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‘ Tailoring the Image: Costume and Accessories in Art’- Speaker: Dr Lois Oliver; 4 November 2016
Come and enjoy an evening with Purley Lit on 8 November 2016: Speaker: Dr Lois Oliver: Talk: ‘ Tailoring the Image: Costume and Accessories in Art’ Background: ‘Lois explains how clothing and accessories play a significant role in art. For artists; fabrics, lace, embroidery and jewellery provide a showcase for their virtuosity. Based on research […]
‘Abode of the Gods’ – Speaker: Kev Reynolds ; 25th October 2016
Come and enjoy an evening with Purley Lit on 25th October 2016: Speaker: Kev Reynolds: Talk: ‘Abode with the Gods’ Time: 8pm Venue: Purley United Reformed Church [gview file=”https://purleyurc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Kev-Reynolds167.pdf”]
Science and Faith Meeting – 8th November 2016
Science and Faith; ‘God and DNA’ Professor Keith Fox The next Science / Faith meeting to be held at Christ Church, Purley, on Tuesday, 8th November 2016 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Professor Keith Fox, MA, MPhil, PhD, will be speaking on ‘God and DNA.’ Prof. Fox is Deputy Director of The Faraday […]
Declaration of an International Church Partnership – 2016
[slider id=”declaration-of-an-international-church-partnership-2016″] Declaration of an International Church Partnership between Petrusgemeinde, Dessau (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut (United Church of Christ) Českobratrská církev evangelická, Ostrava Purley United Reformed Church Gedächtniskirchengemeinde, Speyer (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz) “May they all be one…” – John 17 v.21 The Story of our Partnership Our Partnership has its […]
Russell’s Newsletter – 20 October 2016
October 2016 Dear Friends, Amazingly for people of my generation, it is now 50 years since Gene Roddenberry first brought Star Trek to our TV screens and many of us were hooked pretty quickly on the exploits of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest as they journeyed into ‘space, the final frontier’. This summer the […]
Partnership Peace Prayer
Partnership Peace Prayer – September 2016 The following prayer was used in the services in all the Partnership churches on our Partnership Sunday, Sunday 4th September 2016. It was written this year by the Revd. Kari Nicewander, the minister at Immanuel Congregational Church, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. ‘God of vibrant purple sunsets, sparkling […]
PURC – Parking
Parking There is very limited parking at the church. Due to this please note that apart from Sundays mornings you are required to have a car park permit to access the car parking spaces available on the church property There is a small pay-and-display car-park alongside the church but this is usually busy on a Saturday. […]
Reflections on Ostrava 2016
“No man steps into the same river twice” – words attributed by Plato to the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. Time moves on, nothing stays the same, be it a river, a person or a body of people such as a Church. This ancient wisdom was reflected in the title of the 16th International […]