THIS WEEK at JCC and AROUND TOWN: TUE, Mar 10 – SUN, Mar 15

NOTE

• Community Events: TOWN ELECTION & MEETINGS. Info for Bartlett & Jackson.

TUE, Mar 10

• UCC Event: NORTH COUNTRY ASSOCIATION CLERGY GATHERING
  11:30am • Gorham
  UCC clergy and NH UCC conference area minister meet for lunch and work. Rev Gail attends.
• Private: HARP LESSONS
  Afternoon • Jackson Community Church
  Offered by instructor and musician Dominique Dodge.
• Closed Community Event: DAISY SCOUTS
  Meeting of local scout troop.
• Community Event: BOOK GROUP
  4:30pm • Jackson Public Library
  Discussing There, There as a book group.
• Community Event: BINGO for a CAUSE
  6pm • Red Parka, Glen, NH
  Jen’s Friends benefits tonight.
• LENTEN BIBLE STUDY GROUP
  6:30pm • Conway Public Library, North Conway
  Max Lucado’s book Jesus. Bring your own copy of the book. Runs through April 7.
• Community Event: PRESENTATION by JIM INNES, SACO DISTRICT RANGER 7pm • Bartlett Public Library
  Jim oversees all the resource management activities for the 250,000 acre portion of the White Mountain National Forest that the district encompasses. Jim has worked at all levels of forestry in the Forest Service: as a field forester in Michigan and Montana to policy expert in Washington D.C. The library has chosen The Big Burn by Timothy Egan as a companion read. More info.

WED, Mar 11

• 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 12

• 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 Rose 9am • 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: MARCH ECOFORUM – WARMER WINDOWS
  Noon • Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Nature Learning Center, Albany
  More info. Is your heat going right out the window along with your money? Tin Mountain Energy Team is hoping to put a stop to that. Come learn about an exciting project coming to the valley this fall where area residents can come together to build window inserts and community.
• Community Event: DINE TO DONATE @ SHANNON DOOR Evening • Shannon Door, Jackson, NH
  Jen’s Friends Cancer Foundation benefits from the pizza fundraiser. More info.

FRI, Mar 13

• Closed Class: AVALANCHE CLASS
  9am-5pm • Jackson Community Church
  Class for back country skiers, winter hikers and emergency-responders to train for preparedness in avalanche conditions.
• UCC Event: DEANS TRAINING RETREAT
  Friday thru Saturday Evening • Oceanwood, Ocean Park, ME
  Rev Gail & Chris attend as deans of Family Camp for Horton Center. Preparation of deans and counselor for Horton Center and Pilgrim Lodge summer camps.

SAT, Mar 14

• Community Event: MENS GROUP
  7:30am • Wentworth Inn
  Meeting of friends and members for breakfast and fellowship.
• Community Event: SNOWSHOE HIKE of FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS
  8am – Noon • Meet at Grants parking lot, Glen
  Strap on your snowshoes and join Tin Mountain as we enjoy rugged views and search for signs of wildlife in the snow on the Frankenstein Cliffs Trail. This moderate hike will take full advantage of March’s deep snow and warmer temperatures. 206 mile RT and 900 feet of elevation gain. Bring your own snowshoes or borrow ours. Reservations requested: call 603-447-6991.
• UCC Event: DEANS TRAINING RETREAT
  Friday thru Saturday Evening • Oceanwood, Ocean Park, ME
  Rev Gail & Chris attend as deans of Family Camp for Horton Center. Preparation of deans and counselor for Horton Center and Pilgrim Lodge summer camps.

SUN, Mar 15 – Lent

• INTERFAITH GATHERING
  8am • Old Red Library
  Come for poetry, prayer and conversation.
• CHOIR REHEARSAL
  9-9:15am / Vocal Warmup & 9:15-10am Rehearsal • Jackson Community Church
  Guest choir director Billy Carleton joins us to prepare choir for Easter worship performance.
• SUNDAY WORSHIP – Lent
  10:30am • Jackson Community Church
  * Message: Rev Gail Pomeroy Doktor
  * Music director & instrumentalist: Alan Labrie
• Community Event: WINDBORNE WORKSHOP & PUBLIC CONCERT
  * 3-5pm • Workshop / Mountain Top Music
  * 7pm • Concert / Brown Church, Conway Village
  For 15 years, Windborne has collected and studied polyphonic vocal music from traditional singing masters of cultures around the world. Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig, and Jeremy Carter-Gordon educate as they entertain, telling stories about the music and explaining the characteristics and stylistic elements of the traditions in which they sing.  More info. Tickets/reservations.
• Community Event: RACIAL JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS
  3:30pm • Jackson Public Library
  Last 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.