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TUE, June 20 – SUN, June 25 with JCC and around town

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TUE, June 20

  • UCC Event: ANNUAL MEETING WORSHIP PLANNING
    10am • Zoom
    • Rev Gail participates in planning for the October 2023 annual meeting of the NH Conference of the UCC, including worship
  • CLERGY LUNCH
    12:30pm • Zoom
    • Local clergy convene for conversations, ecumenical event-planning, and peer support. Rev Gail attends.
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: TRIVIA & CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
    7pm • Local Jackson Home – Whitney Communiuty Center program
    • Trivia is defined as a little known facts or unimportant matters. Chocolate chip cookies originated in the US around 1938. Test out a variety of chocolate chip cookies and learn and play trivia games that you can play with your family! This program is led by Greg Marsello, a trivia and chocolate chip cookie enthusiast.
    • 7-8:30 PM at a local Jackson home.
    • Fee $10-Limit 8 so
    • Sign up at https://friends-of-the-Whitney-community-center.square.site
  • Community Event: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Hoot Night with Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm

WED, June 21

  • Community Event: SUMMER SOLSTICE EVENTS including Jackson Community Church
    • 10 – 11 am: CHILDREN’s SUMMER SOLSTICE STORIES, WALK & CRAFT
      Jackson Public Library.
      • isten to Summer Solstice stories, take a Summer Solstice walk, and make a Summer Solstice craft. Jackson Public Library
    • 10 am – 12 noon: SUMMER SOLSTICE WALK Jackson Field Station  of  Tin Mountain Conservation Cente
      • ’Take a morning hike on the Jackson Field Station property. Tin Mountain Conservation Center’s naturalist will explain the historic use of the property, help identify plant species, and point out animal signs. Celebrate the summer solstice off the beaten path. Participants of all ages welcome. Jackson Field Station
    • 10:57 am • STEEPLE BELL RINGING to MARK STARY of Solstice Steeple Bell Ringing 
      Jackson Community Church front entrance
      • Marks te actual time around the world that solstice occurs
    • 3 – 4 pm: REFLECTION and MEDITATION with Rev Gail of JCC
      Town Gazebo by Jackson Historical Society.
      • The Summer Solstice reminds us to turn inward and find nourishment needed to grow and evolve. Join the Jackson Community Church for reflection and meditation as you prepare for the upcoming summer season. Town Gaze
    • 6 – 8 pm: BYO PICNIC DINNER & BONFIRE Celebration.
      Whitney Community Center
      • Bring your picnic dinner (the grill will be available for cooking, as well as watermelon) and at 7 pm the bonfire will be lit followed by stories, music and games. Join other community members as we ring in the summer. Whitney Community Center
  • COMMUNITY GRIEF GROUP
    1pm • Old Red Library
    • Open to the community. Facilitated by Rev Gail, trained as hospice chaplain, but with focus to become peer-led group,
    • Free and open to the community. No RSVP required. Contact Rev Gail by text or voicemail with any questions.
  • Community Events: MOUNTAINTOP COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA: Fantrasies & Fairytales
    7pm • Majestic Thester
    • Dr. Julia Howell leads the orchestra in a concert of classical and film music that evokes familiar – and not-so-familiar – fantastical stories. The concert includes pieces by Ravel, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi, and more.
    • The Mountain Top Community Orchestra is an all-volunteer group of musicians who play together once a week in the fall and spring. Compensation for its conductors is generously provided by a grant from a Mountain Top board member
    • Tickets and info: https://www.conwaymajestic.com/
  • Community Events: MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Live Trivia • 7:306-9pm

