Jaltepec Hotel and Hospitality School for women is preparing for an 18- to 24-month reconstruction phase.

Lake Chapala Baptist

Resurrection Day services at Lake Chapala Baptist Church, Sunday, April 1, will begin at 10:30 a.m. (due to Daylight Saving Time), and will include special music, congregational singing, and the Lord’s Supper (and Brother Bob’s final sermon).

Christ Church Episcopal

Christ Church Episcopal, a mission of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico, will observe Palm Sunday, March 25, with the Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m. in the La Huerta Eventos Center (where the Tuesday Organic Market is held), Carretera West 522, West Ajijic. Vr. Fr. Danny Borkowski will preside and give a message “Hosanna” based on Mark 11:1-11.

The Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA) scholarship program recently held its first “Paint the Lake Green” fundraiser at the former Hacienda del Lago, now the spectacular home of Doug Huffines.

The Easter story will come to life during the traditional processions, pageants and religious observances taking place over the coming week in lakeside communities. 

In a big shuffle of Chapala’s city council this week, Oscar España Ramos took charge as acting interim mayor Tuesday, March 20.