St. Mark’s AnglicanChurch GDL
An international worship community offering the only English-language worship in metro Guadalajara. Sundays at 11 a.m. in English.
Father Joel Muñoz, visiting from Indiana, will celebrate Holy Worship Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m. This is Father Joel’s final Sunday worship service before he heads back to Indiana. Both his mother and sister will be at the mass and the reception afterward with the twins.
St. Mark’s is at Chichimecas 836, corner of Aztecas, Colonia Monraz, Guadalajara. Website: stmarksgdl.com/en; Facebook: stmark44670.
St. Andrew’s AnglicanEpiscopal Church
Sunday worship services are at 10 a.m.
We are a welcoming, all-inclusive church community. St. Andrew’s live-streams Sunday services and sermon highlights and publishes daily inspiration, parish news and events on its Facebook page: St. Andrew’s Anglican Lake Chapala.
St. Andrew’s garden has had a facelift! The newly formed Garden Team will be commissioned and the garden will be blessed at noon on Thursday, May 22, at St. Andrew’s. A plaque recognizing a bequest from the late Rev. Robbin Moore, former Priest-in-Charge, will be blessed at the same time.
At 10 a.m. on Fridays, St. Andrew’s continues its exploration of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. All are invited.
St. Andrew’s Lakeside Dementia Support Group meets every Monday, 10:30 a.m. to noon, for those with memory loss, MCI or any type of dementia.
Please visit Todo Bueno, St. Andrew’s resale/consignment shop, selling great value household goods and clothing. Every sale supports a charitable Lakeside Community mission. We accept items for donation or consignment. Opening hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Located in Riberas de Pilar on the Carretera, next to S & S auto. We also have volunteer opportunities of 2.5 hour a.m. or p.m. shifts. Please contact Barb at 331-016-0619 during store hours.
If you love to sing and be part of a worship service, St. Andrew’s invites you to join its choir. Rehearsals are Wednesdays, at 4 p.m. Contact music director, Ken Turner, 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..
Our Rector, Reverend Sarah Shirley, is available by appointment. St. Andrew’s office hours are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
St. Andrew’s is at Calle San Lucas 19, in Riberas del Pilar. The office phone is 332-267-6643. 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..
Christ Church Lakeside
Christ Church Lakeside—Anglican Church of Mexico.
How can someone tell that you are a Christian? Is the cross necklace you wear or how much you give to charity? Is it that you love your neighbor and your family? Jesus tells the disciples in the gospel of john 13:31-35, that it isn’t-He tells them (and us) that it is the act of loving one another as He loved us. Whoa! A tall order!
Jesus says it’s how they will know us as His disciples but are you ready to be beaten and crucified for the one who wants to sell you something when you just want to have your coffee in peace? Are you ready to love the person who has a different political view from yours? Can you love the drug dealers and child molesters as much as Jesus loves you? An impossible order? Need answers?
Join us as Rev. Danny Borkowski will bring the message this Sunday: ” Children of God”
In response to God’s grace and love and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we welcome all into our church family. Worship and Holy Eucharist begins at 10:30. Please stay for coffee and refreshments. This week we are having lunch together at Las Palmas and all are invited whether you attend church or not.
Tuesdays 1 p.m., join us at the church for a women’s Bible study
Thursday Bible Study will resume June 5, at 1:30 p.m., at Javier Mina 62 in Ajijic, when Rev. Danny Borkowski returns. If you would like to join by zoom, contact Danny 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..
Join the Lakeside Singers (outreach of CCL) as they join in singing and dancing the Hokey Pokey! Tuesday, May 20, 4 p.m. at Alicia’s La Paloma house, Juan Alvarez 56 in Ajijic, Always fun! No talent required!
Christ Church Lakeside is located in west Ajijic, right next to The Smoke house Restaurant on Caretera-two doors east of Los Huertos Eventos Center (Tuesday Market).
Unity Ajijic
In lieu of our regular Sunday celebrations, Unity Ajijic is offering a series of special Sunday educational sessions for the months of May and June. A variety of subjects will be offered in the style of classes, by Unity ministers and licensed Unity teachers.
Reverend Sheila Ford will present on May 18 and 25.
June sessions include Reverend Johannys Hartog on June 1, Licensed Unity Teacher Judy Cannon on June 8, and Reverend Sheila Ford for the remaining Sundays in June.
The Unity Ajijic band will be taking a break during this time, however, prayer chaplains will be available at the conclusion of classes each Sunday.
