Nobleton Notes

Nobleton United Church

This Saturday (April 4), come for a roast beef dinner at Nobleton Community Hall at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $17 per person. Call Mary Anne at (905) 859-0709 for tickets. If you wish, you can order a take-out dinner that is available for pick-up at 7 p.m. Call Nancy at (905) 859-0761 for take-out tickets.

April 5 is Palm Sunday, as well as Invite a Friend Sunday. You are all our friends. You are most welcome to join us at 11:15 for a drama and music as we journey into Jerusalem. After the service, please stay for coffee, tea, juice and treats.

Horticulture

"You're the top! You're the Coliseum. You're the top! You're the ROM Museum. You're the melody from a lilting waltz by Strauss . . ."

And Cathy Ball (Nobleton), with 50 points, you're the top points winner at the Nobleton — King City Horticultural Society's March flower show (the first meeting and flower show of 2009), held in the Nobleton Community Hall this past Monday evening (March 23). Nancy Hopkinson (Nobleton), your imaginative entry in the Green With Envy category of the flower show's decorative and design class had us all green with envy as it was certainly the top, garnering not only top placement in that category, but was also judged Best in Show for the in the entire decorative/design class. John Arnott (Tottenham) had his Leprechaun, which got top honours in the challenging miniature class, as did his entry in the It Might As Well Be Spring category and theme of the flower show. Nancy and John tied for second in point totals with 23 each and Kate Agosta (Bolton) came third with 21 points. Kate's charming little yellow winter aconite (eranthis - from the Greek for "flower" hyemalis — from the Latin for "of the winter" as it blooms in the Mediterranean area in January) gained a top placement in one of the garden bulb categories. It was one of the very few blooming garden flowers available at this time of year for showing. By the by, aconite comes from a Latin word for strong poison.

"You're the top. You're a Paris bonnet. You're a Shakespeare sonnet. You're a Frank Lloyd Wright house . . "

And Margaret Langford (King City) your beautiful Crown of Thorns (euphorbia splendens — named for Euphorbus a top ancient Greek physician) was indeed splendid winning top prize in the Flowering House Plant category of the cultural and specimen class and was judged Best in Show for the entire cultural and specimen class. Sheila Middleton (King City), you're the top point winner in the Novice Section with your two top placements.

Altogether, there were 46 entries in the flower show by eight competitors and show judge, Jean Wiegard (Caledon) gave the show and its exhibitors top marks for the quality and originality of their floral exhibits.

A good turnout of society members and friends gave guest speaker Paul Needler, founder and CEO of Nedco, a Newmarket company involved in water conservation, close attention as he told us that the conservation of water must now become a top priority, for if we continue to thoughtlessly squander this, our most precious natural resource, it will eventually be exhausted and the planet will be no longer be able to support life. He told us that his research showed that in communities like Nobleton, King City and Newmarket, 65 per cent of water used was for outdoor purposes, such as lawn and garden watering, wading pools, washing cars, power hosing decks, patios and exterior house walls and suggested that keeping an updated type of the old fashioned rain barrel for outdoor water use could significantly reduce the amount of water taken from municipal reservoirs and private wells and our water costs with it.

All in all, the show and meeting was "like the Tower of Pisa and the smile on the Mona Lisa was the top" (apologies to Cole Porter).

Easter Celebrations

at St. Paul's

Come check us out this Easter!

Our special celebrations begin this Sunday (April 5) at 10 a.m. — that's Palm Sunday.

The Children will wave palm branches as they sing praises to Jesus. Jeff Loach's message will be When you talk to God . . . Expect an answer. Our worship gathering Good Friday (April 10) will begin at 10 a.m. Jesus gave himself for us, so Give yourself.

Then, Easter Sunday, we will be hosting a pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m. before the Communion worship gathering at 10 a.m. Child care (for children five years of age and younger) is available during our gatherings. Jeff's Easter message will be Rejoice! Come rejoice and celebrate this amazing time of year with us at St. Paul's. We'd love to have you.

Our prayer group meets tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m.

The Community Youth Group meets this Friday (April 3) at 7:30 p.m. at the Marchands' house. Call the church office at (905) 859- 0843 for directions.

The Wednesday following Easter (April 15), Jeff Loach will be hosting a prayer seminar at 7:30 p.m. E-mail jeff@stpaulsnobleton.ca if you wish to attend or to get further details.

For more information about any of our activities or events, please contact the church office or visit our Web site at www.stpaulsnobleton.ca

Nobleton seniors' activities

Our luncheon at the Mandarin restaurant was a great success. We had 47 members in attendance. In the evening we had 33 members playing euchre. The winners were Sandy Tower, Helen Fleury, Gwen Potter, Shirley Jessop, Lou Cutis, Mary Steed and Walter Hill. The 50/50 winners were Lou Cutis, Vivian Hannah and Sandy Tower. April 7 will see afternoon euchre and bid euchre in the evening. April 14 is our pot-luck supper at 6 p.m. Bring a favourite dish and enjoy a fun evening with euchre at 7:30 pm. For those people wishing to come with us to Drayton, we require payment of $75 by April 20. Call Paula at (905) 859-2631.

St. Mary and St. Patrick

Catholic Churches Holy Wee and Easter

schedules

April 9 - Holy Thursday, St. Patrick Church at 7:30 p.m.

April 10 - Good Friday, St. Patrick School Gym at 12:30 p.m., St. Mary School Gym at 3 p.m.

April 11 - Easter Food Blessing - St. Patrick Church at 11 a.m.

April 11 - Easter Vigil - St. Patrick Church at 7:30 p.m.

April 12 - Easter Sunday - St. Mary Mission Church at 8:30 a.m., St. Mary Gym at 9:45 a.m. and St. Patrick School Gym at 11 a.m.

Palm

Sunday

St. Alban's Anglican Church will hold a Palm Sunday service April 5 at 9:30 a.m.