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 322 weeks across the span (9%).
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 higher
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably higher than peers, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #30 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.
Fear & AnxietyService & Spiritual GiftsFaith & Mental Health
“Consult with stakeholders, including mental health professionals and academic institutions conducting Aviation training to ensure future mental healt…”
Addiction & RecoveryFaith & Mental HealthCreation Care
“The risk of a future recurrence of substance use disorder in any year drops below 15%, which is about the same annual risk for a substance use disord…”
“Mc I-95 through Stamford and when you're driving north it is much easier to see Titan Towers from the highway, and I made sure to put up one middle f…”
“Of the four pillars of the Mind, the four pillars of the Mind are perspective, humility, humor, and except so, perspective is being able to take a st…”
Jan 21, 2020 · hope and light, the beloved community
Racial JusticePeace & NonviolenceNoah & the Flood
“Currently, we, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Covenant to a firm and turning towards spiritual by working to bui…”
“If we are to affirm and honor the inherent worth and dignity of each person, we must open ourselves to deeper understanding of what each one of us br…”
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of UU sites
This church
LGBTQ+ affirming
65%
Creation care / climate
42%
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Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
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Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
30%
✓
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%
✓
Online worship
66%
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Small groups
58%
Financial & governance transparency
36%
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Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 38% 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.
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 7 — behind 53% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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Anti-racism / racial justicesourceTHROUGHOUT our organization Resilient systems steeped in spirituality and transparency We act to dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves, our congregation, and the larger community.
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Radical hospitality & accessibilitysourceWe have two ADA accessible bathrooms.
✓
Creation care / climatesourceWe operate with transparency, sustainability, integrity, and inclusion in all aspects of our organization.
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Not found on the pages we checked: LGBTQ+ affirming, Open to people of all faiths, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
✓
Children & youthsourceWhen you arrive at the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Sunday morning, you’ll be greeted by one of our members, who will help you find your way to the sanctuary, the welcome table, the nursery and children’s classes.
✓
Online worshipsourceIf you are joining us on Zoom, there are breakout rooms for conversation following the worship service.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation, Small groups
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