“And what better way to make a positive difference than to align your legacy with First Parish Church of Groton’s mission: We are a community of adults, youth, and children seeking to deepen spiritually, to take care of one another, and to be a blessing to the world. Please consider including a bequest to First Parish when you make — or revise — your will. For a good will, you really do need an attorney. This is not an arena where Do-It-Yourself savings pay off. This is simply a group of people willing to go on record as having made provisions for our church in their will, IRA, retirement plan, life insurance policy, or other such vehicle. Growing the ranks of The Legacy Society will encourage others to do as you’ve done. You needn’t share specifics about your gift unless you are comfortable doing so. Click the link to review the Letter of Intent form. Without a will, your assets will be parceled out without any regard to your wishes; a probate court will use a pre-determined legal formula to decide who gets what.”
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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 19 of 65 weeks across the span (29%).
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 99 of 649 weeks across the span (15%).
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 #227 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
These touch the widest range of themes — often the richest listening.
Day 30: Good Enough Lent
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at First Parish Church of Groton!!
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Sunday Service Sept 19 2021
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Sunday Service 9/11/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Water Communion
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Sunday Service 10/2/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Let it Fall Away
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Sunday Service 12/11/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Joy
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Sermons included
Sunday Service 12/11/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Joy
Dec 11, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & ChristmasJoy & GratitudeIdentity & Worth
“org special thanks today to polyestes who's filming and Jan Jan Hamlin who is our candle the flowers today are given by Beth suitemeyer and Karachi a…”
Sunday Service 10/16/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Take Courage, Dear Heart
Oct 16, 2022
Grief & LamentIdentity & WorthFear & Anxiety
Sunday Service 10/2/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Let it Fall Away
Oct 2, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestForgiveness & ReconciliationNew Year & Watch Night
“org we are not concerned with kid noise and hope you won't be either however the service is broadcast several places downstairs if anyone needs to ta…”
Sunday Service 9/25/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Belonging to Ourselves
Sep 25, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Identity & WorthNew Year & Watch NightFriendship & Belonging
Sunday Service 9/18/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Hope School
“org special thanks to Melissa wood who is filming this morning and to Urban Rockwood and Suzanne Nelson who didn't see oh she is here okay great who…”
Day 39: Good Enough Lent
Apr 15, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Evangelism & MissionGun Violence & Safety
Day 38: Good Enough Lent
Apr 14, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & Lament
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Day 37: Good Enough Lent
Apr 13, 2022 · power between ideas
Lent & Holy Week
Day 34: Good Enough Lent
Apr 9, 2022 · families and relationships
Friendship & Belonging
Day 30: Good Enough Lent
Apr 5, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Grief & Lament
“hi i'm reverend alia kembler and welcome to a good enough lent with kate bowler and jessica richie and we are on day 30 and today's reflection is cal…”
Day 29: Good Enough Lent
Apr 4, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Faith & Mental Health
Sunday Service 4/3/22, First Parish Church of Groton, UU Sunday Service: Universalism Beyond Words
Apr 3, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
“s army my patient was in the very last stages of dementia he wasn't able to show awareness of others and when he was in his last hours in our hospice…”
Day 26: Good Enough Lent
Mar 31, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy Week
Day 27: Good Enough Lent
Mar 27, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Lent & Holy Week
Day 25: Good Enough Lent
Mar 27, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Prayer & Devotion
Day 21: Good Enough Lent
Mar 25, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Grief & Lament
Day 19: Good Enough Lent
Mar 23, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy Week
Day 18: Good Enough Lents
Mar 22, 2022 · readings books learning
Marriage
Day 16: Good Enough Lent
Mar 17, 2022 · connected common experience
Humanism
Day 14: Good Enough Lent
Mar 17, 2022 · families and relationships
Prophecy & End TimesPoverty & Compassion
Day 17: Good Enough Lent
Mar 11, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Loneliness & Isolation
Day 10: Good Enough Lent
Mar 10, 2022 · reason and sound thinking
Lent & Holy Week
Day 8: Good Enough Lent
Mar 10, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy Week
Day 9: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Lent & Holy Week
Day 7: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · church god jesus gospel spirit
Fear & Anxiety
Day 6: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Contemplative Prayer & Silence
Day 1: Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy Week
Introduction to Good Enough Lent
Mar 2, 2022 · uu spiritual principles
Lent & Holy Week
Sunday Feb 13th Service
Feb 13, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Thanksgiving & HarvestImmigration & RefugeChurch Life & Membership
February 6th Sunday Service
Feb 6, 2022 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipThanksgiving & Harvest
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at First Parish Church of Groton!!
Dec 25, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & Christmas
“oh holy night the stars are brightly shining it our is savior's words <br> till he appears a thrill of hope <br> when christ was born all night <br>…”
Sunday Service December 5, 2021
Dec 5, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Advent & Christmas
Quit Calling Me A Monster! read by Karen Amis
Oct 12, 2021 · connected common experience
Work & Vocation
Tiny the God by Becky Brooks
Oct 12, 2021 · power between ideas
Bible & Exposition
Sunday Service October 3 2021
Oct 3, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Church Life & MembershipThanksgiving & Harvest
Sunday Service Sept 19 2021
Sep 19, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Friendship & Belonging
“welcome i am rev aliyah kemler minister of first parish church of groton massachusetts i am so glad you are here we are a community seeking to deepen…”
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This church
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
31%
Immigrant & refugee welcoming
19%
Reproductive justice
13%
Indigenous relations / land acknowledgment
12%
Peace & nonviolence
10%
Prison ministry & restorative justice
8%
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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: 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 6 — behind 62% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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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, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceThe girls grew up together in our Religious Education program and have been best friends ever since.
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Online worshipsourceWe also have an informal version of the Sunday morning service at 9am, both in-person in the Minister’s Study and via Zoom .
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Small groupssourceSmall Group Ministry Welcoming spaces to make friends, explore and deepen our sense of self and spirit, and build community and belonging as we connect through singing, writing, creating, playing, meditating, reflecting, and sharing our stories.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation
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