SABBATICAL COVERAGE & Events at JCC and around town for THURS, April 11 – WED, April 17
SABBATICAL COVERAGE
- Rev Gail is on sabbatical for 5 weeks (until after Mothers Day) to welcome her family’s first grandchild.
- Sun, April 14, 21 & 28: Rev Walt Hampton will preach and offer emergency pastoral support in April. Rev Walt is being called as fulltime pastor to First Church, North Conway, UCC. He is now a fulltime resident of Bartlett, NH. Highlights from his bio are featured in our April INSIDE OUT newsletter, which you can view at this LINK.)
- Sun, May 12: Beloved hospice chaplain and regional sacramental minister Rev Sue Davidson will celebrate communion with JCC during worship and provide our message for the day. She is both a retired nurse and recently retired from her role as the pastor at Center Conway United Methodist Church; she periodically provides support to other local churches, and has been guest preacher for JCC many times.
- Mother’s Day on Sun, May 12: JCC’s own Erica Corbett-Klein, mother of twins Vivian and George who are students at Jackson Grammar School, facilitator of the local French Conversation group, and educator, will be our guest speaker for Mother’s Day.
- During Rev Gail’s sabbatical, if you need pastoral care, please contact Deacon Wendy McVey or Deacon Sue Carrigan by phone. They will put you in touch with minister(s) available to provide pastoral support thru Mid-May.
THURS, April 11 – WED, April 17
THURS, April 11
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 10am-7pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
- 2-5pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
- Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty • 7-9pm – $5 cover
- Red Parka: Shark Martin • 8-11pm
- Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm
- Ledge Brewing: Food for Bears • 6-8pm
- Community Event: ‘WildCARD’ featuring Rafe Matregrano, Al Shafner, Craig Bryan, & Don Walden
7pm • Majestic Cafe, Conway- Walk-ins are always welcome, but space is limited; reservations are available to guarantee your seat and to indicate a seating choice.
- $5 per person cover charge.
- Doors at 6 pm; music at 7pm.
- Come in early and grab a panini before the music starts
- Info and tickets:: https://www.conwaymajestic.com/cafe
FRI, April 12
- Community Event: ZUMBA with Dottie
8:15am • Whitney Community Center, Jackson- $5/pp
- 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
- Community Event: LINE DANCING with Dottie
9:15ma • Whitney Cmmunity Center, Jackson- $5/pp
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
2-5pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)- 3-4pm • TGIF BOOK SHARE:
What have you read lately? Something fantastic? Something not so fantastic? Come share with us during our Friday afternoon book share. All are welcome to come and share what books you are reading, what’s on your TBR (to be read) pile, and what you are looking forward to reading. This is a great time to learn about new titles, authors, and genres that other JPL readers are reading.
- 3-4pm • TGIF BOOK SHARE:
- C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION (resumes May 17) – 5pm by zoom when meeting
- Community Event: A SONG for MOTHER WATER
7pm • Majestic Theater, Conway- Celebration of the earth’s water in story, song and poetry.
- Envisioned by Fredericka Chapman and presented by Theater for the Earth.
- Using story, song and movement.
- For tickets and more info: https://www.conwaymajestic.com/
- Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Wildcat Tavern: Al Shafner • 7-9pm – $5 cover
- Red Parka: Shark Martin • 8-11pm
- Shannon Door: Marty Quirk • 6-9pm
- Ledge Brewing: Tin Mountain Trivia • 6-8pm
- Community Event: MAJESTIC CAFE FRIDAY: Mike Hathaway Quartet
7pm • Majestic Cafe, Conway- Walk-ins are always welcome, but space is limited; reservations are available to guarantee your seat and to indicate a seating choice.
- The Friday Night jazz series has a $10 per person cover charge.
- Doors at 6 pm; music at 7pm.
- Come in early and grab a panini before the music starts
- Info and tickets:: https://www.conwaymajestic.com/cafe
SAT, April 13
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 10am-2pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
- 11am-3pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
- Community Event: OPEN HOURS @ Jackson Historical Society
1-3pm • Jackson Historical Society- Also open by appointment.
