Jackson Community Church

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

• Community Event: BERNERHOF INN FREE BREAKFAST
  7-10am • Curbside @ Bernerhof Inn, 342 US Route 302, Glen, NH 03838
  Free blueberry pancake breakfast (take out) for families and seniors affected by COVID19 pandemic and economic setbacks.
• Community Fundraiser: TIN MOUNTAIN’s FIRST SEASON ONLINE AUCTION
  Starts: 5pm, Sat, March 28 – Ends: 5pm, Sun, April 5
  Go to https://www.tinmountain.org/ and bbove the photo of crocuses in the snow, click on First Season ONLINE Auction

SUNDAY, March 29

• 8am ZOOM INTERFAITH CIRCLE
  • ZOOM GATHERING @ https://zoom.us/j/827449013
    (Option for audio-only from any touch-tone phone – dial: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID: 827 449 013, press #)
• 10:30am SUNDAY WORSHIP
  • ZOOM WORSHIP @ https://zoom.us/j/142985761
    (Option for audio-only from any touch-tone phone – dial: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID: 142 985 761, press #)
  • LIVE STREAMING via Facebook or Website (10:30am only):
    • Video on https://jacksoncommunitychurch.org/live-worship
    • Video on https://www.facebook.com/jacksoncommunitychurch/

What Else We’re Doing When You’re Not Looking

• Changing the hopeful message board in front of the church
• Sending out daily Lenten reflections by Facebook and posted to the website
• Recording music as video & audio files with community performing artists to share in worship and spiritual settings. (Psssst: Would you share yourself playing your instrument or singing for us? We’d like to include you in worship over the next several weeks! Contact Rev Gail!)
• Passing along donations of food and supplies from local businesses made to the church, which are then re-distributed through SAU9 (school district) for families needing additional support. Other donations have gone to individual Jackson and Bartlett families and more  meals have gone to people staying at Starting Point’s domestic violence shelter
• Running modified shifts at the Way Station, supporting people living in tents, cars, couch-surfing or temp housing such as motels
• Calling neighbors to check-in on each other and run errands for each other. If you need someone to pick up mail or groceries, or help you out, contact Rev Gail or make your need known through the Jackson Bridge (community listserv project of library to match helpers with those who have specific requests, and more info on our the library’s new Jackson Bridge webpage.)
• Planning social programming (virtual gatherings for fun and enrichment) and worship with new technology, learning and adapting as we go!
• Organizing (with other churches) valley-wide trivia tournament among faith communities!
• Attending emergency management meetings (via Zoom) with ministry colleagues, healthcare providers and nonprofits who are collaborating to provide safety nets for residents of the valley
• Implementing action plans to help vulnerable people

NOT SO TRIVIAL
Valley-wide Multi-church
TRIVIA TOURNAMENT
— also known as Interdenominational Trivia Rumble —
JCC’s Trivia Event: Tue, April 7
3pm via Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/2113197275.

The Clergy of the Eastern Slope (our valley’s ecumenical group of ministers and churches) is taking up the challenge of Nativity Lutheran to hold trivia tournaments within our own faith communities. Then we send our winning church team into a valley-wide interdenominational trivia ‘rumble’ (sorta like March Madness, without courts, sneakers, or basketballs).

This is all handled in virtual, remote settings, of course! Please contact Trivia Captain Fred Tompkins if you’d like to be on a team! Winners may receive … prizes that resemble coveted items like toilet paper!Proposed format via Zoom:

• Divide people into teams and use the breakout room feature in Zoom (sounds hard, but its easy, the Zoom host organizes all of this).
• For each question we will give one minute’s deliberation.
• The teams come back together and one person from each team reports the answer. 
• Zoom Info (please RSVP to Fred Tompkins in advance so we’re prepared for participants) — Participate via Zoom app on computer, pad or smart phone: https://zoom.us/j/2113197275. Or dial in 929.436.2866 with Meeting ID: 211 319 7275.

VIRTUAL WORSHIP
LIVE STREAMING via Facebook or Website (10:30am only):

• Video on https://jacksoncommunitychurch.org/live-worship
• Video on https://www.facebook.com/jacksoncommunitychurch/

ZOOM WORSHIP (8am & 10:30am):

• 8am Zoom Interfaith Circle @ https://zoom.us/j/827449013
  (Option for audio-only from any touch-tone phone – dial: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID: 827 449 013, press #)
• 10:30am Zoom Worship @ https://zoom.us/j/142985761
  (Option for audio-only from any touch-tone phone – dial: 929.436.2866, Meeting ID: 142 985 761, press #)

JACKSON / BARTLETT FOOD PANTRY REQUESTS

• Hannafords / Grants gift cards (any denomination, indicate value on card or on envelop in which you donate it)
• Otherwise: Continue to donate canned goods.
• The Bartlett-Jackson Food Pantry, located at the Glen Baptist Church, will continue to operate with curbside pick-up on Saturdays from 10am-Noon until further notice.  Those needing food assistance outside of regular hours, please call Brenda at 603x383x9246.

Do you have any helpful resources you’ve been using online? If so, feel free to recommend them to share with others in upcoming email messages!

Spiritual Resources beyond JCC:

• GRATEFULNESS – Gratefulness.org’s reflections and resourcesfor sustaining gratitude in the midst of pandemic
• ILLUSTRATED MINISTRY – Contemplative coloring pages (free PDF to download) for times when you are anxious from Children’s Illustrated Ministry!
• GATHR – Join Gathr’s Facebook page for a virtual Bible study starting Friday, March 20. One of Gathr’s free downloadable Bible studies
• SALT PROJECT – Progressive Christian blog with inspiration poetry, meditations, commentaries and more
• ON BEING – On Being with Krista Tippett.  The On Being Project is a nonprofit media and public life initiative. They make a public radio show, podcasts, and tools for the art of living.
• CENTER for ACTION and CONTEMPLATIONPodcasts, daily meditations, and online learning. from founder with Fr. Richard Rohr’s and core faculty including Cynthia Bourgeault, James Finley, Barbara Holmes, and Brian McLaren.
• PLUM VILLAGE – Mindfulness through a community founded by Bhuddist leader Thich Nhat Hanh. Dharma talks. Meditation apps. More.
• ONLINE YOGA with Anjali Rose. Visit http://anjali-rose.com/online-yoga/.