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 at JCC and Around Town: WED, Oct 14 – SUN, Oct 18
WED, Oct 14
- Community Service: WAY STATION BOARD MTG
1pm • Zoom - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS: Racial Justice
5:30pm • Zoom.
Facilitated 6-week conversation series co-sponsored with Jackson Public Library. Starting third week of conversation.
THURS, Oct 15
- Community Event: YIN/RESTORATIVE YOGA with Anjali Rose
8am • Zoom (Link provided once participants complete health waiver is sent to anjalirose15@gmail.com and registration/payment for class received.) See Anjali’s website for full list of classes offered and instructions to register. - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - Community Event: LIBRARY PICKUP/PRINTING HOURS
2-6pm • Jackson Public Library- You can place a hold – online via your Koha account using your 14 digit library card number
- Contact by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org. or leave a voice message at 603-383-9731
- We will send you an email as soon as your item/s are ready for pickup.
- Printing and scanning services are also available. Contact us for details.
- Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
3pm • Curbside package preparation
5pm • Shift at curbside with guests - Community Event: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PART 1 (Tin Mountain program)
7pm • Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93466211255, Meeting ID: 934 6621 1255
2-part Program: October 15 & 22. Focused on emergency preparedness, focusing on back-up power supplies. A panel of industry professionals representing utility companies, electricians, gas, and solar will present viewers with information every homeowner should know about how to ‘weather the storm’ of no electricity. Part I (Oct 15) will cover what homeowners need to know about their specific systems to better plan for power outages, while Part II (Oct 22) will focus on comparing generators with battery back-up systems, including Tesla Powerwalls. Info for purchasing, installing, running and maintaining all of these power back-up systems.
FRI, Oct 16
- Community Service Day: JACKSON XC SKI TOURING FOUNDATION
9:30am • Location to be announced (weather permitting).
Face coverings needed for times when 6+’ distancing is not feasible. Contact Ellen Chandler at JXC for more info: ellen.chandler@jacksonxc.org. - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS
5pm • Zoom.
Gather to focus on one of the Epistles of Paul, enjoy beverage of choice, and share in conversation and learning.
SAT, Oct 17
- ANNUAL MEETING of NH CONFERENCE, UCC (United Church of Christ)
Zoom-based participation. Pre-registration required. Rev Gail attends virtually. If anyone wishes to attend as a voting representative of the church for this worship/business meeting, we will reimburse your participation. Registration info: http://www.cvent.com/events/annual-meeting-2020/event-summary-6c15d226561347949f02d2af561ad9df.aspx - Community Event: LIBRARY PICKUP HOURS
10am-2pm • Jackson Public Library- You can place a hold online via your Koha account using your 14 digit library card number
- Contact by email: staff@jacksonlibrary.org. or leave a voice message at 603-383-9731
- We will send you an email as soon as your item/s are ready for pickup.
- Printing and scanning services are also available. Contact us for details.
- RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church
SUN, Oct 18
- INTERFAITH SERVICE
8am • Zoom & Pavilion behind Whitney Community Center
Small group gathering outside at pavilion. Use social-distancing protocols: bring your own mask and chairs. Join us for poetry, worship, and prayer. - PET BLESSING
9am • Gazebo by Historical Society
In October, we celebrate St Francis and offer blessings of pets and domestic animals. Bring your beloved pet, or a photo, or just yourself with the name of your animal on your lips, and the youth of JCC will offer a blessing. Please have animal under control (leash, carrying container, in your arms …). - CHOIR REHEARSAL
9am • Zoom. - VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON WORSHIP (Zoom)
10:30am • In-person (sanctuary) & Zoom.- This week we feature Rev Michael Caine’s prophetic sermon offered to the NH Conference, music by the statewide UCC choir directed by our own Billy Carleton and additional music prepared and composed by Alan Labrie used with other segments of worship.
- Join us for worship, music, reflection, prayer, scripture. Service will also be live-streamed to website and Facebook (if technology supports this function on the day of event).
- If attending in person, social distancing and mask required.
- Afterward, recordings of worship service will be posted to Facebook, Vimeo.com channel & Youtube.com channel.
- RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - Community Event: FINDING HOME: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants
4pm • Zoom.
Hosted by the Seacoast Interfaith Sanctuary Coalition by Becky Field. Photographer Becky Field and Sindy share how dance has been a thread that keeps her heritage alive.
For more information about Becky Field’s work and her publications, visit http://differentrootsnh.com/.
