Lake Chapala Baptist
“Seek the Lord and live!” was the galvanizing message to today’s church in last Sunday’s sermon at the Lake Chapala Baptist Church. Couldn’t be more direct, right? And it’s from way back in the Old Testament book of Amos.
“Do you feel far from God?” Pastor John asked. “It’s a one-way position, isn’t it? Because God is never far from us. Do not lose heart! Guard your heart with the word of God. Love the good and hate evil -- that’s hate, not dislike, distaste or mere discomfort.
“Be dynamic in your own restoration,” he said. “Change for mercy is never passive, it’s dynamic. Change is never easy, but it should be powerful, like a tube of compressed air. God, who placed the Pleiades just so, always holds out a bright promise of hope.”
Share thoughtful weekly sermons, uplifting music, God-driven fellowship, and an ongoing thirst for true wisdom at Lake Chapala Baptist Church every Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Adult Sunday school 9:45 a.m., and Bible study groups Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Santa Margarita 147, Riberas del Pilar. Covid protocols are observed.
Information: 376-765-2925; lakechapalabaptistchurch.com or LCBC Facebook page.
Christ Church Lakeside
Christ Church Lakeside, a Parish of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico, will observe the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, October 17, by celebrating the Holy Eucharist Service in person and via Zoom at 10:30 a.m. in our location two doors east, and on the same side of the La Huerta Eventos Center.
Rev. Jim Powers will celebrate and give a message “Bartimaeus” based on Mark 10:46-52. Masks are required.
At noon, those wishing to have brunch/lunch will meet at Scallions Restaurant, Carretera Oriente #58, Blvd. De Jin XI, Ajijic, 376-766-2301.
The Loaves and Fishes Food Distribution will be held on Tuesday, October 26, at 12:30 p.m. at Calle Jesus Garcia 11 in San Antonio Tlayacapan. Information/monetary donation: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 332-493-2138.
The Bible Study, hosted by Rev. Danny Borkowski, is suspended for the month of October. When resumed, all are invited to learn about the inspired contents of the Bible and share their insights with each other.
Those who don’t have the Zoom sign-in information for joining the Holy Eucharist service, contact Rev. Jim Powers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 387-761-0017 or 322-356-0382.
Little Chapel by the Lake
Saturday, October 23, join us for a “Make a Joyful Noise Celebration” at 5 p.m. Bring your voices, bring your instruments, whatever or however you sound: it’s all about praising and worshiping by making a joyful noise.
Sunday, October 24, Pastor Pete Campbell will speak on his new series “Quality Leadership and Lifestyle” from the book of Titus at the 11 a.m. praise and worship service of the Little Chapel by the Lake, located on the Ajijic-Chapala Highway #10 in Chula Vista.
To contribute to our monthly food distribution in San Juan Tecomatlan, drop off donations in the big purple box in front of the Chapel.
Women’s Bible study continues at the Little Chapel Tuesday, 10 a.m. in the book of Ephesians.
The weekly film is an inspiring faith building story, and what to do when you are reaching those golden years. Find out “The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry,” Wednesday, October 27, 4 p.m.
Conversational Spanish is Fridays at 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, open to all who are interested in improving their spoken Spanish.
Unitarians
The Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is now offering in-person services for those who are fully vaccinated at the fellowship hall located on the Carretera at Hidalgo 261, Riberas del Pilar (and also on Zoom). Covid 19 protocols are followed and masks are required.
Sunday, October 24, 10:30 a.m., Loretta Downs, who lives at Lakeside and has many years of practice at hospital and hospice, will talk about life, death, and companioning the dying in her talk titled “Eight Practices that Create Peaceful Transitions Through Life and Death.”
St. Andrew’s Anglican
On the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, October 24, St. Andrew’s Anglican is open for worship. All Covid protocols are followed, and masks must be worn.
The Reverend Robbin Moore will preach and celebrate Holy Communion. A live-stream service, accessed online through standrewsriberas.org, begins at 10 a.m.
St. Andrew’s feeding program is collecting rice and other non-perishable food items to donate to Operation Feed. Cash allows us to buy bulk rice at the lowest prices to help feed even more families; see pledge envelopes marked “RICE” available every Sunday.
Flower ministry: If you’d like to honor or memorialize a friend or loved one, please sign up with name, date and information on the sign-up sheet on the wooden stand near the garden pathway. The cost is 500 pesos. Questions: 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..
After our service, please join us for coffee and cookies in the garden. If you’d like to make a contribution or provide cookies for a future coffee hour, you can sign up on the sheet on the wooden stand near the garden pathway.
Every donation or consignment to our Todo Bueno resale shop benefits St. Andrew’s Outreach Ministry and enables our parish to support a number of Lakeside charities. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
St. Andrews volunteer phone/email tree stays in touch with all members personally every week.
To be part of our parish family, contact Rev. Robbin at 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.. Information: 332-267-6643, standrewsriberas.org.
Lakeside Presbyterian
This Sunday, October 24, the sermon will be a congregant testimonial by Elise Rychlewski entitled “A Few Thoughts on Forgiveness.” She discusses the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, how true forgiveness means, how we can achieve it, and what we benefit from offering it to others.
LPC has returned to in-church services at 9:30 a.m. for the English language service and 11 a.m. for the Spanish language service.
All masking and social distancing protocols are in place. That includes a maximum of 50 attendees per service. Walk-ins are welcome as the room permits.
You can donate by check, Pay pal, or cash; Rick Cartwright 376-766-4057; facebook/or www.lpc-chapala. org
Abundant Life Church
There is a saying, “They´re a glutton for punishment.” We say this about people who can’t seem to learn their lesson and who keep getting into trouble. This certainly could have been said of the first-century church. They were punished and told to stop preaching in the name of Jesus but they just kept on preaching. They were scattered due to the intense persecution but they preached everywhere they went. God is just as real today as in the days of the early church and it is not that the church is a glutton for punishment, but rather she has decided to obey God rather than man. Come this Sunday, October 24, to be encouraged knowing that even today persecution won’t stop the preaching because the message is worth the suffering.
English Sunday service is at 10 a.m., also at abundantlifechapala.com. Return to Bible studies in person Wednesday, October 20, 11 a.m. Carretera Chapala-Joco 140 in San Antonio Tlayacapan, a block from SuperLake market.
St. Mark’s Anglican,Guadalajara
Reverend Tom Vanderboch will take over officially in January, and until his return to Mexico, Reverend John Burk, from Green Valley, Arizona will be officiating at the English language 10:30 a.m. Sunday service, which will now be held inside the church with a choir directed by Debra Rodriguez and Ana Silvia Guerrero on organ. Spanish services are at 12:30 pm. and virtual services are on Facebook/SaintMarksAngicanGDL and on YouTube. Chichimecas 836, Colonia Monraz, Guadalajara.
Iglesia Cristiana Agape
Bilingual Christian Church Service Sundays at 6 p.m., with music. Calle Nudo de Cempoaltepetl 842, Col. San Marcos, Guadalajara. Information: 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.. Tel. 332-590-7760.