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SOUTH ROANOKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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34 sermons transcribed, indexed & archived · 2026–2026 · permalink: https://divining.app/church/south-roanoke-united-methodist-church.html
Profile last refreshed Sep 29, 2026

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2026Week of Aug 10, 2026 · 3 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Aug 17, 2026 · 7 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Aug 24, 2026 · 6 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/min · 6 known, not yet transcribedWeek of Aug 31, 2026 · 8 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Sep 7, 2026 · 5 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Sep 14, 2026 · 8 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Sep 21, 2026 · 5 sermon(s) · 0.2 topics/minWeek of Sep 28, 2026 · 2 sermon(s) · 0.3 topics/min
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 6 of 6 weeks across the span (100%).

How this church compares

Against other umc 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 narrower
Its sermons travel noticeably narrower in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and noticeably narrower 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 umc churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #87 of 96 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it leans toward the vocabulary of another tradition.

Most-preached topics

Creation Care 6Poverty & Compassion 5Service & Spiritual Gifts 5Parenting & Children 4Faith & Civic Life 4Addiction & Recovery 3Suffering & Perseverance 3Thanksgiving & Harvest 2

Sermons included

Sep 28, 2026 · connected common experience
Thanksgiving & HarvestStewardship & GivingSin & Repentance
Sep 28, 2026 · power between ideas
Sep 25, 2026 · school age stories
Faith & Civic Life
Sep 24, 2026 · uu spiritual principles
Sep 23, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Service & Spiritual GiftsFaith & DoubtParenting & Children
Sep 22, 2026 · school age stories
Addiction & RecoveryCreation Care
Sep 21, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Creation Care
Sep 18, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Immigration & RefugeFaith & Civic LifeFear & Anxiety
Show all 34 sermons
Sep 18, 2026 · school age stories
Parenting & ChildrenSuffering & Perseverance
Sep 17, 2026 · school age stories
Resurrection & EasterShame & Guilt
Sep 16, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Sep 15, 2026 · families and relationships
Addiction & Recovery
Sep 15, 2026 · connected common experience
Suffering & PerseveranceAddiction & Recovery
Sep 14, 2026 · school age stories
Sep 11, 2026 · school age stories
MarriageBaptism & Communion
Sep 10, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Advent & ChristmasPoverty & Compassion
Sep 10, 2026 · school age stories
Sep 8, 2026 · families and relationships
Fear & AnxietySin & RepentanceCreation Care
Sep 8, 2026 · families and relationships
Creation Care
Sep 4, 2026 · families and relationships
Sep 1, 2026 · school age stories
Service & Spiritual GiftsNew Year & Watch NightFaith & Civic Life
Aug 31, 2026 · reason and sound thinking
Poverty & CompassionService & Spiritual Gifts
Aug 31, 2026 · school age stories
Creation CareParenting & Children
Aug 28, 2026 · families and relationships
Evangelism & Mission
Aug 28, 2026 · connected common experience
Racial Justice
Aug 27, 2026 · families and relationships
Aug 27, 2026 · families and relationships
Faith & Civic LifeParenting & Children
Aug 27, 2026 · families and relationships

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.

This website vs. United Methodist churches
Found on this church’s websiteOther United Methodist churchesAll churches

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

of United Methodist sites
This church
Economic justice & mutual aid
26%
LGBTQ+ affirming
18%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
10%
Anti-racism / racial justice
5%
Creation care / climate
3%
Children & youth
72%
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Online worship
52%
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Small groups
52%
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Child safety policy
13%
Financial & governance transparency
6%
Languages / interpretation
2%
Website & sermons online
This church: video only — like 44% of United Methodist 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 United Methodist churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 6 — ahead of 83% of United Methodist churches (the typical one states 3).
0 values: 50 churches1 values: 62 churches2 values: 71 churches3 values: 59 churches4 values: 68 churches5 values: 57 churches6 values: 44 churches7 values: 16 churches8 values: 16 churches9 values: 13 churches10 values: 6 churches11 values: 4 churches12 values: 2 churches051015this church: 6
What their website says
Justice & social positions
Belonging & practical
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