Claremont's Church with the Red Doors

Once upon a time there was a white building. People Gathered.

They sang. They laughed. The rejoiced in their children.

When beloved members of the community died, they wept.



They prayed. Always they prayed. On this spot people have prayed the Book of Common Prayer rich with the Elizabethan English of Thomas Cranmer.


On this spot people prayed before the 1928 Prayerbook was published. On this spot the people wrestled with the 'new' Prayer Book. And they welcomed its fresh language, and its insistence that all the Baptised are the ministers of God.


On this spot, in this place the People of God practiced and practice, and practice still living out our faith.

We welcome people to use the building, and work hard to raise the funds to keep it heated.


We give thanks that the Youth of Claremont find a home in the Teen Center that operates in the basement.

We love making breakfast, especially on cold winter mornings when ten or twenty or forty kids pass through for a bagel and a bit of egg and a cheery word on their way to school.


On October 29, 2009 we gathered for the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast to receive a recognition from our community that our work is visible and appreciated. May there be peace on the earth, and may it begin with us.




Jan Cochrane, Senior Warden of Trinity
Episcopal Church with the Rev. Susan Langle receives , as the Non Profit of the Year along with Alison and Keith Raymond of the Business of the Year, Claremont Glassworks.