Hawaiian Luau
The second annual Hawaiian Luau to benefit the Chapala Cruz Roja will be held on Saturday, July 27 at La Huerta Event Center in West Ajijic.
Featured will be Tahitian dancers, as well as Hal Kaluhiokalani Matthews and his ukulele. The entertainment will start at 5 p.m. with dinner served at 6 p.m.
Tickets are 300 pesos and can be purchased by visiting Charlie Klestadt at the Ajijic Clinic (Room #3), or at any of the following locations: the Cruz Roja table at the Lake Chapala Society, Diane Pearl’s, from Cruz Roja volunteers at Super Lake or by contacting Christie Prine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Supporting the ambulance service and emergency clinic not only benefits area residents in times of need but helps out the entire community.
Casi Nuevo estate sales
With two estate sales successfully completed in just one month, the Casi Nuevo team is ready for their next one.
In its first sale, Casi Nuevo sold the entire contents of a two-story house in one day. In the second, the estate owner was forced to move out of her home quickly, so Casi Nuevo was unable to use the house as a sales location.
“We posted photos on the School for Special Needs Children website and sold many of the items in a few days,” store volunteers said in a press release. “The balance of the items were transferred to the Casi Nuevo store, where we sold most within a week.”
Casi Nuevo volunteers also prepared posters that were placed around town and hung a large signboard on the Carretera on the day of the sale.
“We have proven that we can manage the pricing, staffing and selling of entire households to the complete satisfaction of the estate owner,” the release said.
Casi Nuevo will also arrange for transferring the household items to the store, as required.
All profits from estate sales go to supporting Casi Nuevo’s three children’s charities: the School for Special Needs Children (formerly School for the Deaf), the Lake Chapala Society Educational Program and Have Hammer … Will Travel.
To see an example of an estate sale photo promotion on the school’s website, go to www.lakesideschoolforthedeaf.org and click on “Estate Sale.”
For further information on Casi Nuevo’s estate sale services, contact Jacqueline Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Bus trips
The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) bus trip on Wednesday, August 7 heads to the Plaza Galerias in Guadalajara. This covered mall contains many large stores, including Liverpool, Sears, Best Buy, Zara, Home Store, Suburbia. Adjoining the mall are Walmart, Sam’s, Mega and Costco. There are several well-known restaurants such as Outback, Applebee’s, Chili’s, plus an extensive food court with a Krispy Kreme outlet. The cost of the trip is 200 pesos.
The bus leaves from the sculpture area in La Floresta at 9 a.m. and returns from the Costco area at 3:30 p.m.
On Friday, August 16, the LCS trip goes to the beautiful Guadalajara Zoo, which includes a safari ride, an aquarium, a train ride and the recently installed ski-style chair-lift ride that provides visitors with a bird’s-eye view of many of its most exotic animals, including elephants, buffalo, lions, white tigers, gorillas, black bears and Mexican wolves. The cost of the zoo trip is 300 pesos (the chair-lift ride is an extra 50 pesos).
This trip leaves from the same Ajijic location at 9 a.m. and returns at 3:30 p.m.
Sign up for both trips at the Lake Chapala Society, Mondays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Save the corn crusade
The lakeside campaign to conserve Mexico’s native corn species and discourage the introduction of genetically modified crops is expanding, with a series public awareness outreach programs geared for the local population scheduled in various communities.
The movement also advocates a return to diets based on natural farm products in place of commercially processed junk foods. Events are planned for Sunday, July 21 in Santa Cruz de la Soledad, Sunday, July 28 in San Antonio Tlayacapan, Sunday, August 11 in San Nicolas de Ibarra, Sunday, August 25 in Chapala and Sunday, September 15 in Atotonilquillo, all slated for 6 p.m. in central locations.
Rotarians
Ajijic Rotarians Barb and Bill Wilson met up with frequent visitors to the Ajijic Club, Bernie and Penny St. Louis, at the Annual Convention of Rotary International, held in Lisbon, Portugal at the end of June.
The Wilsons and St. Louis’s attended training and workshops on future vision, global grant writing, water, sanitation and health strategies.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will not be meeting at the usual time and place on Sunday, July 21. Instead, a Summer Pot-Luck Lunch will be held at noon at the home of John and Marion Blackmer. A brief service will be held at the beginning of the gathering. Members are encouraged to bring a friend or two to the pot-luck to introduce them to the Fellowship. For more information please call 765-7231 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
St. Andrew’s Anglican
In St. Luke’s Gospel, the Parable of the Good Samaritan is followed immediately by the story of Jesus’s visit with His friends Mary and Martha of Bethany. There’s a connection between the two stories, even though the second seemingly contradicts the first. The lawyer quizzing Jesus was told to do more, while this week Jesus tells Martha to stop doing so much! “Risky Hospitality” is the title of this week’s sermon at St. Andrew’s, and it aims to reconcile those two instructions.
From the 9:45 a.m. Sunday School for children, to the 10 a.m. worship, to the post-worship fellowship and welcome in the Garden, there’s nothing risky about the warm hospitality extended to members, strangers, visitors and guests every week at St. Andrew’s, located at Calle San Lucas #9, just a block south of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar.
Presbyterians
Some of the most beloved stories we recall from our childhood speak of the miracles Jesus performed. Who does not remember “Feeding the multitude: the miracle of the loaves and fishes?” This astonishing story is recounted in all four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. About 5,000 hungry men were fed, plus many more women and children. Based on Mark 6:30-44, Pastor Ross Arnold’s sermon on Sunday, July 21 at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church will be “Caring for the Sheep.”
Sunday worship begins at 10 a.m., following which there will be a time of fellowship and refreshments. All are welcome.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church is located on the mountain side of the Carretera, just west of S&S Auto and Bubba’s Restaurant.
Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican Fellowship will celebrate the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost on July 21 by celebrating the Holy Eucharist Rite II at 9:30 a.m. in the Little Chapel by the Lake (Carretera 10, Chula Vista, Ajijic). Rev. Deacon Rob’s sermon topic is “Martha, Oh Martha” based on Luke 10:38-42. Christ Church and the Little Chapel by the Lake share a common fellowship time between their two services in the Fellowship Hall of the Little Chapel from about 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
Little Chapel
The Little Chapel by the Lake will hold its regular worship service on Sunday, July 21 following the joint refreshment period with the Anglican Fellowship.
Rev. Gene Raymer will deliver a sermon, “Lessons From Luke,” which he has subtitled “The Sins of Jesus.” A Fellowship luncheon at La Nueva Posada in Ajijic will follow the service.
The Little Chapel is an interdenominational church and welcomes all Christian believers.
Center for Spiritual Living
Reverend Tim Schubert will present “Two Worlds” at the Center for Spiritual Living’s regular service on Friday, July 26, 5-6 p.m.
New classes held on Wednesdays and Thursdays will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon. “Nonviolent Communication,” with Practitioner Arch Crane, begins Wednesday, July 24 and “Natural Abundance, Emerson’s Guide to Prosperity” begins Thursday, July 25.
Everyone is invited to attend any or all of the center’s activities. For further information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 766-0920. The center is located at at Nicolas Bravo 17, Ajijic.