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 29 of 240 weeks across the span (12%).
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 intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher 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 #35 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.
Affirm Inherent 14Joys Sorrows 4Demand Action 3Social Media 3Supreme Court Decision 2Warmth Community 2Pledge Campaign 2United States 2Order Service 2Beloved Community 2
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
“1933, in a magazine called the American Jewish World, a writer named Bernard postal tabulated that at the 1932 Olympics, Jewish athletes accounted fo…”
“In one Aria a soprano sings, excerpts from the Journal of minnijean brown, who went school board members came to her black high school, Horace Mann,…”
1st Principle: Inherent Worth & DignityThanksgiving & HarvestCreation Care
“I remember looking it up, I think a ticket is like 70,000 Weston paper very rapidly urbanizing and that, as we have been organizing, you've been seei…”
Creation CareGender & Sexuality / InclusionBeloved Community
“Mary Oliver wrote a poem called, sometimes a small part of which is this: instructions for living a life: pay attention, be astonished, tell about it.”
Racial JusticeFriendship & BelongingChurch Life & Membership
“Immigrants are losing their jobs, restaurants are closing, members of families a test positive in their quarantine, and it's really important to keep…”
“So I think we two can hold in our hearts the grief over all of the losses, personal and globe, the determination to work for justice, like lobbying f…”
“I'm sure many, if not all of you have heard of the stages of grief that were developed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and sometimes people think that thes…”
“I've explored a lot in our adult education program and I'm really looking forward to the living Legacy pilgrimage that I'll be going on with some of…”
“I wanted to find a way to embody the gifts of support that so many of you have promised to the church in the coming year, and I'll just say that I he…”
“The generosity team wants me to remind you that if you requested a paper pledge, it's waiting for you out in the fellowship hall and I'd rather not s…”
“I think that in ways you are already living out aspects of that, most recently by raising over $9,000 to support men coming out of the new Jim Crow j…”
“Actually hearing what John shared about bail bond out and the sorrow is just shared, and really I haven't been following the Pleasure and Pain of Bei…”
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LGBTQ+ affirming
64%
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Creation care / climate
42%
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Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
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Economic justice & mutual aid
38%
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Open to people of all faiths
34%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
31%
Immigrant & refugee welcoming
18%
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Reproductive justice
13%
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Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
9%
Disability justice
6%
Mental health
5%
Gun violence prevention
1%
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Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
66%
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Small groups
57%
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Financial & governance transparency
37%
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 11 — ahead of 86% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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Anti-racism / racial justicesourceWe understand that working for racial justice to undo white supremacy culture, within and outside the congregation, is central to us as Unitarian Universalists.
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceAllies Coalition (QUUAC) Previously known as LGBTQ+ Welcoming Congregation Committee, QUUAC has changed it's mission to meet the times we are in.
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Immigrant & refugee welcomingsourceImmigration Justice Team Immigration Justice Team supports immigrant justice initiatives and creates opportunities to support and build relationships with immigrants in our community.
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Creation care / climatesourceClimate Action is UUCUC’s environmental team, formerly known as “Green UU’s.” This team has, in the past, been responsible for ensuring the church’s facility is as energy efficient and sustainable as possible, by implementing policies that make our building more energy efficient;
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Economic justice & mutual aidsourceFrom bat conservation, to monarch conservation, to planting food to help feed our congregation and those we serve through our food pantry, there is a little something for everyone.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Open to people of all faiths, Radical hospitality & accessibility
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceEmail our religious education professional to discuss childcare options and needs.
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Online worshipsourceLatest News Join us for Worship Sundays @ 10:15 am Watch Live on Our Youtube Send Us a Message Thank you for contacting us.
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Small groupssourceLearning Worship services, meditation, chalice circles, book and film discussions, classes, workshops, retreats, talks by invited speakers, and individual studies lead to deeper understanding of ourselves and our diverse world.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation
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