HOLY WEEK: Palm Sunday, April 2  to Easter, Sunday, April 9

April 2-9: WAY of the CROSS

• VIA CRUCIS – Way of the Cross
  Ongoing • JCC Sacntuary
  
  • Self-guided. 
  • Crosses used in this personal pilgrimage, most hanging in the windows, come from around the world. 
  • Front doors open and unlocked 24/7. Come whenever your schedule permits. Several written guides are available, tracing the Via Crucis journey with specific concerns in mind: healing, environmental care, recovering from addiction, surviving trauma, discerning prayer. The guides also include ones written specifically for women, children, refugees, seniors, LGBTQ+ allies, and using perspective from St Teresa,
    St Francis, Ignatians, and using Biblical versions offered by Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.
• 24/7: Daily during Holy Week • JCC Sanctuary

Sun, Apr 2: PALM SUNDAY  

• INTERFAITH WORSHIP 
  8am • JCC Sanctuary & Zoom
  • Join us for poetry, conversation, and prayer.
  • Zoom link and password required.
• PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP with Communion 
  10:30am • JCC Sanctuary & Zoom
  • Zoom link and password required.
  • Music: Sharon Novak
• HOSPITALITY @ JCC
  11:30am • Parish Hall
  
• BYZANTINE ART, ICONOGRAPHY & ARCHITECTURE Tour with John Heropoulos, MDiv. 
  
  2pm • Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Berlin, NH
  • Led by John Heropoulos, MDiv., retired Greek Orthodox priest.

Thurs, Apr 6: MAUNDY THURSDAY

• SOUP SUPPER & MAUNDY THURSDAY WORSHIP
  6pm • Parish Hall of JCC
  
  • Worship at table as communion meal
  • Discussion over the meal
  • Scripture: Last Supper & Prayers in Gesthemane
  • Special song written & performed by Sharon Novak
  • Soups prepared by Sue Carrigan & Wendy McVey
  • Event hosted by the deacons
  • Close with stripping of the altar

Fri, Apr 7: HOLY FRIDAY

• VIGIL on HOLY FRIDAY 
  Noon-3pm • JCC Sanctuary
  
  • Scripture readings offered aloud in the sanctuary at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.
  • Texts narrate final hours of Christ
  • Traditional day to experience Stations of Cross (also offered in sanctuary during this time and throughout Holy Week).
  • Virtual stations of the c ross will be posted to Facebook and the website.
• ECUMENICAL WORSHIP for HOLY FRIDAY
  6pm •  Christ Church Episcopal, North Conway, NH
  
  • Tenebrae service
  • Last even words of Christ
  • Putting out candles
  • Scirpture and song
  • This service is offered by Clergy of the Eastern Mountain Slope in Mt Washington Valley.

Sun, Apr 9: EASTER SUNDAY

• 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
  
  • Zoom link and password required.
  • Featuring harp with Dominique Dodge and special music by Gia Osborne
  • Flowering of Cross @ JCC
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• HOSPITALITY @ JCC
  11:30am • Parish Hall
  
• COMMUNITY EGG HUNT 
  11am-2pm  JCC and around village