the Office of the Treasurer. Election is by simple majority. This is the final step in a nine-month process by the MDUUC Nominating Committee.”
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.
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 5 of 902 weeks across the span (1%).
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 rangesomewhat narrower
Its sermons travel somewhat narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and about the same than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitysomewhat lower
The peaks run somewhat lower than peers, somewhat lower than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverynoticeably higher
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably higher than peers, noticeably higher than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #144 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
“I'd like to introduce The members of the green sanctuary committee Who put this together and you can recognize this way- River terrace, And one of ou…”
“And yet the seriousness of that partnership, Because it was about Meeting the changes In our climate, In the good and joyous celebration of marriage…”
“In the black church tradition, one always begins a prayer when always begins a gathering, by giving thanks, by expressing gratitude for all that is h…”
Oct 22, 2017 · racism race justice black lives matter
Beloved CommunitySin & RepentanceFaith & Civic Life
“It isn't, of course, quite the same, Not even as a femoral, As The work of spiritual maturity, for instance, in our lives, But even in the work of so…”
“On the morning after the end of passover, Some of the women who, among jesus closest followers, walk to the tomb, where his body was placed behind a…”
Unitarian Universalist IdentityThanksgiving & HarvestFaith & Civic Life
“Few months ago I was in asilomar, On the coast of California, Attending The unitarian universalist ministers association institute for excellence in…”
“My group consisted of folks from Praha, Prague, some women from Japan, both Buddhist and Shinto, a BrahMosumash from Calcutta, a Canadian Unitarian w…”
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