Grace Church Chapala
Grace Church Chapala is at Iglesia del Espiritu Santo, at Alvaro Obregon 119, Colonia Plaza de Toros, Chapala. Sunday worship is at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Alan Pohl. tel. 33-399-1501.
Unity Ajijic
Change your thinking, change your life! Unity Ajijic offers positive spiritual teachings and practical, uplifting resources to those of all faiths.
For the month of November our visiting minister-in-residence is Reverend Penni Honey of Unity of Flagstaff, Arizona. She brings humor, storytelling and spiritual wisdom to our Sunday celebrations. Penni will also teach classes each Monday at 10 a.m. that focus on creating a more fulfilling and abundant life.
Unity Ajijic is a part of Unity Worldwide Ministries and led by Senior Minister Reverend Johannys Hartog. Together with her husband, CEO Jack Hartog, they bring a wealth of talent and experience to the lakeside community.
Services in English are held every Sunday at noon, at Namaste Village, Angel Flores 5 in Central Ajijic. Classes take place here Mondays, 10 a.m.
Services can also be attended remotely via Zoom. Access is provided through our website, where past services can also be viewed, UnityAjijic.org.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Sunday, November 10, Reverend James Francis Twyman will preach and celebrate. Service begins at 10 a.m.
St. Andrew’s live-streams Sunday services and sermon highlights and also publishes daily inspiration, parish news and events on its Facebook page: St. Andrew’s Anglican Lake Chapala.
St. Andrew’s would like to expand its choir. If you enjoy singing and can carry a tune, you’re invited to contact Choirmaster Ken Turner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., for more information. The choir practices Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m.
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His office hours are Monday through Friday, Noon to 1 p.m. St. Andrew’s is at Calle San Lucas 19, in Riberas del Pilar.
Heart of Awareness
The Heart of Awareness Buddhist Community offers the opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment at its Practice Center (Guadalupe Victoria 101, Ajijic). Practice sessions are on Sundays and Wednesdays. Chairs and cushions are provided. All are welcome regardless of experience or affiliation. Donations appreciated.
Sunday, November 10, 9 to 10 a.m.: One hour of sitting and walking meditation: 30 minutes sitting, 15 minutes walking, and 15 minutes sitting.
Wednesday, November 13, 3:15 to 6:15 p.m.: Center opens at 3:15 p.m. to quietly unwind. to unwind. Noble Silence begins (3:45 to 4 p.m.) One hour of sitting and walking meditation (4-5 pm). November’s theme is “The Six Paramitas – From Confusion to Clarity.” Marty Janowitz will give a dharma talk on a few of the Paramitas.
Join online via Zoom at heartofawareness.org.
Afterward, all are invited for a “Social Time” dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Thursday, November 14, 1-2:30 p.m.: Book Practice/Study Group continues reading “The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, by the Dalai Lama.” Newcomers welcome. Owning the book isn’t required. The next book has been selected: Buddhism Without Beliefs” by Stephen Batchelor.
Lakeside Presbyterian
Sermon title for Sunday, November 10, is “Confession Helps Make Us Good” from Titus 1 John 1:5-10.
If people are inherently good, why is it so tricky to stay on the right path and so tempting to stray? We were created with goodness at our core, but we’ve stumbled into sin and death. Despite this, most of us genuinely strive to be good, and we feel true guilt when we fall short. Sunday, November 10, Pastor Carolyn will explore the next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit: goodness. God’s forgiveness is available if we confess our sins. Confession is a powerful spiritual discipline that lifts the weight of guilt from our shoulders and draws us closer to our true nature of goodness.
Sunday English-speaking worship service begins at 10 a.m. The English-speaking service also streams each Sunday at Facebook.com/LPCChapala.
If you need a ride, or more information, call 376-106-0853 before 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Calle San Jorge 250, Riberas del Pilar..
