Iglesia Cristo del Mar

This morning I attended church at the Iglesia Cristo del Mar Episcopal Church. They now have their own church building which they bought in December but had to do many renovations before they could hold services there. Their first service in the new building was on Christmas Eve.

Father Jack Wehrs, from San Diego, California, is the priest in charge and there are services from mid November until mid May. He is retired and he and his wife, Shirley, spend 6 months in Vallarta.

This is the small sign with the telephone number which is out front. Eventually they will have a larger sign.

The church is the building with the "straw" roof, (called "la palapa" in Spanish) behind the parked cars. The cars belong to a tenant upstairs who will be moving out in a month.






Upon entering the church, there is the reception table (in front with the guest book on it) and you can see through the church to the back patio.

I went out to the patio and took this photo looking into the back of the church. Can you see the 2 large picture windows? That is the front of the church, looking out on that parking lot. Those are poinsettia plants.

Here is the altar. They just got the altar table last month. Someone designed and made it and the large candle holder for the church. The red books on the chairs are bilingual Books of Common Prayer.

This is a better picture of the cross over the altar.

St. Mary is in the corner of the church.

Father Jack and Dale, the "organist" prepare for the service. The organ is a keyboard and Dale plays it well. The voices of all 20 members of the congregation, praising God, rose above the noises of the street.

After the service, there was a parish meeting. Tomorrow I will tell you about the meeting and more about the church.

The church is very pretty and the people were friendly. It was so nice to participate in an Episcopal service.

Hasta luego.