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Feb 18-22: President’s Day Weekend through Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday
with JCC and around Town

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Highlights: Game Day at JCC, snow shoe tours at Tin Mtn & Jackson XC, PCA Mtg, XC skiing, downhill skiiing, apres ski & evening music around town, Entrain at Attitash, Mardi Gras at JCC with Wayne Peabody & Tir Na Nog Musical Society, jazz with Heather Pierson Band at Majestic, Hoot Night at Wildcat, Ashes to Go, worship with Nativity Lutheran, Win It Wednesday at Red Parka

SAT, Feb 18

  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: SNOW SHOE Tour 
    2pm • Tin M tn Conservation Ctr, Albany, NH
    • 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!
    • Non-members:  $15/person or $25/household, snowshoe rental $5/person. Members are Free!
    • 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.
  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • 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: Lazy River Riders • 8-11pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Apres Ski with Al Shafner • 3-5pm  & Jonathan Sarty * 6 • 8:30pm
    • Shovel Handle: Randy Messineo • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Steve Haidaichuk• 3:30-5:30pm

SUN, Feb 19

  • DECORATING SANCTUARY for LENT
    11:45am • JCC Sanctuary
    • Remove garland and angels, put up different garland
  • GAME DAY with JCC
    3-5pm • Parish Hall
    • Bring a game, come play a familiar game, or learn a new game. Friends welcome.
    • Snacks provided.
  • Community Event: SNOW SHOE Tour 
    2pm • Tin M tn Conservation Ctr, Albany, NH
    • 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!
    • Non-members:  $15/person or $25/household, snowshoe rental $5/person. Members are Free!
    • 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.
  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
    Also:
  • Community Event: SLEIGH RIDES & SKATING 
    Nestlenook Farm, Jackson, NH •
  • Community Event: DOWNHILL SKIING
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Scott Baer• 6-9pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Heather Dreary •  5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Mitch Alden • 3:30-5:30pm
    • Attitash Ptarmigans Pub: Entrain • 2:30-5:30pm

MON, Feb 20 – President’s Day

  • PROTESTANT CHAPEL ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting
    4pm • Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/96853932521 Alternately, dial with touch tone phone:  929 436 2866 Meeting ID:  968 5393 2521
    • Approval of the February 28, 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes 
    • Approval of the 2022 Treasurer’s Report
    • Election of Officers & Directors
    • President’s Report
    • Membership Status
    • New Business
    • Old Business
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shannon Door: Mike & Becca • 6-9pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Dan Parkhurst•  5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Dan Aldrich • 3:30-5:30pm

TUE, Feb 21

  • 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
  • PREP & DECORATE for Mardi Gras
    10:45am
    • Volunteers wanted to decorate the Parish Hall for the party and music on Tuesday evening
    • Set up the crepe table
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES
  • Community Event: XC SKIING & SNOWSHOEING with Jackson Ski Touring
    Trails Open • More info: https://www.jacksonxc.org/trail-report/
  • Community Event: DOWNHILL SKIING
  • MARDI GRAS with JCC
    6-8pm • Parish Hall of Jackson Community Church
    • Live music by Wayne Peabody and the Tir Na Nog Musical Society featuring guitars, banjos and other string instruments!
    • Sweet and savory crepes
      • Michelle Chase providing fresh crepes,
      • Savory crepe fillings courtesy of Sue Carrigan,
      • Sweet crepe fillings courtesy of Tish Hanlon
    • Wear your own bling or borrow ours; Masks and beads available
    • Selfie photo opportunities
    • Free to all; donations welcome
    • RSVP if you’re able, we’re seeking RSVPs to get an estimated ‘head count’ for our chefs: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
    • Come even if you cannot or didnt RSVP!
    • For more info, visit jxncc.org
  • Community Event: HOOT NIGHT
    • Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty hosts • 6-8:30pm
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Rafe Matregrano•  5:30-8:30pm
    • Lostbo Pub @ Black Mountain: Jonathan Sarty • 3:30-5:30pm
  • Community Event: HEATHER PIERSON BAND
    6:30pm Doors Ooen /  7:30pm Concert Begins • Majestic Theater
    • The concert will feature traditional jazz, Heather’s own compositions, and Mardi Gras standards by Professor Longhair, Louis Armstrong, and more.   Join Heather Pierson, Shawn Nadeau (bass), Davy Sturtevant (cornet and guitar), Jared Steer (drums), Mike Sakash (clarinet and saxophone), and George Wiese (Trombone) for this Fat Tuesday event.  (video is from 2021 virtual concert.)
    • Tickets and info: https://www.conwaymajestic.com/\
    • Our volunteers will have carnival masks (wear them if you have them) and we will be handing out carnival beads to mark this festive event.

