Category: Calendar

MON, Sept 9 – SUN, Sept 15

MON, Sept 9

• Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFTS
  9am & 5pm • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult” and “family” shifts at Way Station. To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.

TUE, Sept 10

• MISSION TEAM
  3pm • Jackson Community Church
  Meet to review funding local and international missions and consider recommendations for responses to Hurricane Dorian. Open to all friends and members interested in missions supported by JCC. RSVP to Linda Hastings for updates about time of meeting.
• Community Event: CANNON MOUNTAIN BIRD TRIP
  7am – 3pm • Meet @ Grants parking lot, Glen, NH
  Take the Cannon Mountain Tramway to the 4,180 foot summit in search migrating raptors, songbirds, and boreal specialists such as boreal chickadees, Bicknell Thrush and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, as well as enjoy the alpine flora and terrific views of the Franconia ridgeline. Cost: $17, 65+ free. More info.
• COMMUNITY CARE TEAM
  4pm • Jackson Community Church
  Meeting to identify friends and members in particular need of visits and extra support. If you know of someone in the community who needs home visits, emotional support or more connection to the community, please pass along their names to Meg Phillips, so we can reach out.
• Community Event: ADULT BOOK GROUP
  4:30pm • Jackson Public Library
• Multi-Church Event: INSPIRED – WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
  6:30pm • North Conway Community Center
  Come with your copy of the Inspired book and your own study Bible if you have one (we will bring extra Bibles for reference). Ministers Gail Doktor, Sue Davidson and Ruth Shaver  facilitate these weekly gatherings.

WED, Sept 11

• 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.
• Community Event: 9/11 OBSERVANCE
  8:30am • Schouler Park, North Conway, NHResumes next week. Instructor is on Star Island retreat. Per Conway Sun: “Army veteran and  state Rep. Steve Woodcock of American Legion Post 95 will conduct the annual 9/11 Memorial Service in North Conway’s Schouler Park, set to begin promptly at 8:46 a.m. Community members, guests to the valley and members of our Emergency Response Teams (firefighters, police and EMTs) are requested to form at the park at 8:30 a.m. The service will begin exactly at 8:46 a.m. to coincide with the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. MWV clergy members, led by minister Sue Davidson, will participate.”
• PASTOR-PARISH TEAM
  3pm • Jackson COmmunity Church
  Meeting to lay out staff review and feedback process for annual pastoral review. Closed meeting; feedback will be solicited this autumn through an inclusive process that engages all friends and members who wish to participate.
• Community Event: JACKSON FREEDOM WALK
  5pm • Covered Bridge
  Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual “America Supports You — Freedom Walk” Procession set to begin at the Jackson Covered Bridge Route 16 side. Walk will commence immediately following a few words from invited guests, a moment of silence, the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem sung by Dallas Bell promptly at 5:30 p.m. The first 40 people to sign in will receive a complimentary T-shirt and American Flag. Rev Gail attends.

THURS, Sept 12

• Cancelled this week only: 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: TODDLER STORYTIME
  10:30am • Jackson Public Library
• Community Event: FALL WARBLER BIRD WALK
  8-10am • Meet at Jackson XC Ski Touring parking lot on Valley Cross Road, Jackson. All birders welcome. Bring your binoculars or borrow ours.
• AA
  6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.

SAT, Sept 14

• Church & Community Event: JEN’S FRIENDS HILL CLIMB
  8-9:30am – Register / 10am – Hike Mt Cranmore /10:45-Noon – Entertainment at top of mtn / Noon – 1:30pm – Lunch, entertainment at base of mtn. Walk-in or Register Online. Pam & Fred Tompkins will be climbing for JCC; join the ad-hoc church team to climb together!
• Church & Community Event: ALZHEIMER’S WALK
  8 am – Register/Checkin / 9am – Ceremony / 9:30am – Walk begins
  • York Beach Ball Field, Railroad Avenue, York Beach, ME
  Register to walk or support JCC’s Eagle’s Rest team
• Community Event: ECOFORUM – CHALLENGES and BENEFITS of SINGLE-SORT RECYCLING Noon • Nature Learning Center, Albany
  EcoMaine, a waste disposal and recycling company, has been offering single-sort recycling since 2006. Learn how this process works as well as new challenges they’ve encountered with the changing face of the recycling industry.

SUN, Sept 15

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• YOUTH & FAMILY KICKOFF EVENT
  9am • Jackson Community Church
  RSVP to confirm participation in autumn games & learning.
• WORSHIP
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church.
  * Story: Rev Gail
  * Accompanist: Alan Labrie
• Community Event: MOUNTAIN TOP MAJESTIC GALA
  5pm • Stone Mountain Arts, Brownfield, ME
  Featuring pianist Michael Arnowitt and his ImproVisions Jazz Quintet. $100/pp. More info and reservations.

