The Easter bunny is back at K-mart again, from noon to 6 p.m. on weekends, greeting customers and giving the kids candy from his big basket. Earl J. Hooper, of Parkville, who told me he had been doing the Easter bunny gig for five years now, has also been the K-mart Santa Claus for nine years. Between the holiday seasons, Hooper is a regular K-mart employee.

Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Road, invites the community to Easter Week services at the church, beginning with Palm Sunday and the Parade of Palms at all three services. Holy Thursday services will be at noon in the original stone chapel erected in l842, and at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Good Friday services are at noon at St. John's Lutheran, 8800 Harford Road, part of the local Ecumenical Council observances, which also include a Taize service at 7:30 in Hiss Church Sanctuary. Celebrate the Risen Lord April 12, at 8, 9:30 and l1 a.m. at Hiss Church.

Scrapbookers and stampers are invited to a crafty fundraiser to benefit the general fund of Hiss Church April 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of $25 includes seven hours of cropping time, workshops with Make and Take Projects by Elizabeth Eaton and Alison Flagg, and Carol Jagoe of Stampin' Up.

A light breakfast of bagels, lunch with beverages and desserts, and door prizes are included, as are the use of all the scrapbook tools and toys. Checks for the $25 registration fee should be made out to Hiss United Methodist Church. Call 420-668-5665.

The Boy Scout Spaghetti Dinner at Hiss Church will be held May 2, from 4-7 p.m. The cost is $8 for those 12 and older; $4 for kids younger than 12, and tykes younger than 3 are free.

The Towson Senior Rebels, who meet at St. Isaac Jogues Church at 9215 Old Harford Road, invite you on a bus trip to explore Amish country May 13. You will visit the Amish farmlands, stop at an Amish market, and feast on a lunch prepared and served in an Amish home.

The bus will depart from the church parking lot at 8 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. The cost is $74 per person. Call Shirley Jewell at 410-665-2346 for details and reservations.

Listen up, Parkville and Carney! The Renaissance Institute, a lifelong learning program at the College of Notre Dame for people older than 50, has openings for fall 2009.

There are so many course offerings, on topics such as literature, poetry, music, film, art, philosophy, science public affairs, religion, acting, photography, computers, current events, and physical fitness, with new ones introduced each 13-week semester.

Members come from varied backgrounds and from all over Baltimore, but only a half dozen or so from Parkville and Carney. So that's why I want to spread the word. I've been attending classes for more than l0 years, and I love it.

The way I get there: I don't get involved with Charles Street at all. My route is south on Perring Parkway, right onto Northern Parkway, left on Springlake Way (just past Bellona), then right on Homeland Avenue, then left into the K of C parking lot, (just past the cemetery), where a shuttle runs constantly the short distance to Fourier Hall.

Call 420-532-5351 or e-mail rstraub@ndm.edu.

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