The Mission Of The Universalist Unitarian Church Of Santa Paula:
To Practice Inclusiveness, Seek Justice, And Foster Spirituality.

Welcome to Our Church

Nurture Your Spirit, Help Heal Our World.

We are a warm and friendly congregation. We welcome all who seek to find meaning in our busy lives, make connections with others and search for answers to life's big questions.

Worship

Our communal worship calls us to be our best selves, to find meaning and purpose and compassion in a world that often seems filled with heartbreak and dehumanization.

Faith Exploration

Our Faith Exploration Program informs and celebrates children, youth and adults on their spiritual path.

Santa Paula Concert Series

The Santa Paula Concert Series is an intimate venue featuring musicians from classical to jazz to world music and more.

Spiritual Growth Center

The Spiritual Growth Center at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula provides opportunities and programs to awaken and sustain love, compassion, service and personal transformation.

Upcoming Events

May 26, 2019

Service: In Memoriam

Location
Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula 740 E Main Street, Santa Paula, CA
Day and Time
Sunday May 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Details

We often think of memorials as celebrations for the dead. But on this Sunday before Memorial Day, we will be looking at the people and events in our lives that we want to honor into life again. We will join in a service to re-member the things in our lives that we want to bring forward. What are yours?
Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford with CJ Starling
BACK IN THE DAY—UUs of Our Past with Leslie Nichols 
CASP Offering

Parking is available on the street in front of the church. In addition, there are a limited number of parking spaces behind the church in the alley-way. A handicap accessible entrance with an electric lift is available on the east side of the building next to the side entrance.

May 29, 2019

Meditation with Jim Cole

Location
Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula 740 E Main Street, Santa Paula, CA
Day and Time
Wednesday May 29, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Details

A Meditation Practice Group takes place on Wednesdays at 6 PM in the Parish Hall of the Universalist Unitarian Church at 740 E Main Street, Santa Paula. Enter through the front gate to the left of the main entrance and come in the side door. Rev. Maddie Sifantus and Jim Cole alternate sharing leadership of the group. Allow about an hour and bring your meditation cushion, if you have one, or you can sit in a chair. The group is open to everyone; there is a free will offering ($5 suggested but all invited regardless of funds). The meeting will begin with a reading and short discussion, with a guided meditation leading us into a time of silence. There is power in meditating together. We would love to have you join us. For more information, leave a message.  For more information, leave a message on Reverend Maddie's private line at the church: 805-525-4620 or email msifantus@uuma.org.

Parking is available on the street in front of the church. In addition, there are a limited number of parking spaces behind the church in the alley-way. A handicap accessible entrance with an electric lift is available on the east side of the building next to the side entrance.

June 8, 2019

Service: Practice Inclusiveness

Location
Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula 740 E Main Street, Santa Paula, CA
Day and Time
Saturday Jun 8, 10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Details

As we begin considering our mission and vision at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula, we begin a three part series looking at our official mission: “Practice inclusiveness, seek justice and foster spirituality.” What does it mean to “practice inclusiveness”? What does that look like in our community, in our many activities and in our pews?
Final first Sunday plate to Kigoma Orphanage in Tanzania
Rev. Maddie Sifantus with Pat English

Parking is available on the street in front of the church. In addition, there are a limited number of parking spaces behind the church in the alley-way. A handicap accessible entrance with an electric lift is available on the east side of the building next to the side entrance.

Our Congregation

Are you looking for a friendly home where you can explore the larger questions of life with those who bring many perspectives? Are you looking for a faith community that looks outward to the larger community to make a difference in the world? Are you looking for a place that you can share your gifts as well as your concerns and your interests? Would you like to find a place that has a Spiritual Growth Center so we can grow together in spirit and health? Would you like to be able to laugh and cry together, sing together and share our lives? Rev. Maddie would love to welcome you to our small but mighty faith home.

Universalist Unitarian Church Of Santa Paula

About Unitarian Universalism

We are people of all ages, people of many backgrounds, and people of many beliefs. We are brave, curious and compassionate thinkers and doers. We create spirituality and community beyond boundaries, working for more justice and more love in our own lives and in the world.
Church of the Larger Fellowship
Unitarian Universalist Association
LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation
Pacific Western Region of the UUA
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Our Minister

Rev. Maddie Sifantus

Reverend Maddie Sifantus arrived in 2015 to begin her full-time settled ministry at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula, a historically Universalist congregation founded in 1889. She comes to California from Massachusetts and has a long history in Unitarian Universalism, both parish and community ministry, as well as a musical career. She loves music, art, movies, reading mysteries (and everything else), walking and living near her grandchildren in Southern California