Outreach – Page 16 – Jackson Community Church

At JCC and around town: June 24-28

Highlights: Racial justice events (conversations & classes), storytelling, birding hike, canoeing, loons lecture, yoga, worship with Pride theme. Also: info on summer camps at home and in-person. WED, June 24 Courageous Conversations: RACIAL JUSTICE (co-hosted with Jackson Public Library)8am • Zoom (email church for link)Co-facilitated with Jackson Public Library. RSVP to participate. Peer-reviewed curriculum and[…]

Reflections on laughter — themes from Genesis — plus thoughts on graduation, milestones & next steps.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. — Anthony Robbins We are all here for a spell. Get all the good laughs you can. — Will Rogers We need laughter in our lives. Laughter is carbonated holiness.— Anne Lamott You’re general, but you’re also specific. A citizen and a person, and the[…]

Juneteenth

Article shared from NH UCC’s Racial Justice Mission Group: The Racial Justice Mission Group Invites the NH Conference ChurchesTo Celebrate Juneteenth Our Purpose in Celebrating Juneteenth in New Hampshire is based upon our desire for greater visibility, education, and alliance in a state and geographic region that is historically perceived as demographically white. This misperception[…]

Upcoming events and information focused on education, engagement, and mourning: some for COVID and many for racial justice responses.

Some additional educational resources and regional/national events and correspondence focused either on lamentation for COVID or mourning and engagement around racial justice. Use what you find helpful, and please set aside those notices that you find out of alignment with your approach to these events. What is happening in this nation is complicated, and cannot[…]

Thoughts on the Trinity, and reflections on justice, kindness, and humilitty: what is required of you. Themes from Micah & 2 Corinthians on Trinity Sunday.

In the name of the Bee, and the Butterfly, and the Breeze – Amen! — Emily Dickinson Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. ― Cornel West Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. – Scott Adams … whether a person[…]