The Easter season will be celebrated

by many this year at Christ Church by the Sea here in Puerto Vallarta.

The growing congregation, part of the Anglican Church of Mexico, will worship in English for the traditional Palm Sunday April 17 at 10:00 a.m., Maundy Thursday April 21 at 5:oo p.m., and Easter Sunday service April 23 at 10:00 a.m. Christ Church is the only English-language Christian Liturgical congregation in Puerto Vallarta and has attracted an increasing number of worshippers since it started in 2000.

The new church is located directly across the highway from the airport in a beautiful palapa building that formerly housed a restaurant. Completely refurbished and renewed, the church had seating for a hundred people and on recent Sundays it has been a “full house”. Additional seating has been added.

The rector of Christ Church is Father Jack Wehrs who established the Christian ministry on the aft deck of a boat berthed at the Marina.

The number attending each Sunday grew, so the congregation moved to larger and larger boats, then to condos for a few years before making the move to the building near the airport.

The worship service follows the Anglican/Episcopal prayer book and Hymnal, but Fr. Jack points out that folks of all Christian denominations are welcomed and regularly worship at Christ Church by the Sea.

Beyond Sunday services, which are held at 10 a.m. November through May, the church is actively involved in community outreach. It has put computers in handicapped schools, supplied books for school libraries, put in water filters for drinking at a local school, installed bathroom stalls for privacy, sump pumps to keep the water out of the school yards, computers in the offices, and has a number of parishioners teaching English to the kids. An ongoing project of the congregation

is bringing layettes to the new mothers at the regional hospital, and food and clothing to the poor in the area. All are invited to worship each Sunday and this Easter season at Christ Church by the Sea, located next to Thrifty Car Rental, Blvd. Fco. Medina 7936, across from the airport, just south of the pedestrian bridge from the airport, on the frontage road.

It is in a two story white building with the palapa in the rear. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. and are followed by a social hour. Babysitting is available during the service. For more information about Christ Church by the Sea, visit the website at www.ChristChurchbytheSea.org, or call Fr. Jack at 044 322 229-1129. The Easter Service on April 24th will be the final service for this season.