Blue Ocean Church Ann Arbor

Sunday Hybrid Service
2025-12-07 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-12-14 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-12-21 11:00 - 12:15, 2026-01-04 11:00 - 12:15, 2026-01-11 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
We hold in-person/Zoom hybrid services every Sunday at 11am ET. We meet in the social hall of St. Clare’s Episcopal Church/Temple Beth Emeth. More information can be found on our Sunday Services page. If this is your first time visiting us in person, detailed directions for getting here are available on our Where & When page.

Donuts After Church
2025-12-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-11 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Join us immediately after church for donuts and coffee from Washtenaw Dairy.

Sunday Evening Prayer Group
2025-12-07 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-14 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-21 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-28 20:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-04 20:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-11 20:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting
Join via Zoom for a half hour of readings, music, and shared silence. Email nancyogilvie@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

Blue Ocean Church board meeting
2025-12-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-08 18:00 - 20:00
The church board meets monthly.

Film Club
2025-12-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Dave & Jenn Nelson’s
The Blue Ocean Film Club, led by Dave Nelson and Tim Vaduva, will be watching a film together at 7pm at Dave & Jenn Nelson’s house (in a neighborhood near the church). This month’s movie is TBD. If you’d like to join them, reply to this email and I’ll connect you with Dave and Tim.

Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange
2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Sanctuary, 2309 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange Bring yourself and three dozen of your favorite homemade cookies to share with your Blue Ocean friends. You will swap your cookies for the other attendees’ cookies and take home a diverse assortment of homemade goodies just in time for Christmas! We welcome gluten free, nut free, and vegan options, and will be sure those are clearly marked. If you don’t have time to make cookies, we’ll have some available for snacking on if you just want to stay after church and socialize.

Divine Hours Group Zoom Check-In
2025-12-16 19:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
We’ll have a brief check-in via Zoom from 7-7:30pm for those of us praying the Divine Hours through Advent.

Zoomies Welcome Session
2025-12-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Zoomies are invited to join Pastor Emily online at 7:30pm. Bring a hot beverage and come share a bit of your story. A link will be included in the weekly update closer to the date.

Christmas Carols and Hot Cider
2025-12-19 | Emily and Rachel’s House, Ypsilanti
You’re invited to Emily and Rachel’s home in Ypsilanti for an outdoor gathering that will include hot cider, Christmas Carols (Crystal’s leading carols!), and a bonfire. Stay tuned for more details.

Sunday Dinner at the Hope Center
2025-12-21 15:00 - 18:30 | Hope Center, Ypsilanti, 518 Harriet Street, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197
Join our team from 3-6:30 pm as we prepare and serve a warm meal to people in the community in need of extra food. Let Tim Davis know if you’re interested in volunteering. He can be reached at chaplaintimdavis@gmail.com.

Christmas Eve Morning Brunch for Delonis Center
2025-12-24 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
St. Clare’s invited us to join them for the morning of Christmas Eve, preparing and serving brunch to people staying at the Delonis Center in Ann Arbor. You’ll also be able to sign up to decorate, cook, or drop off a dessert. Lunch will be served at noon.

Christmas Eve Service
2025-12-24 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Join us for our traditional Christmas Eve service–with Christmas carols, the Christmas story, and Silent Night by candlelight.

Kid-Friendly Service
2025-12-28 11:00 - 12:15 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
We’ll have a kid-friendly sermon about St. Nicholas where the little ones help out with the teaching, the prayers, and communion. We try to keep this service slightly shorter, and then we’ll have donuts after. You’re invited to wear comfy clothes to church that morning–PJ pants, sweatsuits, and so on, for a cozy post-Christmas service
We hold in-person/Zoom hybrid services every Sunday at 11am ET. We meet in the social hall of St. Clare’s Episcopal Church/Temple Beth Emeth. More information can be found on our Sunday Services page. If this is your first time visiting us in person, detailed directions for getting here are available on our Where & When page.

Divine Hours Group Wrap-Up
2026-01-06 19:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
We’ll have a check-in via Zoom from 7-7:40pm for those of us praying the Divine Hours from Advent through Epiphany. We’ll chat about how it went for us, if there were times of the day that were easier to find time to pray, if it was helpful, and so on.

Film Club
2026-01-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Dave & Jenn Nelson’s
The Blue Ocean Film Club, led by Dave Nelson and Tim Vaduva, will be watching a film together at 7pm at Dave & Jenn Nelson’s house (in a neighborhood near the church). This month’s movie is TBD. If you’d like to join them, reply to the Weekly Update email to be connected with Dave and Tim.
