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MON, Mar 11

• EDUCATION TEAM MEETING
  Meeting with church and local community leaders to work on educational opportunities for faith formation schedule, family engagement activities, camps, preschool programs, scholarships, volunteer activities, etc.
• SCOUT PACK 321
  Scout meeting at church including community service and work on ‘pew holders’ for sanctuary.
• RELIGION, CONFLICT & PEACE
  Harvard Online EdX course. Self-Paced. Continues 8 weeks • Expect: 4-8 hours of study per week. Registration Link to register for the Harvard Online EdX course.

TUE, Mar 12

• Community Event: ELECTIONS in JACKSON
  8am-7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson, NH
• Community Event: ELECTIONS in BARTLETT
  8am-7pm • Bartlett Town Hall, Bartlett, NH
• Community Event: WINTER BIRDS of PLUM ISLAND
  7:30am-5pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center / Nature Learning Center, Albany to carpool. Snowy owls, horned larks, short-eared owls and northern shrikes … some of the interesting birds at Plum Island during the winter. Bring binoculars, a lunch, and dress warm as we head south to Parker River Wildlife Refuge. Call 447-6991 for reservations. Unless otherwise stated, donations of $3/pp, $5/family are appreciated.
• NORTH CARROLL COUNTY CAREGIVING COALITION: SMART GOAL Meeting
  10:30am • Meet with Marianne Jackson in No Conway for refresher on use of SMART Goals method.
• NORTH COUNTRY ASSOCIATION
  Noon • Berlin, NH
  Lunch for UCC clergy and lay leaders. UCC ministers in Mt Washington Valley, including Rev Gail, attend.

WED, Mar 13

• TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer 
  9:30am • Parish House.Fitness class. Free; open to public. These classes will continue through the end of February, then the instructor will re-evaluate whether she can continue into March. Classes remain weather dependent; if schools are delayed or closed, the class will be cancelled.

THURS, Mar 14

• 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 – NH BOBCAT POPULATION
  12-1pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center / Nature Learning Center, Albany
  Join Patrick Tate, Wildlife Biologist with NH Fish & Game, for an update on the state’s bobcat population.
• AA
  6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
• Community Event: TOWN MEETING in JACKSON
  6:30pm • Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, Bartlett, NH
• Community Event: TOWN MEETING in JACKSON
  7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson, NH
• Community Event: JEN’S FRIENDS FUNDRAISER & ‘LOCALS’ ST PATRICK’S CELEBRATION
  5-10pm • Shannon Door Restaurant & Pub
  Note from Jen’s Friends: Jackson voters, please attend the fundraiser at the Shannon Door for Jen’s friends cancer foundation before or after town meeting. You’ll find a raffle and a donation is made for every pizza sold to Jen’s. A great way to fortify before the meeting or a relaxing follow up after the meeting.
  PLUS: live music 7-10pm with Dennis O’Neil & Davey Armstrong to celebrate St Patricks Day.

FRI, Mar 15

• PASTOR’s DROP-IN HOURS
  7-9am • J-Town Deli
  Come for caffeine, conversation. Or make a separate date to meet with Rev Gail by calling her cell (978) 273.0308 or email.
• Community Event: BAXTER WINTER TRIATHLON
  9-11am • Start and Finish at Madeline’s Deli on the Wentworth Resort Trail at Jackson XC.
  Run, snowshoe and ski to the finish. More info from Jackson XC. For more info, contact Jackson XC at603-383-9355.
• Community Event: NH LISTENS – Advanced Facilitator Training
  10am-4pm • Conway Library, Conway, NH Registration Link.$50 fee. Fee waived for students and those with financial need. This workshop enhances confidence to remain neutral, productively address issues, encourage and move conversation in a constructive manner. Rev Gail attends.
• Community Event: GUIDED SNOW SHOE TOURS
  10am & 1pm • Start from Jackson XC Ski Touring Center
  $15 includes ticket and tour; rental equipment available. Tours are approx. 90 minutes. More info.

