THIS WEEK: June 3-9
MON, June 3
- CLERGY PEER GROUP
9-10:30am • Conference call - PEACE & EMPOWERMENT CAMP PLANNING SESSION
1pm • JCC, second floor.
Organizing content for Peace & Empowerment camp. - Community Event: MEET YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS
7pm • North Conway Community Center
Get to your know state legislators!
TUE, June 4
- CLERGY LUNCH
12:30pm • Center Conway, NH
CLergy of the Eastern Slope meet for lunch and peer work. Rev Gail attends. - PASTORAL CARE VISIT
Afternoon • Maine Med, Portland, ME
WED, June 5
- PASTORAL CARE VISITS
Locations in MA, ME & NH.
THURS, June 6
- Community Event: WAY STATION LEADERSHIP TEAM
- 8:30am • Way Station (Nativity Lutheran campus)
Review of next steps prior to June opening. - 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: STORY TIME for TODDLERS
10am • Jackson Public Library - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church - Community Event: AFRO-SEMITIC MUSIC
7-9pm • Barnstormers, 104 Main St., Tamworth
The group explores both African, American, and Jewish liturgical and secular music interpreted in jazz. David Chevan leads this ensemble, doing their residency in Tamworth, and they will culminate their experience with this performance. For more information, email Carly. - Community Event: M&D Playhouse’ THE SHADOW BOX
7:30pm – Thursday – Saturday • M&D Playhouse
More info and tickets.
FRI, June 7
- PASTOR’S DROP-IN HOURS @ JTOWN
8:30-10am • JTown Deli, Jackson
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or text/call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308. - PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
9:30-11am • Find Rev Gail @ Church.
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or text/call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308. - TRILLIUM SUMMIT SETUP
11:15am • Whitney Community Center
Setup for June 8th’s trillium summit event. More info or to register for this program. - Community Event: FIRST FRIDAY DENMARK ARTS CENTER SONGWRITING CIRCLE
Noon • Brown Church, Conway Village
This is a Mountain Top Music program. - Community Event: M&D Playhouse’ THE SHADOW BOX
7:30pm – Thursday – Saturday • M&D Playhouse
More info and tickets.
SAT, June 8
- **MEN’s BREAKFAST** (updated location: Wentworth Hotel)
7:30-9am • Wentworth Hotel
Friends and members of church gather for breakfast and conversation. - Community Event: TRILLIUM SUMMIT
8:30am-12:30pm • Whitney Community Center
Initiative to enrich and empower the lives of girls and women in Mt Washington Valley. Keynote by Riley Parkhurst. Includes interactive games, crafts, discussions, presentations
and demonstrations. Girls and women will explore their own strengths, learn new skills, become better communicators and learn how to form healthy relationships with others. More info or to register for this program. - UCC Event: HORTON CENTER OPEN HOUSE
All Day • Horton Center, Pine Mountain
11am worship @ Castle Rock followed by BBQ, tours & games! All day! All are welcome to our Open House! Please call or email to register. No charge. - Community Event: M&D Playhouse’ THE SHADOW BOX
7:30pm – Thursday – Saturday • M&D Playhouse
More info and tickets.
SUN, June 9
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazeboby Jackson Historical Society - WORSHIP – PENTECOST
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership & message by Rev Gail Doktor
* Wear red! - Community Event: EARLY MUSIC & INSTRUMENTS with Ferré – Lang Trio
4pm • Pvt Home, Jackson
Featuring Ferré-Lang Trio. Music for harpsichord, viola da gamba, violincello and contrabass. Directions emailed to reservation-holders prior to concert. ($35/person). More info. - Community Event: DA CAPO CONCERT
4-5:30pm • Whitney Community Center. Directed by Mary Bastoni-Rebmann and John Waldie. Performing songs by Bob Seger, Van Morrison, Billie Holiday, Paul Williams and more! Suggested donation $10/pp. - Community Event: M&D Playhouse’ THE SHADOW BOX
3:30pm – Sunday matinee • M&D Playhouse, North Conway
More info and tickets.
