Meet The Ministers

Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore served as a religious educator and parish minister in congregations in Maryland and Virginia before assuming settled ministry at our congregation in 2013. She is a past President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association and was a member of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change, Rev. Dr. Fenimore has served on the Boards of the Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association and Starr King School for the Ministry. She is a member of the Long Island interfaith organizations: LI Faith and Coalition of Faith Partners.

Rev. Dr. Fenimore is an author of Unitarian Universalist Religious Education Curriculum and Renaissance Modules, meditations, and readings. Her Doctor of Ministry area of study is Narrative Theology with an emphasis on Story and Faith Identity Development for African American Unitarian Universalists. She was the preacher of the 2021 Service of the Living Tradition at the UUA General Assembly. In 2025 she received the Angus MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education.

A centered, thoughtful person, Natalie is an engaging preacher and worship leader who brings a passion to lifespan religious education and faith development. In her own words, “religious education is central to Unitarian Universalism…a process of giving an outline for living. Religious education encompasses all aspects of learning and growing.”

516.472.2918
NFENIMORE@UUCSR.ORG

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.

516.472.2917
DCOLSON@UUCSR.ORG