SAT, Mar 16

• Community Event: GUIDED SNOW SHOE TOURS
  10am & 1pm • Start from Jackson XC Ski Touring Center. $15 includes ticket and tour; rental equipment available. Tours are approx. 90 minutes. More info.
• WEDDING CONSULT
  1pm • Jackson Community Church
  Rev Gail meets with bride and groom.
• Community Event: MINI BOOK SALE
  11am-1pm • Old Jackson Library (next to church)
  This month’s special is “Buy One, Get One Free”. Stop by and browse a wonderful selection of hardback and paperback books, both fiction and non-fiction, children’s books, and a small selection of CDs and DVDs.
• Community Event: TRIVIA
  3pm • Jackson Public Library
  Jackson Community Church’s team will participate.  Note from library: “Trivia!” with hosts Edith and Bob Houlihan … If you have attended any of our previous trivia events, you’ll know how popular it is and how crowded things can get. That’s why we are again requesting pre- registration. Fill out a quick form online or phone us (603-383-9731) to sign up a team of 3-6 people.  You can also sign up as an individual and we’ll put you on a house team. 

SUN, Mar 17

• INTERFAITH GATHERING @ OLD LIBRARY
  8am • Old Library. Hot beverages available. Come for poetry, literature, conversation and prayer.
• BLESSING of BODIES, BOOTS & BINDINGS
  9:15am • Jackson XC Ski Touring Foundation
  Rev Gail offers blessings to staff, volunteers and skiers.
• WORSHIP 
  10:30am •  Jackson Community Church.
  * Story: Rev Gail
  * Accompanist: Alan Labrie
• Community Concert: FEELINGS of PLACE & NATURE
  4pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
  Mountain Top Music, Tin Mountain Conservation Center and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust are collaborating on a concert of special interest about the land. The concert, “Feelings of Place in Music and Nature,” features multi-instrumentalist Ben Cosgrove, a traveling composer-performer whose “electric and exhilarating” music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door (suggested donation $10/person and $20/family).
• Community Event: ST PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION
  1-10:30pm• Shannon Door Pub
  Doors open at 1pm. Irish music starts from 1:30 to 7 with Marty & Jono and then from 7-10:30 with Mary, Simon, Kevin and Davey.

SAVE THESE DATES:

TUE, MAR 19
TUESDAY FULL MOON
SOUP & SKI
Evening • Jackson Ski Touring.
Co-hosted by Jackson Community Church & Jackson XC

Have fun in the backyard… the Wentworth Loop … ski or snow shoe after dark and then enjoy a community soup supper. Soup supper provided by the Jackson Community Church at the Jackson Ski Touring Center.

WED, MAR 20
THE IMPOSSIBLE CLIMB
by MARK SYNNOTT
7pm • Whitney Community Center

In The Impossible Climb, Jackson’s own Mark Synnott uses his own career as a professional climber, its intersection with that of Alex Honnold and the lead-up to Honnold’s historic ascent, to paint a insider portrait of the elite climbing community, exploring what motivates them, the paradoxical drive to keep the sport pure and at the same time to fund climbs, and the role that awareness of mortality plays in the endeavour. We watch through Mark’s eyes as Alex plots, trains and attempts his heart-stopping free-solo ascent. Ultimately this is a story not only about climbing but about what makes us human, how we respond to fear and our drive to transcend the inevitability of death. This is the story which was also chronicled as a documentary in Free Solo.

LENTEN STUDY GROUPS
Meeting in March and April
Jackson Community Church

• March: Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. A few copies available and others on order through Jackson Public Library.

• April: Desmond & Mpho Tutu’s The Book of Forgiving A few copies available and others on order through Jackson Public Library.

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SECOND CHANCES CONCERT
4pm, Sun, April 7
Jackson Community Church
to benefit the Way Station

Kathy Bennett, Thom Perkins and Taylor Whiteside: featured artists.

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UKRAINIAN EGG WORKSHOP

Sat, April 13
9-Noon or 2-5pm
Whitney Community Center

• Classes limited to 8 participants. $3/pp fee.
• Follow this link for registration for Ukrainian Egg Workshop

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PALM SUNDAY

10:30am • April 14
Jackson Community Church
Worship with focus on themes of Holy Week.

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MAUNDY THURSDAY

5pm • April 18

• Dinner and worship around common table.
• Soup & bread supper provided by deacons.

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HOLY FRIDAY

April 19

• Noon-3pm • Stations of the Cross • Jackson Community Church Sanctuary
• 6:30pm • Ecumenical Worship Service • Madison Church officiated by Clergy of the Eastern Slope (Rev Gail participates).

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EASTER SUNDAY

April 21

• SUNRISE SERVICE • Gazebo by Jackson Historical Society
  * Live music, scripture & reflection
• 10:30am • EASTER WORSHIP • Jackson Community Church
  * Choral music
  * Harp
  * Flowering of the cross
• 11:45am • EASTER EGG HUNT • Jackson Community Church
  Community easter egg hunt following worship. Children 12 and under may participate, accompanied by adults.