THURS, June 22

  • 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 Evebt: MAJESTIC CAFE THUIRSDAY
    5:30pm Doors Open / 6 pm to 8:30 pm Performance • Majestic Theater Cafe, Conway
    • Come out and enjoy long time valley musicians and always entertaining Kevin Dolan and Simon Crawford
    • No Cover.
  • Community Event: MEMBERS ONLY LAUREL & LEMONADE
    3pm until 5pm • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Cte, Albany
    • Join the staff of Tin Mountain as we wander through the most northerly and perhaps the largest mountain-laurel population in NH. The shrubs should be at the height of bloom during this walk through an extraordinary forest community. The walk will culminate with trail side refreshments.
    • Reservations required; call 447-6991 or click to register.
  • Community Events: MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Dan Parkhurst • 6-9pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Hospers Band • 7pm – $10 cover

FRI, June 23

  • Community Evebts: DRAG STORY HOURS
    • 9am • Conway Public Library, Conway, NH
      • Storyteller Reverend Yolanda uses the art of drag to read books to kids. DSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. Kids are able to see people who defy gender restrictions and imagine a world where everyone can be their authentic selves! 
    • 4pm  •  Pope Memorial Library, North Conway, NH
      • Storyteller Reverend Yolanda uses the art of drag to read books to kids. DSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. Kids are able to see people who defy gender restrictions and imagine a world where everyone can be their authentic selves!
  • Community Event: ZUMBA with Dotti Aiello
    8:15am • 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 • Zoom link required
    • Bring your preferred beverage and join us for a conversation about the scripture to be used during Sunday’s worship
  • Community Event: FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ: McCoy Mrubata and Gary Wittner
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner • 6-8:30pm – $5 cover
    • Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm

SAT, June 24

  • Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAINS PRIDE FESTIVAL
    10am-4pm • Grounds of North Conway Community Center (next to Schoulker Park)
    • Full list of musicians, vendors, and activities: https://www.whitemountainspride.com/events
    • JCC booth with several volunteer shifts: free lemonade, temp tattoos, and pride ‘goiveaways’
    • Way Station booth and many other nonprofits
    • Music, Food, Crafts
    • Full list of artists performingm food vendors and activities
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: BUTTERFLY FIELD TRAINING
    10am •     Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Cent
    • Tin Mountain will be hosting a butterfly count the weekend of July 22 as part of the North American Butterfly Association. In advance of this inaugural community science event, we are hosting a field training day to familiar volunteers with netting and IDing, and recording the observed butterflies. All are welcome, even if you can’t join us for the count! 
    • Reservations requested; call 447-6991 or click to register.
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Chris Shalick • 7-10pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm – $5 ciover

SUN, June 25

  • INTERFAITH SERVICE
    8am • Old Red Library & Zoom, Jackson, NH
    • Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation. Bring your own hot beverage!
  • WORSHIP @ JCC including Pride Weekend Observance with guest speakers Susan & Todd Campbell
    10:30am   • Jackson Community Church & Zoom
    • Music by Sharon Novak
    • Message with Rev Gail Doktor and Tod & Susan Campbell, parents of trans-person
    • Wear bright colors or rainbows to celebrate the day!
  • HOSPITALITY
    11:30am • JCC Parish Hall
    • Hospitality after Church
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean  • 6-9pm

Volunteer, mini-golf, walk, dine, dance, host, and connect with JCC and other nonprofits

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HAVE FUN and MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Volunteer for JCC’s ecumenical lemonade stand at Pride, play mini golf for Jens Friends, attend the gala for Gibson Center, boogie at Boots n Bling for Starting Point, volunteer for Way Station’s Circles startup team, host hospitality at church, help at the May 20th Plant Sale, become a virtual deacon for zoom with church, and more!

Sat, May 20th Plant Sale @ JCC
9am-Noon

Help in one of these ways:

  • Drop off seedlings, house plants, cuttings and other garden and yard gleanings during the week prior to the sale. They may beleft outside beneath the outer stairwell. Pots and popsicle sticks for labeling plants are on site.
  • Come early on Saturday if you want to help the missions team with the plant sale.
  • Drop by the plant sale to acquire plants for your house, garden, or yard.

Proceeds benefit people in need of shelter in the valley and abroad, particularly refugees.

