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 37 of 38 weeks across the span (97%).
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, about the same than the site.
site avg 0.64
lowerpeer avghigher
Dynamic deliverynoticeably lower
In the voice itself, energy runs noticeably lower than peers, noticeably lower than the site.
site avg 0.45
lowerpeer avghigher
Among uu churches with enough scored sermons, it ranks #97 of 243 for emotional range.
On the words themselves, it uses a more distinctive, less typical vocabulary for its tradition.
Where this church’s sermons land on the site’s emergent topic map.
United States 3Social Justice Committee 3Weeks Ago 1Social Media 1Core Values 1Sense Belonging 1Supreme Court Decision 1Health Care 1Board Trustees 1Paradise Earth 1
Themes they appear in
The recurring topics across the whole archive where this church shows up most.
“Few weeks ago in the Washington Post, they shared a feature story on the feelings of the current Lebanon people as we looked this year to the 400th a…”
“I'm at weirding if those people have never felt anything but lost in the natural world, if they haven't been able to connect to their specific locati…”
“Rather than cast the strike only in terms of a labor dispute, it offered a narrative of ethnic oppression and solidarity and thousands of people who…”
“In fact, my experience with Unitarian universalism is that Congregation of 100 members is going to have at least a hundred different beliefs and I kn…”
Aug 15, 2021 · hope and light, the beloved community
Unitarian Universalist IdentitySalvation & GracePsalm 23 / The Shepherd
“As I'm invited to lie down in Green Pastures and, and led by Still Waters, my soul is restored and I'm lit in this household in the Name of Love and…”
“Aaron green has been a big contributor to these wisdom conversations from her trauma-informed Mental Health Care work and education, and we will actu…”
“But let's not forget that the reason we celebrate is because on July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted officially, making the Uni…”
“I think it was a gift from my father, although there's a slight chance I might have just stolen, but that book stuck with me with its new Rafters det…”
“Psychologists agree that people who exhibit greed, jealousy, drug addiction, fighting and a multitude of other vices have one process underlying it a…”
“The commission tells the story that we have heard that time and again in our leadership circles- at least that we're all too familiar with, but needs…”
“It was a group of Youth that started the black lives matter protest this past summer that have now led myself and other folks from our church and in…”
“All monies collected this month will be sent to the you use Social Justice Network at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, New Mexic…”
“All monies collected this month will be sent to the you use Social Justice Network at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, New Mexic…”
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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
31%
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%
Children & youth
80%
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Online worship
67%
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 only — like 6% 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 6 — behind 62% of UU churches (the typical one states 7).
What their website says
Justice & social positions
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LGBTQ+ affirmingsourceWe are a UUA-certified Welcoming Congregation and spearheaded the formation of and are now actively supporting the local chapter of PFLAG.
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Open to people of all faithssourceand To deepen our understanding and to expand our vision in gratitude for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Anti-racism / racial justice, Immigrant & refugee welcoming, Radical hospitality & accessibility, Creation care / climate, Economic justice & mutual aid
Belonging & practical
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Children & youthsourceClasses from nursery school through 6th grade began by meeting in the homes of volunteer Sunday School teachers almost right away, with youth groups for High School and Junior High to follow a few years later Operating on a very small budget, the fellowship managed to set aside enough for a building fund in 1954 to rent, and later buy, what during the war years had been an officers’ dormitory.
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Small groupssourceIndividual and small group music lessons are held in Sunday School classrooms during the week.
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Not found on the pages we checked: Languages / interpretation, Online worship
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