outdoor Christmas Eve service

THANKSGIVING & NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Ongoing until sold out:TICKETS for NUTCRACKER SWEETS on sale

• Call 207.935.4020
  • Acquire tickets for: Dec 3rd (Sat) @ 5pm and Dec 4th (Sun) @ 2pm: Act One Dance Company presents Nutcracker Sweets.
  • Performed at Leura Hill Eastman PAC at the Fryeburg Academy
  • Members of our church community performing in this show.
  • Tickets will be on sale at the studio (Tina Titzer’s School of Dance) and also at Spice and Grain.
  • Note: Attending the December dance performance is an optional event to complement the church’s 3-week Advent book study of Matt Rawle’s The Gifts of the Nutcracker.
  • JCC friends and members will attend the Saturday performance; participants must order their own tickets at phone number above.

SUN, Nov 13 & 20– CHOIR PRACTICE for ADVENT SONG

• 9:15am • JCC sanctuary or Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/142985761?pwd=T214WDhHRmxoYXE0dWRCNk53SFppQT09
  • Copies of sheet music available in church entrance
  • Email with recorded choir parts and PDF of music also coming – contact church via email if you wish to receve choir updates directly
  • Preparing advent song: Do You Hear What I Hear?

SUN, Nov 20 – HARVEST BRUNCH CHURCH (In-person only)

• 10:30am – WORSHIP at JCC
• Bring side dish, appetizer, or dessert to share
• Gather in sanctuary and then go to parish house to eat, sing, pray, worship, and share conversation about gratitude
• Return pledge cards — being mailed out this week — to be collected and blessed  

ADVENT SEASON

SUN, Nov 27 –WORSHIP – Advent 1: Hope

• 10:30am • WORSHIP (in-person & zoom)
  • Piano: Sharon Novak
  • Message: Gail Doktor
  • Text: Luke 1: 1-24 (excerpts)
  • Advent 1 Question 1: How will I know that this is so?
  • First readers to light Advent candles

TUE, Nov 29 – GREENERY-DECORATING WORKSHOP

• 10:45am • GREENERY-DECORATING WORKSHOP for JCC Windows
  Join us in parish house to decorate greenery for sanctuary windows

WED, Nov 30 – GREENING the SANCTUARY

• 9:30am – Noon (or later) • GREENING the SANCTUARY
  Come to help put up tree, window and door decorations, trees inside and outside

SAT, Dec 3 – NUTCRACKER OUTING

• 5pm • NUTCRACKER Sweets
• Pewrformed by Act One Dance Company / Tina Titzer / Leura Eastman Theater, Fryeburg Acadamy, Fryeburg, ME
• Call to purchase tickets: 207-935-4020

SUN, Dec 4 – WORSHIP – Advent 2: Peace

• 10:30am •WORSHIP (in-person & zoom)
  • Piano: Sharon Novak
  • Message: Gail Doktor
  • Advent 2: Question 2: How Can This Be?
  • Text: Luke 1: 26-38 (excerpts)
  • Communion
  • Second group of readers to light Advent candles

TUE, Dec 6 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker (zoom)

• 6pm • zoom only
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• First gathering to discuss the first section of book

WED, Dec 7 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker

• 9am • JCC (zoom and in-person) •
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• First gathering to discuss the first section of book

SUN, Dec 11 –WORSHIP & PAGEANT – Advent 3: Joy (Pageant?)

• 10:30am •WORSHIP PAGEANT (in-person & zoom)
  • Piano: Sharon Novak
  • Advent 3: Question 3: Why has this happened to me?
  • Text: Luke 1: 39-56
  • Third group of readers to light Advent candles

SUN, Dec 11 –COMMUNITY CAROLING

• 12:30pm • Gather in church parking lot
• Drive (ride share or caravan if possible) to Jackson and Bartlett households

TUE, Dec 13 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker (zoom)

• 6pm • zoom only
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• Second gathering to discuss the second section of book

WED, Dec 14 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker

• 9am • JCC (zoom and in-person) •
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• Second gathering to discuss the second section of book

SUN, Dec 18 – WORSHIP – Advent 4: Love

• 10:30am • WORSHIP  (in-person & zoom)
  • Piano: Sharon Novak
  • Message: Gail Doktor
  • Advent 4: Question 4: What then will this child become?
  • Text: Luke 1: 57- 80
  • Fourth group of readers to light Advent candles

SUN, Dec 18 – PEACE CONCERT w/ Dennis & Davey

• 3pm • PEACE CONCERT w/ Dennis & Davey
• Free concert in JCC sanctuary to celebrate peace

TUE, Dec 20 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker (zoom)

• 6pm • zoom only
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• Second gathering to discuss the second section of book

WED, Dec 21 – ADVENT STUDY:The Gift of the Nutcracker

• 9am • JCC (zoom and in-person) •
• The Gift of the Nutcracker by Matt Rawle
• RSVP to reserve copy of the book: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
• Second gathering to discuss the second section of book

CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY

SAT, Dec 24 – CHRISTMAS EVE

• 5pm • OUTDOOR SERVICE with CAROLS, LESSONS & CANDLELIGHT
  • Hot cider
  • Refreshmentds
  • Firepit
  • Caroling as we walk the journey of the holy family
  • Scripture
  • Candlelight & prayer
• 7:30pm • CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
  • In-person and zoom
  • Tradiotional indoor service with carols, scripture, candelight
  • Candelight
  • Carols
  • Live music
• 10pm • CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
  • In-person (zoom under consideration)
  • Tradiotional indoor service with carols, scripture, candelight
  • Candelight
  • Carols
  • Live music

SUN, Dec 25 – CHRISTMAS SUNDAY – Stories and Bells

• 10:30am • STORIES & BELLS
  (in-person & zoom)
  • Piano: Sue Titus-Reid
  • Message: Gail Doktor
  • Text: Children’s Story
  • Come in your pajames or favorite casual attire