Category: Calendar

TUE, Nov 12

• CLERGY LUNCH 
  12:30pm • Center Conway, NH
  Gathering of Mt Washington Valley clergy over lunch.
• Closed Activity: DAISY SCOUTS
  Afternoon • Parish House, JCC
• Community Event: ADULT BOOK GROUP – The Ginger Tree
  4:30pm • Jackson Public Library
• Multi-Church Event: MAKING SENSE of the BIBLE – Study Group 
  6:30pm • North Conway Community Center (Multipurpose Room)
  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, Nov 13

• 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.
• GREENING TEAM 
  1pm • Sanctuary, JCC
  Inventory greens & make plans and schedule for decorating church next month.

THURS, Nov 14

• YOGA with Anjali Rose
  9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
• Community Service: WAY STATION HOURS
  9am & 5pm • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult hour” shifts at Way Station.
• Community Event: CRAFTERNOON
  Noon • Jackson Public Library
  Bring a craft to work on.
• Community Event: ECOFORUM – TIN MTN by the NUMBERS
  Noon • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
  How many students does Tin Mountain teach annually and how many nature programs does it host? How many birds were seen in the Rockwell Sanctuary last summer and how many thousands of feet of stream have been treated to improved trout habitat? Join the Tin Mountain staff for an overview of what happens every year. 
• Community Event: MIKE DICKSON & WHITE MTNS HIKING HISTORY
  7pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, NH
  Mike Dickerman, author of the White Mountain Guide and numerous other hiking guides, chronicles the early trails, guides, and path-makers, who, over a 100-year period, helped develop the White Mountain region’s extensive trail network. The program will focus on the period between 1819 and 1925, beginning with the establishment of the historic Crawford Path up Mount Washington and concluding with the completion of the trail network as we know it today.

FRI, Nov 15

• PASTOR’S J-TOWN HOURS
  7-9am • J-Town Deli
  Come by for a chat. Or arrange a separate time to meet and talk and walk with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell (978.273.0308) or emailing.
• PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
  10am – 11:30am • Jackson Community Church
  Come by for a chat. Or arrange a separate time to meet and talk and walk with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell (978.273.0308) or emailing.
• Community Event: LITTLE GNOMES for LITTLE ONES ORNAMENT-MAKING
  3:30pm • Jackson Public Library
  Ornament-making with Kathy. For 8-12 year olds. $15 materials fee. Sewing projects. $15/fee. Link: Online registration form. Other open sessions: Fri, Dec 13 for 8-12yos & Fri, Dec 17 for 5-8yos.
• 1950s & 1960s CONCERT by Mountain Top Music Vocal Workshop Members
  7pm • Jackson Community Church
  The Mountain Top Adult Singers’ Workshop led by Mary Bastoni presents a program of classics and oldies. Suggested donation at the door = $10/p. Proceeds support Mountain Top Music.

SAT, Nov 16

• Community Event: EYES on OWLS
  1pm & 5pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
  The ever popular owl program from Mark and Marsha Wilson.  They will bring six live owls for this interactive program looking at the features that make owls unique. Reservations requested; call 603-447-6991 for more information. Fee: $10/member, $12/non-member, $25/family

SUN, Nov 17

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Old Red Library
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation. Guests from Trinity Church — who will be facilitating conversations to help us enter into race & white privilege at Jackson Community Church later in the morning — will join this gathering.
• FAITH FORMATION
  Youth & family activities and lessons focused on seeds & spices in the bible, from Taste & See series. RSVP if planning to attend.
• WORSHIP with Taste and See Series: Seeds & Spices
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church
  * Reflection: Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
  * Instrumentalist: Alan Labrie
  * Novembering continues as we remember those we love & mourn. Bring names, photos or mementoes to add to the Tree of Life in sanctuary.
• Community Event: MOUNTAIN TOP MUSIC HOME CONCERT with OMAR CHEN GUAY & HANNA SHIELDS
  4pm • Private Home in Silver Lake
  Award-winning Brazilian violinist Omar Chen Guey and esteemed pianist Hannah Shields in a Home Concert overlooking Silver Lake, NH.  More info and tickets.

