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 8 of 439 weeks across the span (2%).
Video released
Weeks with a video upload (YouTube or livestream). These aren't transcribed, so this only marks presence — no topic coloring.
no video·video released
Each cell is one week · a filled cell is a week with a video upload (not transcribed) · video in 8 of 8 weeks across the span (100%).
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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 wider
Its sermons travel somewhat wider in feeling than a typical peer congregation, and somewhat wider 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, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #104 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it reads as characteristically uu.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
Climate Change Conference 4Christmas Eve Service 2Mythologist Joseph Campbell 2United States 2Open Heart 2Doctrine Original 2Shabbat 1Social Media 1Scholars 1Shall Receive Power 1
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
“I see a lot of the not yet adulting at my own house with our children and I'm not too far removed from early adult saying, from frequent moves and De…”
“And we will need to be in love with the Earth if we are, because the solutions to climate change and the other destructive and oppressive forces at w…”
“This month and months like women's history month and lgbtq pride month and all of the other offer us a chance to think about history from a good poin…”
New Year & Watch NightService & Spiritual GiftsSpiritual Growth
“We hope to be beginning a small group ministry program to provide these opportunities for ultimacy and intimacy, To join with others in this communit…”
Peace & NonviolenceBible & ExpositionJesus: Life & Teachings
“Because, Even though that, manyAmericanss who would, Who would privately consider, You know, george bush to be on that cattle, that hill, But you don…”
“From our perspective on it, We are called to give voice to our understanding of the web, The divine gift of mystery on wonder That has given us Air t…”
Oct 22, 2020 · government freedom elections civil rights
Faith & Civic LifeHumanismBeloved Community
“It is true we are not disposed to differ much at present About religion, But when we are making a constitution, It is to be hoped For ages And willia…”
JosephGod the Father / CreatorReason & Free Inquiry
“Images that indirectly tell us something about the human experience in general And our own unique experience of being human Is joseph campbell was en…”
“Put, the funeral service Is a celebration, a celebration of a wonderful life, full of contributions that changed and made our garage what it is, if a…”
“Compassion, on the other hand, makes me vividly aware of how connected I am to the person or the situation which is awakening compassion in, Despite…”
“We don't even have a choice of that change, it's a hidden blessing of climate crisis and the expanding oceans will be swept up into a huge wave of cr…”
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This church
LGBTQ+ affirming
64%
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Creation care / climate
43%
Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
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Radical hospitality & accessibility
30%
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Immigrant & refugee welcoming
19%
Reproductive justice
13%
Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
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Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
9%
Disability justice
6%
Mental health
5%
Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
66%
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Small groups
57%
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Financial & governance transparency
36%
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Child safety policy
10%
Languages / interpretation
4%
Website & sermons online
This church: audio + video — like 8% 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 is at the top of the scale.
Values stated, within UU churches: how many of the 29 values we track each church’s website states. This one states 9 — ahead of 65% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceAn LGBTQIA Welcoming Congregation We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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Open to people of all faithssourceBecause it is non-creedal and draws its inspiration from many sources, Unitarian Universalism is a chosen faith for many people who identify as Buddhist, Humanist, Christian, Jewish and others.
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Radical hospitality & accessibilitysourceWe also have the Hearing Loop system that feeds audio directly into hearing aids.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Anti-racism / racial justice, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Creation care / climate, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceMany people give generously of their time by teaching one of our children’s religious education classes, serving on a committee, or helping out on one of our work days.
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Online worshipsourceServices Sundays 11 am Join us in person, live on Facebook, or live on YouTube Facebook Live Stream YouTube LiveStream New to UUCB Worship Family Ministry Music & Arts Social Justice Get Involved Special Events Events Your Inner Compass Awaits: Find Grounding in Chaos (Session 2: True Purpose Workshop) 14 Oct 26 Discover a simple, practical way to reconnect with your own inner wisdom – the grounded, unwavering source of clarity that has always been present, waiting for you to listen.
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Small groupssourceChalice Circles Chalice Circles are a good way to get to know a small group of members and non-members through focused discussions of stories from our own lives.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation
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