“I cannot put into words how much Clare's work has helped me throughout the years. I have attended multiple services, both in-person and online, and each one continues to leave me with a sense of renewal. Additionally, Clare worked with me on a baby blessing to help say goodbye to a loss, and it was a powerful, vulnerable, and soul-filling ritual in a dark time. Clare is patient, engaging, receiving, and prepared, and the community he creates is one of pure, welcoming love.”

—LKG

“From the moment I reached out to Clare to see if he would officiate our wedding (and was greeted with a resounding “I’d LOVE to!”), I have felt like it was one of the best (and easiest) decisions we made. We will be forever grateful for the way he guided and shaped our ceremony. The best part about Clare, beyond his remarkable smile and resounding, powerful voice, is that he puts his entire, beautiful, passionate soul into everything he does. He let us contribute as much or as little as we wanted and assured us he had the rest covered. We chose to “Let go and Let Clare” and our minds were absolutely blown at how perfect everything turned out. From music suggestions to selecting readings and signing off on our love with a big, blessed bow, he had everything under control and it was such a delightful weight off of what can be a really stressful day. At every turn, he was there with a “what can I do for you? What do you need?” and his presence alone brought peace and calmness to our hearts. We truly feel lucky to have had his well crafted words and love surrounding us as we became Mr. and Mrs.”

—LG & MG

“Clare performed the funeral ceremony for my infant daughter, Jacinta Rain, years ago, and was a huge part of my first steps of healing after she died in my arms.

So many friends of mine commented on the beauty of his service for my daughter . . . If you are a free spirit, a hippie, a dreamer, a wonderer, I tell you that this may be the place just for you.

Jacinta's funeral was a loving discussion with my friends, led and encouraged by Clare. I was barefoot in the grass, and daisies were placed on the earth one by one by each of my friends. Children I know and loved played their flutes and brought honey and baby ballet shoes to the altar as symbols for my daughter's "sweetness" and for the lost dreams I would have had for her.

It is single-handedly the most beautiful funeral I have ever attended, and so many people have said the same to me that day, and even years since. Her service was remarkable in the way that it gave people a chance to love someone that they had never even actually met, but loved nonetheless . . . If the way Clare handled my baby's funeral with such kindness is any indication on how the loving spirit of this church will be, I know it will be so very special.”

—Sammie Werkheiser

“Clare creates spaces where wonder, compassion and joy intersect in a way I have not experienced in traditional settings. I've never felt invited into these spaces before but have quickly found a home in the rituals that Clare creates. There is wonder and curiosity and exploration within his rituals and I am honored to be a part of them.”

—JDM