June 2023

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June 2023 Forty-Three Narrated Version
Newsletter Editors

For this month, we are continuing our experiment with a narrated version of Forty-Three.

 


The Challenge of Poverty
Sarah Lasenby

We know that at present all poor people are finding it difficult to pay for heating and eating.

 


Artists, Correspondents, and Photographers
Karima Brooke

inevitability, repeatability

what we narrate

is born of hate.

 


Monthly Appeal June 2023
Asylum Welcome
Tina Leonard

Asylum Welcome’s mission is simple: we aim to make Oxfordshire a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants.


The Christian Story
Jeanne Warren

The Christian Story shows us a way to think about the world we live in and how to live in it.

 


“Why Walk When You Can Dance?”
A Review of the Marmalade Festival Dance Workshop run by Julia Dover on 11 April
Nicole Gilroy

Dance is an art form that exists in every level of privilege and oppression, and is used in every culture to express joy, to celebrate and to rebel.


A Letter from Banbury and Chipping Norton Amnesty Group
Ian Myson
John Dunleavy

We need an effective, humane, and civilised system for dealing with refugees and asylum seekers.

 


Oxford Quaker & Answer
Luke Young

If you are interested in featuring in the Forty-Three Newsletter’s Quaker and Answer section…

 


Happy News

Elliott Merlin Riddell

 

 


Adwoa Burnley – Yearly Meeting Epistle 2023
Quakers in Britain

‘Adwoa Burnley, Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, reads the letter from Quakers in Britain to “all Friends everywhere”, with support from Catherine James.’


The Courage to be a Quaker
Martin Krafft
Deborah Shaw
QuakerSpeak

‘Being a Quaker isn’t just about going to Meeting on Sunday morning. It’s about opening yourself to being transformed and then living in way that not everyone will understand. How do we find the courage?’


From Quaker Faith & Practice 26.50

‘…there is a child of God, one who is precious and loved.’

 


Meetings for Worship
June 2023

 

 


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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 530 • June 2023
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