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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.
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 33 of 92 weeks across the span (36%).
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 93 of 271 weeks across the span (34%).
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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 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 intensitysomewhat higher
The peaks run somewhat higher than peers, somewhat higher than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #223 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
“so welcome to day four of a good enough lent with kate bowler and jessica richie today's reflection is called shiny things there is a wonderful accou…”
Day 3: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & Lament
Day 2: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Joy & Gratitude
Sunday Service January 23rd
Jan 23, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Church Life & MembershipEvangelism & Mission
Sunday Service December 12, 2021
Dec 12, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Baptism & CommunionJoy & Gratitude
“karen and matthew we're both so joyful so often and it's one of the things that drew me to each of them it's been a gift both feeling my grief and si…”
Sunday Service November 28, 2021
Nov 28, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
“hello i am lee kinvi i'm the intern minister at first parish church of groton massachusetts i use they them pronouns reverend aliyah kemler and i are…”
Sunday Service November 7 2021
Nov 7, 2021 · reason and sound thinking
Church Life & MembershipJoy & GratitudeSin & Repentance
Sunday Service October 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Immigration & RefugeChurch Life & MembershipThanksgiving & Harvest
Sunday Service October 17 2021
Oct 17, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
“hello i am lee kinvey i'm the intern minister of first parish church of groton massachusetts i use they them pronouns reverend elia kemmler and i are…”
Sunday Service October 10 2021
Oct 10, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
“hello i am lee kinvey i am the intern minister at the first parish church of groton massachusetts i use they them pronouns reverend elia kemmler and…”
Sunday Service Sept 26 2021
Sep 26, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & Gratitude
Sunday Service Sept 12 2021
Sep 13, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Joy & Gratitude
Sunday Service 9/5/21, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service
Sep 5, 2021
Friendship & BelongingThanksgiving & Harvest
Sunday Service 8/22/21, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service
“org and we'll get you connected also next sunday august 29th weather permitting at 2 o'clock we will be having a backpack blessing so for anyone retu…”
Sunday Service 8/15/21, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service
“i think this is the first time they sang the song in our sanctuary and it is so good to see them and hear them and to also see and hear our sanctuary…”
Sunday Service 8/8/21, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service
The Heart and the Bottle: 5/16/21, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service
May 16, 2021
Joy & GratitudeChurch Life & MembershipImmigration & Refuge
“org we are so grateful for your generosity thank you so brene brown says one day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through a…”
How to Hold the Deeper Stories, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service 5/9/21
May 9, 2021
Grief & LamentJoy & GratitudeParenting & Children
Crowded Table (song)
May 2, 2021
Joy & Gratitude
We're All a Little Broken and We All Belong, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service 5/2/21
May 2, 2021
JohnChurch Life & MembershipJoy & Gratitude
Unintentional Becoming, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service 4/25/21
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LGBTQ+ affirming
65%
Creation care / climate
43%
Anti-racism / racial justice
41%
Economic justice & mutual aid
39%
Open to people of all faiths
34%
Radical hospitality & accessibility
30%
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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%
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Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
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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.
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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 5 — behind 70% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
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Radical hospitality & accessibilitysourceOur newly renovated building is equipped with: Full size elevator 6 gender-neutral, accessible bathrooms, 3 on each floor Fully accessible main entrance on Westford Street New ramp into the Vestry from the main entrance In our Sanctuary we offer: Accessible seating in the front of the Sanctuary Braille hymnals Hearing assistance devices 3 rows of Masks-only seating Closed Captions are available on the YouTubeLive stream for those watching online If you have any questions about the accessibility
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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, Creation care / climate, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceABOUT OUR CHURCH We are a covenantal community gathered for worship, mutual care, faith formation, and service to the common good.
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Online worshipsourceSite menu: “Livestream (no chat)”
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Small groupssourceWhether through our Small Group program, our informal Cook Eat and Chat events, our Healing Conversation grief group or volunteering at Community table, there are many ways to connect with the community here at First Parish.
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