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TUE, April 11 – SUN, April 16 @ JCC and around Town

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TUE, April 11

  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Hoot Night with Jon Sarty • 6-8:30pm

WED, April 12

  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka: Win It Wed with Jon Sarty • 5-7:30pm
  • Community Event: TIN MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL TRIVIA
    • 5:30pm- 7pm • Tuckerman Brewing Co., Conway
    • Come exercise your mental muscles and join us for trivia! Come with a team of friends, or join one when you arrive. $5/per person donation.
  • Community Event: EXPO for SENIORS –WHAT’S AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS IN JACKSON?
    4-6pm • Whitney Community Center
    • Transportation provided by the Gibson Center. If you need transportation to/from the Whitney Center please contact Jill Reynolds at the Gibson Center at 603-356-3231 by Monday, April 10th.
    • E-mail Barb Campbell, Selectman, Town of Jackson at bcampbell@jackson-nh.org if you need further information.
    • Tell us what you are looking for. Learn about what is available.
    • We are eager to hear your thoughts about what would be fun and useful.
    • Light snacks will be provided by J-Town Deli.
    • Are you looking for:
      • Recreational gatherings
      • Outdoor walking and hiking
      • Transportation
      • Meals on Wheels
      • In-home care
      • Medicare Counseling
      • Advanced Directive assistance
      • Computers and digital tutoring
      • Options to become a volunteer
      • Help with home repairs
  • COUNCIL for Jackson Community Church
    7pm • Zoom link and password required
    • Church offers, staff, and lay leaders (volunteers) gather to make financial and mission-based decisions that support the operations and ministry of the church. Open to attendance by the community.
    • This month we are also discussing the first chapter of the book Governance and Church Ministry. Please be prepared. 1-2 copies of the book remain available at the front of the church for your use.
  • Community Events: MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Live Trivia • 7:306-9pm

THURS, April 13

  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
    All Day • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
    • Volunteers open day resource center for showers, mail pickup, grocery distribution, more.
  • Community Event: TIMBER RATTLESNAKES
    7pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
    • Historically ranging from Massachusetts border up to the White Mountains, there is currently only one known population of timber rattlesnakes in the state. Brendan Clifford, wildlife biologist for NH Fish & Game has monitored NH rattlesnake population for the past 17 years. Brendan will discuss the history of rattlesnakes in the state, their biology, and Fish & Game’s monitoring program. He will also address threats to its long-term persistence and some of the conservation efforts underway for this often misunderstood species.
    • In Person Evening Program fee of $5/non-member or $10/household. Member are free!
    • No registration necessary.
  • Community Event: TREE IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP
    7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson
    • We are excited to have Chris Lewey back at WCC! In this free workshop Chris will share the skills and joys of tree identification in our local region. ID keys and twig specimens help us decipher both deciduous and evergreen species.
    • Join us Thursday April 13th, 7-8:30pm.
    • Free workshop
  • Community Events: MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka Pub: Bingo for Gibson Center – 5:30-7pm
    • Shannon Door: Dan Parkhurst • 6-9pm

FRI, April 14

  • Community Event: ZUMBA with Dotti Aiello
    8:30am • Whitney Community Center
    • For more info, contact Dott: dottiaiello@gmail.com
    • Just a reminder that class is $5 per person with no sign in. Please bring the correct amount.  
    • Also, bring your water, a small towel and a smile and leave your inhibitions at home!
  • FITNESS CLASS  with Laurie McAleer 
    9:30am • Jackson Community Church
    • Free to all participants.
    • Gentle, chair-based stretch and fitness for all levels of ability
  • Community Event: LINE DANCING with Dotti Aiello
    9:30am • Whitney Community Center
    • For more info, contact Dott: dottiaiello@gmail.com
    • Just a reminder that class is $5 per person with no sign in. Please bring the correct amount.  
    • Also, bring your water, a small towel and a smile and leave your inhibitions at home!
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
    • 2pm-5pm • Jackson Library
      Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION
    5pm • Anthony DeLuca’s house, Jackson
    • One-time in-person event
  • Community Event: MOANA Jr. by Arts in Motion
    7pm • Majestic Theater
    • Produced by Arts in Motion Theater Company, this is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, bringing the adventures of Moana and her village of Motunui to life onstage.
    • Moana JR. features all the beloved songs from the film, written by Tony®, GRAMMY, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, and Mark Mancina, including “How Far I’ll Go,” “Shiny,” and “You’re Welcome.”
    • Tickets from Arts in Motion: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=aim
    • Will be performed: April 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 at 7pm and April 15, 16, 22 at 2pm
  • Community Event: FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ: Heather Pierson Trio (Heather, Shawn Nadeau, Craig Bryan)
    7pm • Majestic Theater Cafe, Conway Village
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Chasen’ Al Dean • 6-8:30pm – $5 cover
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 6-9pm
    • Red Parka: Generations • 8-11pm

