Dear Friends, A new day is dawning – thank God – even though this is the second Easter in a row we are having to celebrate in ‘lockdown’, unable to sing our Easter ‘Alleluias’ in church together. However, as we reflected last year, a lockdown Easter gives us an opportunity to identify a little more […]
Easter 2021- A New Day is Dawning – Thank God
Russell’s Newsletter – March 2021
Dear Friends, A week is “a long time in politics”. If that is true, how long is a “year living with a pandemic? 12 months ago, Nicola and I had just returned from a wonderful week in Spain. We were a bit surprised there was no one at Gatwick checking our temperature as we passed […]
Russell’s Newsletter – February 2021
Dear Friends, You will all be familiar with the popular quiz question designed to catch you out: How many months have 28 days? The answer, of course, is all of them. February is unique in that it is the only month to have only 28 days (unless it is a leap year, when it has […]
Commitment for Life – Moving Stories from Central America – March / April 2021 newsletter
There are stories of hope across the World – Purley United Reformed Church in partnership with the United Reform Church focus on Central America – here is the latest newsletter for March / April 2021 For more information about Commitment for Life and the work that is being done across the World to give communities […]
Russell’s Newsletter – February 2021
Dear Friends, You will all be familiar with the popular quiz question designed to catch you out: How many months have 28 days? The answer, of course, is all of them. February is unique in that it is the only month to have only 28 days (unless it is a leap year, when it has […]
Easter Activity Day
We are sorry that Purley URC Easter Activity Day will not be running in 2021 due to the current situation. We look forward to being able to reinstate this activity for young people in 2022 and will keep the situation under review for a brighter and a more hopeful future. Thank you to all the […]
Croydon Libraries Consultation – 14 February to 14 March 2021
Croydon Council has launched a Public consultation, 14 January 2021 to 14 March 2021) asking residents for their ideas and feedback on how to shape the Council’s Library Service in light of the current and on going financial challenge. To find out more about the consultation and complete an on-line survey please click on the […]
Croydon Libraries Public Consultation – 14 January to 14 March 2021 (extended)
Croydon Council has begun a consultation asking residents for their ideas and feedback on how to shape the borough’s libraries service amid tighter budget controls. Read more by clicking on the image above.
Russell’s New Year’s (2021) Newsletter
Dear Friends, Never, in my lifetime, have people longed for one year to end and a new one to begin. 2020 has been a year to forget, but a year we will never forget. So now our hopes are pinned on 2021. However, a new year merely marks an arbitrary way of measuring time that, […]