Heart of Awareness
The Heart of Awareness (HoA) Buddhist Community offers opportunities to meditate together at the Practice Center (Guadalupe Victoria 101, Ajijic) on Sundays and Wednesdays. We also offer dharma talks, study groups, and films.
Sunday, March 12, the Center is open from 9 am-noon for sitting and walking meditation. Our lending library will be open afterward, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, March 15, the meditation period is from 4 to 5 p.m. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. our dharma talk and discussion period will feature senior teacher Marty Janowitz speaking on this month’s theme: “Compassionate Awareness: Working with What Arises”. At 6:30 p.m. there will be an opportunity to have dinner and socialize at a nearby restaurant.
The Wednesday program is also offered via Zoom. You’ll find the link on the website, heartofawareness.org.
Thursday, March 16, a weekly practice and book study group meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. We begin with a twenty-minute meditation period and then read aloud/discuss our current book selection: “In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying” by Tibetan master teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. You do not need to own the book to attend. Afterward, our library is open for browsing from 2:30-3:30 pm.
Activities at the Heart of Awareness are open to all. Chairs and cushions are provided and there are written meditation instructions for beginners. For more information, visit the website heartofawareness.org.
Christ Church Lakeside
Christ Church Lakeside will celebrate the third Sunday in Lent by celebrating the Holy Eucharist together, and via Zoom, Sunday, March 123, 10:30 a.m., at our location with the red door and windows next to The Smokehouse Restaurant. Rev. Jim Powers will be the celebrant and give the message relating to John 4:5-42. Those wishing to gather for brunch after the service will meet in the Mariscos Peter Restaurant, Carr. Pte. 524, Ajijic, 376-766-1444.
The Loaves and Fishes Food Distribution will be held Tuesday, March 14, 1 p.m. at Calle Jesus Garcia 11 in San Antonio Tlayacapan. If you wish to give a much-needed monetary donation, or need more information, contact Al Ramos, 332-384-2343, or email: 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..
Wednesday, March 15, the fourth session of a six-week Lenten series “Surprised by Hope,” led by the Rev. Michael Schirmacher, with the help of Rev. Danny Borkowski, will be held at 2-3:30 P.M. in the home of Fr. Schirmacher: Avenida de La Ribera 501, at the corner of Calle San Pablo, and also broadcast via zoom. To save a seat for this series or to participate via Zoom, email Fr. Michael at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
For those who don’t have the Zoom sign-in information for joining the Holy Eucharist Service, and/or the Lenten series, please contact Rev. Danny Borkowski at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and 376-766-2495, or Rev. Jim Powers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and 334-301-2800.
Lake Chapala Baptists
Last Sunday morning, Pastor Linton addressed the tragic repercussions of falling prey to false teachings.
“There are dangerous people out there,” he told us. “People who murder not the body, but the mind, who corrupt the gospel and misdirect seekers, murdering their chances for salvation by instilling error and outright lies.
“Many today believe they can be saved—find heaven, enlightenment—by righteous works based on ritual or laws. Performing good works with zeal but with erroneous intent is wasteful, is nothing! If it’s not done in Christ, it’s a waste.
“False gospel is unclear; it corrupts your thoughts and tears you away from Christianity, away from the simplicity of the gospel of grace. True righteousness isn’t the same as being a ‘good person,’ and is the opposite of self-righteousness.
“Dear friends, the gospel truth changes everything. Don’t try to do just anything. Let Christ do it all!”
Share memorable weekly sermons, uplifting music, and an ongoing thirst for true wisdom Sundays, 10:45 a.m. at the Lake Chapala Baptist Church. Sta. Margarita 147, Riberas del Pilar. LCBC’s bilingual services are Sunday, 4:30 p.m.
Little Chapel by the Lake
Sunday, March 12, Thomas Walker will be preaching.
We are located on the Ajijic Chapala highway 10 in Chula Vista. Sunday service begins at 11 a.m.
Grace meal after the service. Main dish provided, accompanying dishes whatever you decide to bring.
Donations for our food mission in San Juan Tecomatlan are always gladly accepted via our big purple box in front of the Chapel. Thank you for continuing to contribute to this worthy cause. A big thank you for the donations and to all who went out and helped this past Tuesday.
Mondays, 4 to 5:30 p.m., “What does the Bible say about healing for today?
Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., a small group meets for fellowship and prayer at the Chapel. This Tuesday, the focus will be on Second Peter chapter 2.
Conversational Spanish classes are Fridays, 1 p.m. 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..
Car Wash by Mama Cleo’s Boys home is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a fundraiser for their needs.
Collecting water containers (garrafones) for the village of Mezcala. Please contact Don Spangler, +1-970-219-5983 for more information.
Little Chapel telephone: 376-766-2538.
St. Andrew’s Anglican
A Taize service will be held Wednesday, March 15, 5 p.m.
