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  LENTEN PRAYER GATHERINGS – Praying for the church.


Praying for protection, direction, healing and blessing on the church at this time of change…..
All are invited to prayer gatherings during Lent (fasting during the day is optional):

All 7.30-8.30pm


Thursday 12^th March
Monday 16^th March
Tuesday 24^th March
Monday 30^th March

All welcome.

A PRAYER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT:
A prayer of hope from Open Doors posted on Saturday from an Open Doors Partner in Iran:
“As an Iranian and as a Christian, I speak with a heavy heart,” shares a local Open Doors partner. “I do not celebrate war, nor do I take lightly the suffering it brings to ordinary families in Iran, in Israel and across the region. Every life is precious before God.
“May God bring light out of darkness and peace out of turmoil.”
 “Yet as an Iranian, I also cannot ignore the deep longing for freedom that has lived in the hearts of our people for generations. If this painful moment becomes a turning point toward justice and true liberty, then my prayer is that it leads not to greater destruction, but to the restoration of dignity, hope and peace.”
He adds: “As followers of Christ, we pray for the protection of the innocent, for restraint among leaders, and for a future where Iran and the region may know freedom without fear. May God bring light out of darkness and peace out of turmoil.”
Lenten Prayer Gatherings will include prayers for areas of conflict in the world today.
 
 









Announcement from 14 December 2025
Dear all,
It was announced today in church that I have been appointed Rector of All Saints with St Antony in Sanderstead.

The dates of my leaving Christ Church and starting in Sanderstead have stiil to be agreed (and are subject to the Bishop's diary!)

This is a call from God to one more parish and is a fresh start. In no way am I running away from Christ Church (!) and this news is tinged with some sadness at leaving as well as excitement for that new thing God has in store.

Further details to follow and happy to have a chat over coffee if anyone would like to.
Regards
Doug


Rev Doug McHardie
Vicar Christ Church Purley