SAT, April 15

  • MEN’s BREAKFAST
    7:30am • Parish Hall, Jackson Community Church
    • Co-hosted by Barry Chisholm and Chris Doktor
    • Chris Doktor will provide breakfast for everyone
    • RVSPs welcome; walk-ins encouraged: we want everyone interested to come!
    • Brainstorming session by attendess about next steps to kickstart men’s fellowship at JCC
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: MOANA Jr. by Arts in Motion
    2pm & 7pm • Majestic Theater
    • Produced by Arts in Motion Theater Company, this is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, bringing the adventures of Moana and her village of Motunui to life onstage.
    • Moana JR. features all the beloved songs from the film, written by Tony®, GRAMMY, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, and Mark Mancina, including “How Far I’ll Go,” “Shiny,” and “You’re Welcome.”
    • Tickets from Arts in Motion: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=aim
    • Will also be performed: April 16, 20, 21, 22 at 7pm and April 16, 22 at 2pm
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka Pub: Generations • 8-11pm
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk (Apres Ski)  • 4-6pm / Mitch Alden • 7-10pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm – $5 cover

SUN, April 16

  • INTERFAITH SERVICE
    8am • Old Red Library & Zoom, Jackson, NH
    • Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation. Bring your own hot beverage!
    • Zoom link and password required
  • WORSHIP @ JCC
    10:30am   • Jackson Community Church & Zoom
    • Zoom link and password required
    • Music by Sharon Novak
    • Message by Rev Gail Doktor
  • Community Event: SPRING PIANO CONCERT by Ellen Schwindt
    5pm • Fryeburg New Church
    • From Ellen: “Now that there is a piano worth playing in Fryeburg (the village I visit to fulfill many of my other needs), it’s even easier to realize this vision.
    • The theme of Sunday’s concert is “To Spring.” The title is eponymous with a piece Grieg included in Opus 43 that I will perform in the concert. Its music is full of promise, but is not without reference to the dark days when the snow returns. Charlotte Gill will be sharing two movements from one of the Bach French Suites. She and I will play together on a set of pieces I wrote 7 years ago called Method Book Miniatures. These are little musical jokes inspired by famous teaching pieces.
    • The program’s musical selections will be seasoned with spring poems. Other players and readers are welcome to contribute. To join in the performance, please contact me at this e-mail address as soon as possible. Admission to the concert is free. Donations will be gratefully accepted to help take care of the piano, and to support my organizing work.
  • Community Event: MOANA Jr. by Arts in Motion
    2pm & 7pm • Majestic Theater
    • Produced by Arts in Motion Theater Company, this is a 60-minute musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, bringing the adventures of Moana and her village of Motunui to life onstage.
    • Moana JR. features all the beloved songs from the film, written by Tony®, GRAMMY, Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, and Mark Mancina, including “How Far I’ll Go,” “Shiny,” and “You’re Welcome.”
    • Tickets from Arts in Motion: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=aim
    • Will also be performed: April 20, 21, 22 at 7pm and April 22 at 2pm
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Dan Parkhurst & Rafe Montegrano • 6-9pm
    • Red Parka Pub: Blue Sunday with Erin Harpe • 5-8pm

EASTER SUNDAY, April 9

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Easter Weekend with JCC and around town

SUN, April 9

  • SUNRISE EASTER SERVICE
    6am • Presidential Drive Cul-de-Sac, Jackson, NH
    • In-person only
    • Scripture
    • Singing
  • EASTER WORSHIP with Flowering of Cross @ JCC
    10:30am   • Jackson Community Church
    • Alternate: Zoom link and password required (email: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
    • Featuring harp with Dominique Dodge and special music by Gia Osborne
    • Flowering of Cross @ JCC
  • FLOWERING the Cross  @ JCC
    during Easter Worship service
  • HOSPITALITY @ JCC
    11:30am • Parish Hall after worship
  • COMMUNITY EGG HUNT
    11am-2pmJCC (one of the village sites) and around village organized by Chamber of Commerce
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Closed for Easter
    • Red Parka Pub: Dan Parkhurst • 5-8pm

April INSIDE OUT Newsletter

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April 2023 Newsletter

The most recent edition of the Jackson Community Church Inside-Out Newsletter is attached with all the information you may need for Holy Week and upcoming events.

A few things to note:

We are a couple of weeks into spring, now we can look forward to the Sun warming the skies and earth.  As the snow recedes from your gardens or as you begin to plant seeds think of the Mission Committee Plant Sale.  The Mission Committee would love to utilize any plants you do not need for their sale on May 20th. – they cannot do it without you.

Also – upcoming April 15th the revival of the Men’s Breakfast.  All men are invited – more information in the newsletter.

