THIS WEEK: May 21-26
TUE, May 21
- Community Event: VILLAGE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT MEETING
Noon • Snowflake Inn
Note from eNews: “We are seeking interested members to join our Jackson Village Beautification Project. We need your input and help to get just the right look for our incredible Village. If interested, please contact the Chamber 603-383-9356 or Sue Ann Methot at the Snowflake – 603-383-8259. We are fortunate to have Carrie Scribner (dutch bloemen winkel) and Sandra Plourde (Christmas Farm Inn & Spa) on the committee.” - CLERGY GROUP
12:30pm • No Conway
Clergy group gathers for lunch and colleagial work. - DAISY SCOUTS
2:45-4:30pm • Parish House, Jackson Community Church - DEACONS MEETING
4pm • Second Floor, Church Library Room
Meet to prepare worship plans and review pastoral care concerns in community. - Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAIN PRIDE CELEBRATION – PLANNING COMMITTEE
7pm • The Cranmore Inn, No. Conway
These meetings are open to anyone interested in supporting Pride in the Valley. This committee meets to plan events for the 1st annual White Mountains Pride Celebration. More info.
THURS, May 23
- Community Event: NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY CARE PROVIDERS NETWORK
9-11am • Tech Village, No Conway - BLISS YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • First Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church. Beginning stretch, flow and align yoga; safe for new practitioners. Weather dependent; if schools are delayed or closed, the class will be cancelled. - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church
FRI, May 24
- PASTOR’S DROP-IN HOURS @ JTOWN
7-9am • JTown Deli, Jackson
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or text/call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308. - PASTORAL HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Second Floor, Church
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308. - Private Event: WEDDING REHEARSAL
4pm • Jackson Community Church
SAT, May 25
- Community Event: ALTON WEAGLE DAY
8am – 5pm • Mt Washington Auto Road Alton Weagle had a passion for Mt. Washington. To show his passion, he climbed the Mt. Washington Auto Road in a number of unique ways: by car, on foot, walking backwards, blindfolded and finally pushing a wheelbarrow full of sugar…just to name a few. We invite you to dream up a “first ascent” of some kind and run the idea by us – you just may get invited to celebrate with us! Send us an email with your first ascent idea to info@mt-washington.com or contact the Mt. Washington Auto Road 603-466-3988. - Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
Join birders of all levels on this weekly bird walk through the bog and view the rich diversity of bird life that makes it way north to rest or nest. Bring binoculars (or borrow ours), rubber boots, and a snack. - Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY CRAFT FAIR
10am – 5pm • Gibson Center & Schouler Park, North Conway. - CHURCH PLANT SALE
9am – Noon • Old Red Library, Jackson
Come choose from a large selection of locally grown perennials, annuals, seedlings, and houseplants to enhance your home and gardens! Proceeds from plant sale support the distribution of cooking/heating stoves in the areas of Zimbabwe affected by the devastating hurricane Idai. **If you are fortunate enough to have an abundance of plants; perennials that need dividing, extra seedlings, or a healthy houseplant looking for a new home…please consider donating to our sale!** If you need pots, please help yourself to the ones under the stairwell at the church. You can drop plants off by the Jackson Church (under the outside stairwell) starting Wed, May 22 – Sat, May 25. Questions? Email: gmcblutch@gmail.com - Private Event: WEDDING
3pm • Jackson Community Church
Rev Gail officiates. - Community Event: LIBRARY MINI-BOOK SALE
11am-1pm • Old Red Library
SUN, May 26
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazebo by Jackson Historical Society - WORSHIP with MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership & message by Rev Gail Doktor - Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY CRAFT FAIR
10am – 5pm • Gibson Center & Schouler Park, North Conway. - Community Event: WILD QUACK DUCK RACE & MUSIC FESTIVAL
Morning • Pond & fields by Snowflake Inn.
Duck tickets, music plus kids games, roaming train rides, face painting, local and visiting fair food vendors, ice cream, cake tasting. More Info.
1:45pm • Big Ducks go down the river
2pm • Regular & Olympic Ducks go down the river - Community Event: MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT with SEACOAST WIND ENSEMBLE
7pm • Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.
Performance by the Seacoast Wind Ensemble, a Sousa-style 50-piece band, has been underwritten by Col. Karen and Lt. Col. Jim Umberger, Air Force Retired,. Free to the public; accepting donations to support future White Mountain Musical Arts concerts.
MON, May 27: Memorial Day!