WED, Feb 22

  • ASHES to GO (anticipated schedule, some venues pending confirmation)
    • 8-10am: JTown Deli
    • 10:15-11:30am: Autumn Nomad
    • Noon-1:30pm: Glen Ledge Deli / McSheffreys North
    • 2-3:45pm: JCC Sanctuary
    • 4-5:30pm: Red Parka (pending confirmation)
  • ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
    • 7pm • Nativity Lutheran, North Conway
      JCC attends Lutheran service to enjoy local clergy John Heropoulos , MDiv lead the liturgy
  • Community Resource: LIBRARIES

PUT These DATES on your CALENDAR for FUN with JCC

By jacksonnhccPosted on Posted in Calendar, Home, Lent & Easter, MusicTagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

SUN, Feb 19

  • DECORATING SANCTUARY for LENT
    11:45am • JCC Sanctuary
    • Remove garland and angels, put up different garland
  • GAME DAY
    3-5pm • Parish Hall
    • Bring a game, come play a familiar game, or learn a new game. Friends welcome.
    • Snacks provided.

MON, Feb 20

  • PROTESTANT CHAPEL ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting
    4pm • Zoom
    • Approval of the February 28, 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes 
    • Approval of the 2022 Treasurer’s Report
    • Election of Officers & Directors
    • President’s Report
    • Membership Status
    • New Business
    • Old Business

TUE, Feb 21

  • PREP & DECORATE for Mardi Gras
    10:45am
    • Volunteers wanted to decorate the Parish Hall for the party and music on Tuesday evening
    • Set up the crepe table
  • MARDI GRAS 
    6-8pm • Parish Hall of Jackson Community Church
    • Live music by Wayne Peabody and the Tir Na Nog Musical Society featuring guitars, banjos and other string instruments!
    • Sweet and savory crepes
      • Michelle Chase providing fresh crepes, 
      • Savory crepe fillings courtesy of Sue Carrigan,
      • Sweet crepe fillings courtesy of Tish Hanlon
    • Wear your own bling or borrow ours; Masks and beads available 
    • Selfie photo opportunities
    • Free to all; donations welcome
    • RSVP if you’re able, we’re seeking RSVPs to get an estimated ‘head count’ for our chefs: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
    • Come even if you cannot or didnt RSVP!
    • For more info, visit jxncc.org

WED, Feb 22 

  • ASHES to GO (anticipated schedule, some venues pending confirmation)
    • 8-10am: JTown Deli
    • 10:15-11:30am: Autumn Nomad
    • Noon-1:30pm: Glen Ledge Deli / McSheffreys North
    • 2-3:45pm: JCC Sanctuary
    • 4-5pm: Location To Be Determined
  • ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
    7pm • Nativity Lutheran Church, North Conway
    • Begin the Lenten journey
    • JCC attends to enjoy leadership of local clergy John Heropoulos, MDiv

Tue, Mar 1 (Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras): OPEN EYES

By jacksonnhccPosted on Posted in Home, Lent & Easter, Weekly MeditationsTagged , ,

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability,
but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape,
that you may be able to endure it. — 1 Corinthians 10:13

Sometimes we celebrate this day as the final day of Carnival, the festive time between Epiphany and Lent. It is joyous culmination of a season of feasting and partying, marked by vivid music, masks, costumes, and dancing.