THIS WEEK with JCC and Around Town: May 13-17
WED, May 13
- WALK a MILE
Any time of the day • Walk indoors or outdoors. Share your images with us on facebook! Walk a mile together (but apart). - SCHOOL SPIRIT WEDNESDAY –
Sports Day
All day: Wear your favorite sports team gear! - BREAKFAST with REV GAIL (zoom link: 179085789)
8am • Zoom link: 179085789. (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
Call to talk & gather. Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID: 170985789 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org) - Community Event: STORYTIME with Miss Meredith
9am • Jackson Library Livestream - Community Event: STORY by Believe in Books
9:30am • Believe in Books Livestream - Community Event: MT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY’S VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (Facebook Live)
11:15am • Mon, Tue, Fri @ Facebook Live
Connect live to the highest peak in the Northeastern US, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, as Weather Observers and Education Specialists at the non-profit Mount Washington Observatory present a Facebook Live program called “Home of the World’s Worst Weather Live.” - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church
THURS, May 14
- WALK a MILE
Any time of the day • Walk indoors or outdoors. Share your images with us on facebook! Walk a mile together (but apart). - Closed Meeting: WAY STATION Board of Directors Meeting (zoom)
8am • Zoom - Community Event: STORYTIME with Miss Meredith
9am • Jackson Library - Community Event: YIN/RESTORATIVE YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • Zoom (Link provided once participants complete health waiver is sent to anjalirose15@gmail.com and registration/payment for class received.) See Anjali’s website for full list of classes offered and instructions to register. - Community Event: STORY by Believe in Books
9:30am • Believe in Books Livestream - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFT
3pm • Curbside package preparation
5pm • Shift at curbside with guests - Community Event: CRAFTUP (Jackson Library)
4pm • Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/888091236
All crafts and all skill levels are welcome.
FRI, May 15
- WALK a MILE
Any time of the day • Walk indoors or outdoors. Share your images with us on facebook! Walk a mile together (but apart). - BREAKFAST with REV GAIL (zoom link: 179085789)
8am • Zoom link: 179085789. (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
Call to talk & gather. Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID: 170985789 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org) - Community Event: STORYTIME with Miss Meredith
9am • Jackson Library - Community Event: STORY by Believe in Books
9:30am • Believe in Books Livestream - Community Event: MT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY’S VIRTUAL CLASSROOM (Facebook Live)
11:15am • Mon, Tue, Fri @ Facebook Live
Connect live to the highest peak in the Northeastern US, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, as Weather Observers and Education Specialists at the non-profit Mount Washington Observatory present a Facebook Live program called “Home of the World’s Worst Weather Live.” - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS (zoom ID 179085789)
5pm • Zoom link: 179085789. (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
This week our hosts are Ginger & David Perkins. This week we discuss varied stories about the ‘commissioning’ of Jesus’ followers by comparing Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 16: 14-18, and John 20: 20-23. Call to talk & gather. Option: Call in via touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID: 170985789 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
SAT, May 16
- WALK a MILE
Any time of the day • Walk indoors or outdoors. Share your images with us on facebook! Walk a mile together (but apart). - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church - Community Event: LIBRARY PICKUP HOURS
2-6pm • Jackson Public Library
Order one workday in advance. Please email with the title, author, and what formats you will accept (eBook, downloadable audio, Kindle, paperback or hardcover, anything else).
SUN, May 17
- WALK a MILE
Any time of the day • Walk indoors or outdoors. Share your images with us on facebook! Walk a mile together (but apart). - INTERFAITH GATHERING (zoom ID: 142985761)
8am • (Zoom ID 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
Gather for poetry, conversation, readings & prayer. Bring your own caffeine. 🙂 Option: Call on touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID# 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org) - CHOIR PRACTICE (zoom ID: 142985761)
9:00am • Zoom ID 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
Warmups & choir practice with director Billy Carleton. Option: Call on touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID# 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org) - VIRTUAL WORSHIP SERVICE (zoom ID: 142985761)
10:30am • Zoom ID 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org)
Join us for worship, special music, prayer, scripture, and reflection. Stay for virtual coffee hour. 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. Option: Call on touch-tone phone: 929.436.2866, meeting ID# 142985761 (password required, email church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org) - VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR
Stay after worship and we will break into small groups for brief social opportunity. Same link as worship. - RING BELL
Noon • Jackson Community Church
Notes:
- SUPPORT: Do you need support of any kind? We have volunteers ready to assist with errands and other projects (via library’s Jackson Bridge listserv), access to emergency supplies, and Rev Gail is available for emotional and spiritual companionship. Call Rev Gail directly at 978.273.0308 or email the church: jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org
- Jackson Public Library’s Guide to Online Services (activities, events, reading and information materials, etc)
THIS WEEK at JCC and AROUND TOWN: TUE, Mar 3 – SUN, Mar 8
Note: Rev Gail will be away with family for the upcoming weekend, due an extended family health concern. Gerry Tilton will provide guest preaching, church deacons will facilitate worship.
