Jackson Community Church

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Lent & Easter

TUE, Mar 14 – SUN, Mar 19

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Third Week of Lent

TUE, Mar 14

WED, Mar 15

  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Event: DOWNHILL SKIING
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka: Win It Wed with Jon Sarty • 5-7:30pm
  • Community Event: TIN MOUNTAIN AUTHOR SERIES: Elizabeth Macalaster – War Pigeons
    • 7-8pm • Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82429794716
    • For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War to the birds’ invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Join author Elizabeth Macalaster for a discussion of these extraordinary birds and the research that went into writing this book.

THURS, Mar 16

FRI, Mar 17 – St Patricks Day

  • NEW: FITNESS CLASS with Laurie McAleer
  • 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
  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Event: DOWNHILL SKIING
  • Community Event: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
    Black Mtn, Jxn
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
    • Register now for Programs: 603-383-9355
    • Friday Sliders & Gliders: Jan – mid-March
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
    • 2pm-5pm • Jackson Library
      Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • ST. PATRICK’S DAY 
    • Black Mountain:
      • $17 tickets all day
    • Red Parka 
      • Challenge Cup
      • 8am – 4pm 
    • Shannon Door
      • Doors open at 1:00pm.
      • Irish music starts from 1pm with Marty Quirk
      • Corned Beef and Cabbage and Takeout too!
  • C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION 
    5pm • Zoom link and password required.
    • Bring your adult beverage and your curiosity for a conversation about our sacred texts.
  • Community Event: MAJESTIC CAFE CONCERT – Heather Pierson Duo
    7pm • Majestic Theater, Conway Village
  • Community Event: SECRET GARDEN by M&D Productions
    7:30pm • Eastern Slope Playhouse, North Conway
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner • 6-9pm
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 6-9pm
    • Red Parka: Rek’lis • 8-11pm
    • Shovel Handle: Dan Aldrich • 6-9pm
    • Lostbo @ Black Mountain: Nathaniel Hintz • 3:30- 5:30pm.

SAT, Mar 18

SUN, Mar 19

Lenten Reflection Day 21 (Mar 14): DRINK   (from John 4:5-42).

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SONG: Drink Water by The FeelBetterMinnesota: https://youtu.be/3MZK5eRv7L0

POEM: Laura Cronk: Thirst (excerpt): I’m pouring water from cup to cup. This is the water we are meant to drink with the other animals. There are daffodils by the water, a road leading from the water to the shining crown of the sun.

QUOTE: Rumi: So come! Drink! Return to the root of the root of your own soul.

Lenten Reflection Day 20 (Mar 13): ASK  (from John 4:5-42).

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SONG: Ask by The Smiths: https://youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU

POEM: Esther Berlin: I Hope to God Yoy Will Not Ask (excerpt): I hope to God you will not ask Me or my People to send Postcard greetings… Yes, we may share the same sun setting But the in-between hours are hollow The People fill the void with prayers for help Calling upon the Holy Ones Those petitions penetrate and loosen The binds you tried to tighten Around our heart …

QUOTE: Mahatma Gandhi: Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Lenten Reflection Day 19 (Mar 12): DRAW WATER  (from John 4:5-42).

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SONG: Draw Me a Bucket of Water by Bessie Jones: https://youtu.be/8bWCRraSixo

POEM: Edith Wharton: The Mortal Lease (excerpt): Because our kiss is as the moon to draw The mounting waters of that red-lit sea That circles brain with sense, and bids us be The playthings of an elemental law, Shall we forego the deeper touch of awe On love’s extremest pinnacle …

QUOTE: Henry David Thoreau: I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Bramin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges.

Lenten Reflection Day 18 (Mar 11): TIME (from Psalm 121).

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SONG: Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper: https://youtu.be/VdQY7BusJNU

POEM: John Milton: On Time (excerpt): Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace; And glut thy self with what thy womb devours, Which is no more then what is false and vain, And meerly mortal dross; So little is our loss,So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb’d, And last of all, thy greedy self consum’d, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss …

QUOTE: J.R.R. Tolkien: “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

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