Wayland Town Crier 6/4/12: Rev. Ken Sawyer steps down from First Parish in Wayland. Rev. Ken Sawyer retires from First Parish Church in Wayland on July 31 after nearly 40 years, giving him the record for longest serving Unitarian Universalist minister in one place in the U.S. He delivered his last sermon on May 20, will attend his last service as pastor on June 10, and then looks forward to becoming minister emeritus.