Purley and Kenley Churches Together warmly invite you to their annual: ‘Scones and Songs of Praise’ gathering: Date: Sunday 17th September 2017 Time: 4.15pm for tea and scones Time; 5.00pm to 6.15pm for Songs of Praise Venue: Purley United Reformed Church, 906 Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2LN
Purley Youth Centre – Community Award Application
The Purley Youth Project provides a lifeline to young people in the community. Our community award application has been approved and we would appreciate your vote which will support our bid for funding which will in turn help us provide much-needed computer training for the community. Voting ends on 6 September 2017. For further information […]
Russell’s monthly newsletter – July 2017
July 2017 Dear Friends, Below is part of my address to this year’s AGM: I have been struggling in the last couple of weeks to know what to say this morning. It would be misleading to stand here and pretend all is well with the church and the world. It is clearly not. Recent terrorist […]
Russell’s monthly newsletter – May 2017
May 2017 Dear Friends, Sitting in our favourite ‘watering-hole’ looking out at the Mediterranean Sea whilst on holiday in Spain after Easter, life seemed calm and stress free. Then Ross announced, having seen the news pop up on one his social media apps, that the Prime Minister was going to call a snap election and […]
Purley Food Hub – Food requests for May 2017
Priority Food List for May 2017: • Tinned carrots • Raspberry/strawberry jam & honey • Long life whole milk • Unsweetened breakfast cereals • Instant dried potato • Meat paste & fish paste • Tinned rice pudding • Tinned fruit • Toilet rolls • Small bottles of washing up liquid • Non-bio washing powder tablets […]
Our Easter Services for 2017
Our Easter Services for 2017 Maundy Thursday 13 April at 7.30pm – Combined Maundy Thursday service at St. Paul’s United Reformed Church, CR2 7HF Good Friday 14 April at 9.30am – Good Friday Service at Purley United Reformed Church followed by an Ecumenical Walk of Witness and service outside Tesco’s (Purley) Easter Sunday 16 April […]
Christian Aid Quiz
Christian Aid Quiz – Friday 19th May at 7pm at Christ Church, Brighton Road, Purley. Christ Church is hosting a Christian Aid Quiz night on Friday 19th May at 7.00pm. Make up a team of 8 to 10 (max) or we can allocate you to a team. Tickets: £10 to include a fish and chip […]
Peace from a shoebox
‘Peace from a shoebox’ (article published in ‘Reform’ April 2017 issue) How a food parcel led to the development of a global partnership between five churches What happens when, in 1946, you send a marmalade pudding, tins of sardines and corned beef, dried egg powder and half a pound of tea in a shoebox to […]
Partnership News – a message from Revd. Russell Furley-Smith
“Thanks to those who have sent messages and to all who have been remembering the people of London in prayer since the attack yesterday in Westminster. As you will know, 3 people were killed as well as the assailant. One was a British police officer. Another a British citizen with a Spanish mother and father […]
Our International Partnership Churches
Please note that this section of the website is currently under review and development – March 2017 [raw] [tab_1] Purley United Reformed Church is a member of a unique five-way international partnership of churches. The other member congregations are: Petrusgemeinde Dessau, Germany Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, Ostrava, […]