A fashion show will be held in the church garden, Thursday March 16, 2 p.m., featuring “Ajijic Chic” creations by Catherine Stephenson. The show will benefit the Outreach Programs of St. Andrew’s. Tickets, 200 pesos, are available Panache and the Todo Bueno resale shop.
Operation Feed: Our feeding program buys non-perishable food to donate to “Operation Feed,” which feeds about 150 families in and around San Juan Cosalá. If you opt for a cash donation, envelopes marked “Operation Feed” are available every Sunday. If you sign your name to the envelope, your offering will be recorded as a church donation.
Coffee and Cookies Ministry: A wonderful time for meeting friends and greeting newcomers. Please join us. We’re always grateful for volunteers to provide cookies. Those interested can sign up via the sign-up sheet near the garden pathway.
If you’d like to donate to St. Andrew’s, checks can be made out to Andrew’s Fund U.S., or Andrew’s Fund Canada, each of which are tax-deductible.
To become part of our parish family, please contact Rev. Michelle: 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.. Her office hours are Monday, 9 a.m. to noon and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon.
Sunday services are streamed live and sermon highlights are available on Facebook/St Andrews Anglican Lake Chapala.
Seventh-Day Adventists
Saturday service begins 10 a.m., study, 10:30 a.m., worship, 11:30 a.m. Carretera 10, San Antonio Tlayacapan. Information: www.chapalaSDA.org.
Lakeside Presbyterian
This Sunday, March 12, This week Pastor Carolyn, will talk about Complete Joy.
It’s fashionable to have a low opinion of church. Church is often disapprovingly called “organized religion,” as if chaos is preferable to order. In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he writes about how much the church in Philippi gives him joy. Deep joy! That’s what church—the fellowship of followers of Jesus—gives us, too. It does take some work, and Paul let the Philippians know exactly how to pursue this joy. We’ll talk about how we find joy on Sunday.
English-language service begins at 9:30 a.m. Spanish service begins 11 a.m.
The English service also streams each Sunday at facebook.com/LPCChapala.
Everyone is welcome to the drop-in Bible study Wednesday.
If you need a ride, or more information, call 376-106-0853, Thursday, before 4 p.m.
There is coffee and refreshments after the service in the Narthex.
LPC is at Calle San Jorge 250 in Riberas del Pilar, (turn lakeside at Mom’s Restaurant).
Unitarian Universalists
Sunday, March 12, the topic is “Vulnerability.”
The poet and philosopher David Whyte suggests that we can choose to be vulnerable, and from that courageous and compassionate, we can inhabit the place of vulnerability as a citizen of loss. We can do this in opposition to being defended, reluctant, and isolated, unwilling to risk ourselves. In this service, we’ll explore what it means to be a citizen of loss, living in the realm of vulnerability. Rev. Matt Alspaugh will give the presentation and the service associate will be Jane Castleman
Sunday, March 19, Bob Koches will speak on “Il Dolce Far Niente (The Sweetness of Doing Nothing).” Kathy Koches will be the service associate.
Lake Chapala Unitarian Universalist Fellowship services are Sundays, 10:30 a.m. In-person services are now available at Hidalgo 261, Riberas del Pilar.
Jewish Congregation
The Lake Chapala Jewish Congregation holds Friday services at 6 p.m. via Zoom. See lakechapalajewishcongregation.com for the URL.
The LCJC will hold its annual community Passover Seder, Wednesday, April 5, 5 p.m. at Manix Restaurant. Reservations must be made and paid no later than March 22. Contact Randy Greene Mundi for more information and see ad on page XX for ticket purchasing details.
Abundant Life Church
How clean is clean? Every person has their own idea of what clean means. One may instantly see the spec of dirt on the floor and declare that the house is not clean while another may never even notice. We are all different in how we see the world around us but did you know that being clean spiritually is not based on our perception but on God´s? Like a person, who sees every spec of dirt, trying to train a new maid, we are in constant training by God to have our lives cleaned to His standard. Come Sunday, March 12, as we open our lives up to God´s cleaning agent.
Abundant Life Church is affiliated with the Assemblies of God of Mexico. Bible study in English is held at 11 a.m. each Wednesday with Spanish language Bible studies on Friday at 6:45 p.m.
Carretera 140 in San Antonio Tlayacapan, just a block from SuperLake.
Grace Church Chapala
Join us for worship at the Bravo Theater, 441 Hidalgo, in Riberas, every Sunday, 10 a.m.
Grace Church is a group of believers with a more contemporary style of worship with a mix of praise songs and hymns.
St. Mark’s Anglican Episcopal, Guadalajara
Regular Sunday Services under Rev. Dr. Pamela Hosey Long take place at 10:30 a.m. in English and 12:30 p.m. in Spanish.
Chichimecas 836, corner of Aztecas diagonally across the street from the UAG ICB Campus, Colonia Monraz, 44670 Guadalajara.