Setting Goals
A workshop on Setting Goals will be presented by Hallie Shepherd Saturday, September 17, 10:30 a.m. to noon, at the Center for Spiritual Living, Nicolas Bravo 17, Ajijic.
This free workshop will guide you on how to set any goal and achieve it through spiritual exercises, creativity and contemplation. It is designed to tap into your personal creative and spiritual forces to set and achieve your individual goals. Goals can include physical, spiritual, relationship, health, and/or an item on your “bucket list.” An optional follow up workshop will be held Saturday, October 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This event is sponsored by Eckankar Mexico. Contact 766-3656 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Come to St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Sunday, September 18 and hear Deacon Don Snell’s sermon about “The Dishonest Steward,” a man who suffers public disgrace but does not hide in a hole. Jesus tells us not to run away from our troubles, but to take bold action and do what we can to help others. While we may question the actions of the steward, Snell says there is a lesson to be learned from him.
Worship begins at 10 a.m., the bilingual children’s Sunday School starts at 9:45 and a coffee hour, a time of fellowship and welcome, follows the service.
Every Sunday, the feeding programs supported by St. Andrew’s welcome donations of non-perishable items. Boxed milk and empty cardboard egg cartons are especially appreciated.
Whenever you want to get rid of something, anything, don’t forget the Todo Bueno resale shop! Every donation or consignment made benefits the outreach ministry of the church. It doesn’t matter if it is clothing, kitchenware, electronics, bric-a-brac, furniture, appliances, books, collectibles, etc. One person’s trash is someone else’s treasure and bringing it to Todo Bueno enables St. Andrew’s to support a multitude of charities around Lakeside. Located on the highway next to S&S Auto in Riberas. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
St. Andrew’s is at Calle San Lucas 19, a block south of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar.
Lake Chapala Baptist
Says Brother Bob Hendrick: “Monday be talk like a scurvy pirate day. I be glad ‘t dasn’t come on a Sundee. Th’ good church folks be havin’ enough trouble makin’ ou’ what I be sayin’ in Texan … the horn swogglin’ bilge rats! Yes, Monday the nineteenth of September is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. I have been observing it since I was made aware of it about ten years ago. Of course, my sprinkling a few ‘AARGH’s’ and ‘matey’s’ in my conversation does not make me a pirate any more than someone talking ‘Christianese’ makes them a follower of Jesus. Jesus said, ‘If you love me, keep my commandments.’ And He asked, ‘Why do you call me Lord but don’t do what I tell you?’ I can participate in talk-like-a-pirate day. I really couldn’t take part in BE a pirate day. Oh, here is some more pirate talk: ‘Oh yes, it has English subtitles.’ Bless your barnacle bitten self.”
Hendrick will give the sermon at this Sunday’s 11 a.m. worship service at the Lake Chapala Baptist Church, at Santa Margarita 147 in Riberas del Pilar.
Unitarian Universalist
Sunday, September 18, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship celebrates Mexican Independence Day. For this celebration the San Juan Cosala Children’s Choir under the direction of Danny Medeles will sing Mexican songs of the revolution. Kathy Kochesis the service leader.
The Unitarians meet 10:30 a.m. at Hidalgo 261 in Riberas del Pilar, opposite the bell tower, on the north side of the Carretera.
Lakeside Presbyterian
On Sunday, September 18, Pastor Ross Arnold continues his series on spiritual gifts with a sermon entitled “Gifts of Service.” When we think of spiritual gifts many of us picture the visible up-front gifts like preaching or teaching. But in fact some of the most important gifts given by the Holy Spirit are “behind-the-scenes” gifts like service, giving or administration. Do you have one of these gifts of service? Join the worship at Lakeside Presbyterian and find out.
The lecture series on “A History of Western Thought: Why We Think the Way We Do” continues on Friday mornings at 11 a.m., right after the 9:45 a.m. Bible study. The men of the church will meet for breakfast on Tuesday, September 20, at Sunrise Restaurant on the Carretera.
The Lakeside Presbyterian congregation meets in their church building in Riberas del Pilar. Turn toward the lake on Calle San Jorge at Mom’s Restaurant. The church is two blocks on the right. English-language services at 10 a.m. and Spanish-language services at 9 a.m. and noon.
New Hope Christian
The non-denominational congregation of New Hope Christian Fellowship will keep its regular schedule of worship on Sunday, September 18. The 10:45 a.m. coffee time will be followed by a service of worship and praise for God’s goodness. To illustrate this, Pastor Gene Raymer will deliver a message from Exodus showing God’s greatness to those who stand firm in the faith. The fellowship will continue with a meal at Tony’s Restaurant following the service.
The group meets weekly in the upper room of the Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. They seek to emulate the disciplines of the first century Christian church void of the schisms that occurred in later centuries and at the same time give credence to the writings of the Old Testament just as Jesus did. For more information about the group or specific directions to the church, call the pastor at (376) 766-3435.
Christ Church Episcopal
Christ Church Episcopal will observe the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by celebrating The Holy Eucharist Sunday, September 18, 9:30 a.m. at the Little Chapel by the Lake, Carretera 10 in Chula Vista. Fr. Danny Borkowski will preside, and give a message with the theme “God and Wealth” based on Luke 16:1-13.
The congregations of Christ Church Episcopal and Little Chapel by the Lake share a common fellowship time between their two services, from about 10:35 until 11:25 a.m.
Christ Church sponsors a Bible Study Tuesdays, 2 p.m. Call Fr. Danny (766-2495) for the venue.
San Andres English
“Christ is the defender of all who are sacrificed to the god of money, who are manipulated for economic gain. He sacrificed Himself as a ransom for them all.”
So says Fr. Basil G. Royston, D. Min., who will offer the homily “Lord of the Oppressed” at San Andres Catholic Church’s English-language service Sunday, September 18, 9 a.m.
San Andres is located at the corner of Ramon Corona and Parroquia, one block from the Ajijic main plaza.
Little Chapel by the Lake
“We look this week at a faith that produces works,” says Pastor Jonathan Admire, who will speak from James 2:14-18 at the 11:30 a.m. Sunday, September 18 service at the Little Chapel by the Lake.
“These are not works that produce salvation but instead, works because of our regeneration.”
Coffee and refreshments are served before the service.
The Little Chapel is located at Carretera 10 in Chula Vista. For more information, call 766-2538.
St. Mark’s Anglican
Guadalajara
St. Mark’s holds its Sunday service in English at 10:30 a.m. with choir practice at 9:45 a.m. Father Jim Priddy’s sermon on September 18 will be “Hurrah for the Crook!,” looking at how could Jesus commend a man who cheated his boss.
St. Mark’s Anglican Church celebrates Mexican independence with a fiesta beginning 1:30 p.m., Sunday, September 18, after the Spanish-language mass at 12:30 pm. The public is invited. The fiesta will include comida típica, mariachis, folkloric dancers, games, and a cash bar with beer, wine, tequila, and more. All this for an entrance fee of 100 pesos for adults and 50 pesos for children under 10. Join in for a great time.
St. Mark’s is at Chichimecas 836, corner of Aztecas, a two-minute drive north of Plaza Mexico, in Colonia Monraz.
Call 331-432-3497 or 378-786-0803 for more information.