         Traditionally, on this day prior to Lent, households would cook to use up extra oils and fats, prior to Christian practices of fasting through Lent. Pancakes werev opften made and served. It’s meaning translates to ‘Fat Tuesday.’

In a liturgical context, this day is called Shrove Tuesday: dedicated to seeking absolution orior to entering Lent’s preparatory journey. On this day, churches burn the palms used in last year’s Passion Week in order to create the ashes which will be shared in Wednesday’s religious observances.

Symbolically, we burn away the vestiges of last year’s pomp and circumstance. Metaphorically we shed any outer layers, veils, uniforms, and armor that guard and hide us.

         As we approach Lent, this becomes an invitation to consider the masks we wear. What is our public identity? What face do we present to others? Usually our best selves.

         As of tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the season comes when we’re invited to unmask. Offer ourselves, bare-faced, open-hearted, to God’s presence. Accepting and loving our whole selves, the messy and imperfect parts of ourselves, as well as the wonderful, strong aspects of ourselves.

As we burn the leaves, we let go of something. We also reveal something.

Today, when we put down the fork from the feast, when we slip off the mask after the music fades, may we offer ourselves to holy Love. After all, what’s the benefit of hiding from Godself? We’ve been seen and known all along. The only ones from whom we really hide are ourselves, and maybe other people. God knows us, whether we choose to be known or not.

         God’s response is to pursue us, even when we withhold or withdraw. God’s promise is to love us: shadow and light, broken and beautiful, part and whole. — Rev Gail

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Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives
from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, ‘No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough’. — Brene Brown

PRAYER for MARDI GRAS
— excerpted from prayer by Andy Anderson, SJ, Loyola Press
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for it is from your goodness that we have this day to celebrate on the threshold of the Season of Lent.

Today we feast. We thank you especially for one another. As we give you thanks, we are mindful of those who have so much less than we do. As we share these wonderful gifts together, we commit ourselves to greater generosity toward those who need our support. 
Prepare us for tomorrow. Tasting the fullness of what we have today, let us experience some hunger tomorrow …As our feasting fills us with gratitude … hollow out in us a place for deeper desires and an attentiveness …
We ask you these graces with our hearts full of delight and stirring with readiness for the journey ahead. We ask them with confidence in the name of Jesus the Lord.

MON, FEB 28th – SUN, MAR 6th: First Week of Lent

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MON, Feb 28

  • 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/
  • PROTESTANT CHAPEL ASSOC / PCA Annual Mtg
    4pm • Zoom link & password required.
  • MARDI GRAS MUSIC w/ DeMarco Alvarez
    6:30pm • JCC Parish House
    Live music with pianist DeMarco Alvarez. Come dance in your bling! Beads, masks, and good music with friends! Enjoy! Free to community; donations welcome.

TUE, Mar 1

  • 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 
  • DEACONS MTG
    7pm • Zoom link & password required.
    Monthly mtg to plan worship, including Lent & Easter programming, and review community care concerns.
  • Community Event: MARDI GRAS CONCERT (Mountain Top Music) with Heather Pierson
    6:30pm Cafe opens / 7:30pm Concert begins • Majestic Theater, Conway Village
    Join Heather Pierson, Shawn Nadeau (bass), Davy Sturtevant (cornet and guitar), Craig Bryan (drums), Mike Sakash (clarinet and saxophone), and George Wiese (trombone) for this Fat Tuesday event. Doors open at 6:30 and the Majestic Café will be open for beverages before the concert. Proof of vaccination or recent negative test required to attend in person. You will also be asked to remain masked.
  • Community Event: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Hoot Night with Jonathan Sarty • 6-8:30pm

