Dear Friends, Do you like Autumn? For me it is a time of hard work – both in the church (November is always a busy month as we mark Remembrance and then move quickly on to the start of Advent) and in Fairoak Close it is the time of year when we are trying to […]
COP26 and Beyond
On Sunday 5 September, which was Climate Sunday, the visiting preacher Ian Fletcher led the service on the theme of climate and the service was registered with Churches Together. The Climate Sunday campaign team recently sent us an update on the Climate Sunday Campaign and refers to COP26 and after. Dear Purley United Reformed Church […]
Commitment for Life – Moving Stories from Central America – November / December 2021 newsletter – ‘Poverty Facts: El Salvador’.
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 November / December 2021. For more information about Commitment for Life and the work that is being done across the World to give communities […]
Christmas Projects for 2021 – Churches Together in Purley and Kenley
PURLEY & KENLEY CHURCHES TOGETHER will again be supporting the local community at Christmas. Last year’s delivery of vouchers, in place of the Christmas Lunch on Jesus hampers, was very well received and, due to the current uncertain circumstances, we will once again be giving Aldi supermarket vouchers to 100 local families so that […]
Harvest 2021
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – September 2021 – ‘A New Academic Year ……’
Dear Friends, How is it September already? They say time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Perhaps that phrase needs to be reworded to say: time flies when you are dealing with a global pandemic! At least with the start of a new academic year we can begin to see signs that life at church […]
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today (10 September) marks World Suicide Prevention Day – a global initiative to raise awareness and help prevent death by suicide. This is a difficult and challenging topic for some people to talk about – but we need to be more open about suicide. Increasing awareness, being direct and having open conversations will address the […]
Thursday Playtime – reopening details
We are very pleased to say that Thursday Playtime will be returning on 16th September 2021 but with some restrictions. Session time as before – 10am to 11.30am during term time – £1.50 donation per family. Please read carefully so that if you would like to attend you are aware of what we are asking/introducing […]
Commitment for Life – Moving Stories from Central America – September / October 2021 newsletter – ‘Why Poverty’?
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 September / October 2021. For more information about Commitment for Life and the work that is being done across the World to give communities […]
Looking forward – Book Fair Reopening – 11 September 2021
Purley United Reformed Church is to re-open the ………….. BOOK FAIR On 11th September 2021 10.00 am – 12.00 noon Come on in and browse at your leisure We offer a wide range of second-hand books Fiction Thrillers History & Geography Science and Nature Religion Children’s books The Arts Science Fiction & Fantasy Crime Craft […]