Temple Beth Haverim hosts menorah lighting
      Temple Beth Haverim of Agoura Hills will host the 10th annual menorah lighting at The Promenade in Thousand Oaks at 6:30 p.m. Mon., Dec. 18, the fourth night of Hanukkah.
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Westminster Pres. invites community to Christmas services
      Westminster Presbyterian Church invites members and the public to special services for the Advent/Christmas season. All services take place in the church sanctuary and are free. The adult choir’s seasonal concert, “A Festival of Lessons and Carols,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wed. and Thurs., De...
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Local Chabads announce Hanukkah events
      Chabads of the Conejo and Calabasas will host a free Hanukkah Concert in the Park from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 17 at Chumash Park, Agoura Hills. The program includes a picnic, The Eighth Day Band, BMX Bike and Air Show, crafts workshop and karate show. The concert is free and open...
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Friendship Circle celebrates festival of lights
      The Conejo Valley Friendship Circle, a program that pairs volunteer teenagers with special needs children, hosted a Hanukkah extravaganza on Sun., Dec. 10 at the Chabad of the Conejo, 30345 Canwood St., Agoura Hills.  Children, their families and teenage volunteers constructed a 6-foot tal...
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Methodist choirs sing canata
      The combined adult choirs of the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village will present “For Unto Us a Child is Born,” a Christmas cantata by J.S. Bach, at the 9 and 10:30 a.m. worship services Sun., Dec. 17 in the sanctuary, 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village.
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The Child Within
      Recently I flew to Las Vegas to conduct a seminar. As the airplane approached its final destination the pilot announced apologetically that there would be a “slight” delay before setting down because high desert winds had forced the airport to close all but one runway.
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Family Festival coming to Reagan Library
      The public is invited to the Menorah of Freedom Kindling Ceremony Tues., Dec. 19 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley. The lighting follows a Community Family Festival which begins at 5 p.m.
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Westlake Lutheran to hold worship services
      Westlake Lutheran Church will host worship services Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for preschol through adult will begin at 9:40 a.m. Child care is provided all morning. The church is at 2630A Townsgate Road, Westlake Village.
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Hanukkah candle lighting
      Temple Adat Elohim will sponsor the third night of Hanukkah Candle Lighting Ceremony at the Westlake Promenade on Sun., Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. The service will feature the temple’s Junior Choir singing holiday songs. For more information, call the temple at (805) 497-7101.
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