EVENTS with JCC: Mon (Labor Day) – Way Station Shift & Star Island Retreat Begins, Tue – Inspired Women’s Bible Study, Thurs – Yoga, Way Station Shifts & AA, Fri – Star Island Retreat Ends, Sun – Interfaith @ Gazebo & Worship with Emergency Responder Blessing . AROUND TOWN: Mon (Labor Day) – Childrens Fun Run (Storyland) & Mountain Top Music Fundraiser Concert (Wildcat Tavern), Wed – Warbler Lecture (Whitney Community Center), Thurs – Toddler Storytime (Jackson Library) & Warbler Walk (Valley Cross Rd, Jackson), Fri – Dominque Dodge & Triton Concert (Whitney Community Center)
MON, Sept 2 – Labor Day
- Reminder: NO SCHOOL
- STAR ISLAND RETREAT
8:15am • Participants leave Mt Washington Valley to go to ferry in Portsmouth, NH for the week’s retreat. Rev Gail attends retreat. If you need Rev Gail for an emergency while she’s on Star Island (Mon-Fri this week), and cannot reach me by cell or email (phone signals and internet access are limited), you may send a message through the front desk at Star Island: (603) 601-0832. The office is staffed daily. You will need to tell Rev Gail is with the Midweek 1 Session (led by Mary Edes) so they can pass along a message. This should only be used for emergencies. - Community Event: CHILDRENS FUN RUN
8:15am – Registration / 9am – Event Start • Storyland, Glen, NH
Kids 13 and under race through Story Land in Glen, NH for Believe in Books Literacy Foundation’s Kids Fun Run presented by Memorial Hospital and Story Land. All registrants will receive an event t-shirt, a race medal, and a free pass! Kids in school districts SAU 9, 13, 20, 3 & MSAD 72 have registration fee covered by Memorial Hospital, so they can race for free! When registering, parents can enter the code: MHSCHOLAR to receive the scholarship. All other participants pay $10 donation to register! All net proceeds from this event will go towards BIBLF’s Bookbag program. Register online. - Community Service: WAY STATION SHIFTS
9am • Way Station, 15 Grove St, No Conway
Volunteers from JCC work “adult” shift at Way Station. - Community Event: MOUNTAIN TOP MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT
6pm – Buffet Dinner / 7pm – Concert • Wildcat Tavern
Enjoy an evening of music, food and merriment with proceeds benefiting the Scholarship Fund of Mountain Top Music Center. Musician friends who will entertain include Jonathan Sarty, Don Walden, Ray Ryan and Craig Bryan. As in the past, students of Mountain Top Music will open for the Sarty Band. This year, adult vocal students Dave Mason and Bob Carper from the Singers Workshop, perform. Reservations not required. Tickets available at the door. Recommended donation is $20/pp which includes the buffet. For more information, please call Jeanne Mason at 603-383-6841.
TUE, Sept 3
- 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 4
- Cancelled this week only: TUNE UP FITNESS with Laurie McAleer
Resumes next week. Instructor is on Star Island retreat. - Community Event: FLOCKS of FALL – WARBLER TALK
7pm • Whitney Community CenterAt
Lifelong birder Will Broussard prepares us for fall migration with tips for identifying common and not-so-common warblers headed south for winter. The evening program will be followed with weekly bird walks at 8am every Thursday in September leaving from Valley Cross Road in Jackson, NH.
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THURS, Sept 5
- YOGA with Anjali Rose
9am • 1st Floor, Parish House / Jackson Community Church.
Beginning stretch, flow and align yoga; safe for new practitioners. Fee for this program. - 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: TODDLER STORYTIME
10:30am • Jackson Public Library - 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.
FRI, Sept 6
- STAR ISLAND RETREAT ENDS
Participants return to Mt Washington Valley. - Community Event: DOMINIQUE DODGE & TRITON in CONCERT
7pm • Whitney Community Center
An evening of music and song from Scotland, Cape Breton, Brittany, France, and Sweden. Dominique Dodge & Triton (Jeremiah McLane, Tim Cummings, Alex Kehler) perform. Adults: $20, Kids: Free (cash or check). RSVPs to [email protected] appreciated, but not required.
SUN, Sept 8
- INTERFAITH GATHERING
8am • Gazebo by Historical Society
Come for poetry, prayer and conversation. - WORSHIP with EMERGENCY RESPONDER BLESSING
10:30am • Jackson Community Church.
* Story: Rev Gail
* Accompanist: Alan Labrie
* Special music & testimonial: Liam VanRossum
* Emergency Responder Blessing (guests from fire, police, ambulance services)
THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town MON, Sept 2 – SUN, Sept 8