TUE, Mar 3
- CLERGY LUNCH
12:30pm • Brown Church
Clergy gathering to plan ecumenical events. Rev Gail attends. - Community Event: BOOK GROUP – Living on the Wind
4pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albnay, NH - Community Event: CRAFTERNOON
Noon • Jackson Public Library
Bring an unfinished craft to the library and work with others while you visit, too. - Community Event: BINGO for a CAUSE
6pm • Red Parka, Glen, NH
Benefits the Retired Service Volunteer Program (RSVP). More info. - LENTEN BIBLE STUDY GROUP
6:30pm • Starbucks, North Conway
Max Lucado’s book Jesus. Moves to Conway Public Library next week. Bring your own copy of the book. Runs through April 7.
WED, Mar 4
- TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer
9am • Parish House.
Fitness class. Free; open to public. Stretching and fitness workouts with certified fitness coach Laurie McAleer. Exercises can be adjusted to individual needs. Weather-dependent; if school is cancelled, class is cancelled.
THURS, Mar 5
- Community Service: WAY STATION
9am & 5pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway
Friends, members & staff of Jackson Community Church are among volunteers to staff these shifts. Weather-dependent; if school is cancelled, Way Station is closed. - YIN RESTORATIVE YOGA for the Mindful Body with Anjali Rose9am • Jackson Community Church
Note: 6 weeks $60. Contact Anjali Rose for more info. Weather-dependent; if school is cancelled, yoga is cancelled. - Community Event: TODDLER STORYTIME
10:30am • Jackson Public Library - Community Event: EVENING CRAFT-UP
4pm • Jackson Public Library
Bring an existing craft to do with neighbors at the library! - AA
6:30pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor - Community Event: MOUNTAIN SAFETY & RESCUE: Beyond the 10 Essentials
6pm • Tuckerman Brewing Company
More info. What happens when you do it all right and things still go wrong? Join this forum to hear stories from the front lines of accidents and adventures Includes: Snow Rangers, Mountain Rescue Service, Conway Fire Department, and NH Fish and Game. - Community Event: TANZANIA – Birds, Big Game and a Taste of Maasai Culture7pm • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Nature Learning Center, Albany
Based on a Feb. 2019 trip to Tanzania, TMCC member and volunteer Charlie Nims will share his birding safari adventure through the Northern Circuit of Tanzania including Tarangire NP, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, finishing with a quick visit to Zanzibar. More info.
FRI, Mar 6
- Community Event: FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT – The Pete and Justice Show.
Noon • Brown Church, Conway Village.
Sponsored by Mountain Top Music. Performance in the tradition of Seeger and Guthrie, with Greg Huang-Dale and Tom Rebmann.
SAT, Mar 7
- Community Event: COASTAL BIRDS FIELD PROGRAM
7:30am • Meet at Tin Mountain Conservation Center’s Nature Learning Center to carpool
Heading to the coast of Maine in search of harlequins, scoters, eiders, long-tailed ducks, and mergansers. More info.
SUN, Mar 8
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Old Red Library
Come for poetry, prayer and conversation. Tish Hanlon facilitates the gathering this Sunday, since Rev Gail is out of town. - POP-UP CHOIR
10:10am • Jackson Community Church
Come learn songs early and help as song leaders for congregation. - SUNDAY WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Guest preacher: Gerry Tilton
* Music director & instrumentalist: Alan Labrie - Community Event: RACIAL JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS
3:30pm • Jackson Public Library
Fourth of 6-part series to hold conversations on racial justice and how our community can become more self-aware and active around this issue. Joint program sponsored by Jackson Public Library & Jackson Community Church. If you haven’t already joined us and want to attend, RSVP to learn what we covered in the earlier sessions and feel free to join us for as many conversations as possible! Free and open to public. Co-faciliatted by librarian Meredith Piotrow and Extravagant Welcome team member Claire Mallette.
