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.