- More info: https://www.jacksonhistory.org/
- White Mountain Art Sale
- The Jackson Historical Society is holding its 21st annual White Mountain Art Sale. There are currently over 50 items from private collectors, primarily 19thcentury paintings. To see the online catalog, go to https://www.jacksonhistory.org/catalog.html. Items are available to purchase as they arrive, so check the catalog frequently to see new additions.
- The Society is open Saturdays and Sundays 1-3pm. If you are interested in a painting, the Society can open by appointment. Contact info@jacksonhistory.org.
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 10am-2pm • Jackson Library
Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org - 11am-3pm • Bartlett Library
More info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/
- 10am-2pm • Jackson Library
- Community Event: A SONG for MOTHER WATER
7pm • Majestic Theater- Celebration of the earth’s water in story, song and poetry.
- Envisioned by Fredericka Chapman and presented by Theater for the Earth.
- Using story, song and movement.
- For tickets and more info: https://www.conwaymajestic.com
- Community Events: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Wildcat Tavern: Jonathan Sarty • 7-9pm – $5 cover
- Red Parka: Mitch Alden • 8-11pm
- Shannon Door: Al Shafner & Jeremy Dean • 7-10pm
- Ledge Brewing: Diana’s Bath Salts • 6-8pm
SUN, April 14
- INTERFAITH SERVICE
8am • JCC sanctuary- Join us for poetry, prayer, and conversation
- Participants facilitate the gathering while Rev Gail is on sabbatical, resumes in regular format on Sun, May 19
- WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church & Livestream to Facebook (adding Youtube post-sabbatical)
(which also appears on righthand nav bar of jxncc.org website) virtual zoom is discontinued- Music by Sharon Novak
- Message by Rev Walt Hampton (being called as fulltime pastor of First Church, North Conway, UCC)
- HOSPITALITY following church
11:30am • Parish Hall - Community Event: OPEN HOURS @ Jackson Historical Society
1-3pm • Jackson Historical Society (Also open by appointment.)- More info: https://www.jacksonhistory.org/
- White Mountain Art Sale
- The Jackson Historical Society is holding its 21st annual White Mountain Art Sale. There are currently over 50 items from private collectors, primarily 19thcentury paintings. To see the online catalog, go to https://www.jacksonhistory.org/catalog.html. Items are available to purchase as they arrive, so check the catalog frequently to see new additions.
- The Society is open Saturdays and Sundays 1-3pm If you are interested in a painting, the Society can open by appointment. Contact info@jacksonhistory.org
- Community Event: MUSIC AROUND TOWN
- Red Parka: Blue Sunday with Erin Harpe Duo • 5-8pm
- Shannon Door: Jeremy Dean • 6-9pm
MON, April 15
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 2-8pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
- Community Event: A MORNING with MARY ESPOSITO
10am • Majestic Theatre- Program presented by the Mountain Garden Club: A morning with Mary Ann Esposito!
- Mary Ann Esposito, creator of the PBS series Ciao Italia, will offer insights from her most recent cookbook, Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cook!
- Each attendee who purchases a ticket by Monday, March 25 will receive a copy of Ciao Italia: Plant, Harvest, Cook! at no additional charge.
- General seating. Doors open at 10 AM. VERY LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE CALL NEYSA AT 617-816 4642
- Community Event: CHAMBER MUSIC CLASS SPRING CONCERT – Frostiana and more
7pm • Majestic Theater- Mountain Top’s Monday night chamber music class plays Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana,” settings of beloved Robert Frost poems. The program includes other small-group pieces.
- Admission by donation. The cafe will not be open for this event.
