“No man steps into the same river twice” – words attributed by Plato to the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. Time moves on, nothing stays the same, be it a river, a person or a body of people such as a Church. This ancient wisdom was reflected in the title of the 16th International […]
Partnership Peace Prayer 2015
International Partnership Peace Prayer 2015 Used in the Partnership churches on Partnership Sunday, 6th September 2015. This common prayer for peace recalls the outbreak of the Second World War 0n 1 September 1939 and unites us with our partner congregations in Hartford, Purley, Ostrava and Dessau. (1) ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ says Jesus Christ. Gracious […]
International Partnership Youth Trip to Speyer
This summer a group of five young people and four adults are travelling to our partnership church in Speyer, Germany, for a youth get-together. Also taking part will be people from two of our other partnership churches, Dessau and Ostrava. The group going from Purley leave for Speyer on 1st August and return home on 9th August. […]
Communications from Dessau
The following was sent from our Partnership church in Dessau, Germany to the other churches in our international Partnership. It was read out during the Sunday morning service at PURC on 10 May 2015. ear sisters and brothers in the partnership congregations; it is now 70 years since the end of the Second World War. This war brought […]