What Can We Do About Ukraine?
Simon Fisher
Certainly it is always better to resist oppression with violence than submit abjectly to it, as Gandhi himself accepted, but maybe there was, and still is, a better option: systematic peaceful civil resistance.
Two Short Poems
Rolf Karl Lange
Contributed by Carol Lange
from his book ‘Walking with the Sun’
Monthly Appeal
Tabora League for Children (TLC)
This month TLC has started a new fundraising drive to support costs not covered by sponsorship and other regular donations.
We are not the only Worshippers
Richard Seebohm
On 15 March I went with Meryem Kayalci to one of the regular meetings of the Oxford Council of Faiths.
Washing Machines and Oxford Friends Action on Poverty (OXFAP)
Karima Brooke
To the people who’ve needed our help, the need to replace their washing machine is not merely ‘annoying’ as it is to me, but a disaster, one more worry to keep them awake at night.
Being a Quaker brings me Joy
Friends from Northumbria Area Meeting
Quakers in Britain – Video
‘The joy of being a Quaker through the eyes of Friends from Northumbria Area Meeting.’
Slavery in the Quaker World: Author Interview with Katharine Gerbner
Friends Journal – Video
‘Katharine Gerbner’s article, “Slavery in the Quaker World: Christian Slavery and White Supremacy,” appears in the September 2019 issue of Friends Journal.’
The Quakers: A Brief History (Religious Society of Friends)
Tom Richey – Video
‘Quakers rejected the traditional church hierarchy and teachings of the Church of England, believing that each individual has an inner light and can achieve a direct relationship with God without the help of a minister.’
Thanks to our Volunteer Gardeners
All of us can enjoy the striking colors, delicate constructions, and delightful fragrances of the garden at 43 St Giles.
Community Noticeboard Online, April 2022
From the Office
From Quaker Faith and Practice
Advices and Queries no. 31
‘Search out whatever in your own way of life may contain the seeds of war.’
Meetings for Worship
April 2022
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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 516 • April 2022
Oxford Friends Meeting
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