We will resume our regularly scheduled Sunday Celebrations on July 6.
Sunday Celebrations take place at noon. They can also be viewed online via our website: www.unityajijic.org.
All events take place at Namaste Village, Angel Flores #5, Ajijic Centro. Phone +52 33 2818 4971; 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..
Lake Chapala 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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; website: lakechapalajewishcongregation.com.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Annie Morrison will present “Be Here Now” at the next meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Sunday, May 18, noon.
Do you sometimes realize you’ve been driving for 15 minutes and have no idea how you got to where you are? Have you ever eaten a half a bag of chips while watching TV and not even registered that you were doing it? This week we will explore how to be present in our lives and learn to fully experience each moment as it happens.
Deb Gang will be the service associate.
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.
Christian Science Group
You are invited to attend our Christian Science Testimony Meetings every first and third Wednesday of the month at noon at Cinco de Mayo 3, in Ajijic. The one-hour meeting begins with readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook by Mary Baker Eddy, followed by testimonies of spiritual healing that have resulted from the study and practice of Christian Science. For more information please call 331-155-4733.
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 reason is God’s love. It makes the whole work, even though sometimes it looks like nothing is working at all.
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?
Meet with other like-minded Souls for open non-denominational spiritual discussions Tuesdays, 2 to 3:15 p.m. at the Lake Chapala Society.
Heart of Awareness Buddhist Community
The Heart of Awareness Buddhist Community offers the opportunity cultivate community by sitting with a group to provide strength and energy to our personal meditation practice.
You can join us at: Guadalupe Victoria 101, in Ajijic on Sundays and Wednesdays. Chairs and cushions are provided. All are welcome regardless of experience or affiliation. Donations are appreciated.
Sunday, May 18, the Center is open from 9 to 10 a.m. for one hour of sitting and walking meditation. All are welcome to attend for one, two or three hours.
Wednesday, May 21, The Practice Center opens at 3:15 p.m. to quietly unwind and socialize. Noble Silence is 3:45 to 4 p.m. One hour of sitting and walking meditation (4 to 5 p.m.). Meditation will be followed by a dharma video and discussion period.
Wednesday Meditation and talks are available on Zoom. Go to our website for the Zoom link and additional information about our Sangha: heartofawareness.org.
After Wednesday Practice, all are invited to enjoy dinner and socialize at a nearby restaurant.
Thursday, Thursday, May 22, 1-2:30 p.m.: Our Book Study/Practice Group is now reading “How We Live Is How We Die” by Pema Chödron. Newcomers are welcome, no book needed.
Advance registration is not required.
Little Chapel by the Lake
John Whitener, from “Fire from Heaven” Ministry, will be stepping into the pulpit while Pastor Thomas is away.
Little Chapel is located on the Chapala/Ajijic highway (Hidalgo 10) in Chula Vista.
A Grace Meal will follow immediately after the 11 a.m. service at the Sunrise Restaurant while repairs are being made to our Fellowship hall.
Donations for our mission, San Juan Tecomatlan, are always gladly accepted via our big purple box in front of the Chapel. Thank you for your donations.
Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. a Bible Study in the book of John, chapter 19. Join us on Zoom.
Thursdays Bible Study on End Times is at 10 a.m. is also via Zoom.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the zoom link.
Saturday’s carwash fundraiser is on Saturdays 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.
Lake ChapalaBaptist Church
Join us in exploring a bible book highlighting God’s sovereignty, mercy, repentance, and His desire for His children’s obedience. This book tells of a man named Jonah whom God called to preach in the town of Nineveh. Jonah disobeyed and fled, but God pursued him with a storm and a great fish wherein Jonah repented and preached to Nineveh anyway.
God, in His mercy, spared the city. However, Jonah became angry, struggling with God’s compassion toward those he viewed as undeserving. Through a withering plant, God taught Jonah a lesson about mercy, showing that He cares deeply for all people.
As Christians, we learn that we cannot outrun God’s sovereign purpose and that obedience matters even when it’s hard. God is patient, offering second chances and desiring repentance over judgment. His mercy extends beyond our expectations, reminding us to align our hearts with His compassion and not just His commands.
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 a.m. Santa Margrita 147, Riberas del Pilar. Information: office: 376-765-2925; cell. +1-508 -838-9156.
