Dear Friends, Christmas 2014 will seem very strange at Purley URC. Partly because some good and valued friends, whom we have been mourning recently, will not be with us. Also, though, because for the first time in so many years, there will not be the usual Christmas Day Lunch. The lunch, entertainment and tea on […]
Participating Churches
Our International Church Partnership Our International Church Partnership is a group of local churches of the reformed tradition who are linked through bonds of faith and friendship. Currently five churches are involved; Czech Republic – Českobratrské církve evangelické, Ostrava – (Church of the Czech Brethren) Germany – Petruskirche, Dessau (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) Germany – Gedächtniskirche, […]
Our Partnership – ‘What is it?’
What is the Partnership? Since the mid-1960s, the Partnership has had a special significance in Purley URC, because it provides opportunities for members and friends of the congregation to learn at first-hand about the lives of fellow-Christians in other countries and to understand more about the challenges that they face in their local situations – […]
Maintaining our Partnership links
How is the Partnership maintained? The format was developed at quite an early stage and has remained fairly constant for about 20 years. Every year, two Sundays are set aside in the calendars of all the congregations to mark the Partnership in a special way during our regular services, with each congregation taking it in […]
Our Ministers – 1904 to 2002 – a short slide show
http://youtu.be/W79eQEw3kgc
White Poppies for Peace – Red Poppies to Remember
[metaslider id=151726]After morning worship today as I was leaving I noticed that a few white poppies had bloomed in our ‘poppy’ garden at the front of the church. As you may recall we planted white and red poppies at Easter time in the hope that they would bloom around the 4 August, the 100 year marking of […]