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Around Annapolis: New leader at Unitarian Universalist Church

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 11/06/09

The Rev. Dr. Fredric J. Muir has seen the congregation more than double in his 25-year tenure at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis. Still, something bothers the senior minister when he looks out over the congregation on Sunday mornings: the lack of diversity.

Diane M. Rey — For The Capital The Rev. John T. Crestwell Jr. is the new associate minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis. He decorated his new office with pictures of his heroes, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass.
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The church, tucked in a wooded enclave on Dubois Road, took an inside-out approach to increasing diverseness among its membership when it set out to hire an associate minister of color.

Therissa Libby and Darrel Nash headed up a 10-member search committee that looked around the country before settling on a minister in their own backyard.

The Rev. John...

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