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
TUE, May 7 – SUN, May 12
TUE, May 7
- WAY STATION LEADERSHIP MTG
11am • Way Station / Nativity Lutheran Church, No Conway
Planning meeting for next steps to prep for opening of facility. - CLERGY GROUP
12:30pm • Center Conway
Clergy group gathers for lunch and colleagial work. Rev Gail attends. - DAISY SCOUTS
2:45-4:30pm • Parish House, Jackson Community Church
WED, May 8
- PASTOR’S HOURS
7-8am • J-Town Deli
Come for caffeine, good food, and conversation. - Community Event: BREWING in NH
8:30pm • Jackson Public Library
Glenn Knoblock explores the fascinating history of New Hampshire’s beer and ale brewing industry from Colonial days, when it was home- and tavern-based, to today’s modern breweries and brew pubs. More info.
THURS, May 9
- 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 – SMARTPHONE CITIZEN SCIENCE in the MOUNTAINS
Noon • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
Do you take photos with your phone when out on the trails? Turn your mobile device into a reporting tool with iNaturalist and join other citizen scientists by documenting the flowering plants you observe on your next hike. By participating you can contribute to AMC’s Mountain Watch study. Join AMC staff science, Georgia Murray and Annie Evankow to learn more about the program, the results and how you can participate. - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church - Community Event: CROWS and their WINTER ROOSTS
7pm • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
Crows are intelligent and adaptable birds. Dana and Bob Fox will share what they have learned about 25,000 wintering crows over two years through detailed observation and much reading. They will share what crows do, don’t do and how they change their minds.
FRI, May 10
- PASTORAL HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Second Floor, Church
Come by to visit with Rev Gail or call to make a separate date: 978.273.0308.
SAT, May 11
- CHURCH SPRING CLEAN UP DAY
9am-Noon • Jackson Community Church
Wear work clothes, close-toed shoes or boots, bring work gloves, buckets, rakes, brooms, rags. Plan to work indoors or outdoors to clean up the grounds and interior of the church. - Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
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. Our final week will be via canoe!
SUN, May 12
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazebo by Jackson Historical Society - YOUTH & FAMILY
Come dressed for outdoor games or hike. RSVP Rev Gail if you plan to attend. - MOTHER’s DAY WORSHIP
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership by Rev Gail Doktor
* Message by Tish Hanlon
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town
TUE, April 30 – SUN, May 5
Highlights @ JCC: Tue – Daisy Scouts, Mission Team, Thurs – Yoga, AA, Fri – Pastor’s Hours, Family Fun Night, Sat – Church Volunteers at Valley Litter Pick-Up Day, Sun – Worship, Way Station Training Session. Around Town: Wed – Spring Warbler Program (Whitney), Thurs – Toddler Story Hour (library), Fri – First Friday Concert (Brown Church), Sat – Birding (Brownfield Bog) & Litter Pick Up Day (Whitney – starting point), Sun – Way Station Training Session.
TUE, April 30
- WAY STATION LEADERSHIP MTG
11am • Way Station / Nativity Lutheran Church, No Conway - DAISY SCOUTS
2:45-4:30pm • Parish House, Jackson Community Church
Daisy scouts have meeting - MISSION TEAM
3:30pm • Whitney Library (2nd floor), Jackson Community Church
Review of current projects and priorities.
WED, May 1
- Community Event: IDENTIFYING SPRING WARBLERS
7pm • Whitney Community Center, Jackson
Lifelong birder Will Broussard will help us prepare for the upcoming warbler season with a review of the common and not-so-common warblers of the Mount Washington Valley. All aspects of identification will be examined including field marks, song, and habitat. You can put your refreshed (or newly acquired!) skills into practice with Tin Mountain’s weekly bird walks Thursday mornings leaving from the parking lot on Valley Cross Road in Jackson. All birding levels welcome for both programs.
THURS, May 2
- 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: STORY TIME with TODDLERS
10:30am • Jackson Library - AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
FRI, May 3
- PASTOR’S HOURS
7-9am • J-Town Deli
Come for caffeine, good food, and conversation. - PASTORAL HOURS
9:30-11:30am • Second Floor, Church - Community Event: FIRST FRIDAY with BENNETT & PERKINS (Mountain Top Music)
Valley favorites guitar duo Kathy Bennett and Thom Perkins perform an eclectic blend of original music and their own arrangements. While folk is a cornerstone influence for the pair, their music borrows from genres ranging from Americana, singer/songwriter, roots, bluegrass, blues and more. - FAMILY FUN NIGHT
6-8pm • Parish House
Games & pizza. RSVP if you plan to come!