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
TUE, May 7 – SUN, May 12
TUE, May 7
- WAY STATION LEADERSHIP MTG
11am • Way Station / Nativity Lutheran Church, No Conway
Planning meeting for next steps to prep for opening of facility. - CLERGY GROUP
12:30pm • Center Conway
Clergy group gathers for lunch and colleagial work. Rev Gail attends. - DAISY SCOUTS
2:45-4:30pm • Parish House, Jackson Community Church
WED, May 8
- PASTOR’S HOURS
7-8am • J-Town Deli
Come for caffeine, good food, and conversation. - Community Event: BREWING in NH
8:30pm • Jackson Public Library
Glenn Knoblock explores the fascinating history of New Hampshire’s beer and ale brewing industry from Colonial days, when it was home- and tavern-based, to today’s modern breweries and brew pubs. More info.
THURS, May 9
- BLISS YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • First Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church. Beginning stretch, flow and align yoga; safe for new practitioners. Weather dependent; if schools are delayed or closed, the class will be cancelled. - Community Event: ECOFORUM – SMARTPHONE CITIZEN SCIENCE in the MOUNTAINS
Noon • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
Do you take photos with your phone when out on the trails? Turn your mobile device into a reporting tool with iNaturalist and join other citizen scientists by documenting the flowering plants you observe on your next hike. By participating you can contribute to AMC’s Mountain Watch study. Join AMC staff science, Georgia Murray and Annie Evankow to learn more about the program, the results and how you can participate. - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church - Community Event: CROWS and their WINTER ROOSTS
7pm • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
Crows are intelligent and adaptable birds. Dana and Bob Fox will share what they have learned about 25,000 wintering crows over two years through detailed observation and much reading. They will share what crows do, don’t do and how they change their minds.
FRI, May 10
- PASTORAL HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Second Floor, Church
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308.
SAT, May 11
- CHURCH SPRING CLEAN UP DAY
9am-Noon • Jackson Community Church
Wear work clothes, close-toed shoes or boots, bring work gloves, buckets, rakes, brooms, rags. Plan to work indoors or outdoors to clean up the grounds and interior of the church. - Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
Join birders of all levels on this weekly bird walk through the bog and view the rich diversity of bird life that makes it way north to rest or nest. Bring binoculars (or borrow ours), rubber boots, and a snack. Our final week will be via canoe!
SUN, May 12
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazebo by Jackson Historical Society - YOUTH & FAMILY
Come dressed for outdoor games or hike. RSVP Rev Gail if you plan to attend. - MOTHER’s DAY WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership by Rev Gail Doktor
* Message by Tish Hanlon
THIS WEEKEND at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
SAT, May 4 – SUN, May 5
SAT, May 4
- Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
Join birders of all levels on this weekly bird walk through the bog and view the rich diversity of bird life that makes it way north to rest or nest. Bring binoculars (or borrow ours), rubber boots, and a snack. Our final week will be via canoe! - VALLEY LITTER CLEAN UP DAY
8:30-10am • Register at Whitney Community Center for Jackson for trash bags, gloves and road assignments.
10am • Clean up
Noon-2pm • Celebration at Hampton Inn, North Conway; Food music, prizes, water park and more! Ben 7 Jerry’s, Flatbread Pizza, Home Depot Play Station, Educational and Information centers.
Other locations to sign in and start out to clean up different communities: Other sign-ups sites in other towns — Bartlett: Bartlett school parking lot. Glen: Patch’s Market parking lot. Kearsarge/Intervale: Scenic Vista Route 16. Saco River Banks: First Bridge. North Conway: Hampton Inn, Route 16. Albany: Albany Town Hall. Conway: Conway Information Booth. Madison: Madison Elementary School. Eaton: Inn at Crystal Lake. Tamworth/ Chocorua/Wonalancet: K.A. Brett School. East Conway: Twombly’s Market. Center Conway: Saco Bound parking lot. West Fryeburg/South Chatham: Webster’s Store. North Chatham/Stow: Stow Corner Store. Fryeburg: American Legion on Bradley Street. Brownfield: Brownfield Rec Center. Lovell: Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library parking lot.
SUN, May 5
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazeboby Jackson Historical Society
- SUNDAY WORSHIP with COMMUNION
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership by Rev Gail Doktor
* Special music by Osborne family
* Sunday School during worship (RSVP if you will be attending Sunday School) - WAY STATION VOLUNTEER TRAINING
2-3pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway, NH / Nativity Lutheran admin bldg.
Jeff Jones, United Way Carroll County Emergency Preparedness Officer will provide basic training about working with homeless/housing-insecure population along with some best practices and safety procedures. This is preparation for volunteering at the Way Station, the valley’s first day resource center for homeless/housing-insecure population. Learn more about the Way Station. Email to RSVP for training. - Community Event: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE – Film Screening of documentary Who Will Write Our Story?
