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 […]
Russell’s Newsletter – September 2016
September 2016 Dear Friends, It is a time of significant change for the Furley-Smiths with Cameron, our eldest son, going off to university. It doesn’t seem possible that he has already reached this milestone in his life. Time really does ‘fly by’. It is also true to say that life is constantly changing for all […]
Harvest Lunch – Sunday 25 September 2016
Harvest Lunch You are invited to celebrate Harvest on Sunday 25th September. Please fill in the usual details, as soon as possible, on the lists in the Foyer and preferably before 22nd September. It would be appreciated if you could be specific about what you hope to contribute, so that we can provide for any […]
August and the Summer Holidays
During the month of August, with the holiday session in full swing and schools out for the Summer Recess many of our normal activities do not take place. For example the are no evening gatherings or ‘Food for Thought’ services, and our young people activities take a well deserved break. Our Morning worship (10.30am on […]