Letting Go in Love Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula July 14, 2024 Rev. Maddie Sifantus’ Final Service   “We all drink from wells we did not dig, and sit in the shade of…

Love Lets Go October 22, 2023 Rev. Maddie Sifantus and Karen Harris, Worship Host Altar, Rev. Maddie in Memory of her parents, Harold and Lina MacNeill   “Stand still, stand still, and stop the…

August 28, 2022 Rev. Maddie continues her series on the history and theologies of Universalism with a look at a Universalist pilgrimage from the East to California when the Universalist Conventions were taken to…

SERMON: Northstar Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula January 29, 2023 Rev. Maddie Sifantus Nine years ago this month we began our walk together, you and I. We began carving our path, blazing a…

Coming Home to Belonging Ingathering Sunday September 11, 2022 Rev. Maddie Sifantus   TIME FOR ALL AGES    The Long, Slow Swell of the Sea Janeen K. Grohsmeyer I speak now of a time…

Painting by Ray Harris September 4, 2022 SERMON       Rest From Labors                                                      Rev. Maddie Sifantus So here we are on another Labor Day Weekend, the end of another summer, in the middle of a sweltering…

Another Country Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula Rev. Maddie Sifantus July 12, 2022 PRAYER                 Living Brings Us Closer to Dying       Helen Lutton Cohen Each moment of…

Go Out Into the Highways February 20, 2022 Rev. Maddie Sifantus and MaryBeth East   Go out into the highways and by-ways of America, your new country…  preach the kindness and everlasting love of…

“This Land is Whose Land?” October 10, 2021 Rev. Maddie Sifantus with Ruth Ricards   Whatever our gift, we are called to give it and to dance for the renewal of the world. ~…

SONG         Everything Possible                          Fred Small We have cleared off the table, the leftovers saved, washed the dishes and put them away. I have told you a story and tucked you in tight at the…

REFLECTION        Universalism: Our Heritage              Rev. Maddie Sifantus Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula August 15, 2021 For those of you newer among us and familiar with Unitarian Universalism from other places, you might…

Mercy Street February 21, 2022 Rev. Maddie Sifantus Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula “To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.” (Micah 6:8) REFLECTION: “Mercy Street Rev. Maddie…

CALL TO WORSHIP “With Our Hearts Wide Open” Mathew P. Taylor With our hearts wide open We are waiting… …waiting …. waiting for justice For repair For peace For a vaccine We are waiting…

  Widening the Circle September 6, 2020 Rev. Maddie Sifantus Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot…

“The Larger Faith: Thoughts On Our Universalist Heritage” Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula January 25, 2015 Rev. Maddie Sifantus and Pat English, Worship Associate Give the people something of your new vision.  ~…

Erik Halseth, August 30, 2020 Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is more than just a slogan. Black Lives Matter is more than just a Zoom avatar that turns on when…

REFLECTION     Let There be Harmony                      Rev. Maddie Sifantus Our Touchstones theme for this month is Harmony. As I first began thinking of it as I wrote the blurb for the July newsletter, I…

  June 21, 2020 Shine a Light on Summer: Summer Solstice Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Paula Rev. Maddie Sifantus INTRODUCTION TO THE SUMMER SOLSTICE       Rev. Maddie Sifantus The Summer Solstice happened yesterday at…

“This Present Moment” May 17, 2020 Rev. Maddie Sifantus   “The past is not to be taken seriously… nor the future…, but only the present instant.” ~W. H. Auden   READING  “X”                      Wendell Berry…

April 12, 2020 Easter/Eostre Rev. Maddie Sifantus with Erik Halseth Vincent Sorisio, Church Musician Yvette Sanchez with our children of all ages Once again the word comes true Alleluia! All the earth shall be…