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Parkview Activity Highlights
Upcoming Special Dates
April 1 — April Fools Day April 5 — Resident Council April 6 — Music with The Courtney ’ s April 14 — Easter Party / Bingo April 16 — Happy Easter !
If you or someone you know would like to volunteer to spend time with our residents , we have opportunities for you to share your talents and love with others . Please contact Sara Nuxoll @ 326- 3000 if you or someone you know would like to share in this opportunity .
Religious and Spiritual Opportunities
Sunday School : Sundays at 9 a . m . Bible Study : Wednesdays at 2 p . m . WMU Meeting : 2nd Thursday of month at 10 a . m . Worship Services : Sundays at 2:45 p . m .
April 2 — Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church April 9 — Southern Hills Baptist Church April 16 — Easter Service April 23 — First Christian Church April 30 — Goodson Missionary Baptist
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About April Fools ’ Day April Fools ’ Day is one of the most widely celebrated nonreligious holidays , although no one seems to know how — or why — it actually started . Some people believe it began as a celebration of the coming of spring , while others think it was tied to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar . History Many cultures celebrated the vernal equinox , the beginning of spring , at the end of March . In ancient Rome , the festival of Hilaria , which honored Cybele , an Anatolian goddess , was celebrated around March 25 and included games , feasting , and masquerades . It was considered a joyous time when joking and silliness were encouraged . The beginning of the new Roman year on April 1 followed the celebration . Hindu culture also celebrated April 1 as the start of the new year , with a correspondingly happy festival called Holi . During Holi , people played jokes on each other and threw colorful dyes at one another . In Persian culture , a holiday known as Sizdahbedar , celebrating the 13th day of the Zoroastrian new year , typically coincides with April Fools ’ Day . On this holiday , Iranians play pranks on one another . Some historians have suggested that April Fools ’ Day began in 1582 , when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar , as mandated by the Council of Trent in 1563 . Because communications in those days were uncertain , many people were slow to get the news or didn ’ t recognize that the start of the new year had moved from the last week in March through April 1 to Jan . 1 . Those who continued to celebrate the start of the new year from the end of March through April 1 were subject to ridicule and became the butt of jokes and hoaxes . One of the most popular forms of ridicule was sticking a paper fish to the back of such a person and calling them an “ April fish ,” a young , easily caught fish , or a gullible person . Thanks for the Pranks The “ Feast of Fools ” was a term given to many medieval festivals celebrated during the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe , particularly after Christmas . A tradition of practical jokes became part of these celebrations , especially in Spain . But one of the first April Fools ’ pranks on record was perpetrated in London in 1698 . Citizens of the city were invited to attend a lion-washing ceremony at the Tower of London . Much to the surprise of the hundreds of pranked Londoners who showed up , no such ceremony existed . A similar prank has been played on New Yorkers every year since 1986 , when press releases for a non-existent April Fools ’ Day Parade attract hundreds of eager paradewatchers . And no , they ’ re not all tourists . www . activityconnection . com