The Rev. Beckett Leclaire is the Ministry Developer for the AuSable Inclusion Center. Rev. Beckett Leclaire spent his childhood in Glennie and Tawas City, and a village in Michigan’s thumb before attending the University of Mississippi, where he studied history, religious studies, and Spanish. In 2019, he graduated from the Academy for Vocational Leadership, a program associated with the Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan with the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX.
As a Northern Michigan native and as a trans man, Deacon Beck has been aware of the lack of community support and resources for LGBTQ+ folks “up north.” With experience developing another new ministry, Holy Hikes Great Lakes, and having supported diocesan education work around LGBTQ+ inclusion, he began to feel a call to serve that part of the state that has always been his spiritual home.What is the Ausable Inclusion Center? We are a faith-based community resource center rooted in the Episcopal tradition, fully and enthusiastically LGBTQ+ affirming, and committed to building individual and community resilience.
Our mission is to provide holistic support to LGBTQ+ people and those affected by poverty through social/emotional, material, and spiritual support as well as education and advocacy programs, serving those in the AuSable River Valley and surrounding counties.
Our vision is a world in which people marginalized
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