Category Archives: Video

Quakers and the Still, Small Voice

When we sit in silence on Sunday morning, Quakers often like to say that we’re “listening”. But what does that still small voice sound like?

QuakerSpeak

https://youtu.be/FFvWxx9taEE

6 Minutes


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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 531 • July 2023
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

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How Do Quaker Meetings Do Outreach and Welcome Newcomers?

This summer we traveled to New England Yearly Meeting and asked Quakers from all over the region: how does your meeting do outreach? How do you welcome newcomers?

QuakerSpeak

7 Minutes

 

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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 527 • March 2023
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

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In Penn’s Shadow (1680-1720) – Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Philadelphia celebrates its founder more than any other American city, but who exactly is William Penn? For many, he is a statue atop City Hall, but Penn’s busy life reflected an era of chaotic upheaval and conflict. He is at once a radical Quaker, political prisoner, visionary city planner, absent landlord, and a slaveholder. His ideals, contradictions, and ambitions cast a long shadow across American history. This installment of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment explores what it means to live In Penn’s Shadow.

History Making Productions


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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 517 • May 2022
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

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A (Very) Brief History of Quakers

Originally the video was going to be called “What is Quakerism,” but that turned out to be way too big of a project, at least for now.

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.

Will Rogers
Richmond Friends Meeting

5 Minutes


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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 528 • April 2023
Oxford Friends Meeting
43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW

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