We arrive each year in Puerto Vallarta just in time for the festival seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter and we leave just before Pentecost.
It’s a fascinating time of liturgy, colors and the life story of Jesus Christ. The first Sunday of Advent this year is November 28th. In Advent (violet) we await the coming of Christ; during Christmas (white), we celebrate His arrival; and at Epiphany (white), we proclaim that Christ is manifested to the world as Savior.
During Lent (purple), we prepare for His death. In Holy Week (red), we reenact His death; then in Easter cycle (white), we celebrate His resurrection and complete the Easter cycle with the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (red).
I praise God for having the opportunity to be able to celebrate these festival seasons each year in the beauty of Puerto Vallarta in our beautiful palapa church. But once the festival seasons are over, there is a long stretch of time known as the non-festive or ordinary time (green), spans through the summer and fall months until we again begin the festive cycle.
Christ Church by the Sea, Iglesia Cristo Del Mar, is part of the Anglican Church in Mexico, and the world-wide Anglican Communion.
Sunday Services, in English, are held at 10 a.m. from November to the beginning of May in our beautiful palapa-roofed place of worship, located right across the street from the Puerto Vallarta airport, right next to Thrifty Car Rental.
Our church is the only English-speaking Anglican Church on the west coast of Mexico and one of only a handful of Christian congregations in the Puerto Vallarta area.
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