Blue Ocean Church Ann Arbor

Sunday Evening Prayer Group
2025-12-14 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-07 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-30 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-23 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-16 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-09 20:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-02 20:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual Zoom Meeting
Join via Zoom for a half hour of readings, music, and shared silence. Email nancyogilvie@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

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.

Donuts After Church
2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-09 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 Hybrid Service
2025-12-14 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-12-07 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-11-30 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-11-23 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-11-16 11:00 - 12:15, 2025-11-09 11:00 - 12:15 | 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.

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.

Blue Ocean Church board meeting
2025-12-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | MI
The church board meets monthly.

Annual Meeting of Members
2025-12-07 11:00 - 11:30 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Sanctuary, 2309 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
The annual meeting of members will take place for the congregation to vote on the 2026 budget and new or renewing board members. (It’s a brief vote that takes place during the announcements portion of the Sunday service.)

Annual Open Board Meeting
2025-11-23 12:00 - 13:00 | St. Clare/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
We’ll hold our annual open board meeting immediately after church in the sanctuary. This is a meeting where members of the board are available for questions about the proposed 2026 budget. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Intro to Praying the Hours (Zoomie Edition)
2025-11-18 19:00 - 19:40 | Zoom
Join Emily and Daniel online via Zoom from 7:00-7:40pm for a brief introduction to praying the liturgy of the hours. We invite you to get a copy of either Christmastide: Prayers From Advent Through Epiphany or The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime and join us in using this prayer tool during Advent (starts Nov. 30 this year) and ending at Epiphany (Jan. 6). During this intro session we’ll talk about a brief history of the hours, the purpose of praying this way, and how to use the prayer book. If you’d like a Zoom link to this session, email Emily (emily@a2blue.org) or Daniel (daniel@a2blue.org).

Sunday Dinner at the Hope Center
2025-11-16 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.

Youth Group Lounge in the Lounge
2025-11-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Youth Lounge, 2309 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Youth grades 6-12 are invited to hangout and play games in the youth room after Youth Group from 11am-noon.

Intro to Praying the Hours
2025-11-16 10:20 - 11:00 | Youth Lounge, 2309 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Join Emily and Daniel from 10:20-11am before church for a brief introduction to praying the liturgy of the hours. We invite you to get a copy of either Christmastide: Prayers From Advent Through Epiphany or The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime and join us in using this prayer tool during Advent (starts Nov. 30 this year) and ending at Epiphany (Jan. 6). During this intro session we’ll talk about a brief history of the hours, the purpose of praying this way, and how to use the prayer book. Questions, email Emily (emily@a2blue.org) or Daniel (daniel@a2blue.org).

Film Club
2025-11-08 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 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). If you’d like to join them, reply to the Weekly Update email to be connected to Tim and Dave.
