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| BIOGRAPHY Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr. serves as the Minister of Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church. He is active in a growth plan to assist the church in expanding into a multiracial congregation. Under his leadership, Davies nears being 40% diverse. Prior to ministry, Rev. John has been a marketing and account executive, and director of advertising sales. He has also served as a marketing consultant for small to medium sized firms, specializing in providing advertising and marketing services, media buying, PR, fundraising, audio/video production services, and sales training. Rev. John currently serves on two boards, The National Cancer Institute Review Board, and The Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF). He is also an adjunct professor at Potomac College in Washington, DC, teaching Comparative Religion, African American Literature, and Public Speaking. He has three children, John Thomas III, Kennedy Lena, and Zephyr Alfred and when not enjoying them he may be found enjoying one of his many hobbies like reading philosophical books, writing, singing, tennis, golf, skiing, martial arts, movies, and watching sports and biographies on television. Rev. John is also the host of an Internet podcast: "The Barbershop" a political radio show on local and national issues. He is author of the books, "Conversations: The Hidden Truth That Keeps The World From Being At Peace," published in 2001, and also "The Charge of the Chalice" in 2007, which tells the story of Davies' growth in racial diversity. He has an audio sermon series on race and growing in racial diversity titled: "Step by Step: Are You Reborn". |
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Click on links below to read Rev. John Crestwell's Sermons and other writings. You can listen to some of his sermons by subscribing to our podcast. 03/23/08 -
You Were Made to be Reborn 03/19/06 - Existential Examination 03/05/06 - Transparency 02/19/06 - Standing on the Side of Love 02/05/06 - Clarifying the Vision 01/21/06 - Poetical Promptings 01/28/06 - God of Many Names 01/15/06 - The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. 12/10/05 - Paralysis from Analysis 11/20/05 - Holiday Blues 11/05/05 - If Religion is Made Up Then Why are People Religious? 10/23/05 - Hold On 10/01/05 - Authentic Unitarian Universalism 10/16/05 - Lessons from Katrina 09/18/05 - What Is A Minister? 08/28/05 - What is Religious Education? 08/07/05 - Why I am a Unitarian Universalist--Part II 07/10/05 - Where There Is No Vision... 06/19/05 - The Permanents in Religion 05/22/05 - Spirit/Flesh, Sacred/Profane, Religious/Secular 05/01/05 - Fire and Brimstone 04/10/05 - Polyphony of Emotion 03/27/05 - Are You Reborn? 02/27/05 - We Are Family 01/16/05 - One Rock, Many Ripples: Remembering Martin Luther King's Example 01/02/05 - Transcendental Trilogy To read a selection of Rev. Crestwell's sermons
during 2002 - 2004 click here. |
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