Joanne Turner, Administrative Assistant
Jackson Community Church

Lenten Reflection Day 26 (Mar 19): RESTORE  (Psalm 23).

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SONG: You Restore by CRC Music: https://youtu.be/HmmOwxUjIjc

 

POEM: Robert Penn Warren: Mortal Limit (excerpt): It knows it will accept the mortal limit, And swing into the great circular downwardness that will restore The breath of earth?

QUOTE: Sam Levenson: We leave you a tradition with a future. The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete. People even more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody.

St Patricks Day reflections and observances

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Songs by Irish performers, bands, and musicians or songs about Ireland:

ST PATRICK’S PROTECTION PRAYER 
Full text may be found here: https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/greenford/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/03/St-Patricks-Breastplate.pdf

Abbreviated version: St Patrick’s Breastplate or The Lorica

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.

Christ shield me today
Against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation.

Instructions to make the St Brigid’s cross:

PRAYER of ST BRIGID
May Brigid bless the house
wherein you dwell.
Bless every fireside,
every wall and door.
Bless every heart
that beats beneath its roof.
Bless every hand
that toils to bring it joy.
Bless every foot
that walks its portals through.
May Brigid bless
the house that shelters you.

St Brigid’s Cloak (one legend of St Brigid)

She approached the King of Leinster requesting the land on which to build her monastery. The place she selected in Kildare was ideal. It was near a lake where water was available, in a forest where there was firewood and near a fertile plain on which to grow crops. The King refused her request. Brigid was not put off by his refusal. Rather, she and her sisters prayed that the King’s heart would soften. She made her request again but this time she asked, “Give me as much land as my cloak will cover.”
        Seeing her small cloak, he laughed and then granted this request. However, Brigid had instructed her four helpers each to take a corner of the cloak and walk in opposite directions – north, south, east and west. As they did this the cloak began to grow and spread across many acres. She now had sufficient land on which to build her monastery. The King and his entire household were dismayed and amazed. They realised that this woman was truly blessed by God. The King became a patron of Brigid’s monastery, assisting her with money, food and gifts. Later he converted to Christianity. It was on this land in Kildare that she built her dual monastery c.470.

THREE STORIES about St Patrick  (from salt+ … full article:https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2019/3/12/a-brief-theology-of-st-patricks-day)

… And so in honor of St. Patrick’s Day this year, three ancient, delightful stories — but first, a little background.

St. Patrick is one of the patron saints of Ireland. He died just over fifteen hundred years ago, reportedly on March 17, and he is closely associated with the growth of Christianity throughout the Emerald Isle, the rise of Celtic styles of Christianity, and of course that famous shamrock (more on that in a bit).

He first encountered Ireland as an enslaved young man. Patrick was born in the Roman imperial province of Britannia (today known as Great Britain), and as a youth he was captured by Irish raiders and forced to serve as a sheep herder. After six years of captivity, he escaped and made his way home — only to return to Ireland years later as a bishop and missionary

St. Patrick’s Walking Stick
Patrick was an itinerant preacher, and it is said that he carried a walking stick made of ash wood. In his travels between Britannia and Ireland, whenever he would stop to preach, he would plant the stick beside him, upright in the ground. At the English site now called Aspatria (“ash of Patrick”), he preached so patiently, the story goes, that when at last he finished, he couldn’t remove the stick. It had sprouted roots, you see. It was already on its way to becoming a tree

St. Patrick’s Bell
In his life as an enslaved sheep herder, St. Patrick was quite familiar with the sheep bell: a simple bell of hammered iron with a small handle on top. As a bishop, that bell continued to have great meaning for him, perhaps because it reminded him of his youth, or of the ringing good news of the gospel, or of his ongoing role as a pastor (from the Latin pastorem, “shepherd”). Whatever the reason, he was laid to rest with one resting on his breast: the dead shepherd, buried with his bell.
      Sometime later, the bell was removed from the tomb as a precious relic. And in the eleventh century, artists intricately covered the bell in bronze, gems, and Celtic designs of crosses and birds — not to make the bell appear more holy, it is said, but rather to shield the eyes of onlookers from the brilliant holiness of the iron original. Now on display in Dublin’s National Museum, St. Patrick’s Bell is considered one of Ireland’s signature treasures.

St. Patrick’s Shamrock
The Christian idea of the divine Trinity — God’s simultaneous threeness and oneness as Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit — has always been a great challenge for preachers to grasp and explain. St. Patrick did it this way: he looked around, and then plucked a shamrock from the ground at his feet. Three leaves, he said, and yet one stem, one life. Add to that the shamrock’s vibrant shade of green, the color of growth and vitality — and while it’s easy to imagine a more technical, lengthy explanation of the Trinity, it’s hard to imagine a better one.

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