THIS WEEK with Jackson Community Church and Around Town Mon, Jan 6 – Sun, Jan 12

MON, Jan 6

• Community Event: ICE SCULPTURES
  All Day • Wentworth Hotel.
• Community Service: WAY STATION
  9am • 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Friends, members & staff of Jackson Community Church are among volunteers to staff these shifts.
• Community Service & Film Screening: MORE than HONEY
  7pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
  Narrated by John Hurt, this documentary tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction. This moving film raises questions of species survival in cosmic as well as apiary terms. Join Tin Mountain and the MWV Bee Keepers for a screening of the film and follow-up conversation.

TUE, Jan 7

• CLERGY LUNCH 
  12:30pm • North Conway, NH
  Gathering of Mt Washington Valley clergy over lunch.
• Community Event: NORDIC TIME TRIALS
  3:30pm • Jackson XC Ski Touring CenterOptional after-school ski activity for grades 4-6, K-3 with parent.
• Multi-Church Event: MAKING SENSE of the BIBLE – Study Group 
  6:30pm • North Conway Community Center
  Bring your copy of Adam Hamilton’s Making Sense of the Bible and your own study Bible. Facilitated by Revs Sue Davidson, Gail Doktor, Ruth Shaver.

WED, Jan 8

• TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer 
  9am • Parish House. 
  Fitness class. Free; open to public. Stretching and fitness workouts with certified fitness coach Laurie McAleer. Exercises can be adjusted to individual needs.
• TAKING DOWN the GREENS
  10:45am • Jackson Community Church
  Remove the Christmas decorations. Volunteers needed; RSVP if you can help.
• MISSION MEETING
  3pm • Jackson Community Church
  Meeting to review budget, mission priorities, status of goals.
• Closed Meeting: SCOUT LEADERSHIP MEETING
  6pm • Jackson Community Church

THURS, Jan 9

• Community Service: WAY STATION
  9am & 5pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Friends, members & staff of Jackson Community Church are among volunteers to staff these shifts.
• TAKING DOWN the GREENS
  1pm • Jackson Community Church
  Finish removing the Christmas decorations. Volunteers needed; RSVP if you can help.
• Community Event: CRAFTERNOON
  Noon • Jackson Public Library
  Bring an existing craft to do with neighbors at the library!
• Community Event: ECOFORUM – For the Birds; 31 Years of Counting Birds in the MVW
  Noon • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
  Bring your bag lunch. See what 3 decades of data can tell us about avian trends in the area.
• Community Event: AFTER-SCHOOL NORDIC 
  3:30pm • Jackson XC Ski Touring CenterAfter-school Nordic program for Jackson Grammar School students. More info.
• Community Event: EVENING CRAFT-UP
  4pm • Jackson Public Library
  Bring an existing craft to do with neighbors at the library!
• AA
  6:30pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor

FRI, Jan 10

• PASTOR’S DROP-IN OFFICE HOURS
  9:30-11am • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
  Come by to talk. Or make a date to go for a walk or meet privately by texting/calling Rev Gail’s cell @ 978.273.0308.
• Private Class: AVALANCHE CLASS
  8:30am-5pm • Jackson Community Church
  Class for back-country winter skiers and hikers to prepare for survival and response to avalanche conditions.
• Community Event: SLIDERS & GLIDERS
  1-3pm – Jackson XC Ski Touring Center
  JCC friends and members participate in this community-wide event. All abilities welcome. $15/visit or $50/season. Go out on trails with instructors and friends. Snacks and beverages follow on-site.
• Community Event: FULL MOON SKI
  7pm • Tin Mountain Field Station Lower Parking Lot, Jackson
  Join the Jackson XC & Tin Mountain Conservation Center staff on an evening snowshoe ramble through the beautiful fields and forests of Tin Mountain’s Jackson property. Bring snowshoes or borrow ours. Call 447-6991 to reserve a pair of snowshoes.

SAT, Jan 11SUN, Jan 12

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Old Red Library
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• BLESSINGS of BODIES, BOOTS & BINDINGS
  9:15am • Jackson XC Ski Touring Center
• SUNDAY WORSHIP
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church
  * Message: Gail Doktor
  * Music Director: Alan Labrie
• Multi-Church Event: XC SKIING
  1pm • Jackson XC Ski Touring Center
  Meet at Center to pick up trail pass and equipment if you need them. Join friends and members to go out on the Ellis River trail headed to the cocoa cabin! Weather-dependent; trail advisories may alter plans.