{"id":1829,"date":"2021-09-29T13:02:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=1829"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:29:36","slug":"october-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loren Scrivener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About Me…<\/a>
\nLoren Scrivener<\/strong>
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I have been made to feel so welcomed and accepted by my friends here at the meeting house…<\/p>\n

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Jarrell Ireson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…And Me<\/strong><\/a>
\nJarrell Ireson<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Jarell Ireson; I’m one of the new apprentices working at the Oxford Quakers.<\/p>\n

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Drawing by Juliet Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Step with Divine Will<\/strong><\/a>
\nEllen Bassani<\/strong><\/p>\n

These encounters are unusual. How can they be coincidences? There was a flow far beyond my control. Surely the divine Spirit was at work?<\/p>\n

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Photo by SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Future and Foundations of Quaker Change-Making<\/strong><\/a>
\nMatt Rosen<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Young Friends Worldwide for Climate Action, Peace, and Justice Network will begin a project with Woodbrooke in November on \u2018The future and foundations of Quaker change-making\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The Porch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October Appeal: The Porch<\/strong><\/a>
\nElisabeth Salisbury
\n<\/span><\/b>with S. Frances Dominica<\/b><\/p>\n

The Porch was originally a caf\u00e9 serving food to homeless and vulnerably housed people from the front door of the convent of All Saints Sisters of the Poor, in Magdalen Road, East Oxford, in 1985.<\/p>\n

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Photo by SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are Already Connected<\/strong><\/a>
\nA. David Markham<\/b><\/p>\n

Quakers we must not fall into the modern belief that such technologies are necessary in order to be connected. We were already connected.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Penny, 2021 Swarthmore Lecturer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reflecting on the Swarthmore Lecture<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A session for Friends to share their thoughts following the 2021 Swarthmore Lecture: \u2018Kinder Ground: Creating Space for Truth\u2019, given by Thomas Penny.<\/p>\n

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Photo by SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quaker Conversation Openers<\/strong><\/a>
\nSarah Lasenby<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am keen to try this out because I know there are people out there who are really Quakers, possibly without knowing it.<\/p>\n

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Photo by SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Piano Enquiry<\/strong><\/a>
\nAnne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n

An elderly Friend has a piano that she can no longer play, but she\u2019d love it if someone would come to play it occasionally in her home.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The (Very) Big Picture<\/a><\/strong>
\nKeith Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not much of a picture, is it? Just a collection of dots and blobs on a black background. Nevertheless, the first time I saw it, it stopped me in my tracks.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Stewart Jeffrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mystery Banner<\/strong><\/a>
\nSarah Lasenby<\/strong><\/p>\n

I call this banner a mystery because when some years ago I needed some cloth to make a new banner, I went to Orinoco in Oxford, a very useful recycling centre.<\/p>\n

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Photo by SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Digital Marketing Experience?<\/strong><\/a>
\nSheila Furlong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have experience in digital marketing?<\/strong> If so, we would love to have a conversation with you…<\/p>\n

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The Paradox of Quaker Belief<\/a>
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Most Quakers agree there is an Inner Light in every person.<\/p>\n

But is the Light Christian or is it universal?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Liberal Quakerism: Three perspectives<\/a>
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What do the next 75 years look like?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>43 St Giles Community Noticeboard Online, October 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Office<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith and Practice<\/strong><\/a>
\n24.10<\/strong><\/p>\n

…we ourselves are as limited and as erring as anyone else.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Meetings for Worship<\/b><\/a>
\nOctober 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back to October 2021 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 510 \u2022 October 2021
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

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About Me… Loren Scrivener I have been made to feel so welcomed and accepted by my friends here at the meeting house…   …And Me Jarrell Ireson My name is Jarell Ireson; I’m one of the new apprentices working at the Oxford Quakers.     In Step with Divine Will Ellen Bassani These encounters are … Continue reading October 2021<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1829","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1829\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}