By Ann Kuffner
In her second service for the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship, guest minister Reverend Maddie Sifantus will delve deep into the power of music and singing as an integral part of a faith community. She founded the senior singing group – The Golden Tones – blending music and the arts with her UU faith and ministry. In her sermon, “Sing Through My Voice,” she will describe how she has continued to use music as an integral part of her ministry after leaving the Golden Tones.
The Reverend Sifantus is a lifelong professional singer. She will be leading a singing workshop on April 24th. (See the UUFSMA website for details). Workshop attendees will be invited to join in the singing at her second service on April 28th!
Rev. Sifantus has served the Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Paula, California, since early 2015. After retiring from full-time ministry, she plans to take part-time ministry work and return to her musical career. Before Santa Paula she served two other Universalist congregations in Massachusetts. She was the long-time Affiliate Community Minister at the First Parish in Wayland, her home congregation where Rev. Tom Rosiello did his internship.
Rev. Sifantus is the Founder/Director Emerita of the Golden Tones, a sixty-member elder chorus which she led for twenty years. She is the former Music Director of the UU Church of Reading, MA, as well as former soprano soloist and choir section leader at First Parish in Concord MA. She was Adjunct Faculty at Andover Newton Theological School. She is the former co-president of the UU Society for Community Ministries. In addition, Maddie is a life-long Professional Singer and Founder of TVS (The Vocal Section) with whom she still performs and records. Her work has appeared on the soundtracks of movies such as Dick Tracy and The Secret of Roan Inish. Over the years, Maddie has performed with many performers and groups.
In her second service for the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship, guest minister Reverend Maddie Sifantus will delve deep into the power of music and singing as an integral part of a faith community. She founded the senior singing group – The Golden Tones – blending music and the arts with her UU faith and ministry. In her sermon, “Sing Through My Voice,” she will describe how she has continued to use music as an integral part of her ministry after leaving the Golden Tones.
The Reverend Sifantus is a lifelong professional singer. She will be leading a singing workshop on April 24th. (See the UUFSMA website for details). Workshop attendees will be invited to join in the singing at her second service on April 28th!
Rev. Sifantus has served the Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Paula, California, since early 2015. After retiring from full-time ministry, she plans to take part-time ministry work and return to her musical career. Before Santa Paula she served two other Universalist congregations in Massachusetts. She was the long-time Affiliate Community Minister at the First Parish in Wayland, her home congregation where Rev. Tom Rosiello did his internship.
Rev. Sifantus is the Founder/Director Emerita of the Golden Tones, a sixty-member elder chorus which she led for twenty years. She is the former Music Director of the UU Church of Reading, MA, as well as former soprano soloist and choir section leader at First Parish in Concord MA. She was Adjunct Faculty at Andover Newton Theological School. She is the former co-president of the UU Society for Community Ministries. In addition, Maddie is a life-long Professional Singer and Founder of TVS (The Vocal Section) with whom she still performs and records. Her work has appeared on the soundtracks of movies such as Dick Tracy and The Secret of Roan Inish. Over the years, Maddie has performed with many performers and groups.
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal faith inviting its community to gather around a set of harmonizing values and principles for living. Our UU Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Belief in a divinity is not the central issue around which we gather for worship and generous action. Rather, we come together with a belief in community, love, compassion, social justice, reverence for nature, and the spirituality of music, all within the interconnected web of existence.
The UUFSMA Social Justice Foundation donates generously to support nonprofit organizations that provide health, educational, and environmental services for underserved communities in the San Miguel region. Learn more at https://www.uufsma.org/foundation
To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in from anywhere Sunday mornings between 10:00-10:25 am CST. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/UUFSMA.
The UUFSMA Social Justice Foundation donates generously to support nonprofit organizations that provide health, educational, and environmental services for underserved communities in the San Miguel region. Learn more at https://www.uufsma.org/foundation
To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in from anywhere Sunday mornings between 10:00-10:25 am CST. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/UUFSMA.