TUE, April 16
- 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
- Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 10am-7pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
- 2-5pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
- CLERGY of the EASTERN SLOPE
12:30pm • Zoom- Local clergy gather for peer support, collaborative event planning and conversation
- Community Event: COMPOSTING: Turning Table Scraps into Garden Gold
7-8:30pm • Whitney Community Center- Learn practical tips for turning a year of vegetable, lawn and garden discards into rich compost using familiar garden tools, mostly free materials, and a bit of productive exercise. Topics will include different methods of backyard composting. Materials that are appropriate for maintaining an active pile. The importance of aeration, humidity and temperature, plus much more.
- Program is taught by Allan Brooks, composter with a wealth of hands-on knowledge to share
- FREE sign up at https://whitneyccprograms.com/
- Community MUSIC & EVENTS around town:
- Wildcat Tavern: Hoot Night facilitated by Jon Sarty • 7-9pm • $5 cove
- Ledge Brewing: Ping Pong Night • 5:30pm & Ledge Trivia Night • 6:30pm
WED, April 17
- YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • JCC Parish Hall- Anjali Rose will be teaching yoga remotely for 6 qeeks and rhe class will meet in JCC parish hall
- $5 class charge
- Community Event: CANASTA GAMES
4-6pm • Old Red Library - Community Resource: LIBRARIES
- 2-5pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
- 4pm • ORIGAMI & YUMMY TREATS
- 12-6pm• Bartlett Public Library (more info: https://www.bartlettpubliclibrary.org/)
- 2-5pm • Jackson Library (more info: https://jacksonlibrary.org/)
- Community MUSIC & EVENTS around town:
- Wildcat Tavern: Trivia• 7-9pm • $5 cover
This Week at JCC and around town: July 20-25
Highlights: Hike, fitness class, yoga, MWV Jewish film forum, music at local venues & Music under the Tent (library), Awareness in Sanctuary series (Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation), C3 conversation, shabbat service, worship and more
TUE, July 20
- Community Event: CHAIR YOGA – A Healthier You with Anjali Rose
9:15am • Zoom. (Zoom pre-registration link)
6-week series/online class sponsored by the Friends of the Whitney Center. We explore various exercises to improve posture, balance and strength using the core weight of the body and light hand weights. This fun and insightful class is for all ages and abilities. Simply bring a chair, two blocks, a strap and light hand weights. - CLERGY LUNCH
12:30-2pm • Zoom.
Meeting of Clergy of the Eastern Slope for peer work and community networking. Rev Gail attends. - Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
10am-7pm • Jackson Library- Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
- Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
- One family at a time in the kids room.
- Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
- Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
WED, July 21
- FITNESS with LAURIE McALEER
9am • JCC Parish House (in-person)
Join us for a free, gentle fitness class. Please let Laurie McAleer know you will attend. Masking and social distancing required. - Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
2-5pm • Jackson Library- Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
- Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
- One family at a time in the kids room.
- Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
- Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
- Community Event: FLOW & ALIGN YOGA with Anjali Rose
5pm • Zoom. (Zoom Pre-registration link)
Class sponsored by the Friends of the Whitney Center. We will explore the body, mind and soul with mindful movement. These yoga classes are intentionally created with sequences to instill strength, flexibility and mobility. This fun and community oriented class is for all ages and abilities. Simply bring a mat, strap, block and blanket. - Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAIN CEILI BAND
5:30 – 9pm • Wildcat Tavern Dinner reservations required: 800-228-4245 or 603-383-4245.
The musicians will play on the porch of the Igloo a safe distance from guests and vice versa. Join Michael Levine (guitar), Dexter Harding (tenor banjo), Siena Kaplan-Thompson (fiddle) & Fiona Howell (flute) for traditional Irish Session music. Stomp your feet, clap your hands, and dance a little jig as these accomplished musicians play centuries old tunes. For more information on the White Mountain Ceili Band visit: whitemountainceiliband.com
THURS, July 22
- Community Event: NATURALIST LED HIKE in JACKSON
- 10am • Tin Mountain Conservation Center Field Station, Jackson
Registration required link. Or call Call 447-6991.
