Act for Justice

There’s a lot of tough stuff going on in the world right now. There is too much bad/catastrophic/scary news for any one of us to take in. One of the challenges of this time, I think, is to be able to keep our hearts open and empathetic, without becoming overwhelmed by...

How to Contact Our Clergy & Staff

Two big changes to our phone number communications, and a few reminders! Rev. Anne has a new cell phone number (a local one!). Please change her phone number in your contacts to 734-850-3368. Rev. Toby is here! Their email address is revtoby@saintclareschurch.org and...

Announcing the Rev. Toby Darrah as our new Curate!

We have wonderful news: following a Spirit-filled discernment process, the Rev. Toby Darrah, who served as our seminarian last summer, has been placed at St. Clare’s as our curate for the next three years, through the Trinity Wall Street curacy program, with...

A New Maundy Thursday Tradition

Maundy Thursday has always been one of my favorite services: the celebration of community and love and eating together; Jesus’ command to love one another and to remember him and this love in the Eucharist; the strange and silly and sacred practice of washing...

Advent 4 or Christmas Eve?!?

Advent and Christmas collide in a unique way this year! Sunday, December 24, is the 4th Sunday of Advent; it’s also, of course, Christmas Eve! We’re melding the two in a way that seems just right (to me at least!). Our 4th Sunday of Advent service will be at...

The View From Here

The longer I spend here, the more I think the best part of the job is the great vantage point you get as the rector! There are opportunities to look out and see the totality of what is happening in the congregation, and you also get frequent glimpses of what’s...