GOVERNANCE & MINISTRY by Dan Hotchkiss: Book Discussion: Wed, July 26 @ 6:30pm
WEDNESDAY, July 26 @ 6:30pm.
- Zoom and password available from church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
We are discussing Chapter 7 about Church Scale (Size).
Contact church for access to book as needed: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org. Hard copy available to borrow inside front entrance on bookshelf (please sign it out).
Reminder that this conversation is open to anyone who would be interested or willing to partiicpate in exploration of the governance model for our church, to formalize what already works and adapt what may need some adjusting. You’re welcome to join our discussion of Governance and Ministry which is the book we’re using to move along in this process.
We have been operating with suspended bylaws for several years. The goal is to identify what’s working in our simplied governance structure, and explore how to improve some areas. Afterward, we can then formalize our bylaws to reflect what we have adopted and tested.
GRIEF GROUP
GRIEF GROUP
WEDNESDAY, July 26 @ 1pm
The Jackson-Bartlett Grief Group continues to meet twice per month. Its next gathering is Wed, July 26 @ 1pm at the Old Red Library. In person only. The dates for upcoming meetings follow: July 26, Aug 9, Aug 23, Sept 13, Sept 27.
We will meet as one group this week, and discuss forming two different groups around common forms of loss, so that we can remain nimble in size and attentive to different experiences.
The group is facilitated by Rev Gail Doktor, a bereaved parent, trained as a hospice chaplain. Currently, the grief group is supporting a complicated mix of losses. Some people are grieving spouses and partners. Others are grieving children. Others have lost parents. All forms of such loss of human relationships, through death, are acknowledge and addressed.
This group is free, and open to the community. Everyone is welcome, participants may not be able to attend each session, but we’ll meet as consistently as possible. Feel free to pass along this info to anyone whom you know, who might need such a support network. We’re operating word of mouth and enews only.
Questions should be directed by text or voicemail to Rev Gail’s cell, available upon request from the church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org. Thank you!
Feel free to bring books or resources you find helpful, and/or share by email such recommendations.
OTHER RESOURCES:
SACO RIVER VALLEY GRASP – Grief Recovery After Substance Passing
(Death, suicide or overdose-involved death that involves or was associated with substance use).
Saco River Valley GRASP Chapter: Contact Person: Kelly Forrest, Primary Phone Number: (603) 726-1025.
VNA/HOSPICE VIRTUAL BEREAVEMENT LIVING with LOSS GROUP
that is ongoing in the valley via zoom. It is facilitated by Sue Davidson, retired nurse and retired pastor of Center Conway’s United Methodist Church and currently the VNA’a hospice chaplain. This ‘living with loss’ group is free, but you need to obtain info through the VNA.
- WHEN: Wednesdays, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
- WHERE: Groups meet via Zoom. To get your Zoom log in information or to confirm group dates and times, please contact VNHCH’s hospice chaplain Sue Davidson directly for most effective connections to the group.
- MORE INFORMATION: Facilitator: Sue Davidson, Contact Sue Davidson directly for most effective connections to the group. Or contact: VNHCH Office at 603-356-7006 or 800-499-4171.
- NO REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SUNDAY, July 23
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SAT, July 15 – SUN, July 16
SAT, July 15
- MEN’S BREAKFAST
7:30am • JCC Parish Hall
- Come for breakfast and social gathering
- Breakfast by chef Chris Doktor
- Community Event: HOME FURNISHINGS SALE for Habitat for Humanity (added to this edition of the calendar)
8:30am-2pm • Bear Peak Lodge in Bartlett NH.- Good Quality Furnishings at good prices. Friday, July 14, 2023 3-7PM Saturday, July 15, 2023 8:30 AM – 2 PM
- This is our biggest fundraiser in which all proceeds help build decent affordable homes for qualified families.
- Community Event: SEEK the PEAK for Mt Washington Observatory
In its 23rd year, the purpose of Mount Washington Observatory’s Seek the Peak fundraiser is to raise money to sustain our educational and scientific programs. We need your help!
- Fundraise: Register as an individual or part of a team, then share a link to your personal fundraising page with friends, family, and colleagues asking for donations to support your hike as well as the Observatory’s work in weather forecasting, research, and education. Your commitment to this event allows us to provide hikers like yourself with vital weather information to stay safe in the White Mountains.
- Hike: Whether you participate as a team or individual, plan to summit Mount Washington, or visit other beautiful White Mountain vistas, or seek your own peak at home, rallying your supporters to donate in honor of your hiking challenge makes you a part of our vibrant Obs community.
- Celebrate: After your hike, gather with fellow participants and Obs supporters for our Après Hike Party on Sat., July 15 at Great Glen Trails. Enjoy live music, food trucks, beer garden, and epic gear raffle. For friends and family not registered to hike, admission tickets will be available on our registration pages and for $10 at the door.
- For the first time ever, individuals have the option to be matched with other participants of similar ability levels to complete a hike of their choosing together on July 15 with our Hike and Make Friends program. Join us to hike the trails of Mount Washington, NH, located on the White Mountain National Forest, or Seek Your Peak anywhere in the world.
- More info: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/seekthepeak2023
- Community Event: QUARRY EXPLORATION
10 – 11:30am • Tin Mountain Conservation Ctr, Albany- Quarry Exploration: Join us for a guided walk to the 1800s historic granite quarry on Tin Mountain’s Albany property. Learn about the history of Bald Hill Road and quarrying in the area, while enjoying the treasures of this beautiful property.
- Non-members: $15/person or $25/household
- Members are Free!
- Walk-ins welcome.