MON, Nov 18 

• Community Event: DINE to DONATE
  Starts 4:30pm • Joseph’s Spaghetti Shed, Bartlett
  Proceeds from dinner to benefit Bartlett Historical Society for saving, renovation and reopening of the St. Joseph Church as Bartlett History museum. Donation of 20% of the evenings meal receipts to the historical society. Also expect a raffle.

• Ongoing Library Event: PIONEERING VOICES
  October Portrait Installation at Jackson Public Library.
  Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People comes to us courtesy of the Family Diversity Project by way of the Jackson Community Church, who introduced us.

MON, Oct 28

• CLERGY PEER GROUP
  8:30am • Conference Call
• Community Service: WAY STATION HOURS
  9am • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult hour” shifts at Way Station. To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.

TUE, Oct 29

• CLERGY LUNCHEON
  12:30pm • Center Conway, NH
  Clergy gathering.
• 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. This week we continue to discuss the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) chapters.

WED, Oct 30

• 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.
• WOMEN’S GROUP
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor. 
  Come enjoy conversation and refreshments, sign cards to send to our young people living away at school, gap years or living and working abroad. Note: If you have a child or grandchild who would enjoy receiving a card and small care package from the church, please provide a name and address by emailing the church!

THURS, Oct 31: HALLOWEEN

• YOGA with Anjali Rose
  9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
• Community Service: WAY STATION HOURS
  9am • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult hour” shifts at Way Station. To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.

FRI, Nov 1

• PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
  10am – Noon • Jackson Community Church
  Come by for a chat. Or arrange a separate time to meet and talk and walk with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell (978.273.0308) or emailing.
• Community Event: SILVER LAKE SINGERS HOSPICE & HEALING CHOIR CONCERT: HEALING OURSELVES & the EARTH3pm • Little White Church, Eaton, NH
  * Directed by Rev Mary Edes
  * Performance by volunteer choir: Silver Lake Singers for Hospice & Healing
  * Donations at the door. They will also have a concert at Jackson Community Church on Sunday.
• Community Event: BRAD TERRY HOME CONCERT with PETER HERMAN (and ELLA)6pm • Bartlett, NHMountain Top Home Concert: Hear clarinet jazz legend Brad Terry and meet his best friends, Peter and Ella. This is a home concert at  a spectacular hillside home in the Kearsarge section of Bartlett. More info.

SAT, Nov 2

• Community Service Event: NEIGHBOR to NEIGHBOR WINTERIZATION PROJECTS
  8:30am • Meet at Lutheran Church of the Nativity, No Conway, NH
  9am • Go out to project sites
  Weatherstripping & sealing windows & doors. Stacking cords of firewood for neighbors. Winterizing homes. RSVP by calling Lutheran Church of the Nativity at 603.356.7827 to volunteer your time  or to refer neighbors in need by calling 603.356.7827.
• Community Service Event: JACKSON XC SKI TOURING WORK DAY
  9am •  Check in at JXC Headquarters
  9:30am • Teams consisting of volunteers and staff will tackle trails and other projects. Trail tasks for all energy levels plus wood stacking and indoor tasks like setting up for the ski swap and organizing our “lodge”. To vounteer and get more info: call (603) 383-9355 or send a note to info@jacksonxc.org
• Community Event: LIBRARY TRIVIA 
  3pm • Jackson Public Library
  Sign up online! JCC has a team, so please let Fred Tompkins know if you’re planning to come as a member of our team(s). We may have to register more than one team!
• PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICE
  2pm • Jackson
  * Rev Gail facilitates a family memorial.