THIS WEEK plus CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
with Jackson Community Church and Around Town
Mon, Dec 16 – Wed, Dec 25
MON, Dec 16
- SCOUTS
6pm • Jackson Community Church
TUE, Dec 17
- CLERGY LUNCH
12:30pm • North Conway, NH
Gathering of Mt Washington Valley clergy over lunch. - DEACONS
4pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
Deacons meet to review worship plans and community care plans. - Multi-Church Event: LIGHT of the WORLD – Study Group
6:30pm • North Conway Community Center
Bring your copy of Amy-Jill Levine’s Light of the World and your own study Bible. Facilitated by Revs Sue Davidson, Gail Doktor, Ruth Shaver.
WED, Dec 18
- TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer
9am • Parish House.
Fitness class. Free; open to public. Stretching and fitness workouts with certified fitness coach Laurie McAleer. Exercises can be adjusted to individual needs. - COUNCIL MEETING
7pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
Meeting of church officers, staff and team and committee leaders to make decisions re church governance and mission. Preparations for January’s annual meeting.
THURS, Dec 19
- Community Service: WAY STATION
9am & 5pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway
Friends, members & staff of Jackson Community Church are among volunteers to staff these shifts. - YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church. - Community Event: PAJAMA STORYTIME
10:30am • Jackson Public Library
Staff from the White Mountain Community Health Center will join us for a free giveaway of beautiful new PAJAMAs donated by Carter’s. We hope you will join us for stories, songs, activities and new pajamas! - AA
6:30pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor - BLUE CHRISTMAS
7pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
Gathering with rituals for those living with grief & loss.
FRI, Dec 20
- PASTOR’S J-TOWN HOURS
7-9am • J-Town Deli
Come by for hot beverages, conversation and good food. Or make a date to go for a walk or meet privately by texting/calling Rev Gail’s cell @ 978.273.0308. - PASTOR’S DROP-IN OFFICE HOURS
9:30-11am • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
Come by to talk. Or make a date to go for a walk or meet privately by texting/calling Rev Gail’s cell @ 978.273.0308. - Private Class: AVALANCHE CLASS
9am-5pm • Jackson Community Church
Class for back-country winter skiers and hikers to prepare for survival and response to avalanche conditions. - Community Event: FAMILY SOLSTICE (Longest Night) EVENT
5-6:30pm – Jackson Public Library
Includes guided night walks, bonfire, snacks, music, crafts, storytelling, and closing circle. Rain or shine. Organized by Tin Mountain Conservation Ctr, Jackson Library, Whitney Community Ctr, Jackson Grammar School & Jackson Community Church.
SAT, Dec 21
- Community Event: MARY HOWE MEMORIAL
2pm • Jackson Community Church
All welcome to attend the public memorial service for Mary Howe, followed by a reception. - Community Event: CHRISTMAS SOLSTICE CONCERT
7pm • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slope/UUFES (UU Church), 30 Tamworth Rd, Tamworth Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, excerpts from the Messiah, the Snowman by Blake, and more. Musicians: Chris Nourse, violin; Julia Howell, violin; Kate Vachon, flute; Amy Berrier, viola; Jenny Huang-Dale, cello. Free; donations accepted.
SUN, Dec 22
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Old Red Library
Come for poetry, prayer and conversation. - ADVENT WORKSHOP
9:15am • Jackson Community Churc - SUNDAY WORSHIP – ADVENT 4: LOVE & ANGEL’s SONG
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Advent 4: Love Candlelighting
* Message: Gail Doktor
* Solo: Alyssa Lachappelle singing music
* Instrumentalist: Alan Labrie
TUE, Dec 24: CHRISTMAS EVE
- CAROLS & CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP
5pm • Jackson Community Church
Lighting of Advent candles, Christmas message, carol-singing, and candlelight service. Special music by harpist Dominique Dodge, soloist Becca Gottlieb, pianists Laurie Turley & Sue Titus Reid, Chris & Gia Osborne. - CAROLS & CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP
10pm • Jackson Community Church
Lighting of Advent candles, Christmas message, carol-singing, and candlelight service. Special music by soloist Bob Carper, flautist Jeanette Heidmann & organist/pianist Alan Labrie.
WED, Dec 25: CHRISTMAS DAY
- STORY, PAJAMAS & BELLS CHRISTMAS MORNING SERVICE
10:30am – Jackson Community Church
Casual gathering in pajamas to tell a Christmas story with interactive roles for participants, plus carol-singing.