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 10am-2pm • Jackson Library
Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org - 11am-3pm • Bartlett Library
More info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/
- 10am-2pm • Jackson Library
- Community Event: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED on the WAY to the FORUM
7:30pm • M&D Playhouse / Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse, 2760 White Mountain Highway, North Conway- All times: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3:30pm
- Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=145464
- MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Shannon Door: Dan Aldrich • 7-10pm
- Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm – $5 cover
- Red Parka: Rek’lis • 8-11pm
SUN, July 16
- INTERFAITH SERVICE
8am • Old Red Library & Zoom, Jackson, NH- Zoom link and password required for virtual attendance.
- Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation. Bring your own hot beverage!
- WORSHIP @ JCC
10:30am • Jackson Community Church & Zoom- Music by Sharon Novak
- Message: Rev Gail Doktor
- Zoom link and password required for virtual attendance.
- HOSPITALITY
11:30am • JCC Parish Hall- Hospitality after Church
- Community Event: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED on the WAY to the FORUM
3:30pm • M&D Playhouse / Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse, 2760 White Mountain Highway, North Conway - MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm
- Red Parka: Packmann Dave • 4-7pm
MON, July 17
- Community Event: LEARN to PLAY BOCCE (Rain Date)
4-6 pm • McSheffrey’s Up North – The Club at Christmas Mountain in Glen- Sign up link: http://www.whitneyccprograms.com/signup
- Learn How to Play Bocce… Bocce is the third most popular sport in the world, after soccer and golf. Gather with others interested in understanding the game and learn the rules, regulations and fundamentals. Then test your new knowledge and get additional tips by playing a game of Bocce. You will now be ready to informally play Bocce with friends, or even join other Bocce enthusiasts in a Bocce league.
- This program is taught by Tony Simone, a Bocce enthusiast and an organizer of the Bocce Program at McSheffrey’s Up North – The Club at Christmas Mountain in Glen
- FREE (BUT SIGN UP IS REQUIRED) and runs Monday, July 10th from 4-6 pm at McSheffrey’s Up North – The Club at Christmas Mountain in Glen. Limit 18.
- Sign up link: http://www.whitneyccprograms.com/signup
Special Opportunities Made Possible by UCC National Synod and NH Council of Churches: LEARNING TOGETHER in July, August and September!
Some questions for followup discussions after screenings of keynote addresses or documentary:
- What was your takeaway? What did you appreciate about the documentary?
- What surprised you about this 2022 documentary filmed in NH?
- What were one (or more) questions you have after watching this video? Were any areas particularly challenging? Is there something you want to learn more about?
- What thoughts do you now have about this nonprofit’s intentional effort to become more inclusive and how it might reflect on what we could do in our own community?
Attend Screenings of KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
from UCC NATIONAL SYNOD: Bryan Stevenson & Ibram X. Kendi
WED, JULY 19 @ 3pm:
Screening of Q&A with Ibram X. Kendi
Join us in the JCC Parish Hall. Please RSVP if you are interested in seeing this presentation.
Ibram X. Kendi (More info about this scholar, author and speaker.)
For a limited time, get access to this important conversation between Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Rev. Traci Blackmon and Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson.
Please note: access to this recorded conversation is only available until July 31st, 2023.
WED, AUG 16 @ 3pm:
Screening of keynote address by Bryan Stevenson.
Join us in the JCC Parish Hall. Please RSVP if you are interested in seeing this presentation.
Bryan Stevenson (more about this attorney, author and scholar)
In this moving and poignant speech, Bryan Stevenson talks about how to engage the work of justice with courage, compassion and a fierce hope for a better world. Drawing on his experience as an attorney defending vulnerable clients within a broken judicial system, he illustrates how our proximity to the pain of others creates the internal conviction to fight for justice and goodness in the world. He speaks of his grandmother and the promises he made to her that became a guide for his life (and good advice for ours). Stevenson is a prophet for our time with big expectations for the role of the Church in shaping a more just world for all.
This arrangement is based on the UCC criteria for access to these videos: “The cost is $34 for each keynote. The recordings cannot be downloaded, but can be watched more than once. Again, the Ibram X. Kendi keynote will only be available until July 31, 2023.” We’ll focus on Ibram X. Kendi’s keynote address this month, since it is only available for viewing through July 31.
We’ll continue this fall:
WED, SEPT 20 @ 3:30pm
SANTA CAMP Documentary Viewing with JCC
Watch together and discuss in September!
Link to trailer of Santa Camp documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXteuDaI7Sk
Part of our ongoing process to explore what it means to be ever-more inclusive and open in our welcome to all family, friends, and neighbors.
The NH COUNCIL of CHURCHES
Summer Seminar & Keynote
by Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward
(author of The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism)
Attend In-Person for free!
Concord, NH
Tue, Aug 29 (free)
You can register here: https://www.nhcucc.info/event-details/lecture-seminar-with-carter-heyward
Have you registered for our summer keynote yet with Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward?
Just yesterday, I gathered with community and faith leaders regarding the latest act of white supremacist violence in our state. In a time of rising hate activity, the Church has a particular responsibility in the work of dismantling white Christian nationalism. It is a gift to have an expert like Carter with us to do just that!
We invite you to join us for either the daytime event, evening event, or both! The event is generously happening at no cost to you to ensure as many people as would like to attend are able to do so. We hope you will make this a part of your summer plans, and share with your neighbors…
THE CHURCH’s RESPONSE to WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
A Presentation by Rev. Traci D. Blackmon, RN, MDiv. Associate General Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries in the United Church of Christ.