EVENTS with JCC: Mon (Labor Day) – Way Station Shift & Star Island Retreat Begins, Tue – Inspired Women’s Bible Study, Thurs – Yoga, Way Station Shifts & AA, Fri – Star Island Retreat Ends, Sun – Interfaith @ Gazebo & Worship with Emergency Responder Blessing . AROUND TOWN: Mon (Labor Day) – Childrens Fun Run (Storyland) & Mountain Top Music Fundraiser Concert (Wildcat Tavern), Wed – Warbler Lecture (Whitney Community Center), Thurs – Toddler Storytime (Jackson Library) & Warbler Walk (Valley Cross Rd, Jackson), Fri – Dominque Dodge & Triton Concert (Whitney Community Center)

MON, Sept 2 – Labor Day

• Reminder: NO SCHOOL
• STAR ISLAND RETREAT
  8:15am • Participants leave Mt Washington Valley to go to ferry in Portsmouth, NH for the week’s retreat. Rev Gail attends retreat. If you need Rev Gail for an emergency while she’s on Star Island (Mon-Fri this week), and cannot reach me by cell or email (phone signals and internet access are limited), you may send a message through the front desk at Star Island: (603) 601-0832. The office is staffed daily. You will need to tell Rev Gail is with the Midweek 1 Session (led by Mary Edes) so they can pass along a message. This should only be used for emergencies.
• Community Event: CHILDRENS FUN RUN
  8:15am – Registration / 9am – Event Start  • Storyland, Glen, NH
  Kids 13 and under race through Story Land in Glen, NH for Believe in Books Literacy Foundation’s Kids Fun Run presented by Memorial Hospital and Story Land. All registrants will receive an event t-shirt, a race medal, and a free pass! Kids in school districts SAU 9, 13, 20, 3 & MSAD 72 have registration fee covered by Memorial Hospital, so they can race for free!  When registering, parents can enter the code: MHSCHOLAR to receive the scholarship. All other participants pay $10 donation to register!  All net proceeds from this event will go towards BIBLF’s Bookbag program. Register online.
• Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFTS
  9am • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult” shift at Way Station.
• Community Event: MOUNTAIN TOP MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT
  6pm – Buffet Dinner / 7pm – Concert • Wildcat Tavern
  Enjoy an evening of music, food and merriment with proceeds benefiting the Scholarship Fund of Mountain Top Music Center.  Musician friends who will entertain include Jonathan Sarty, Don Walden, Ray Ryan and Craig Bryan. As in the past, students of Mountain Top Music will open for the Sarty Band. This year, adult vocal students Dave Mason and Bob Carper from the Singers Workshop,  perform. Reservations not required. Tickets available at the door. Recommended donation is $20/pp which includes the buffet. For more information, please call Jeanne Mason at 603-383-6841.

TUE, Sept 3

• Multi-Church Event: INSPIRED – WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
  6:30pm • North Conway Community Center
  Come with your copy of the Inspired book and your own study Bible if you have one (we will bring extra Bibles for reference). Ministers Gail Doktor, Sue Davidson and Ruth Shaver  facilitate these weekly gatherings.

WED, Sept 4

• Cancelled this week only: TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer 
  Resumes next week. Instructor is on Star Island retreat.
• Community Event: FLOCKS of FALL – WARBLER TALK
  7pm • Whitney Community CenterAt
  Lifelong birder Will Broussard prepares us for fall migration with tips for identifying common and not-so-common warblers headed south for winter. The evening program will be followed with weekly bird walks at 8am every Thursday in September leaving from Valley Cross Road in Jackson, NH.
  More info.

THURS, Sept 5

• YOGA with Anjali Rose
  9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
  Beginning stretch, flow and align yoga; safe for new practitioners. Fee for this program.
• 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: TODDLER STORYTIME
  10:30am • Jackson Public Library
• Community Event: FALL WARBLER BIRD WALK
  8-10am • Meet at Jackson XC Ski Touring parking lot on Valley Cross Road, Jackson.
  All birders welcome. Bring your binoculars or borrow ours.
• AA
  6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.

FRI, Sept 6

• STAR ISLAND RETREAT ENDS
  Participants return to Mt Washington Valley.
• Community Event: DOMINIQUE DODGE & TRITON in CONCERT
  7pm • Whitney Community Center
  An evening of music and song from Scotland, Cape Breton, Brittany, France, and Sweden. Dominique Dodge & Triton (Jeremiah McLane, Tim Cummings, Alex Kehler) perform. Adults: $20, Kids: Free (cash or check). RSVPs to dominiquehtherharper@hotmail.com appreciated, but not required.

SUN, Sept 8

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• WORSHIP with EMERGENCY RESPONDER BLESSING
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church.
  * Story: Rev Gail
  * Accompanist: Alan Labrie
  * Special music & testimonial: Liam VanRossum
  * Emergency Responder Blessing (guests from fire, police, ambulance services)