SAT, May 4
- Community Event: BIRDING at BROWNFIELD BOG (Tin Mountain Conservation Center program)
7-10am • Meet at G&S Store in Brownfield, Maine
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. Our final week will be via canoe! - VALLEY LITTER CLEAN UP DAY
8:30-10am • Register at Whitney Community Center (or other locally designated sites) for trash bags, gloves and road assignments
10am • Clean up
2pm • Celebration at Hampton Inn, North Conway; Food music, prizes, water park and more! Ben 7 Jerry’s, Flatbread Pizza, Home Depot Play Station, Educational and Information centers. More info: Facebook.
SUN, May 5
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazeboby Jackson Historical Society - SUNDAY WORSHIP with COMMUNION
10:30am • Jackson Community Church
* Organ/piano by Alan Labrie
* Worship leadership by Rev Gail Doktor
* Special music by Osborne family
* Sunday School during worship (RSVP if you will be attending Sunday School) - WAY STATION VOLUNTEER TRAINING
2-3pm • 15 Grove St, No Conway, NH / Nativity Lutheran admin bldg.
Jeff Jones, United Way Carroll County Emergency Preparedness Officer will provide basic training about working with homeless/housing-insecure population along with some best practices and safety procedures.
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: MON, Mar 18 – SUN, Mar 24
At Jackson Community Church and Around Town
MON, Mar 18
- WHITNEY COMMUNITY CENTER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
3:30pm • Whitney Center / Grammar School Campus
Programming team meets re schedule and operations of the Whitney Community Center. Rev Gail attends. - DEN MEMBERS from SCOUT PACK 321
6pm • Jackson Community Church
Den meeting at church to 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 19
- CLERGY of the EASTERN SLOPE LUNCHEON
12:30pm • Center Conway, NH
Lunch and working group for local clergy and spiritual community leaders. Rev Gail attends. - DEACONS TEAM MEETING
4pm • Jackson Community Church
Meeting of deacons to plan worship, community care and other responsibilities. - FULL MOON SOUP & SKI (or SNOWSHOE)
5-7pm • Jackson XC Center
Come ski or snowshoe. Jackson Community Church co-hosts and provides selection of hot soups on-site at Jackson XC.
WED, Mar 20
- TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer
9:30am • Parish House.Fitness class. Free; open to public. These classes will continue through the end of March. Classes remain weather dependent; if schools are delayed or closed, the class will be cancelled. - COUNCIL MEETING (note: time changed)
5-6:30pm • Jackson Community Church / Second Floor Library
Church staff, officers and team leaders meet to review admin/operational and mission-based issues for the life and governance of the church. Open to the community. -
Community Event: THE IMPOSSIBLE CLIMB with Mark Synnott
7pm • Whitney Community Center
Presentation starts at 7:30pm. 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. This is the story which was also chronicled as a documentary in Free Solo. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
THURS, Mar 21
- 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. - WAY STATION TEAM MEETING
10am • Nativity Lutheran Church admin building - Leadership team meeting to review next steps for opening of day resource center to serve Mt Washington Valley’s homeless and housing-insecure population.
- AA
6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
FRI, Mar 22
- 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. - UCC Event: HORTON CENTER DEANS TRAINING
Fri-Sat • Maine
Rev Gail & Chris Doktor attend overnight training for Horton Center.
SAT, Mar 23
- UCC Event: HORTON CENTER DEANS TRAINING
Fri-Sat • Maine Rev Gail & Chris Doktor attend overnight- training for Horton Center Deans.
SUN, Mar 24
- INTERFAITH GATHERING @ OLD LIBRARY
8am • Old Library. Hot beverages available. Come for poetry, literature, conversation and prayer. - CHILDREN & YOUTH PROGRAM
9am • Jackson Community Church
Please RSVP to Rev Gail if you will attend our spring children & youth programming. - 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