The United Church of Christ, at 77 Metcalf Drive, is a very busy place this spring.

Bible study will be offered at 7 p.m. Tuesday evenings, starting April 22. The focus will be on Understanding the Book of Revelation.

Heart to Heart is a spiritual journey for women being offered at the United Church of Christ. This is a 12-session program where women come together in a relaxed atmosphere to share stories and reassess God's will for them. Each meeting contains prayer exercises that touch the soul, Scriptures to enliven daily life and thoughts to help women focus more clearly on who they are and where they are going. Attendees will go away with friends who support but do not meddle, with a deeper experience of God, and down-to-earth practices that will help to deepen one's spiritual awareness in the everyday routines of one's life.

Please call Tina at 252-7306 or Sylvia at 252-6830 for more information.

A Missions Fair will be held at 6 tonight, at the United Church of Christ.

The church will host mission speakers coming from Habitat for Humanity, Hospice of the Finger Lakes, St. Pauly's Clothing service and the Salvation Army. This will be a fun evening including a dish to pass supper.

Please bring a dish and table service. Beverages and dessert will be provided.

Spring is here and work has resumed on the Prayer Path, which will be located behind the church. If interested in helping with this project, please contact Tina at 252-7306 or the Rev. Larry Bell at 252-4397.

Women from the Ioleta Circle are making school kits for World Missions.

Donations are needed of 24-count crayon boxes, rulers, blunt scissors, large erasers, pencil sharpeners, construction paper, pencils and large rubber bands. These kits are wrapped with love and prayers.

The women of the United Church of Christ will also be participating in the upcoming Cayuga County Church Women May Fellowship Luncheon, which will take place May 1, at the First Presbyterian Church on South Street in Auburn.

All churches are welcome. The cost is $5.50 and reservations are required by Thursday, April 24.

Please contact the First Presbyterian Church to sign up or for more details.

Plans are underway for a chicken barbecue to be held at the United Church of Christ Saturday, June 7.

This event will be catered by Big John's. Tickets are on sale now. Please call 252-4397 for more information.

Camp Gregory Expedition Camp for youth in eighth through 12 grades will be held Aug. 3 through 9, at Camp Gregory in Aurora. Planned activities for this summer include class III white water rafting on the Hudson River, mountain climbing in the Adirondacks, tent camping by a lake in the Adirondacks, waterfront and camp activities at Camp Gregory and hiking and rafting at Letchworth State Park, the Grand Canyon of the East. For more information, contact director of the camp, the Rev. Larry Bell or visit www.campgregory.org.

The United Church of Christ has services at 10 a.m. every Sunday, fellowship at 11 a.m. and Sunday school at 11:15 a.m. Office hours are from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Have a great week and remember, God loves you so much.

“Relaxation of the mind from work consists in playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous person to have recourse to such things. ... it is necessary at times to make use of them, in order to give rest, as it were, to the soul.”

- St. Thomas Aquinas

Denise Bennett is a parishioner at Holy Family Church in Auburn. She can be reached at deniseb132@yahoo.com