Holy Spirit Holy Spiriting: A Conversation with Deacon Beck Leclaire (Part 1)

In this episode, Anny and Tym welcome Deacon Beck Leclaire, ministry developer of the AuSable Inclusion Center, a faith-based community resource center serving LGBTQ+ people and others on the margins in northern Michigan. 

 

Beck shares their journey through multiple faith traditions—including Buddhism and Wicca—before a powerful spiritual experience led them back to the Episcopal Church. 

 

After stepping into Trinity Episcopal Church on Mackinac Island as a skeptical teenager, Beck encountered something that reshaped their understanding of church: genuine welcome. 

 

Not an attempt to save their soul. 

Not a theological argument. 

Just people who wanted to know them. 

 

That moment of radical hospitality eventually led to Beck’s work developing new forms of Episcopal ministry in rural communities.