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 […]
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 […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – July 2021 – ‘United Reformed Church’s Vision2020 initiative – 10+ years on’
Dear Friends, In my report to the Annual Church Meeting, I referred to the United Reformed Church’s Vision2020 initiative launched over 10 years ago. I reminded myself – and, perhaps, you – that the programme included a list of priorities for mission with the challenge that, in each area, the denomination, including each local congregation, […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – June 2021 – ‘Trinity’
Dear Friends, Rawan Anani is a Palestinian artist whose colourful paintings evoke her love for her homeland and its culture. Recently, ‘Roots’ magazine drew my attention to her recently painted ’Gaza in my heart’ which shows three women standing in the waters off Gaza closely drawn together and set against a backcloth of a traditional […]
COVID 19 – Current Status – Purley URC
Important Announcement (subject to change in line with Government Guidelines) With the welcome news that Government is reducing COVID 19 rating from Tier 4 requirements, and the announcement of an easing of Government guidelines on May 17, Purley URC is intending to move forwards with a return to limited congregational worship in the sanctuary from […]
Russell’s Newsletter – Christian Aid May 2021
Dear Friends, For more than a generation, Christian Aid Week has been a primary focus during May. In one of the largest mobilisations of a volunteer work force anywhere, people from so many different backgrounds delivered envelopes to as many households in the country as possible and then returned to collect donations to bring hope […]