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...

September 10

September 10 is Super! Survey! Start-the-school-year! Sort the data! Saint Clare’s Ministries! Sunday (In other words, a whole bunch of great things are happening on Sunday, September 10, and I kind of figured out how to make them all start with...

Summer Seminarian

Please welcome our summer seminarian, Jenny Darrah! About Jenny Jenny Darrah will work with St. Clare’s this summer as a seminarian intern. Jenny is a postulant to the priesthood. Her sending parish is Holy Cross Novi, where she was active in the social justice...