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Gratitude… and chili
I wanted to give a little bit more of an in-depth update about our youth group, after our excellent youth group announcement at the annual meeting about the fundraiser. We tried a new, big thing this year: we moved youth group to its own time and space on Sunday...
A Reflection From Rev. Toby
I suspect that by now, many of you have watched Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon from the Service of Prayer for the Nation on January 21st at the National Cathedral, or at least have read the transcript. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and their families were in...
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 each...
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 Least of These
A sermon from November 26, 2023, the Last Sunday after Pentecost / Christ the King Thank you for the privilege to be here this morning. It’s a tribute to Rev Anne’s courage to ask me to preach today. Remember, whatever happens up here is not her fault, nor the...
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 "S.") First of all,...
“Introducing” our new Children and Youth Program Director!
We’ve been blessed this year to have Lauren Doyle on our staff, who has done a wonderful job as our Children and Youth Program Coordinator, organizing the logistics and materials (and pizza!) for our children and youth programs, and being an incredible second adult in...
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...