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    In California's 'Bible Belt,' churches find ways around state's coronavirus lockdown orders

    by Stephanie Lai, Los Angeles Times Aug 05, 2020 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Trujillo made a 30-minute trip from her home in San Diego County to the country roads of Wildomar in Riverside County for the first time in weeks.

    For the last year, the Pala resident had made the trek up every Sunday to attend the service at Bundy Canyon Christian Church, a complex of colorful old-timey buildings along a rural road.

    The coronavirus outbreak had sidelined Trujillo, 37, from her trips to church, leaving her to reading the Bible and practicing her faith at home. She knew about the worries of church services leading to outbreaks of COVID-19, that health officials criticized such gatherings as posing a public health risk to parishioners and others they may come in contact with.

    But Trujillo would not ignore the call of her pastor to return.

    "I feel safe around this community," Trujillo said. "The word that the pastor gives

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