April 2023

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Farewell, Old Friend
Keith Wilson

I am saddened to hear that, very soon, I will have to say farewell to an old friend: the. Woodbrooke Centre.

 


Five Minutes of Unstitching Contemplation during Meeting for Worship
Juliet Henderson

A poem.

 


Notices
Juliet Henderson

Should any problems receiving, accessing or reading notices arise.

 


Friends from Outside the Meeting: Self-Inquiry
Lucia Sellars

Socrates: Well then, what’s a human being?Alcibiades: I don’t know what to say.

 


Oxford Friends Action on Poverty
Karima Brooke

At the time of writing, Oxford Meeting, via our charitable arm OxFAP, has given out over £14,000,

 


A Burford Tale: Reflections on the Presence of Children
Julia Dover

…children remind us of our birth right to shine freely, fearlessly.

 


Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note
Julia Dover

Wonder Days
Sharing Stories
Tea Cake and Play

 


Monthly Appeal April 2023
Sue Smith

Oxford Meeting’s Quaker charity for April is Quaker Social Action.

 


Kennington Memory Club
Caroline Worth

Kennington Memory Club is a Day Care Centre which warmly welcomes people living with Dementia.


How Quakerism Began
Max Carter
QuakerSpeak

…the story of George Fox, a Quaker who went seeking for spiritual answers and found them not in a church, but within.


A (Very) Brief History of Quakers
Will Rogers

I worked with the Young Friends on this video for six months or so, studying some important moments in Quaker history and generally having a good time.


Oxford Meeting Quaker and Answer
Julia Dallaway

I’m Julia – a twenty-five-year-old living in Oxford, currently studying for my PhD in English at the University.

 


From Quaker Faith & Practice 2.18

That is it which moulds up into patience, into innocency, into soberness, into stillness, into stayedness, into quietness, up to God, with his power.

 


Meetings for Worship
April 2023

 

 


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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 528 • April 2023
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