A Dynamic Community for the Journey of Faith

Our church beginning was a work of love founded on the faith of a few families and individuals who were seeking a church in their own community of Pleasanton.  St. Clare’s was not an established church seeking families, but an altogether new work of God.  With the commitment and hard work of the first members, and a healthy dose of God’s grace and guidance, the Mission named St. Clare’s established May 29, 1974, and grew to become a full parish in 1990.

The first families, like most of those who come today, were families and individuals: mothers and fathers and their children, and other people who were earnestly seeking a quality Christian worship environment for themselves and their families.

Appropriately, the first stories of St. Clare’s, in a very active sense, are children’s stories.  Even the space for meeting was used by a childcare center during the week, and the first step outward was taken by the Sunday School children who, holding their places on a rope, were led across the street to their Sunday school class at the YWCA.

Today, St. Clare's Episcopal Church is a warm and loving congregation.  Persons of every faith and cultural background are welcome to become a part of St. Clare’s. We represent a broad base of believers in the Anglican tradition, who work together for the reign of God.  In this vital community, individuals explore their faith and minister to one another and to people anywhere in need.

We are more than just a church building; we are the face of Jesus, who “Know Christ, Grow in Christ, Serve Christ, and Share Christ.”

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History

St. Clare’s Episcopal Church

Pleasanton California