SUN, Nov 3: ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• WORSHIP with COMMUNION – Taste and See Series: Lamb plus ‘Novembering’
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church
  * Reflections: Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
  * Accompanist: Sue Titus Reid
  * Sunday School with Barry Chisholm
  • Novembering ritual to remember those we love & mourn. Bring names, photos or mementoes.
• SILVER LAKE SINGERS HOSPICE & HEALING CHOIR CONCERT: HEALING OURSELVES & the EARTH
  3pm • Jackson Community Church
  * Directed by Rev Mary Edes
  * Performance by volunteer choir: Silver Lake Singers for Hospice & Healing (and tomfoolery, according to Rev Mary Edes)
  * Donations at the door.

THUR, Oct 24 – SUN, Oct 27

• Ongoing Library Event: PIONEERING VOICES
  October Portrait Installation at Jackson Public Library.
  Pioneering Voices: Portraits of Transgender People comes to us courtesy of the Family Diversity Project by way of the Jackson Community Church, who introduced us.

THURS, Oct 24

• YOGA with Anjali Rose
  9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
• Community Service: WAY STATION HOURS
  9am & 5pm • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult hour” shifts at Way Station. To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.
• Community Event: AUTUMN GOLD: Eastern Larch
  9am • Grants parking lot, Glen
  Whether you call it larch, tamarack, hackmatack or Larix laricina, it is our only native deciduous conifer. Learn more about the natural and cultural history of larch trees by joining us for this easy 5-mile scenic walk at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson and Whitefield, NH.
• One Book One Valley Event: DINE to DONATE
  Evening • Black Cap Grille
  10% of total sales that evening to One Book One Valley.
• One Book One Valley Event: AUTHOR NIGHT
  7pm • Loynd Auditorium @ Kennett High School (use rear entrance).
  Amy Ellis Nutt, author of Becoming Nicole, will speak and answer questions. Also: link for video of “Ask a Transgender Person Anything” panel hosted by Jackson Public Library.

FRI, Oct 25

• PASTOR’s DROP-IN J-TOWN HOURS
  7-9am • J-Town Deli, Jackson
  Come by for caffeine and breakfast, or just a chat. Or arrange a separate time to meet and talk and walk with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell 978.273.0308 or emailing.
• PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
  9:30-11am • Jackson Community Church.
  Drop by or make an apt with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell 978.273.0308 or emailing
• OFFICE MOVE-IN
  2pm • Jackson Community Church.
  Rev Belshaw and volunteers from Christ Episcopal Church of North Conway, NH will move office furnishings & equipment into second floor room in Parish House next to our church admin office. They will be using this former classroom upstairs as an administrative office.

SAT, Oct 26

• Multi-Church Event: HIKE @ HALL’s LEDGE
  9:15am-Meet at parking lot at end of Carter Notch Rd / Prospect Farm
  Meet in parking lot and hike up to Hall’s Ledge trail for 2 spectacular views. Bring snacks, water, and dress appropriately for the weather.
• Community Event: GLACIAL GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP
  9am •  Meet at Grants (Hannafords) Parking Lot, Glen – Drive to Mt Willard trailhead
  Look at the geologic history of the White Mountains, from tectonic plates to glaciers. Hike to the summit of Mount Willard for a view of the glacial U-shaped valley of Crawford Notch. Pack water, a lunch, and layers. The hike is 3.2 miles roundtrip and moderately strenuous. 603-447-6991 for reservations.

SUN, Oct 27

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• SALT
  9am • Youth & family faith formation. Explore scripture and ethical & environmental implications of our role as stewards of creation. RSVP to Rev Gail if planning to attend.
• WORSHIP – Taste and See Series: Salt of the Earth
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church
  * Reflections: Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
  * Accompanist: Alan Labrie
• YOUTH PROGRAM: CORN MAZE
  3-5pm • Sherman’s Farm, Conway, NH
  5th grade and older. Friends welcome. Drop off & pickup by parents @ Sherman Farm. RSVP essential for this event, so we can plan for it, or cancel due to lack of attendance. Please bring $11/pp for entry into maze and other activities.