Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – October 2019
Dear Friends, Nicola and I have entered a strange new world as our youngest son went off to university last month. We are now ‘empty nesters’. According to Wikipedia: “All parents are susceptible to empty nest syndrome… Symptoms of empty nest syndrome can include depression, a sense of loss of purpose, feelings of rejection, or […]
Colin Burgess
Alison Whittingham
Climate Change – Meeting
Climate Change – ‘A Christian Response to the Ecological Emergency’ – meeting 23rd July 2019 Come and listen to a free talk on ‘A Christian Response to the Ecological Emergency’ by Ruth Jarman of Christian Climate Action and Green Christian. The event is being held on Tuesday 23rd July 2019 at Christchurch, Purley at 7 […]
Purley Classics; ‘where music comes alive’ – 10th July 2019
Dear Music Lovers, Our next recital is on Wednesday 10th July, starting at 1.15 pm as usual in The Lounge at Purley United Reformed Church. We have an unusal combination of David Zucchi on saxophone with Inigo Mikeleiz Berrade on accordian. They are both established musicians, and we had had David before at Purley Classics, […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – July 2019
Climate Change
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – June 2019
Dear Friends, According to the spiritual writer David Adam, if spring represents the incoming tide, summer is the full tide of our lives, a time of depth and growth. It is the time when we achieve much and shape who we are. Â It is a time to seek to enjoy life and live it to […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – May 2019
Dear Friends, The Manse, over Easter, was the focus of intensive revision. Cam was revising for his university finals and Ross for his A levels. I, too, was in the business of revision – but not in the same sense as Cam and Ross who were swatting for exams. But their revision helped shape my […]