Ascension Lutheran raises money for Africa
      Ascension Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks raised more than $100,000 last fall through its annual Gifts of Hope emphasis to fund an education project in the Central African Republic.
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Church attendance is dropping
      Americans are ditching church in record numbers, and those who do attend are "church hopping," according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In every city in America there are more people at home on Sunday than in church.
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