Ascension Lutheran Church hosts 'Celebration of Ministry'
      Ascension Lutheran Church will host its annual "Celebration of Ministry" between worship services Sun., Sept. 9 in Pederson Hall, 1600 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Event times are 9 to 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 to 11 a.m.
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Young Continentals will perform free concert in T.O.
      The Young Continentals bring their music and ministry to the area in a free concert at 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 15 at the Conejo Valley Community Church, 750 Erbes Road, Thousand Oaks. This group of young performers ages 16 to 26 has performed all over the world. The concert is suitable for all ages.
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UMC launches programs for fall
      The kickoff for fall programs for the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village will be Sun., Sept. 9 with one worship service at 10:30 a.m., 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Sunday School won't meet. The Rev. Gary Alan Dickey's message will be "Friends: Me, You and Thee.
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Head of Jewish organization supports House passage of fuel economy standards
      David Harris, executive director for the American Jewish Committee, in his national radio commentary urges listeners to contact their representatives to pass an energy bill that increases CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards.
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David Samuels called to the Torah
      David Samuels was recently called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah of The Center for Early Jewish Education at the Renais sance Hotel in Agoura Hills.
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The Art of Being
      "There is a time in every man's education when he ar rives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Elvis has left the building I recently saw an old movie featuring a scene in Las Vegas where an Elvis impersonators convention was being held.
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Church school plans Rally Day
      Holy Trinity Evangelical Church will kick off the new school year with a combined event on Sun., Sept. 9 with the Honey Tree Early Childhood Center open house, Village Sunday School Rally Day registration and the annual end-of-summer ice cream social.
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Westlake Lutheran offers Alpha Course
      Westlake Lutheran Church will offer an introduction to the Alpha Course on Sun., Sept. 9 at the church, 2630A Townsgate Road, Westlake Village. A free dinner at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by the video presentation, "Christianity: Boring, Untrue and Irrelevant?
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