August 2022 | Oxford Quaker Forty-Three Newsletter

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What Ministry Means to Me
Sue Smith

…for me, ministry and the peace testimony are closely linked.

An Extended Meeting for Worship/Silent Retreat
Brighid Schroer

Saturday, 3 September, 10.00 for 10.30 am,
finishing about 1.30 pm.

Attendance Allowance: Could it be a Benefit for You?
Kath Wilson

If you feel that you might qualify but the application process sounds just too daunting, please talk to me.

Oxford Quaker Meeting Summer Garden Party – All Welcome
Anne Watson For PCG

for everyone who attends Oxford Quaker Meeting, their families and households, and refugees and asylum seekers who are their personal friends.

My Experience of Ministry
Richard Seebohm

My most memorable experience of ministry was in about 1959 when a young man stood up in Meeting and started ranting.

Monthly Appeal August 2022
Judith Atkinson

This month’s special collection is for Oxford Local Meeting. We are part of Oxford and Swindon Area Meeting (OSAM), which has charitable status.

Ministry of Peril
Keith Wilson

Spoken ministry to me seems to be wrapped around with so much ‘guidance’ (by which I actually mean rules, but we Quakers don’t have rules do we?) that it feels like it’s booby trapped.

Treading Lightly
Jane Mactaggart for PCG

If our initial meetings are anything to go by, much of our time will be spent laughing!

The Intimacy of Quaker Worship
Paul Motz-Storey

Sitting in silence with a group of people every week can be an intimate experience. How do Quaker worship spaces encourage that?

What is a Quaker School?
Sandy Spring Friends School
Sandy Spring, Maryland

Observations by students from the Sandy Spring Friends School.

The History of Quaker Plain Speech
Thomas Hamm

The Quaker conviction of equality sometimes caused small changes in behavior that ultimately had radical consequences.

Spoken Ministry and Worship
Anne Watson

The uncertainty of Quaker meetings is our strength; the individual nature of ministry is, for many of us, why we prefer Quaker meetings to more predictable forms of worship.

On Offering Verbal Ministry
John Mason

Sometimes, on arriving back home, I have sat down and added to my collection of written ‘unspoken ministries’.

Volunteers for the Gatehouse
John Keyworth

The Gatehouse – Oxford’s open door drop-in centre and café for homeless and vulnerably housed people – is once again functioning traditionally, but it badly needs more volunteers.

Ukraine Notes
Jeanne Warren

A few notes on the historical situation leading up to the war in Ukraine in 2022.

Letters from God, Dropt in the Street
Janet Harland

Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life.