Common Ground Fellowship
Common Ground Fellowship is a loving, vibrant, inclusive place to worship. We have a high view of scripture and a high view of God’s love and grace. We are dedicated to making disciples and empowering believers for ministry, and to loving our neighbors as ourselves by serving the community. We meet in West Ajijic at Latitude Margaritaville at 11 a.m. This week, Dr. Ted Rogers will preach on “Living La Vida Rica.” Scripture tells us that Christ came to bring us life, and life abundantly. But what is the abundant life, and how do we access it? That is the issue we will explore this Sunday! Come check us out!
Lakeside PresbyterianChurch
Pastor David Erickson will preach the sermon for Sunday, May 18 is “ When You’re Green You Grow and When You’re Ripe You Rot” from Psalm 92.
Does growing older mean becoming less productive or valuable? Do we all eventually just stop having any meaning in this world? God says it doesn’t have to be that way. You have a choice. “They shall bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.”
English language service begins at 10 a.m. and has temporarily relocated to, Constitución 26, in Ajijic, 2nd floor. Enter through the back garage area and walk upstairs to the service. There is also a small elevator at the front of the building for those with limited mobility. Join us for coffee and refreshments after the service.
Heritage Baptist Church
Romans 6:14 “you are not under law, but under grace”. This is difficult for some people to understand, especially if they have been raised in a religious system that stresses the law. The author of Hebrews was dealing with this exact situation of people yearning to return to ceremony and Law.
The book of Romans was written before the fall of the Temple which was still standing in all of its glory. The cross, the shameful, scandalous cross was no comparison to the glorious Temple.
A Hebrew Christian’s life was small groups, in back rooms, dodging Jewish gangs who would stone or beat them. What a major culture shock!
Some of the Christians were thinking of turning back to the ritualistic system, and the writer of Hebrews says, don’t you dare go back under the Old Testament law codes. Don’t go back to dietary restrictions or rigid man-made traditions.
We believe in, live for, and stand for pure grace in a religious world given to works.
There is nothing you can ever do to get yourself into Heaven. There is only one Person who can give you entrance, and it is Jesus Christ.
Join us at 10:30 a.m. at the Chapala American Legion. Website: HBCmx.org; Facebook: Heritage Baptist Church; 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.. Tel. 331-437-7281 or 333-016-3743.
Koinonía Fellowship
Experience a nondenominational Christian community of expats and Mexicans Sunday, 11 a.m. for a fully bilingual worship service where we celebrate God’s grace and love together.
Carretera Poniente 911-B, West Ajijic. Facebook: ComunidadKoinoniaFellowship.
San AndresCatholic Church
Marcos Castellanos 14, Cen tro, Ajijic. English Mass Sundays, 9 a.m. Information: Rose, +423-312-7468.
San Juan Bautista Catholic Church
English Mass, Sundays 9 a.m., Del Cardinal 25, San Juan Cosala.
Grace Church Chapala
Grace Church Chapala is located at Iglesia del Espiritu Santo, at Alvaro Obregon 119, Colonia Plaza de Toros in Chapala. Worship Jesus Christ with them on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. with contemporary-style praise music. Information: Pastor Alan Pohl. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., tel. 33-399-1501. GraceChapalamx.church.
Mezcala Christian Church
Pastor Lionel Sanchez and other area Christian pastors share and teach the love of Jesus every Saturday, 10 a.m. Contact 970-219-5983 in advance via WhatsApp FaceTime or messenger. Calle Hidalgo 251 B, Mezcala.
Lakeside Community Fellowship
Independencia 159, (next to Fenix Realty), San Antonio Tlayacapan. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Ladies Bible study, Tuesday, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bible study, Thursday, 10 a.m. Information: 332-208-9263.
Chabad of Lake Chapala
Chabad of Lake Chapala is a center for the Jewish community. Located in La Floresta, that welcomes Jewish people of all levels of observance. Its mission is to create an authentic, warm Jewish center around Lake Chapala, promoting Jewish pride, celebration, and education. It hosts almost every Shabbat of the year, with home cooked kosher Friday night dinners and Saturday luncheons in a non-judgmental and friendly atmosphere. Chabad is here to provide for the material, spiritual, and educational needs of every Jew in the community, regardless of background or affiliation, with unconditional love and concern.
Contacts: Rabbi Yossi and Yehudis: 1-650-507-8902.
Abundant Life Church
Abundant Life is affiliated with the Assemblies of God of Mexico. Weekly Sunday worship services in English start at 10:30 a.m. and Bible studies on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. The English services schedule is at abuntandtlifechapala.com. Carretera 140, San Antonio Tlayacapan, a block from SuperLake.