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. […]
Coffee Morning – 2 November 2019
Coffee mornings are held throughout the year on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Wednesday between 10am and 12 noon and are held in the Lounge. This is a good opportunity to take time out of your busy day, enjoy refreshments and meet others in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. On Saturday 10th November 2019 the Coffee Morning are […]
Reflections on Ostrava 2016
“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 […]
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 […]
Partnership News
News from Dessau – reported in Folkweave – our weekly newsletter – 12 July 2014 This weekend the congregation of the Petruskirche, our partner church in Dessau, Germany will formally be saying farewell to their minister, Revd Gisela Seifert, who is leaving the congregation after 15 years to take up a full-time teaching position. Representatives from […]
News from Speyer
News from Speyer. On Sunday 25th August, Markus Jäckle was inducted as the new Dean of Speyer and senior minister of our partner church, the Gedächtniskirche. His predecessor, Friedhelm Jakob, who has visited Purley several times in the last 15 years, has now retired and moved to Ludwigshafen. The words of welcome during the service […]
Partnership News – USA
A group of 4 set off from Gatwick to fly to Boston USA full of anticipation of beginning our Partnership adventure. We will be staying in Boston for a few days before travelling a few hours down to Hartford where our Partnership Conference will begin. Every three years our Partnership Churches gather together and this year our friends in […]