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Mar 8-13, 2022 w/ JCC & around town

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Lent @ JCC, Council mtg, voting @town polls, library book discussion, chair yoga returns, fitness classes, Mtn Top Music concerts, Angling presentation, Birds of the Year, Jxn School Bd, interfaith, youth faith formation, worship, music around town!

TUE, Mar 8th – SUN, MAR 13th
Second Week of Lent

TUE, Mar 8

  • VOTING in several communities: Jackson & Bartlett included.
  • Community Resource: BLACK MOUNTAIN
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • CLERGY LUNCH
    12:30pm • Zoom
    Local clergy convene for conversations, ecumenical event-planning, and peer support. Rev Gail attends.
  • Community Event: CHAIR YOGA RETURNS!
    9:15 am  (and every Tuesday through March) • Zoom
    Registration Link. If you’ve previously registered, you do not have to re-register.
    Please have weights,  tennis ball or small rubber ball and a strap. We will as a group explore upper body strength, stretching the full body and lower body strength and flexibility.  Since this will be Anjali’s first class since her injury, she will be taking it slow yet you can always increase the challenge or slow it down to fit your needs for the day.
    Here is the zoom registration link.  
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
    • 10am-7pm • Jackson Library
      Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
    • 2-5pm • Bartlett Library 
  • Community Event: BOOK DISCUSSION – Finding the Source
    4:30pm • Jackson Public Library
    email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
  • Community Event: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Hoot Night with Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm

WED, Mar 9

  • FITNESS CLASS with Laurie McAleer
    9:30am • JCC Parish House
    Free. Gentle fitness and stretching customized to your needs. Appropriate for all ages and abilities.
  • Community Event: A YEAR of BIRDS (Whitney Community Ctr program)
    7pm • Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82106172744#success
    What birds can you expect to see each month of the year? Take a trip through the seasons with Lori Jean Kinsey, Executive Director of TMCC, looking at what birds you can anticipate seeing each month of the year. Owls in January, Warblers in May, and Hawks in October. There’s never a dull month in the year of birds!  If you have questions or need help signing up please contact Katie Reardon from the Friends of the Whitney Community Center/Oversight Committee: whitneycommunitycenter@gmail.com or 603-969-9428. All programs are free and sponsored by Friends of the Whitney Community Center/Oversight Committee
  • Community Resource: BLACK MOUNTAIN
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka: Jon Sarty • 5-7:30pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Simon Crawford • 6-9pm
  • COUNCIL MTG
    7pm • Zoom link and password required.
    Leadership meeting to review fiscal, governance and mission-based decisions of the church.

THURS, Mar 10

  • Community Resource: BLACK MOUNTAIN
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • ** CANCELLED due to Dotti’s recovery from ski accident ** ZUMBA with Dotti Aiello  **
    Contact Dotti Aiello for more info: dottiaiello@gmail.com
  • 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 Event: STEVE ANGLER: Fishing NH’s Secret Waters (Tin Mtn Conservation Center) 7pm • Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84279279862
    Learn about Fishing New Hampshire’s Secret Waters and the brook trout they hold with author and North County Angler owner Steve Angers. Steve will talk about fly tackle and tactica to catch wild brook trout in some of New Hampshire’s most beautiful and remote locations.
  • Community Event: JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD MTG
    7pm • In-person
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Rafe Matregrano • 6-9pm

FRI, Mar 11

  • NEW: FITNESS CLASS with Laurie McAleer
    9:30am • JCC Parish House
    Free. Gentle fitness and stretching customized to your needs. Appropriate for all ages and abilities.
  • Community Event: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
    Black Mtn, Jxn
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • 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
  • 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 – Mike Hathaway, Jon Deveneau, Brian Hathaway (Mountain Top Music)
    7pm • Majestic Theater, Conway Village
    Info & tickets: https://mountaintop.ludus.com/index.php
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner • 6-9pm
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 6-9pm
    • Red Parka: The Big Picture • 8-11pm
    • Shovel Handle: Bobby Sheehan • 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Candie Tremblay (Après Ski) • 3:30 to 5:30pm.

SAT, Mar 12

  • Community Resource: SPRING FEST: Mt Washington Valley Adaptive Sports
    Morning • Attitash
  • Community Resource: BLACK MOUNTAIN
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka Pub: Riley Parkhurst Project • 8-11pm
    • Shannon Door: Scott Baer • 4-6pm / Marty Quirk • 7-10pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner (Apres Ski)  8 3-5pm / Jonathan Sarty • 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Swamp Dog (Après  Ski) •  3:30 -5:30pm.