4pm • Colonial Theatre, Main Street, Bethlehem, NH
The Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, in partnership with the Bethlehem Colonial Theatre, will join venues worldwide to present the documentary film Who Will Write Our History as BHC’s annual observance of Holocaust Days of Remembrance. In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed the 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars, and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum, this clandestine group, known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists, but with pen and paper. Documentary written, produced, and directed by Roberta Grossman with Executive Producer Nancy Spielberg. This documentary features the voices of three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody. Free and open to community. - Community Event: MUSIC as MEDITATION
with Ellen Schwindt
* 4:30pm — Rehearsal • Christ Episcopal Church, North Conway, NH
* 5pm — Singing • Christ Episcopal Church, North Conway, NH
A note from Ellen Schwindt: “Hello Singing friends, I am planning Music as Meditation in a rather liquid fashion this time around. I want to sing two rounds. If you’d like to sing in some other way sometime, that’s good news, too. If this seems like a lark to you, please let me know. I got an Easter egg that said “sing” on it and I’m taking it a bit too seriously, perhaps, but so far I’m having fun. I’ve attached mp3s with me singing each round–the keys are malleable and we can choose based on the people who want to sing. … Please feel free to spread the word—the more the merrier is my motto.” Links to songs to be sung in rounds.” — Ellen Schwindt, 603-447-2898, email: ellenmschwindt@gmail.com - Link to MP3 of Tumble the Runs that Rush Down to the River
- Link to MP3 of Water that Falls Down Down
- Link to PDF of Tumble that Runs that Rush Down to the River
- Link to PDF of Water that Falls Down Down
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
TUE, April 30 – SUN, May 5
Highlights @ JCC: Tue – Daisy Scouts, Mission Team, Thurs – Yoga, AA, Fri – Pastor’s Hours, Family Fun Night, Sat – Church Volunteers at Valley Litter Pick-Up Day, Sun – Worship, Way Station Training Session. Around Town: Wed – Spring Warbler Program (Whitney), Thurs – Toddler Story Hour (library), Fri – First Friday Concert (Brown Church), Sat – Birding (Brownfield Bog) & Litter Pick Up Day (Whitney – starting point), Sun – Way Station Training Session.
TUE, April 30
- WAY STATION LEADERSHIP MTG
11am • Way Station / Nativity Lutheran Church, No Conway - DAISY SCOUTS
2:45-4:30pm • Parish House, Jackson Community Church
Daisy scouts have meeting - MISSION TEAM
3:30pm • Whitney Library (2nd floor), Jackson Community Church
Review of current projects and priorities.
WED, May 1
- Community Event: IDENTIFYING SPRING WARBLERS
7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson
Lifelong birder Will Broussard will help us prepare for the upcoming warbler season with a review of the common and not-so-common warblers of the Mount Washington Valley. All aspects of identification will be examined including field marks, song, and habitat. You can put your refreshed (or newly acquired!) skills into practice with Tin Mountain’s weekly bird walks Thursday mornings leaving from the parking lot on Valley Cross Road in Jackson. All birding levels welcome for both programs.
THURS, May 2
- BLISS YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • First Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church. Beginning stretch, flow and align yoga; safe for new practitioners. Weather dependent; if schools are delayed or closed, the class will be cancelled. - Community Event: STORY TIME with TODDLERS
10:30am • Jackson Library - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
FRI, May 3
- PASTOR’S HOURS
7-9am • J-Town Deli
Come for caffeine, good food, and conversation. - PASTORAL HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Second Floor, Church - Community Event: FIRST FRIDAY with BENNETT & PERKINS (Mountain Top Music)
Valley favorites guitar duo Kathy Bennett and Thom Perkins perform an eclectic blend of original music and their own arrangements. While folk is a cornerstone influence for the pair, their music borrows from genres ranging from Americana, singer/songwriter, roots, bluegrass, blues and more. - FAMILY FUN NIGHT
6-8pm • Parish House
Games & pizza. RSVP if you plan to come!
SAT, May 4
- Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
Join birders of all levels on this weekly bird walk through the bog and view the rich diversity of bird life that makes it way north to rest or nest. Bring binoculars (or borrow ours), rubber boots, and a snack. Our final week will be via canoe! - VALLEY LITTER CLEAN UP DAY
8:30-10am • Register at Whitney Community Center (or other locally designated sites) for trash bags, gloves and road assignments
10am • Clean up
2pm • Celebration at Hampton Inn, North Conway; Food music, prizes, water park and more! Ben 7 Jerry’s, Flatbread Pizza, Home Depot Play Station, Educational and Information centers. More info: Facebook.
SUN, May 5
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazeboby Jackson Historical Society - SUNDAY WORSHIP with COMMUNION
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership by Rev Gail Doktor
* Special music by Osborne family
* Sunday School during worship (RSVP if you will be attending Sunday School) - WAY STATION VOLUNTEER TRAINING
2-3pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway, NH / Nativity Lutheran admin bldg.
Jeff Jones, United Way Carroll County Emergency Preparedness Officer will provide basic training about working with homeless/housing-insecure population along with some best practices and safety procedures.