Rev. Smith’s Winding Path To Westport

Rev. Smith’s Winding Path To Westport

For Rev. Carlton Smith, the road to his position as the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Westport’s new senior minister was long and winding. It began in Holly Springs, Mississippi. There were stops in Virginia, Queens, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Oakland, before he arrived at Lyons Plains Road. Rev. Smth’s religious path was also neither straight, nor preordained. Raised in the United Methodist tradition, he entered divinity school as a…