May 2021


Celebrating Oxfordshire’s Heroes
Elisabeth Salisbury
17 April 2021 

The shrieval year of Imam Monawar Hussain, High Sheriff for 2021-22.


News from Our Children’s Meetings
Matthew Gee 

Activities of the Beansprouts and the Sunflowers.

 


Friends Southern Summer Events (FSSE) 2021 

Annual week-long residential events for Quaker teenagers,


 

Dandelion Dallying
Juliet Henderson 

A poem and a painting

 


Advocacy Training 

A course on Advocacy training, offered by Mothers 4 Justice Ubuntu.

 


Sense and Community
Jeanne Warren 

We have discarded not only the belief in a being called God, but also the belief that our connections with each other are as real as our individual selves.


May Charity Appeal: Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC), Rwanda
Glen Williams 

Training workshops, financial help and support for single mothers.


Support for Vulnerable People in Tigray
Abby Riddell 

This group, Team Kbret, is raising funds for Daughters of Charity St Vincent de Paul for their work with vulnerable people in Tigray.


Keeping Our Distance
Charles Worth 

A poem about spring in the days of COVID-19

 


On a Fifteen Minute Walk …
Sherry Granum

A photographic record

 


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An Open Invitation to All Quakers
Jill Green 

An Artweeks installation honouring NHS personnel


Seeking Accommodation 

Oxford area, wheelchair accessible

 

 


43 St Giles Community Noticeboard online 

Announcements from the Office

 


Calendar for May 2021

 

 

 


From Quaker Faith and Practice
12:08

A salutory lesson in sober thinking

 


Meetings for Worship

 

 

 


Alex Smith

Heartfelt thanks to ALEX SMITH for his many excellent contributions to the newsletter editorial team. 

 


Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 505 • May 2021
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

newsletter@oxfordquakers.org

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