Around Annapolis: New leader at Unitarian Universalist Church

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.

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...