Blue Ocean Church Ann Arbor Sunday Sermons

Pastor Emily Swan presents an overview of Howard Thurman’s book and warns those with power and privilege against having contempt for those in need in the introduction to our Lenten sermon series, “Jesus and the Disinherited: Power for the Weak.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

In the Christian tradition, Lent is a community-wide retreat—a time to focus on Jesus. We call our communal Lenten experience “Leap of Faith” because growth on the Jesus path is the cumulative effect of micro-leaps of faith. Pastor Ken Wilson explains some of our Lenten practices in this week’s sermon, “Lenten Leap of Faith Introduction.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Guest Speaker John West explains how the genius of Jesus’ hospitality undermines the purity impulse to sacrifice in the seventh sermon in our series, “Making Contact: Mercy NOT Sacrifice.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Pastor Ken Wilson calls attention to the power of art to move us, and references the parable of the sower to show how the Bible can move us to engage with God in ways that straight talk can’t, in week six of our sermon series, “Making Contact: Art is Better than Straight Talk.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Pastor Emily Swan reads from Jeremiah to highlight Jesus’s heart for justice and his warning against neglecting the poor, oppressed, and foreigners, in the fifth week of our sermon series, “Making Contact: Jesus’s Anger at Injustices.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Pastor Ken Wilson explores how memories and imagination interact—and how they enhance our experience of God through Emmanuel Prayer—in the fourth sermon in our series, “Making Contact: Luke 24 as a Model for Meeting Jesus Today.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Worship Director Cassie Brabbs shares her personal experiences with Emmanuel Prayer, and the importance it plays in her connection to God, in the third week of our series, “Making Contact: Emmanuel Prayer.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Guest Speaker Rabbi Dr. Mark Kinzer explains the significance and blessings of mitzvah in “Making Contact: A Jewish Approach to Scripture,” the second sermon of our series. Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

If Jesus is alive (as the Scriptures testify) and he’s accessibly present to us with active agency and eager to lead anyone willing to follow, why wouldn’t we trust our experiences of Jesus in prayer? Pastor Emily Swan brings us the second sermon in our series, “Making Contact: Epiphany and the Risen Jesus.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.

Pastor Ken Wilson begins the new year with a look at the story of Stephen from Acts 6–7, in “Stephen’s Stoning: A Faith Perspective on How to be an Ally.” Learn more about Blue Ocean Faith, including service times and locations, at a2blue.org.