Dear Friends, Bear with me if you are not a football fan, but it’s been an interesting few months for football. The issue over the ownership of Chelsea has brought into focus once again the rather murky network of premier league club owners and the eyewatering amounts of money poured into the national game. People […]
A Prayer for Ukraine
God of all,
with alarm and concern we bring before you
the military intervention in Ukraine.
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – March 2022
Dear Friends, On the morning of Thursday, 24th February I awoke to news that made me feel physically sick. The Russian President had authorised a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The horrific scale of the force – around 150,000 troops – and the severity of the initial assault were shocking. As disorientated Ukrainians mobilised to defend […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – January 2022 – ‘Is February your favourite month?’
Dear Friends, At this time of the year there are always multiple attempts across the media to try and summarise the year just past. For 2021 the need to try and make sense, find hope and seize on signs of optimism is not easy. Finding a way to talk about another complicated year is fraught […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – February 2022 – ‘Is February your favourite month?’
Dear Friends, If you ask most people to name their favourite month, I suspect few people will suggest it is February. The days are still short, the temperature cold and, traditionally, the cupboard will be extremely bare as it will have been raided throughout the earlier months of winter. So for most, February is a […]
Commitment for Life – Moving Stories from Central America – March / April 2022 newsletter – ‘Women Sweet Chilli Producers in El Salvador’ and additional events.
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 2022. ‘Women Sweet Chilli Producers in El Salvador’ Commitment for Life – Workshop with Charlotte Coffee with William – A Commitment […]
Russell’s Monthly Newsletter – November 2021 – ‘Do you like Autumn?’
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 […]