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The
Jacksonport Polar Bear Club is preparing to take their annual plunge
into Lake Michigan for the 26th time at 12 Noon CST on Sunday January 1,
2012.
For
the past twenty-five years the Jacksonport Polar Bear Club has
celebrated the New Year by going for an icy dip into Lake Michigan at
Lakeside Park in Jacksonport along Door County Wisconsin’s eastern
coast. An estimated 600-800 swimmers are expected to take the plunge
during the group’s 26th annual event, which puts this polar bear swim
among the largest in the country.
Swimmers needed for December 10 filming event at Lakeside Park The Jacksonport Polar Bear Club is
looking for volunteer swimmers to don their trunks and take a dip into
Lake Michigan on Saturday December 10 as part of a video being filmed
about the popular New Year’s Day event that first started in Jacksonport
back in 1986.
Christ
the King/Holy Nativity Episcopal Church has announced a community
Christmas Carol sing and Hot Apple Pie Social to be held on Wednesday,
December 14 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The festive event will take place at
Jameson Hall at Holy Nativity Church on County V just west of downtown
Jacksonport.
A
program entitled “Life at Haiti’s Largest Orphanage” will be presented
on Saturday, October 29 from 3:30 - 4:45 pm in Jameson Hall, adjoining
Holy Nativity Church on County V in Jacksonport. The talk, which will
include a multimedia presentation, is part of the Fall Program Series
sponsored by Christ the King/Holy Nativity Episcopal Church of Sturgeon
Bay and Jacksonport.
Cynthia
A. DeSoi, MD will take you behind the scenes at Hope Village, an
amazing place where hope reigns supreme for some of Haiti’s children and
young adults. The orphanage was started with just a few street kids in
1998 by Fr. Marc Boisvert, who has directed the facility ever since.
Fr. Hillman, Bishop Jacobus, and Deacon Kuehn preside over the dedication ceremony.
On
Saturday 13 August 2011, the people of the Episcopal Church of Christ
the King and Holy Nativity celebrated the dedication of their new parish
hall at Holy Nativity Church in Jacksonport. The church community was
founded in 1882 and the present church building witnessed its first
services celebrated in 1886. Jameson
Hall was blessed and dedicated by Bishop Russell E. Jacobus, Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, at the celebration of the
Eucharist on Saturday 13 August 2011 at 5:00 p.m. A festive reception
followed.
From the four corners of our very Midwestern state to the inner core of our cities to our very own Door County Peninsula, a SUPPER CLUB is a Wisconsin icon. The Wisconsin supper club is rich in tradition and has roots as deep as Lake Michigan.
A traditional Wisconsin supper club doesn't usually have a lot of windows,has a dark interior and a large bar. A supper club traditionally serves supper, the evening meal ... dinner.
Christmas Eve 2010
marked the very first use of the newly constructed
Jameson Hall at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Jacksonport, Door
County, Wisconsin. The new addition to this historic structure consists
of the new fellowship hall, a small kitchen, a sacristy, and two
restrooms. Up until this time, church-goers had only an outhouse to use,
or, in recent years, an outdoor porta-potty. Thanks be to
God!
A fast-growing annual "festival" of Door County happened again on January 1. That's right, it was the ever-popular Polar "Swim", the annual meeting of the Jacksonport Polar Bear Club. In fact, it's the only meeting this illustrious group ever conducts.
Fans of
traditional straight ahead jazz that soothes the soul always find what
they're looking for when the kids from Birch Creek Music Camp play
together. Year after year the different groups comprising the Jazz
Ambassadors validate how serious musicians who don't know each other
can quickly become a combo and weave gorgeous harmonies and enchanting
melodies.
This year's 21st Annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Club Swim in Jacksonport almost seemed like it was being held on the wrong day. It just didn't seem cold enough. Hundreds came out for the fun.
Pictured is a hardy group of plungers posing just before doing the deed. Why do people of all ages, genders, shapes, and sizes perform this seemingly senseless act?
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