Join Tin Mountain Conservation Center for weekly hikes at the Jackson Field Station property every Thursday in July & August. Highlights include the summit of Tin Mountain, a tin mine on the property, and historic homestead, and a mountain pond. Tin Mountain’s naturalist will explain the historic use of the property, help identify plant species, and point out animal signs. These hikes are a great way to explore the lesser trod trails of the White Mountains and avoid the crowds. Participants of all ages welcome. - Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
10am-7pm • Jackson Library- Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
- Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
- One family at a time in the kids room.
- Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
- Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
- Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
1pm • Food pickup
2:30pm • Curbside package preparation
5pm • Shift at curbside with guests
@ 15 Grove St, North Conway, NH
Rev Gail and JCC volunteers serve this weekly outreach to local homeless and housing-insecure residents. - Community Event: WHITE MOUNTAINS JEWISH FILM FORUM – AMERICAN PASTORAL
7:30pm • Register (required) here: Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ode-gpzwqHNMrAgWIy847oogkB4MPSZ2A Watch the film first on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, YouTube, ahead of time on your own and then join the group at 7:30pm for a conversation led by author Benjamin Taylor. From Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation: A film based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth: Seymour “Swede” Levov comes of age just after World War II, in a thriving and triumphant America. A legendary high school athlete, the diligent and successful inheritor of his father’s glove factory, the proprietor of an eighteenth-century stone house in the heart of WASP country, the devoted husband of a beautiful and intelligent wife, and the father of a charming daughter, the Swede appears to have fulfilled the ambitions of generations of struggling forebears. But his carefully constructed life begins to collapse as he and America face the challenges of the turbulent sixties, and he sees his adored daughter, Merry, turn first into a rebellious adolescent and then into a revolutionary terrorist. As Swede Levov watches in bewilderment everything he treasures, everything so industriously created by his family over the course of three generations, is blown up by an angry girl’s bomb. American Pastoral is a wrenching and cathartic piece of work. It is a book about America: about loving and hating it, about wanting to belong and refusing to belong.
FRI, July 23
- Community Event: AWARENESS in the SANCTUARY — Deep Eyes
9:30-10:a5am • Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, Bethlehem, NH / Zoom
Led by Jacki Katzman, Movement Mentor, BHC member and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®.
Registration Required for All participants. Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUode2rqjkqGtZyCr28HqH3tWbTa1ZGTvRX Questions? Please contact Jacki – jackisue@aol.com. Upcoming sessions: July 30 – Resting on Inside Eyes, August 6 – Prayer Hand Eyes – Direct Your Attention. A donation to the Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation for the 4-lesson series ($50), or $15 per single session, will be appreciated. Participants have the option of Zoom or in-person attendance in the sanctuary. Open your eyes to fresh perspectives, guided by principles of the Feldenkrais Method. “Fresh Perspective” begins with a topical reading selected by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum followed by a guided, body-based meditation. Lessons are appropriate for people of all abilities, body types, levels of fitness, faiths and spiritual orientations. . - Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
2-5pm • Jackson Library- Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
- Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
- One family at a time in the kids room.
- Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
- Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
- C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS (zoom link)
5pm • Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83028442916
Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866 Meeting ID: 83028442916 (#)
Conversation about this week’s scripture. - Community Event: SHABBAT SERVICE
6pm • In-Person @ Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Sanctuary & Via Zoom
To join us on Zoom, please register here: bhcsynagogue1920@gmail.com - Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Mike Malkin & Becca Deschenes
Evening • Shannon Door
SAT, July 24
- Community Resource: LIBRARY OPEN
10am-2pm • Jackson Library- Return to full hours of Tu&Th 10-7, W&F 2-5, Sa 10-2. We will continue to close on Sunday for the time being.
- Masks and distance will be strictly required while in the building. If you’re unable to mask, you can still take advantage of our pickup or delivery service – simply let us know what you need.
- One family at a time in the kids room.
- Bathrooms and meeting room remain closed.
- Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
- Community Event: GARDEN STAGE CONCERT SERIES – TYLER JAMES KELLY
Evening • Wildcat Tavern
Link: Tickets and reservations required.
https://www.wildcattavern.com/events/the-garden-stage-dinner-concert-series-with-tyler-james-kelly/ Two shows per night, 4:30p-6:30p (Seating 3:45p), 7p-9p (6:45p Seating), Tables have a max of 6 people, All Events are 21 years and older only. - Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Bobby Sheehan & Jeremy Holden
Evening • Shannon Door
SUN, July 25
- INTERFAITH GATHERING (ZOOM & IN-PERSON)
8am • Pavilion behind Whitney Community Center & Zoom
Zoom link required; Email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for info.. Join us for poetry, prayer and conversation. - VIRTUAL WORSHIP (ZOOM & IN-PERSON)
10:30am • Zoom link required; Email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for info.- Join us for worship with music, scripture, prayer and reflection.
- Live music by Alan Labrie
- Message with Rev Gail Doktor
- Stay for virtual coffee hour (via Zoom only).
- Singing in community now practiced.
- In-person attendance requires social distancing, masking requested for non-vaccinated individuals.
- 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.
- Community Resource: MUSIC under the TENT – Shana Aisenberg (Appalachian & Contra Dance Fiddle)
4pm • Jackson Library tent and lawn
Bring chairs and a picnic. Come early for space under the tent. - Community Event: MUSIC at SHANNON DOOR: Bobby Sheehan & Jeremy Holden
Evening • Shannon Door
TUE, MAY 25 – MON, MAY 31 (Memorial Day Weekend)
TUE, May 25
- Community Event: LISTEN Book Study Group
9:30am • Zoom link required. (link required – email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for the necessary info). Ecumenical study series begins this week. Sue Davidson from the Conway United Methodist Church leads this group and she has a few copies of the book available for purchase ($9).- Listen by Rueben P. Job is a 40-day experience created to offer help to those new to prayer, those with a daily prayer routine, and those whose lives seem too busy to pray. With a focus on listening prayer and prayer as a two-way conversation, the experience will assist individuals and groups in building and deepening a personal prayer practice and spiritual discernment.
- Community Event: CHAIR YOGA
10am • Zoom (pre-registration required: Pre-registration link.)
Free 6-week series/online class sponsored by the Friends of the Whitney Center. Exercise is a key component of a happy, healthy life at any age. If you are looking to create a stronger back or core, needing to stretch from head to toe, well grab a chair and a yoga strap and prepare to explore body strength, mobility and flexibility as this class/series will support you in healthy habits. Includes exercises for strengthening, mobility and flexibility to bring health to the whole body from head to toe. Anjali Rose will guide you virtually in your own home. Dress comfortably, bring a water bottle, chair and yoga strap and commit to a healthier you. Upon registration, any other specifics will be sent to you. - CLERGY LUNCH
12:30-2pm • Zoom.
Meeting of Clergy of the Eastern Slope for peer work and community networking. Rev Gail attends. - Community Resource: LIBRARY for PICKUP or BROWSING by APPOINTMENT
2-6pm • Jackson Library
Pick up holds, print items, or book an appointment to stay on site and browse.
Request appointments: https://jacksonlibrary.simplybook.me/v2/.
Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org - Community Event: VIRTUAL YOGA
4:30pm • Zoom
The Friends of the Whitney welcome back yoga instructor, Anjali Rose to host virtual yoga. This yoga class is free to Jackson community residents and is designed for all levels to participate. Each person attending can register and upon registration will receive an email within 24 hours with the Zoom link for the class. It’s important to register as soon as you can and no later than 2pm on Tuesdays.- Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZclceGgqzIpHdXzJDVEGz…
- After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
- If you are new to yoga and have questions, please reach out to Anjali at: anjalirose15@gmail.com with questions.
- DEACONS MEETING
7pm • Zoom link required.
WED, May 26
- FITNESS with LAURIE McALEER
9am • JCC Parish House (in-person)
Join us for a free, gentle fitness class. Please let Laurie McAleer know you will attend. Masking and social distancing required. - Community Resource: LIBRARY for PICKUP or BROWSING by APPOINTMENT
2-5pm • Jackson Library
Pick up holds, print items, or book an appointment to stay on site and browse.
