HOLY WEEK with JCC and around Town
April 10-17
Sun, April 10 – PALM SUNDAY
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Old Red Library & Zoom
Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation.- Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- VIRTUAL CHOIR REHEARSAL
9am • Zoom
Join choir director Rebecca Moore to prepare Palm Sunday & Easter Sunday songs.- Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- WORSHIP with PALMS
10:30am • (zoom & in-person)- Music by Alan Labrie
- JCC Virtual Choral Anthem: Prepare Ye the Way from Godspell
- Palms for everyone
- Message by Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
- Guest: Rev Joyce Scott
- Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- 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.
Wed, Apr 13
- EASTER EGG-STUFFING
10:45am • JCC Council Room
Deacons and volunteers meet after Laurie McAleer’s fitness class to stuff Easter eggs which will be hidden on our campus as part of the village-wide Easter egg hunt held by Chamber of Commerce on Easter Sunday. Thanks to Deacon Sandy Louis for connecting us to this event. - C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS / HOLY WEEK STUDY SESSION
5pm • Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
Bring your adult beverage and your curiosity for a conversation about our sacred text
Thurs, Apr 14: MAUNDY THURSDAY
- SOUP SUPPER & TABLE WORSHIP
6pm • JCC Parish House (in person & zoom)- Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- OVERNIGHT VIGIL
8pm (Thurs) – Noon (Fri) – virtual / hold vigil in your own place or come to JCC and hold vigil- Virtual vigil: People email the church and sign up to meditate on words from scripture throughout the night.
- Each household takes one hour.
- Meditate on a whole Biblical passage, or read and choose one word or image on which to focus. Be active or contemplative. Walk, knit, play music, stay quiet, pray, cook, make something, stay home, go outside.
- Vigil commences after the soup supper & worship and ends at noon on Friday, when the final three hours are observed in the sanctuary.
Fri, Apr 15 – HOLY FRIDAY
- FINAL HOURS: Vigil
Noon-3pm • JCC Sanctuary- Also live-streaming to website & Facebook
- Scripture will be read at the top of each hour: Noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm .
- People often traditionally experience the Via Crucis / Way of the Cross during this time.
- ECUMENICAL HOLY FRIDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE
6pm • First Church of Christ, UCC in North Conway, NH
All are welcome. Virtual live-streaming info will be provided once it has been shared by planning team.
Planned and hosted by Clergy of the Eastern Slopes (of which Rev Gail is a member).
Sun, Apr 17 – EASTER SUNDAY
- SUNRISE WORSHIP
5:45am • End of Presidential Drive off Tin Mine Rd, Jackson- In-person & live-streaming to Facebook / FB
- Sunrise = 5:58am
- Donuts & Coffee @ service provided by deacons
- EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP with Flowering of the Cross
10:30am • JCC (in-person & zoom)- Zoom link required. Contact church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- JCC Virtual Choral Anthem: Easter Song
- Guest musician: Dominique Dodge, Harp
- Flowering the Cross
- Alan Labrie’s last day as organist
- EASTER EGG HUNT
11:30-2pm • JCC Campus and around the village loop
Part of Jackson-wide egg hunt sponsored by Chamber - FLOWERED CROSS OUTSIDE
Flowered cross will be placed outside the church with bucket of flowers for people to add as they pass. Will be returned inside by late afternoon.
This Week: MON, April 8 – SUN, April 14
THIS WEEK
at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
MON, April 8
- BEREAVEMENT PRESENTATION
4pm • Lesley University, Cambridge MA
Rev Gail served as guest presenter for class in social work on the topic of bereavement. - SCOUT PACK 321
6pm • Jackson Community Church
Den meeting at church to work on ‘pew holders’ for sanctuary.
TUE, April 9
- PASTORAL CARE in SOUTHERN NH & MA
All Day • Rev Gail will be visiting people in hospital and rehab in Southern NH and MA.
WED, April 10
- PASTORAL CARE in SOUTHERN NH & MA
All Day • Rev Gail will be visiting people in hospital and rehab in Southern NH and MA.
