Open Air Church Service Join our Christian neighbours in a lively church service organised by Purley and Kenley Churches Together. Time: 10 am to 12.30 pm Venue: The Rotary Field, Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey Author David Wiggs I am the webmaster for Purley United Reformed Church and have been involved with the church since my […]
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 […]
Dear Friends, This month the nation commemorates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. Effectively the first written constitution in European history, the Magna Carta is widely acknowledged as the foundation of British law, and is credited with influencing legal systems and frameworks across the globe: from the US Declaration of Independence to the Universal […]
Dear Friends, For the majority of my lifetime the Church in the Western World has been going through an identity crisis. Participation in ‘organised religion’ has been on the decline and ‘church’ has been seen to be more and more irrelevant to the lives of individuals. Of course there are notable exceptions, but for denominations […]
Urgent need for help and assistance ……. (source: Christian Aid Website) Tired and hungry, the survivors of the deadly Nepal earthquake urgently need clean water, food, shelter and medical care. Ram Kishan, our Regional Emergency Manager for South Asia, said: ‘The monsoon season is on its way. It’s winter, it’s cold out there.’ Christian Aid partners distribute blankets, tarpaulins […]
Four terrible years of conflict in Syria have had devastating effects on young and old alike. More than 3.8 million people have been forced from their homes and become refugees and over 200,000 people have been killed. Please support our [Christian Aid] emergency appeal to help our partners in Lebanon, Iraq, and within Syria itself, to respond […]
April 2015 Dear Friends, “It doesn’t make any sense!” the elderly woman said to her visitor. “That daffodil has reseeded itself in the concrete! And it’s changed colour and its now a double daffodil. I can’t explain how it has happened but somehow it has. See for yourself.” She took the visitor to the back […]
Fairtrade Sale Sunday April 12th there will be a sale of Fairtrade goods, in the hall, following morning Worship, cards and food from Traidcraft and some new products from Just Trading Scotland. Author David Wiggs I am the webmaster for Purley United Reformed Church and have been involved with the church since my late teens. […]
Dear Friends, Recently many of us were moved by the commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In the manse, with Cameron’s cello resting on its stand in the corner of the dining room where he practices, we were particularly struck by the story of a survivor, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who escaped […]
Dear Friends, As a child of the 1960s I was fascinated and captivated by the early attempts to explore space. Although I now appreciate the political significance of the race to get the first man on the moon, as a child I was simply excited about news of people ‘going into space’. I watched in […]