Request appointments: https://jacksonlibrary.simplybook.me/v2/.
Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
THURS, May 27
- Community Event: BIRDING in JACKSON
7:30am • In-person in Jackson.
Advance registration required. Click here. Spring is here are so are the birds! Brush off your birding skills with Tin Mountain’s weekly bird walks Thursday mornings in Jackson. All birding levels. - Community Resource: LIBRARY for PICKUP or BROWSING by APPOINTMENT
2-6pm • Jackson Library
Pick up holds, print items, or book an appointment to stay on site and browse. Request appointments: https://jacksonlibrary.simplybook.me/v2/.
Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org - Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
1pm • Food pickup
2:30pm • Curbside package preparation
5pm • Shift at curbside with guests @ 15 Grove St, North Conway, NH
Rev Gail and JCC volunteers serve this weekly outreach to local homeless and housing-insecure residents.
FRI, May 28
- Community Resource: LIBRARY for PICKUP or BROWSING by APPOINTMENT
2-5pm • Jackson Library
Pick up holds, print items, or book an appointment to stay on site and browse.Request appointments: https://jacksonlibrary.simplybook.me/v2/. Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org - C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS
5pm • Zoom link required. (link required – email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for the necessary info)
Conversation about this week’s scripture.
SAT, May 29
- Community Event: BIRDING in the BOG
7am -10am • Register in advance: Click here to register. Meet at G & S Store in Brownfield
(Takes place: May 22, May 29)
Join birders of all levels on this weekly bird walk through the bog and view the rich diversity of bird life that makes it way north to rest or nest. Bring binoculars (or borrow ours), rubber boots, and a snack. This year we are doing this a little different and are requiring advanced registration for this program to keep down group size. Click here to register. - Community Event: CRAFT & ARTISAN FAIRS
10am-4pm on Sat & Sun- Gibson Center
- Schouler Park in North Conway
- First Church in North Conway
- Community Resource: LIBRARY for PICKUP or BROWSING by APPOINTMENT
10am – 2pm • Jackson Library
Pick up holds, print items, or book an appointment to stay on site and browse. Request appointments: https://jacksonlibrary.simplybook.me/v2/. Contact the library for additional help: 603.383.9731 or by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org
SUN, May 30
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Zoom link required. (link required – email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for the necessary info)
Join us for poetry, prayer and conversation. Zoom-only. - CHOIR PRACTICE
9am • Zoom link required. (link required – email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for the necessary info) - VIRTUAL WORSHIP & IN-PERSON – MEMORIAL DAY THEME
10:30am • Zoom link required. (link required – email jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org for the necessary info)- Join us for worship with music, scripture, prayer and reflection.
- Live music by Alan Labrie
- Message with Rev Gail Doktor
- Stay for virtual coffee hour (via Zoom only).
- Singing with masks in-person is now in practice for those who wish to join in.
- In-person attendance requires masks and social distancing.
- 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.
- Community Event: CRAFT & ARTISAN FAIRS
10am-4pm on Sat & Sun- Gibson Center
- Schouler Park in North Conway
- Community Event: WILDQUACK DUCKRACE & FESTIVAL
8am – 4pm
Details: https://www.facebook.com/JacksonAreaCC/
MON, May 31 MEMORIAL DAY
- Any community events to be shared as publicized.
This Week: MON, April 1 – SUN, April 7
THIS WEEK
at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
MON, April 1
- SCOUT PACK 321
6pm • Jackson Community Church
Den meeting at church to work on ‘pew holders’ for sanctuary. - LENTEN RETREAT
7pm • Our Lady of the Mountains, No Conway
Theme: Easter journey. A 3-day retreat (April 1-3, each day at 7pm).
