longest night

At Jackson Community Church and Around Town

This week @ JCC: Tue – Deacons Mtg, Wed – Pastors Hours & Fitness with Laurie McAleer; Thurs – Yoga with Anjali Rose; Fri – Pastors Hours, Sun – Interfaith Gathering (old library) & Worship with Christmas Pageant and  Peace & Pizza Concert with Dennis O’Neil & Davey Armstrong. Around town: Tue – Book Group (library), Thurs – Christmas Concert by Jackson Grammar School (Whitney Community Center), Sat – Craft Fair (Whitney Community Center for Jackson Grammar School) & Christmas Bird Count (ends @ Tin Mountain Conservation Center). Plus Save these Dates: Wed, Dec 19 – Peace Program (old red library), Fri, Dec 21 – Longest Night Winter Solstice Celebration (Tin Mountain Field Station, Jackson)

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Ongoing: FRONT ENTRANCE RENOVATION
Tamarack Construction proceeds with installation this week. MON, Dec 10

• Community Event: WAY STATION TEAM MTG
  4pm • Members of Way Station leadership (day resource center for homeless population in Mt Washington Valley) meet with Vaughan Center leaders to review guidelines under which Vaughan will serve as the Way Station’s fiscal agent. Rev Gail and church members serve on this team.

TUE, Dec 11

• CLERGY LUNCH
  12:30pm • Members of Clergy of the Eastern Slope gather. Rev Gail belongs to and attends this gathering.
• DEACONS MTG
  4pm. • Deacons meet to prepare for Christmas worship, January services, and to review visitation and community care.
• Community Event: ADULT BOOK GROUP
  4:30pm • Jackson Public Library
  Did You Ever Have a Family? adult book discussion

WED, Dec 12

• PASTOR’S HOURS
  7-9am • Glen Ledge Corner Store & Gas Station. Come by for hot beverage and conversation. Or make a date to go for a walk by calling/texting Rev Gail 978.273.0308 or emailing Rev Gail (gaildoktor@mac.com).
• TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer
  9am • Parish House, Jackson Community Church.Fitness class. Free; open. to public
• Community Event: WAY STATION TEAM MTG
  10am • Nativity Lutheran Church, North Conway.
  Meeting of leadership team to review projects leading up to opening of Way Station in early 2019. Rev Gail & church member serve on this team.

THURS, Dec 13

• Community Event: AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES STEERING COMMITTEE
  8:30am • Gibson Center. Reports on the recommendations of subcommittees regarding actionable projects to nurture an age-friendly experience in the Mt Washington Valley. Guided Gibson Center through AARP as agent of World Health Organization. Rev Gail serves on this task force.
• INTRODUCTORY YOGA with Anjali Rose 
  9am • Parish House, Jackson Community Church Introductory yoga.
• AA
  6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
• Community Event: CHRISTMAS CONCERT
  5:30-7pm • Jackson Grammar School

FRI, Dec  14

• PASTOR’S HOURS
  7-9am • JTown Deli. Come by for hot beverage and conversation. Or make a date to go for a walk by calling/texting Rev Gail 978.273.0308 or emailing Rev Gail (gaildoktor@mac.com)

SAT, Dec 15

• Community Event: CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR
  Morning • Whitney Community Center.
  Jackson Grammar School’s craft fair. Proceeds from specific tables (White Elephant table) will support the Merriman House’s Music & Memory program for Alzheimer’s patients and the Way Station day resource center serving homeless Mt Washington Valley families. Our Missions team will have a small table at this event.
• Community Event: CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
  All day • Coordinated by Tin Mountain Conservation Center. Join us for the 30th annual North Conway Christmas Bird Count.  Observers  needed for traveling routes by foot, cross country skis, snowshoes, or by car.  You can also tally birds at your feeder. Meet back at the Nature Learning Center at 5pm to tally our counts and share stories from the day. Call 447-6991 to participate. 

SUN,  Dec 16: Advent 3 – Joy

• INTERFAITH GATHERING @ OLD LIBRARY
  8am • Old Library. Hot beverages available. Come for poetry, literature, conversation and prayer.
• YOUTH & CHILDREN
  9am • Church. Prep for pageant.
• WORSHIP with PAGEANT
  10:30am •  Jackson Community Church.
  • Advent wreath-lighting by family.
  • Accompanist: Alan Labrie
  • Special Music: Gia
• MISSIONS
  11:30am • Jackson Community Church.
  Missions offers gift cards for supported programs.
• PEACE & PIZZA CONCERT with Dennis O’Neil & Davey Armstrong
  4pm • Jackson Community Church. These local musicians will perform some of their favorite songs with the theme of peace woven into this rollicking musical mix! Donations welcome; open to the public. The Shannon Door welcomes hungry concert-goers to eat pizza afterward (dining out is at each participant’s own cost).

SAVE THE DATE

Community Events:

PEACE PROGRAM
100th Anniversary of Armistice (Ending WWI)
Wednesday, Dec 19

5-6pm • Old Red Library   Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Armistice and the “War to End All Wars” as the First World War was known. Opportunity for people to bring in poems, songs, artwork, medals received, etc.   Includes:

• Musical performance of “Christmas in the Trenches” by Dexter Harding.
• Poetry selections offered by Tony Deluca
• Other contributions to this topic through poetry, literature and art.

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LONGEST NIGHT:
WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
Friday, Dec 21

4:30pm – 6pm (or later)
Tin Mountain Field Station, Tin Mine Rd, Jackson

• Guided snowshoe walks by Tin Mountain Conservation Center staff
• Crafts and readings inside
• Reflections on darkness & light
• Bonfire outside
• More activities!

CHRISTMAS at JACKSON COMMUNITY CHURCH

BLUE CHRISTMAS
Thurs, Dec 20

• 7pm • Come to reflect on grief & loss in the midst of a holiday season.

ADVENT 4: LOVE
Sunday, Dec 23

• 9am • Advent Workshop
• 9am • Choir Rehearsal with Ellen Schwindt
• 10:30am • Worship with Advent Candle Lighting

CHRISTMAS EVE
Monday, Dec 24

• 5pm • Candlelight Service
  Sing carols, read and reflect on scriptures that re-tell the Nativity Story, and candlelight service with special music!
• 10pm • Candlelight Service
  Sing carols, read and reflect on scriptures that re-tell the Nativity Story, and candlelight service with special music!

CHRISTMAS MORNING
Tuesday, Dec 25

• 10:30am • Pajamas, Stories & Bells. Come to church in PJs to ring bells, sing songs, and hear a special Christmas story.