MINI GOLF for JEN’S FRIENDS
June 2 • 10am – 4pm

Join us at Pirates Cove Mini Golf for a Jen’s Friends fun,fund raiser! 100% of your $10. ticket goes to Jen’s Friends!

Click the link to register for mini-golf. REGISTER: https://jensfriends.salsalabs.org/minigolf2023

GIBSON GALA
Celebrating Seniors

Thursday, May 11th
Majestic Theater
5:45pm socializing  • 7pm program starts

Renowned radio host Laura Knoy, previously the moderator of NHPR’s The Exchange, will moderate a panel of Valley celebrities.

  • On stage will be artist, musician and actor Mary Bastoni, judge and mediator Peter Fauver, coach and mentor Bernie Livingston and Jen’s Friends Board member, Barbara Theriault for a night of joy and laughter.
  • Also: Silent Auction
  • Features scrumptious hors d’oeuvres by Chef Blodgett and cash bar.

Tickets are on sale now online at https://mountaintop.ludus.com/index.php or by calling the Gibson Center at 603-356-3231.

BOOTS n BLING

Thursday, June 8 • 5pm
Wentworth Inn

Dinner, dancing, entertainment, live auction, and games!

Tickets are now on sale for 2023!  Please click HERE

Save the Date!

JCC WALKS for a CURE
Alzheimers Walk

Oct 14 @ Great Glen
It’s not too early to register with the team, recruit more team members, and start your fundraising. 

Register or donate: http://act.alz.org/goto/eaglesrest2023

To register please go to : Alzheimers Walk, Find and select register, follow the prompts, (you want to Join a team) search for Eagle’s Rest, Our team should come up and you can then Join.

HOST CHURCH HOSPITALITY 
To resume the tradition of hospitality after worship service, we are asking volunteers to host the next few weeks. Put out the snacks and beverages, set up the table, and offer a friendly presence as we socialize after church.

The church provides cold beverages and a few basic snacks such as popcorn, cookies and/or crackers and cheese. We also provide paper goods, coffee, etc. You’re welcome to supplement these offerings, or to use only what the church keeps on hand.

If you’re able to sign up for May 21, May 28, or June 4, please email the church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org.

We’ll put up an in-person signup option to cover hospitality schedule beyond these first few dates.

ZOOM DEACONS WANTED!

If you attend the worship service remotely, would you consider signing up to be a virtual deacon from time to time? Virtual deacons letpeople into the Zoom meeting, and help make sure anyone in Zoom who wantrs to pray is seen and heard.

Email the church if you’re able to volunteer as a virtual Zoom deacon: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org

JCC Booth and Lemonade Stand @
WHITE MOUNTAINS PRIDE

Sat, June 24
Schouler Park
Setup: 8:30am
Festival: 10am – 4pm
Cleanup: 4-4:30pm

Volunteers needed for 2-hour shifts: Setup.10am-noon, noon-2pm, 2-4pm, cleanup.

Jackson Community Church is one of several sponsors for this event. We’re hosting a booth alongside Nativity Lutheran Church and the Way Station. We’ll offer lemonade, temporary tattoos, and loving support for our LGBTQIA+ community.

Volunteers are welcome to help at the JCC booth or the Way Station table.

May 20th: PLANT SALE 9am-Noon

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9th Annual Fundraising Plant Sale @ Jackson Community Church: rain or shine!
Saturday May 20th
9am-12
 
These sunny days are cajoling the greenery out of the ground and turning our thoughts to plants we can put in the ground! 
 If you are fortunate enough to have an abundance of hearty, healthy perennials that need dividing; extra seedlings started, or a healthy houseplant that needs to be re-homed, please consider donating to our sale! 
 
 We have pots up for grabs under the stairway at the church, and starting next week feel free to leave your donated plants under there.
 
We can help divide plants, or pick up items if needed.  Please identify all plants dropped off. 
 
ALL proceeds support displaced persons needing shelter and assistance here in the MWV and internationally. 
 
For questions call / text Gloria Hutchings.

