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 4 of 4 weeks across the span (100%).
How this church compares
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 rangeabout the same
Its sermons travel about the same in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and about the same than the site overall.
site avg 0.12
narrowerpeer avgwider
Emotional intensitynoticeably lower
The peaks run noticeably lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Among ucc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #33 of 67 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically ucc.
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Fear & AnxietyPeace & NonviolenceChurch Life & Membership
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Immigration & RefugeBaptism & CommunionFaith & Civic Life
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Immigration & RefugePeace & NonviolenceFaith & Civic Life
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of UCC sites
This church
LGBTQ+ affirming
57%
Economic justice & mutual aid
35%
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Radical hospitality & accessibility
17%
Peace & nonviolence
17%
Anti-racism / racial justice
11%
Creation care / climate
9%
Open to people of all faiths
7%
Immigrant & refugee welcoming
7%
Recovery support
3%
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Children & youth
68%
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Online worship
49%
Small groups
36%
Child safety policy
11%
Financial & governance transparency
10%
Languages / interpretation
2%
Website & sermons online
This church: site, no sermons — like 27% of UCC churches.
Audio + videoAudio onlyVideo onlySite, no sermonsJS-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 UCC churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 3 — behind 65% of UCC churches (the typical one states 4).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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Economic justice & mutual aidsourcemore info Community Engagement Our church extends its warmth and commitment to community by hosting weekly quilting sessions (pictured above) and a weekly recovery group, participating in community festivals, contributing to the local food bank and other charities, and opening our doors to community events like open mics and regional songwriters.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Anti-racism / racial justice, LGBTQ+ affirming, Open to people of all faiths, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Radical hospitality & accessibility, Creation care / climate
Belonging & practical
✓
Children & youthsourceWe serve through a variety of ministries, including worship, outreach, mission work, visitation, religious education, music, and financial and logistical support of groups that share our purpose.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation, Online worship, Small groups
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