{"id":139,"date":"2021-04-24T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/demo-43\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:32:03","slug":"april-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1536x1212.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0162-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-766 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0162-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/141-2\/\">Don Mason, In Memoriam<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Ruth Mason<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>I was really appreciative of\u00a0<i>The Guardian\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>recognition of the contribution my dad made in his life, in their Other Lives section on 15 March 2021..<strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/141-2\/\">Read More<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-9.47.50-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-804\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-9.47.50-AM-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/a-blind-persons-covid\/\">A Blind Person&#8217;s COVID<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ellen Bassani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been hard for all of us, this lock down, social distancing and fumbling for hand sanitizers. Suddenly, life as we knew it had changed for us all &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/a-blind-persons-covid\/\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-9.58.39-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-808 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-9.58.39-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/bonn-square-installation\/\">Bonn Square Installation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Jill Green<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Artist friends Jill Green and Nimmi Naidoo have created a temporary installation that can be visited in Bonn Square, Oxford, 8-16 May 2021.<strong>..<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/bonn-square-installation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/truth-and-integrity-in-public-affairs\/\">Truth and Integrity in Public Affairs<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Richard Seebohm<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.11.39-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-814 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.11.39-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/tony-crofts-and-housing\/\">Tony Crofts and Housing<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Fran Ryan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I am sorry to say that my friend and OCLT founder member Tony Crofts died in Bristol on 3 February 2021. Tony leaves behind an impressive legacy&#8230;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/tony-crofts-and-housing\/\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.19.08-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-821\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.19.08-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/mothers-4-justice-ubuntu\/\">Mothers 4 Justice Ubuntu<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Anne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Local Meeting has agreed to support the Mothers4justice project to disrupt the pipeline between the street and prison for young BAME people..<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/mothers-4-justice-ubuntu\/\"><strong>.Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.26.01-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-826 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-10.26.01-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner\/\">Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Deb Arrowsmith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I write this we are coming up to Easter \u2013 as you read this it may well be past. As a \u2018birthright\u2019 Anglican, convinced Quaker, I still have a hankering to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner\/\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Port-Meadow-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-783 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Port-Meadow-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/carbon-cutters-or-climate-marchers\/\">Carbon Cutters or Climate Marchers?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Virginia Allport<\/b><\/p>\n<p>During this last year, I have hugely valued the green spaces nearby: the flooded Port Meadow with the honk and whistle of geese and waders&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/carbon-cutters-or-climate-marchers\/\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flat-Tire-in-Lockdown-Blued-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-779 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Flat-Tire-in-Lockdown-Blued-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/lockdown-blues\/\">Lockdown Blues<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Charles E Worth<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">A theatre with no play<br \/>\nA will but not a way<br \/>\nA potter without clay<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/lockdown-blues\/\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Forsythia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Forsythia-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-april-2021\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGrigor McClelland, 1976<br \/>\nQF&amp;P 23.47<\/p>\n<p>Compassion, to be effective, requires detailed knowledge and understanding of how society works&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-april-2021\/\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/charity-appeal-april-2021\/\">Charity Appeal April 2021<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Glen Williams<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/final-enquirer-meeting\/\">Final Enquirer Meeting<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Anne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-11.03.45-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-11.03.45-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/noticeboard-april-2021\/\"><strong>43 St Giles Community Noticeboard online!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/calendar-for-april-2021\/\">Calendar for April 20212<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/meetings-for-worship-april-2021\/\">Meetings for Worship, April 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2021\/forty-three-is-available-online\/\">Forty-Three is Available Online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We are very pleased to welcome Michael Hughey onto the Newsletter Editorial Team.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> e-Newsletter \u2022 Number 504 \u2022 April 2021<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Mason, In Memoriam Ruth Mason \u00a0I was really appreciative of\u00a0The Guardian\u2019s\u00a0recognition of the contribution my dad made in his life, in their Other Lives section on 15 March 2021&#8230;Read More. A Blind Person&#8217;s COVID Ellen Bassani It\u2019s been hard for all of us, this lock down, social distancing and fumbling for hand sanitizers. 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