St. Mark’s Anglican GDL
An international worship community offering the only English-language worship in metro Guadalajara. Sundays at 11 a.m. In English with some Spanish readings/music. Father Juan Pablo Valdorrama officiates. Chichimecas 836, corner of Aztecas, Colonia Monraz, Guadalajara. Website: stmarksgdl.com/en; Facebook: stmark44670.
Christ Church Lakeside
Sunday, November 10, Christ Church Lakeside, a Parish of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico, will observe the twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost. at 10:30 a.m. at our normal location. Reverand Danny Borkowski will celebrate and give the sermon. Sunday Brunch will be at Restaurant Membrillo in Ajijic, Corner of Marcos Castellanos and Zaragoza, Ajijic, tel: 376-688-3394.
The next Loaves and Fishes Food Distribution will be held Tuesday, November 19. If you would like to help our food program by giving a much-needed monetary donation contact Lani Zeigler at cell: 331-411-1469 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
A Christ Church Lakeside Bazaara will be held at the church, Saturday, November 23.
The next Bible Study, hosted by Rev. Danny Borkowski, is Wednesday, November 13, 1:30 p.m. at the Borkowskis’ home and via Zoom. All are invited to attend as we learn about the inspired contents of the Bible, and share our insights with each other.
For Zoom sign-in information, contact Rev. Borkowski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 376-766-2495 for the ID and password.
Heritage Baptist Church
Acts 3 shows the powerful demonstration of the gospel through the miraculous healing of a man born lame. Peter and John were arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin. In court they were constrained by the Holy Spirit to declare the gospel message. Sunday’s text: Acts 4:12 declares, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Peter shows that salvation is essentially in Christ alone. Isaiah 64:6 warns “we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rages…” The Sanhedrin knew the best they could do was still unacceptable to God.
Peter shows that Salvation in Christ is exclusive, “there is salvation in no other name.” It is in Christ alone that salvation is found. There is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” This emphasizes the fact that not only is there no other name by which one is saved, but in fact God now commands all people everywhere to repent.
This applies to all of us today.
Sunday service is at the American Legion in Chapala at 10:30 a.m. Cell: 331-437-7281 or 333-016-3743, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Little Chapel by the Lake
Sunday, November 10, Pastor Thomas will be giving a sermon on “Behold He Cometh with Clouds.”
Little Chapel is located on the Chapala/Ajijic highway (Hidalgo 10) in Chula Vista.
A Grace Meal will follow immediately after the 11 a.m. service..
Donations for our mission, San Juan Tecomatlan, are always gladly accepted via our big purple box in front of the Chapel. Thank you for our donations.
Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. Bible Study in the book of John. This week, Chapter 8 continues..
Suspension of “Work, Watch and Pray” Wednesdays while work is being done on the Chapel
Thursday, Bible Study in the Book of Genesis will not be held until January.
Saturday’s carwash fundraiser is on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Chapel by the boys from Mama Cleo’s boys home, to meet their many financial needs
Eckankar
Everything revolves around love. It always does. No matter how much we rush about in this world and how harried, ambitious, or sorrowful we become, the world stays together for some reason. The reason is God’s love. It makes the whole work, even though sometimes it looks like nothing is working at all.
The two supreme laws are: God is love, and Soul exists because God loves it.
But how do you make this work out in everyday life? Whenever you’re in doubt about any action, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it Kind? You can also ask, What would love do?
Everyone has some experience with love—even a child who has a pet kitten or a dog. Soul is trying, to give back or respond to God’s love that’s coming through. (The above text is from Spiritual Wisdom on Relationships by Harold Klemp.)
You are invited to meet with other like-minded Souls for open non-denominational spiritual discussions Tuesdays, 2 to 3:15 p.m. at Lake Chapala Society.
