Rev. David Carl Olson is Associate Minister for Congregational Life. Rev. Olson has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for over 25 years, having served congregations in Massachusetts, Michigan, and Maryland before joining UUCSR in 2022. Rev. Olson focuses on community building, coordination of pastoral care, and programs, projects, and events which nourish congregational life. He joins in worship planning and preaching.
Throughout his ministry, Rev. Olson has had a deep commitment to community organizing and led the establishment of three congregation-based community organizations and served as President of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization.
Before ministry, Rev. Olson had a career in the arts, as the producing director of an internationally touring music theater, earning his Actor’s Equity card, serving on the boards of art galleries and being a liturgical musician in Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish Reform congregations.
Combining his experience in the arts and music with his extensive religious studies, Rev. Olson is a passionate liturgist and sensitive, powerful preacher who speaks from the heart.