THURS, April 11
- 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: GREENING the GRANITE STATE
12pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
Cynthia Nelson and Kathy Black of NH DES will present on several of the State’s programs designed to help improve the energy efficiency and resource waste. The NH Pollution Prevention Program is a free, confidential, non-enforcement, pollution prevention and compliance assistance program available to all NH businesses, institutions, municipalities and agencies. The presenters will also discuss the NH Green Hospitality Program, which is designed to recognize and promote businesses doing their part to reduce energy use, conserve water and reduce waste. The Green Hospitality Program is free and open to all restaurants and lodging facilities in New Hampshire. - Community Event: CRAIG ALTOBELLO ARTIST RECEPTION
5pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
Come meet the artist, see his work and mingle with friends! Stay for the great birding program that follows. - Community Event: BIRDS from TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
7pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
Join Charlie Nims on a pictorial exploration of the birds of Trinidad& Tobago from his recent travels. - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
FRI, April 12
- PASTORAL CARE VISITS
Morning • Rev Gail will be making pre-arranged visits.
SAT, April 13
- Community & Church Event: UKRAINIAN EGG WORKSHOP
9am • Whitney Community Center
$3/pp ages 15+ / Co-sponsored with the Jackson Community Church
Decorate your own holiday egg in the distinctive Ukrainian pysanka style, using wax-resist method on real egg. Melt beeswax over a candle, draw lines of way on a raw egg with a traditional waxing tool, dip the egg in dye, and watch your pattern appear. The finished eggs will be vernished and hollowed, creating a permanent keepsake. Space is limited please register at: whitneycommunitycenter@gmail.com. - Community Event: DUCKS & DONUTS
8:30am-11am • At Meet at the parking lot at Fryeburg Academy Field House
The streams and ponds are opening up and ducks are returning. We’ll explore the old course of the Saco River and other open water in search of wood ducks, hooded mergansers, common golden eyes, and other early migrants. Bring binoculars and we’ll bring the doughnuts! Call 603-447-6991 for reservations.
SUN, April 14: PALM SUNDAY
- INTERFAITH GATHERING @ OLD LIBRARY
8am • Old Library. Hot beverages available. Come for poetry, literature, conversation and prayer. - YOUTH & CHILDREN PROGRAM
9am • Jackson Community Church
Games and faith formation followed by intergenerational choir practice. Prep for singing and participating in worship at 10:30am. - CHOIR REHEARSAL
9am • Jackson Community Church
Ellen Schwindt works with church choir. Drop-ins welcome. - WORSHIP: PALM SUNDAY
10:30am • Jackson Community Church with Palm Procession by children & families.
* Story: Rev Gail
* Accompanist: Alan Labrie
* Choir: directed by Ellen Schwindt
* Baptism & New Family Celebration - Community Event: POETRY WORKSHOP
2pm • Jackson Public Library
Learn about poetic forms, and write your own poetry with professional poet, Sarah Audsley.
Holy Week Events: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Holy Friday, Easter
SUN, MAR 25: Palm Sunday
- PALM PROCESSION
9:45am • Walk from church, singing and waving palms, and return to church for 10:30am worship service. - PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
THURS, Mar 29: MAUNDY THURSDAY
- SOUP SUPPER & TABLE WORSHIP
5pm • Parish Hall of Jackson Community Church
Gather with members and friends for soup supper and worship at the table.
THURS, Mar 29 – FRI, MAR 30: HOLY FRIDAY VIGIL
- VIGIL
6pm Thursday until 3pm Friday • Shifts held at home.
Individuals and families can sign up in one-hour shifts from 6pm Thursday until 3pm Friday, to pray, meditate and stay awake during the hours of Christ’s arrest, trial and crucifixion. This vigil will be held ‘by trust’ in people’s homes, or at church if they so choose, so that each person who takes a one-hour shift to keep vigil may do so in their own environs. To be organized in cooperation with friends and members of the Bartlett Congregational Church.
FRI, MAR 30: HOLY FRIDAY
- WAY of the CROSS
1pm • Jackson Community Church
Come for journey through ‘stations of the cross.’ Walk the stations, or meditate with Stations coloring pages - HOLY FRIDAY SERVICE
6:30pm • Bartlett Congregational Church.
Worship services organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope and hosted at Bartlett Congregational Church.
SUN, APR 1: EASTER
- SUNRISE SERVICE
6:30am • Gazebo.
Gather outside at gazebo by Jackson Historical Society for worship & song, Return to Jackson Community Church for hot beverages and breakfast. - EASTER SERVICE
10:30am • Jackson Community Church.
Easter worship with “flowering of the cross.” - EGG HUNT
Follows worship service • Jackson Community Church.
Hunt for eggs on grounds of church. Hunt will take place outdoors if weather permits, inside if weather is inclement.