TUE, April 2
- CLERGY of the EASTERN SLOPE LUNCHEON
12:30pm • No Conway, NH
Lunch and working group for local clergy and spiritual community leaders. Rev Gail attends. - LENTEN STUDY GROUP: Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything
4pm • Jackson Community Church
Come if you started the book. Come if you want to pick it up and begin. Come if you just want good conversation. Anne Lamott’s essays are good for the soul. Rev Gail facilitates this group. 1-2 copies available at church, others at library. Please RSVP to Rev Gail if you plan to attend this study group!
WED, April 3
- Community Event: WILDER than WILD
7-8:30pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center
Movie Screening! Four years in the making, this one-hour documentary reveals how fire suppression and climate change have exposed our forests and wildland-urban landscapes to large, high intensity wildfires – and explores strategies to mitigate the impact of these fires. David Govatski, retired US Forest Service Fire Management Office, will lead a discussion following the film.
THURS, April 4
- 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. - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church. - SPRING EPHEMERALS
7-8:30pm • Whitney Community Center
Join Tin Mountain’s Executive Director Lori Jean Kinsey for a pictorial journey of early spring wildflowers. From hepatica to Dutchman’s breeches she will look at what makes each flower unique from its pollinators to its habitat. Free for Tin Mountain Members, otherwise $3/pp or $5/family.
FRI, April 5
- 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. - PASTOR’s OFFICE HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Jackson Community Church
Drop by or make an apt with Rev Gail by calling her cell (978) 273.0308 or email. - Community Event: 10th Annual Opening Reception for ART CELEBRATES PLACE for Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
5pm • Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg, ME. More info www.usvlt.or
SAT, April 6
- Community Event: RISE UP AGAINST HUNGER
10am • Setup & 11:30m • Meal Prep
River Church, Center Conway, NH
Volunteers of all ages welcome. Hosted by the River Church by McSherry’s in Center Conway, NH. Sponsored in part by local Rotary. Set up starts at 10am. The actual preparing of 10,000 or so meals starts around 11:45am. If 80 volunteers show up; we prepare 10,000 or so meals in less than two hours. If 40 – 50 volunteers show up; it may take us the full 2 hours to complete the project. Once the two hours to prepare the 10,000 or so meal are finished, we then help clean up. - Community Event: Mountain Top Music School’s 24 HOURS OF MUSIC!
Noon, Sat, Apr 6 – Noon, Sun, Apr 7 • Locations around the valley.
Valley musicians and Mountain Top students perform for dollars at Merrill Farm Inn and locations around the valley. This is Mountain Top’s biggest music school fundraiser of the year. Students are challenged to recruit sponsors for their performances, a la the popular “walkathon” format. More info.
SUN, April 7
- INTERFAITH GATHERING @ OLD LIBRARY
8am • Old Library. Hot beverages available. Come for poetry, literature, conversation and prayer. - CHOIR REHEARSAL
9am • Jackson Community Church
Ellen Schwindt works with church choir. Drop-ins welcome. - WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church.
* Story: Rev Gail
* Accompanist: Alan Labrie
* Choir: directed by Ellen Schwindt
* Sunday School: Lisa White, teacher. Please RSVP to Rev Gail if you plan to attend Sunday School! - Community Event: POETRY WORKSHOP
2pm • Jackson Public Library
Learn about poetic forms, and write your own poetry with professional poet, Sarah Audsley. Some forms we will explore include the sonnet, ode, ghazal, and epistle. - SECOND CHANCES CONCERT with Bennett & Perkins and Taylor Whiteside4pm • Jackson Community Church
Kathy Bennett, Thom Perkins and Taylor Whiteside: featured artists. Supports the Way Station: more info about the Way Station here.
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town: MON, Mar 11 – SUN, Mar 17
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.
SECOND CHANCES CONCERT
4pm, Sun, April 7
Jackson Community Church
to benefit the Way Station
Kathy Bennett, Thom Perkins and Taylor Whiteside: featured artists.
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
PALM SUNDAY
10:30am • April 14
Jackson Community Church
Worship with focus on themes of Holy Week.
MAUNDY THURSDAY
5pm • April 18
- Dinner and worship around common table.
- Soup & bread supper provided by deacons.
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).
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.