A More Sustainable Coffee Hour?

The coffee hour hosts have heard several suggestions that we consider returning to St. Clare’s pre-COVID practice of using the church’s many durable plates, cups, glasses, and silverware instead of their disposable equivalents. To accomplish this, we’re putting out a...

Christmas Flowers

At Christmas, St. Clare’s Altar Guild decorates the Sanctuary with beautiful poinsettias (and greens) that are purchased from our Flower Fund and sponsored by the congregation as thanksgivings or memorials. You can sign up to sponsor Christmas flowers on the Flower...

Update on the Woodlawn Cemetery Restoration

This summer the EEAC recruited a number of St. Clarians to take part in the Woodlawn Cemetery Restoration Project, clearing the grounds of an historic Black cemetery in Ypsilanti, founded in 1946 and abandoned 60 years ago. STC teams turned out on June 19 (to...

St. Clare’s Wants YOU!

St. Clare’s Vestry consists of 12 adult members (age 16 or older) who participate in planning, goal setting, fiscal oversight and sharing ideas and hopes for our church community. Vestry members are elected at the January annual meeting by the congregation.  Four...

Haiti Outreach Mission – Nov 2025

Our friends in Mirebalais have been displaced since March 31, 2025. The gangs came in and people had to run for their lives with just the clothes on their backs. Both Fr Romel and Fr Alphonse have been in touch with [Haiti Outreach Mission] via WhatsApp, email and...

ICE Signs at St. Clare’s

In conjunction with our Immigration Sunday, we wanted to share the sign that is now on our doors (with thanks to TBE for creating a more permanent one). Welcoming the stranger and compassion for all, regardless of documentation or ethnicity or race, is central to both...