You’re invited to volunteer at Hope Clinic’s Christmas store with members of our church family. Hope Clinic runs a christmas store where people can sign up to shop for their families.   It is similar to our thanksgiving program, except people are shopping for christmas gifts (free).

There are 3 volunteer roles.  Indicate below in the comments which one(s) you are interested in doing.  If you leave the comment blank, I will assume you can do any one that is needed

Roles: (1) Shopper, You will be paired up with a guest and help them shop in the store (2) Security, You will work in the parking lot directing cars or inside the building at strategic locations directing people (3) Runner escort people from the waiting room to the store or carry out gifts to the car.

• This event will take place at Hope Clinic, 518 Harriet St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.

• Park across the street on Perry, Ave. Do not park in the Hope parking lot.

  Please sign up to help by clicking here - (it would be great if you could sign up by this Friday Dec 6 so we have an idea of who can help out)

Bring your favorite Christmas cookies and a few things to decorate it with and share your favorite Christmas tradition with the Arbor Bridge family. Please bring baked and cooled cookies if your cookies are meant to be decorated. If your cookies are meant to be decorated after cooking, please bring the finished dough and cut out cookies on trays to be baked. We'll sing Christmas carols and sip hot cocoa as we celebrate the season together. Don't forget to bring something to take your cookies home in!

Let us know what kind of cookies you are bringing by signing up HERE!

Saturday December 7th
4-6PM in the Fellowship Hall

Our Care Ministry team helps meet the needs of those in our church family by serving in various ways, and they have an opportunity for us to help!  Let's bless those who could use an extra hand this holiday season.  Next Sunday grab an ornament from the tree in the sanctuary with gift items to be purchased.  Some ornaments are for a practical gift and some are for a fun gift.  Each ornament is not to exceed $30.  Gifts need to be brought here, wrapped with the ornament attached by December 15th and placed under the tree.  Please consider taking an ornament and help care for those in our church family!

Sunday, December 15th, is our annual "wear your favorite Christmas sweater" and potluck! Ugly, funny, cool or traditional, we love to wear them to spread Christmas cheer! And after service we will share a potluck meal together. Please consider being intentional about the dish you bring to share. Perhaps your favorite dish that everyone looks forward to on Christmas? Maybe those Christmas cookies or cornbread stuffing your Grandmother used to serve. Let's start our own church family memories!

This month we would love for you to use this bookmark to help you worship and adore Jesus as we countdown to Christmas Day. Each day leading up to Christmas we have suggested a verse that you can read on your own or with your family. The verses remind of what Christmas is all about. Read each days verse when you wake up - when you are at work - when you are at school - and think about what it means. Think about how great it is that Jesus Christ would come to our rescue by becoming a baby. One of our gifts to Jesus as we celebrate His birthday will be the attention that we give Him and our adoration.

You can download a printable file of the bookmark here!

These activities will help you worship fully, spend less, give more and love all.  To play, choose any activity on the board and mark it off once completed.  See how many you can complete before Christmas! 

You can download a printable PDF of the Countdown to Christmas Calendar by clicking here!