SUN, Mar 13

  • INTERFAITH GATHERING
    8am • Old Red Library & Zoom (Zoom link and password required)
    Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation.
  • WORSHIP
    10:30am • (zoom & in-person – Zoom link and password required.)
    • Music by Alan Labrie
    • Message by Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka Pub: Mitch Alden • 4-7pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Rek’lis Duo • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Shannon Door: Sheehan & Holden • 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Scott Baer (Après  Ski)• 3:30-5:30pm.
  • Community Resource: BLACK MOUNTAIN
    Downhill ski events & conditions: https://www.blackmt.com/events
  • Community Resource: JACKSON SKI TOURING
    Info and Trail report: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
    • Register now for Programs: 603-383-9355

Food, Eating & Ethics

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Being mindful about what we eat, about our food choices, contributes to the wellbeing of ourselves, our relationships, and this whole world. Let breakfast be a place to pause and give thanks. And pay attention. — Rev Gail

***

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last,
“What’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
“What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said.
— A. A. Milne
 
***
 
In modern life, people tend to think their bodies belong to them, that they can do anything they want to themselves. But your body is not only yours. Your body belongs to your ancestors, your parents, and future generations. It also belongs to society and to all the other living beings. The trees, the clouds, the soil, and every living thing brought about the presence of your body. We can eat with care, knowing we are caretakers of our bodies, rather than their owners. ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Eat

This Is Just To Say — William Carlos Williams

I have eaten
the plums
that were
in the icebox 

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast 

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
FOOD, EATING & ETHICS
Food Ethics — Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
Food and ethics intersect in everyday practices as well as in abstract inquiry. Buying a tomato in winter, refusing to consume animal products, participating in a community garden, or petitioning governments regarding agriculture subsidies serve as instances when food and ethics converge.

Just Eating — UCC.org on ‘just eating’
Eating can be a mundane activity done with little thought or reflection; or it can be an opportunity to thoughtfully live out our faith and practice justice.  … five key aspects of our relationship with food.Food sharing as sacramentalThe health of our bodiesThe access others have to foodThe health of the earth, which our food choices influenceThe ways we use food to extend hospitality and enrich relationshipsSome resources to explore further:Nutrition Ethics ToolboxTime Magazine article on 33 Ways to Eat Environmentally-FriendlyHuffington Post article about Thich Nhat Hanh’s practices and philosophies for eating midfully and justlyUnited Church of Christ/UCC (regional guide) curriculum on ‘Just Eating’ (PDF leader’s guide with reading about eating faithfully)Unitarian Universalists (UU) on ethical eating: resourcesWorld Food Day statement by Pope Francis (2018)Additional resources of interest (list at bottom of UCC page on Hunger and Food Security)

About Breakfast

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast? — Anthony Bourdain
 
Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.— Ian Fleming
 
One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. — Robert Heinlein
 
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. — Lewis Carroll
 
My fantasy breakfast is just a really good egg scramble. Maybe I’ll add a little feta, so, uh, obviously not totally dairy-free. Definitely some vegetables, maybe some really nice tortillas; something to make it like a Mexican-style breakfast. I just really love breakfast. — Alex Honnold

We as human beings have the amazing capacity to be reborn at breakfast everyday and say, “This is a new day.” — Jack Kornfield
 
Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night. — Coretta Scott King

If you have children, you cannot feed them forever with flags for breakfast and cartridges for lunch. You need something more substantial. Unless you educate your children and spend less money on conflicts, unless you develop your science, technology and industry, you don’t have a future. — Shimon Peres
 
“A few years ago, I asked some children, “What is the purpose of eating breakfast? One boy replied, “To get energy for the day.” Another said, “The purpose of eating breakfast is to eat breakfast.” I think the second child is more correct.”  … Every minute can be a holy, sacred minute. Where do you seek the spiritual? You seek the spiritual in every ordinary thing that you do every day. Sweeping the floor, watering the vegetables, and washing the dishes become holy and sacred if mindfulness is there. With mindfulness and concentration, everything becomes spiritual. ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Eat

I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things. — George Eliot
 
I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name’s not there, I eat breakfast. — George Burns

Loving Oneself and One’s Body

I hate to say it, but only profound self-love will work, union with that scared breath-holding self, and not a diet that forbids apples or avocado. Horribly, but as usual, only kindness and grace — spiritual WD-40 — can save us. …
It’s really okay, though, to have (or pray for) an awakening around your body. It’s okay to stop hitting the snooze button, and to pay attention to what makes you feel great about yourself, one meal at a time. … The self-respect and peace of mind you long for is not out there. It’s within. I hate that. I resent that more than I can say. But it’s true. … Maybe some of us can try to eat a bit less, and walk a bit more, and make sure to wear pants that do not hurt our thighs or our feelings. Drinking more water is the solution to all problems. Doing a three-minute meditation every day will change your life. Naps are nice. … I’ll leave you with this: I’ve helped some of the … women at my church get healthy, by suggesting they prepare each meal as if they had asked our beloved [guest] to lunch or dinner. They wouldn’t say, “Here … let’s eat standing up in the kitchen. This tube of barbecue Pringles is all for you. I have my own,” and then stand there gobbling from their own tubular container. No, they’d get out pretty dishes, and arrange wonderful foods on the plates, and set one plate before [guest] at the table, a plate filled with love, pride and connection. That’s what we have longed for, our whole lives, and get to create. — Anne Lamott
 
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