Sat, June 27
10am-4pm
North Conway
(Next to Community Center)
- Claire Mallette is coordinating the JCC Pride Festival team. (Rev Gail is out of state for this weekend, so we need EXTRA hands and energy!).
- Many of our friends and neighbors are volunteering this year!
- Also: Nativity Lutheran, Bartlett Congregational, and First Church in North Conway will be present! We set up in conjunction with Nativity Lutheran Church under two tents with shared display of rainbow lemonade and juice drinks.
JCC’s BOOK DISCUSSION:
Section 2 of I Never Thought of It That Way
Book discussion in Parish Hall
@ 11am on Fri, July 17
- Drop in for any session you can join.
- Later sessions tentatively scheduled for Fridays at 11am: 7/30, 8/14, 8/28.
- Pick up your copy of I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzman at church. If those have all been taken, more copies available through local libraries, including Jackson Public Library’s Libby audiobook resource.
From book description: “We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions.
Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted – twice – for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own built-in curiosity.
Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society.
In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt – broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours.
Drawing from cross-partisan conversations she’s had, organized, or witnessed everywhere from the echo chambers on social media to the wheat fields in Oregon to raw, unfiltered fights with her own family on election night, Mónica shows how you can put your natural sense of wonder to work for you immediately, finding the answers you need by talking with people – rather than about them – and asking the questions you want, curiously.
Here, you’ll learn:
- How to ask what you really want to know (even if you’re afraid to)
- How to grow smarter from even the most tense interactions, online or off
- How to cross boundaries and find common ground – with anyone
JCC Attends Jackson’s Annual
COVERED BRIDGE DANCE
- Join Jon Sarty and the White Mountain Boys as they lead us in a night of music, dance, and community spirit. Music starts at 7:30 PM and continues through 10:30 PM. The Jackson bridge will be closed immediately after music for clean-up. You will want to come early and find your favorite spot. There will be a food vendor available for your convenience.
- Bring your own picnic, beverages, and seating. JCC friends and members: come tap your toes and shake your bootie!
- More info to come.
Sun, August 30
11:30am-ish. Lawn by the river.
Parish Hall if weather is inclement.
- Church will provide grilled protein.
- Bring a salad or dessert to share.
- Immediately following worship.