SKI for CAMP SUNSHINE!

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Community Event: SKI for SUNSHINE!
4pm • Cranmore Mountain

MARCH 3-5: Events with JCC and around town!

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FRI, Mar 3

  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • **C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION (resume Fri, Mar 10)**
    5pm •  Zoom
    • Cancelled this week b/c Rev Gail is out of town for a concert
  • Community Event: FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ – MAJESTIC CAFE  –  Timezones; Gary Wittner (guitar), Michael Gallant (violin), and Eric LaPerna (percussion)
    6:30 pm • Majestic Cafe, Conway, NH
  • Community Event: BLACK MOUNTAIN FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES
    Black Mountain, Jackson, NH
    • Info: https://www.blackmt.com/friday-night-uphill
      • Course Set-up = 3:30 to 4:30
      • Kids Lap, turn on the lights = 4:30 – 5:30
      • Registration = 4:30 – 7:15
      • Lostbo Cabin is Open = 5:00 – 7:45
      • Course is Open = 5:00 – 8:00
      • 7:00 = Pizza arrives
      • Lostbo Pub is open = 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
        • Live Music from 3:30 – 5:30
        • $5 Moat Drafts from 5:00 – 8:00
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 6-8pm
    • Red Parka Pub: Blue Matter • 8-11pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner • 6 – 8:30pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub • Rek’lis Duo • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Rafe Matregrano

SAT, Mar 4

  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: NORTH COUNTRYY SNOWSHOE (Tin Mountain event)
    9am • Pine Mountain Trails
    • Eplore the North Country’s Pine Mountain. The trip will involve light to moderate snowshoeing and provide excellent opportunities to observe tracks of many of New Hampshire’s wildlife and perhaps a peek at some northern birds, such as the boreal chickadee or black-backed woodpecker.
    • Registration required. Click HERE to register or call 603-447-6991.
    • Registration cost: $15/person or $25/household for non-members. Members are free.
  • Community Event: SNOWSHOE TOUR (Tin Mountain event)
    2pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
    • Register at tinmountain.org or call 603-447-6991
      *Please arrive at 1:30pm if you are renting snowshoes. Also, bring poles if you prefer to use them while snowshoeing – we do not have any poles.
    • Non-members:  $15/person or $25/household, snowshoe rental $5/person. Members are Free!
    • Join us for a snowshoe tour at Tin Mountain’s Nature Learning Center in Albany, NH. Bring your own snowshoes or rent ours*, and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of winter. All are welcome!
  • Community Event: SKI for SUNSHINE!
    4pm • Cranmore Mountain
  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Event: CONTRA DANCING 
    7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson, NH
    • FREE Contra Dance being called by National Heritage Fellow Dance Caller, Dudley Laufman, along with his band of musicians.
    1.  A contra dance is not a square dance. You perform simple footwork patterns. No experience is required.
    2. A contra dance is for community members of all ages. Come by yourself, or bring your family and friends.
    3. The Whitney CC Contra Dance is a chance for you to meet more community members and have a fun night out. If you live full-time in the area or are up for the weekend, you are encouraged to attend.
    4. You are not required to sign up. Just show up. But to help us better plan you can Click Here to sign up.
    5. You are welcome to bring your favorite dessert to share with other contra dancers.
    6. If you have any questions contact Greg Marsello @ P: 401-824-6815 or whitneycommunitycenter@gmail.com. 
  • Community Event: SLEIGH RIDES & SKATING 
    Nestlenook Farm, Jackson, NH • More info: https://nestlenookfarmsleighrides.com/
  • Community Event: DOWNHILL SKIING
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk Apres Ski (4-6) & Scott Baer • 7-10pm
    • Red Parka Pub: LBlue Matter • 8-11pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Apres Ski with Al Shafner • 3-5pm  & Jeremy Dean * 6 • 8:30pm
    • Shovel Handle: Two Man Bando • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Steve Haidaichuk• 3:30-5:30pm

SUN, Mar 5

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