THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town

TUE, Sept 24 – SUN, Sept 29

EVENTS with JCC: Way Station Shifts, Scouts, Inspired Women’s Bible Study, Fitness with Laurie McAleer, Womens Gathering, Council Meeting, Yoga with Anjali Rose, AA, Pastor’s Hours, Worship Workshop, Interfaith @ Gazebo, Pet Blessing, Ukama Sunday Worship & Brunch Church. AROUND TOWN: Fall Warbler Walk, Fall Sparrow Walk, Whitney Center 10th Anniversary Potluck & Contra Dance, Cutting the Cable Presentation, Gender 101, Black Mountain Trail Cleanup, Save Our Seas Program, Mackenzie Lewis Mountain Top Scholarship Benefit Concert, One Book One Valley Events

MON, Sept 23

• Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFTS
  To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.
• SCOUT MEETINGS
  Evening • Jackson Community Church
  JCC-sponsored scout pack meets weekly.

TUE, Sept 24

• Conference Event: WORSHIP PLANNING for NHC UCC ANNUAL MEETING
  9am • Conference Call. Rev Gail is part of this planning team.
• CLERGY LUNCHEON
  12:30pm • Center Conway, NH
  Clergy gathering. Rev Gail attends.
• COMMUNITY CARE TEAM
  3:30pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
  Meet to review congregational care.
• DEACONS MEETING
  4pm • Jackson Community Church, 2nd Floor
  Deacons meet to discuss worship and congregational care.
• Multi-Church Event: INSPIRED – WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
  6:30pm • North Conway Community Center
  Come with your copy of the Inspired book and your own study Bible if you have one (we will bring extra Bibles for reference). Ministers Gail Doktor, Sue Davidson and Ruth Shaver  facilitate these weekly gatherings.

WED, Sept 25

• 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.
• Community Event: CUTTING the CABLE
  7pm • Jackson Public Library
  Presentation by Bob Levin.

THURS, Sept 26

• YOGA with Anjali Rose
  9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
• Community Service: WAY STATION HOURS
  9am & 5pm • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
  Volunteers from JCC work “adult hour” shifts at Way Station. To indicate interest in becoming a volunteer with this program, please contact the Way Station.
• Community Event: FALL WARBLER BIRD WALK
  8-10am • Meet at Jackson XC Ski Touring parking lot on Valley Cross Road, Jackson. All birders welcome. Bring your binoculars or borrow ours.
• AA
  6:30pm • Second Floor, Church.
• GENDER 101 with ALEX MYERS
  7pm • John F. Chick Room @Madison Library, Madison, NH

FRI, Sept 27

• PASTOR’s DROP-IN J-TOWN HOURS
  7-9am • J-Town Deli, Jackson
  Come by for caffeine and breakfast, or just a chat. Or arrange a separate time to meet and talk and walk with Rev Gail by calling/texting her cell (978.273.0308) or emailing.
• PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS
  9:30-11am • Jackson Community Church

SAT, Sept 28

• Community Event: FALL SPARROW WALK
  8am • Meet at the Maine Visitor Center, Route 302
• Multi-Church Event: WORSHIP WORKSHOP
  9am • Jackson Community Church
  Open to all friends and members: we encourage people with interest in visual arts, music, writing, performance and liturgy to join us for this workshop on planning experiential worship, led by Rev Sue Davidson, who is certified and trained by Marcia McFee. ** Anyone can attend. Free.** RSVP to jcchurch@jacksoncommunitychurch.org if planning to attend, although drop-ins will be welcome!
• Community Event: POTLUCK & CONTRA DANCE for WHITNEY CENTER’s 10th ANNIVERSARY!
  5:30pm • Whitney Community Center, Jxn
  Potluck and contra dance. Bring your favorite dish to share (if you are able) and dance the night away with Dexter Harding and Lucy Gatchell, who will lead the Contra dance. Free for everyone. Please contact  whitneycommunitycenter@gmail.com to RSVP or with questions.
• Community Event: BLACK MOUNTAIN TRAIL CLEANUP
  10am – 4pm • Black Mountain Volunteers can help re-mount missing trail signs, build a skier/rider diversion near Tower 9 of the Double to steer our customers away from the snowmaking pipes and valves, clean up the glades to the right of the famous Mr. Rew trail. RSVP to Dave Aibel.

SUN, Sept 29

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• PET BLESSING
  9-9:45am • Gazebo by Historical Society
  Bring your animals (on leash, in your arms, or in a photo, or simply by name) to received a blessing and healthy treat, in honor of St Francis of Assisi. Blessing will be facilitated by youth of Jackson Community Church and Rev Gail.
• UKAMA SUNDAY BRUNCH & WORSHIP (Zimbabwe-NH Church Partnership Celebration)
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church, starts in sanctuary and migrates to Parish House
  * Please bring salad, fruit, or breakfast food to share
  * Brunch items inspired by Zimbabwe recipes provided by church hosts
  * Reflections: Rev Gail
  * Accompanist: Alan Labrie
  * Special music: Chris Doktor & Jeanette Heidmann
• Community Event: SAVING our SEAS
  2pm • Nature Learning Center, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany
  Artist & scientist Bonnie Monteleone of the Plastic Ocean Project will present Stemming the Tide of Ocean Plastics. She will provide an overview of the problem; how it is being addressed through research, outreach, & public/private partnerships; & how we, as individuals, can help. Blue whale expert, Michael Fishbach will then present Whales: Unlikely Climate Change Superheroes. Fishbach will reveal mysteries about the blue whale- the largest creature that has ever existed. This species, along with other whales, has an oversized role in restoring ocean health and combating climate change.
• Community Event: MACKENZIE LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT (Mountain Top Music Event)
  6pm / Starts • Shannon Door Restaurant, Jxn
  Benefit the MacKenzie Lewis White Scholarship for post secondary studies in music. Reserve your seat for $20. Make reservations and get more info.