Lake Chapala Baptist
Do other dimensions exist? The multiverse theory is nerdy science fiction. But a recent Spiderman movie has teenagers playing with the thought of realities that we can’t see. A generation earlier, the Lord of the Rings movies popularized Frodo putting on a ring that made him invisible, yet then made him suddenly aware of powerful beings in another dimension. Religions of all kinds have long promoted the idea of good and bad spirits, otherworldly creatures, and realities beyond our sight. How do you see that? When otherwise intelligent people are secretly checking horoscopes or consulting mediums or sticking a special crystal in their pocket, what do you do with that? Are these the leftovers of a primitive past or is there a reality beyond our five senses? The Bible claims that extensive supernatural systems and powers exist, yet that Jesus Christ is Lord of all of them. Let’s explore together!
English worship service is Sundays at 10:45 a.m. with Pastor Dan Klassen. English-language Bible study is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday at 10 .am. Lake Chapala Baptist Church, Santa Margrita 147, Riberas del Pilar. Information: office: 376-765-2925; cell. +1-508 -838-9156.
Christian Science Group
You are invited to attend our Testimony Meetings every first and third Wednesday of the month at noon at Cinco de Mayo 3, Ajijic. The one-hour meeting begins with readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook “Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy, followed by testimonies of spiritual healing that have resulted from the study and practice of Christian Science. For more information visit christianscienceajijic.org or call 331-155-4733.
Unitarian Universalists
Ted Fahy will present “In Repair We Mend Others and Ourselves” at the next meeting of the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Sunday, November 10.
Repair seems a simple word, but it can hold far deeper meaning. Sunday’s reflection is about one Physician’s lifelong journey discovering how mending patients was far more than treating them, and was transformative to both healer and healed.
D’Vorah Kelley is the service associate.
Sunday service is at noon, at the Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s new location at San Luis 19 in Riberas del Pilar and online. See lakechapalauu.org for a Zoom link.
Jewish Congregation
Rabbi Case and the Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation hope you join us every Friday, 6 p.m. (2nd and 4th Friday are potlucks). Every Saturday Torah service, 10 a.m. (live and via Zoom).
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; website: lakechapalajewishcongregation .com.
Lakeside CommunityFellowship
Independencia 159, (next to Fenix Realty), San Antonio Tlayacapan.
Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Ladies Bible study, Tuesday, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bible study, Thursday, 10 a.m. Information: 332-208-9263.
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Judea de Jalisco
Judea de Jalisco is an alternative, Mexican and expat/immigrant, LBGTQA+ welcoming, faith-based community for spiritual and social events, where Jewish ethics/values, music, laughter and food are highlighted. Email email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Common Ground Fellowship
Join us for a heartfelt, meaningful time of worship this Sunday, November 3 at 11 a.m. at Common Ground Fellowship, located West of Ajijic, next to the Margaritaville sales office, mountainside of the Carretera, Jocotepec-Chapala 961, Ajijic. We offer a bilingual service. Cookies and coffee fellowship afterwards.
Mezcala Christian Church
Pastor Lionel Sanchez and other area Christian pastors share and teach the love of Jesus every Saturday, 10 a.m. A delicious Grace meal is provided after every service. Transportation or carpooling at 9:15 a.m. from Walmart, Little Chapel by the Lake or Soriana parking lots available. Contact 970-219-5983 in advance via WhatsApp FaceTime or messenger. Calle Hidalgo 251 B, Mezcala (green building with burgundy cross).
Abundant Life Church
Abundant Life is affiliated with the Assemblies of God of Mexico. Weekly Sunday worship services in English start at 10:30 a.m. and Bible studies on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. Services are on the Facebook and the YouTube channel. The English services schedule is at abuntandtlifechapala.com. Carretera 140, San Antonio Tlayacapan.
San Andres Catholic
Marcos Castellanos 14, Centro, Ajijic. English Mass Sundays, 9 a.m. Information: Rose, +423-312-7468.
San Juan Bautista Catholic
English Mass, Sundays 9 a.m., Del Cardinal 25, San Juan Cosala.