Unitarian Universalists
This special Day of the Dead service will feature LCUUF member June Eguchi’s compelling presentation entitled “What is a Near Death Experience?”
She will share with us her own experience and give detailed background information about this phenomenon. The program will also honor family and friends of many of our UU members who have passed.
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: LCJCAC@ gmail.com; website: lakechapalajewishcongregation .com.
Lake Chapala Baptist
Antonio Frova and his team of archeologists unearthed a Latin inscription. It was 1961 and they were exploring a Roman theater in the town of Caesarea Maritime on the Israeli coast. The limestone engraving concluded, “Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea.” The archeological world went wild. For centuries the only historical reference to the man had been the Bible. This week as we explore the life of Jesus, we’re reminded he was a real guy. “He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried,” says an early creed. That’s common ground for almost all serious historians and archeologists of any religious or political persuasion. Jesus was a real man who walked the earth. His existence is worth exploring. For whether you call it Anno Domini or Common Era, his existence has split time in two. It was a time, as it happens, when Pontius Pilate also walked the earth.
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.
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.
Sunday, October 27, 9 to 10 a.m.: One hour of sitting and walking meditation: 30 minutes sitting, 15 minutes walking, and 15 minutes sitting.
Wednesday, October 30, 3:15 to 6:15 p.m.: Center opens at 3:15 p.m. to quietly unwind. to unwind. Noble Silence (3:45 to 4 p.m.). This “Focus Wednesday—Tools for Harnessing Your Awakening Skills,” provides the opportunity for new and long-time meditators to work with meditation teachers on the Samatha meditation technique. It trains the mind to calm and focus on a single object, the breath to develop mindfulness breathing at a deeper level. This session will include an introduction, guided practice, discussion, and sharing time.
Join online via Zoom at heartofawareness .org.
Thursday, October 31, 1-2:30 p.m.: Book Practice/Study Group continues reading “The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, by the Dalai Lama.”
St. Andrew’s Anglican
Sunday, October 27, Reverend James Francis Twyman will preach and celebrate. The service begins at 10 a.m. begins at 10 a.m.
Facebook: St Andrews Anglican Lake Chapala. Please “like” and “follow” us for daily inspiration, parish news and events. We also live-stream Sunday services on our FB page. Join us online!
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St. Andrew’s is at Calle San Lucas 19, in Riberas del Pilar.
Lakeside Presbyterian
Sermon title for Sunday, October 27 is “Patience and Submission” from Philippians 2:1-8.
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to drive down the Carretera without becoming enraged at the snarl of traffic or the “stupidity” of other drivers? Wouldn’t you love to be the kind of person who could calmly accept it when other people disagree with you, rather than desperately needing to argue your point? Patience, we all know, is a virtue. More than that, it’s part of the fruit of the Spirit that demonstrates the closeness our relationship is with God. We know God wants us to demonstrate patience, but how do we get it? How do we give up the need to have our own way?
Sunday English-speaking worship service now begins at 10 a.m. The English-speaking service also streams each Sunday at Facebook.com/LPCChapala.
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. Rev. Andrew Ramsay Krumbhaar officiates. Chichimecas 836, corner of Aztecas, Colonia Monraz, Guadalajara. Website: stmarksgdl.com/en; Facebook: stmark44670.
Christ Church Lakeside
Sunday, October 27, Christ Church Lakeside, a Parish of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico, will observe the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Jim Powers will be the celebrant and Lani Zeigler will give the message. Lunch following the service is at 12:30 p.m. in Cocinart Restaurant, 16 de Septiembre 4D, Ajijic, tel. 331-395-3810.
The next Loaves and Fishes Food Distribution will be held Tuesday, November 5. To help our food program with a monetary donation contact Lani Zeigler at 331-411-1469 or scotyhogg @hotmail.com.
The Wednesday Bible Study, hosted by Rev. Danny Borkowski, will not be held until early November.
Heritage Baptist Church
This Sunday we celebrate the 507th Anniversary of the Reformation. Reformation Day is on October 31. This was when God began to make known through the Catholic monk Martin Luther that Scripture Alone must be the Christians’ only infallible rule of faith and life.
Reformation was a return to the Word of God Alone. The Pharisees taught that man could do enough good works to earn their salvation but God required perfection (Matthew 5:48) so that all who heard would repent and find their only hope of righteousness in the merits of Jesus, received by faith.
Martin Luther, a monk struggling to achieve this righteousness realized because of the depth of his sins and because God required perfection, that he had no hope, only damnation. There will always be a temptation to earn our salvation but even our best works and efforts before God are rotten with sin. We are declared righteous before God only because of Christ’s merits!
Join us at the American Legion, Chapala. Sundays 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.
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 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?
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.
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.
Little Chapel by the Lake
Pastor Thomas will give the sermon on “Always Ready,” Sunday, October 27, 11 a.m. at Ajijic-Chapala Highway 10 in Chula Vista. Tel. : 331-307-0669.
A Grace Meal will follow immediately the service.
Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.: Bible study in the book of John, chapter 7.
Wednesday at 3:30-5:30 Work, Watch, and Pray. We will be dividing our time between small caretaking jobs at the Chapel, Watching a video that we can discuss, and then praying.
Thursday, Bible Study in the Book of Genesis at 10 a.m.
Saturday’s carwash fundraiser is 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.