“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 […]
Czech Evening – 7 November 2015 – International Partnership
Czech Evening Tickets are now on sale in the hall after Sunday morning service for the Czech Evening being organised by the World Church Partnership Committee on Saturday 7th November at 7.00 pm. Cost: £10.00 for adults, and £5.00 for under 18s, to include a hot meal and a drink. Our next Partnership Conference will be […]
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. […]
Participating Churches
Our International Church Partnership Our International Church Partnership is a group of local churches of the reformed tradition who are linked through bonds of faith and friendship. Currently five churches are involved; Czech Republic – Českobratrské církve evangelické, Ostrava – (Church of the Czech Brethren) Germany – Petruskirche, Dessau (Evangelische Landeskirche Anhalts) Germany – Gedächtniskirche, […]
Our Partnership – ‘What is it?’
What is the Partnership? Since the mid-1960s, the Partnership has had a special significance in Purley URC, because it provides opportunities for members and friends of the congregation to learn at first-hand about the lives of fellow-Christians in other countries and to understand more about the challenges that they face in their local situations – […]
Maintaining our Partnership links
How is the Partnership maintained? The format was developed at quite an early stage and has remained fairly constant for about 20 years. Every year, two Sundays are set aside in the calendars of all the congregations to mark the Partnership in a special way during our regular services, with each congregation taking it in […]