WED, Mar 2 – ASH WEDNESDAY

  • 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.
  • ASHES-to-GO
    Come receive a Lenten blessing and ashes in different Jackson & Glen locations. Rev Gail will be available throughout the day to offer ashes.
    • 8-10am • J-Town Deli
    • 10:15-11:30am • Autumn Nomad
    • Noon-1:30pm • Glen Ledge Deli/McSheffreys North, Glen Ledge Rd, Glen
    • 2-4pm • Jackson Community Church
    • 4-6pm • TBD: Either Shannon Door or J-Town Deli
  • Community Event: POTLUCK SOUP SUPPER
    5pm • Bartlett Congregational Church, Bartlett
  • Community Event: ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK GROUP – Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Tin Mountain)
    4pm • Zoom link pending.
    Best-selling author Mary Roach explores the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. More info: https://www.tinmountain.org/event/environmental-book-group-fuzz-when-nature-breaks-the-law/
  • ASH WEDNESDAY WORSHIP
    7pm • Jackson Community Church
    Come receive ashes and share worship. Begin the Lenten journey.
    • Zoom & in-person
    • Zoom link & password required.
  • 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

THURS, Mar 3

  • 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 Service: BD of DIR for WAY STATION
    8am • Zoom
    Strategic planning session – followup.
  • 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: NH BEAVER POPULATION (Tin Mountain)
    7pm • Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87895927625
    Join NH Fish & Game’s Patrick Tate for an overview of North America’s largest rodent, including their history in NH, the current status of the population and management efforts as human habitat continues to expand.
  • Community Event: JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD MTG
    7pm • In-person
  • Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Wildcat Tavern: Rafe Matregrano • 6-9pm

FRI, Mar 4

  • 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 Service: RED CROSS SHELTER TRAINING
    11am • Microsoft Teams Mtg
    Registration required. Registration link:
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/american-red-cross-shelter-fundamentals-v2-tickets-266934818227
  • 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 & password required.
    Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866 Meeting ID: 83028442916 (#)
    Bring your adult beverage and your curiosity for a conversation about our sacred texts.
  • Community Event: FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT – Bozena O’Brien, Chris Nourse, Doug Kendall (Mountain Top Music)
    Noon • Majestic Theater Cafe, Conway Village
    Bozena O’Brien, violin; Chris Nourse, viola; Doug Kendall, cello
    Info & tickets: https://mountaintop.ludus.com/index.php
  • Community Event: MAJESTIC CAFE CONCERT – Rick Gordan, Dan Moore, 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: Rafe Matregrano• 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Candie Tremblay for Après • 3:30 to 5:30pm.

SAT, Mar 5

  • 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: The Big Picture • 8-11pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Randy Massineo • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 4-6pm / Reklis • 7-10pm
    • Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner (Apres Ski)  8 3-5pm / Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Tim Dion (Après  Ski) •  3:30 -5:30pm.

SUN, Mar 6

  • INTERFAITH GATHERING
    8am • Old Red Library & Zoom
    Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation.
  • YOUTH FAITH FORMATION
    9:15am • JCC Parish House
    Mapping ‘ourselves’.
  • WORSHIP
    10:30am • (zoom & in-person)
    • Music by Alan Labrie
    • Message by Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
    • Zoom link & password required.
    • Service will also be live-streamed to website and Facebook (if technology supports this function on the day of event).
    • Afterward, recordings of worship service will be posted to Facebook, Vimeo.com channel & Youtube.com channel.
  • MUSIC AROUND TOWN
    • Red Parka Pub: Blues Sunday with Blue Steel Express • 5-8pm
    • Shovel Handle Pub: Scott Baer • 5:30-8:30pm
    • Shannon Door: Rafe Matregrano • 6-9pm
    • Black Mountain: Timothy Gurshin (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

Inside Out Newsletter: Feb edition

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Greetings Members and Friends of the Jackson Community Church….

Attached is the latest edition of the Jackson Community Church’s newsletter ‘Inside-Out’.  Upcoming church events for your calendar include Council Meeting (via Zoom Feb 9th),  PCA Annual Meeting (Via Zoom February 28th) and stay tuned for more information on Mardi Gras 2022 (February 28th).

Stay warm and enjoy the upcoming snow.

Joanne Turner, Administrative Assistant, Jackson Community Church

Feb 2022 Inside Out NewsletterDownload
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