{"id":2271,"date":"2021-12-28T16:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T16:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2271"},"modified":"2022-01-02T22:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T22:11:34","slug":"january-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Desmond Tutu
7 Oct 1931 – 26 Dec 2021
Photo by Benny Gool
Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remembering Desmund Tutu<\/a>
\nBernard Clarke, Caroline Roaf,<\/strong>
\nJeanne Warren, Ann Watson<\/strong>
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Several Friends share here their own memories of Tutu’s visits to Peers School in 1990, and the Sheldonian Theatre in 2010.<\/p>\n

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

Monthly Appeal January 2022<\/a>
\nOxford Winter Night Shelter \/ The Living Room
\nElisabeth Salisbury<\/strong>
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At almost the last moment the City Council has refused permission for OWNS to open again from January to March.<\/p>\n

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Caiman, by Hugo Spencer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Painting by Hugo<\/a>
\nHugo Spencer<\/b><\/p>\n

Every once in a while during the Afterword of a zoom MfW, we glimpse some of Hugo\u2019s wonderful artwork. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Quaker Faith & Practice Revision<\/a>
\nTas Cooper<\/strong>
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The Book of Discipline Revision Committee (compiling the next book of Faith & Practice) welcomes your ideas!<\/p>\n

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

Being Humble and Bold?<\/a>
\nDeb Arrowsmith<\/strong>
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Don\u2019t get me wrong; we all need support, encouragement, and sharing perhaps, of what we Quakers are all about and the difference we can actually make within ourselves, our families, communities, towns, cities, and countries.<\/p>\n

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City Farm, by Juliet Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Breath<\/a>
\nJuliet Henderson<\/strong>
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Life\u2019s a privilege<\/p>\n

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The Little Me and the Great Me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three Small Books<\/a>
\nCarol Lange<\/strong>
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I used them with my two daughters. They used them with their children.<\/p>\n

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

Aims for a New Year<\/a>
\nKeith Wilson
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At the start of this new year I\u2019ve been thinking that, when they\u2019re formulated just right, goals and targets \u2013 resolutions if you like \u2013 are very useful in encouraging us to try harder. But if they ask too much, they can be discouraging and demotivating.<\/p>\n

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Jane and Simon Fisher with seasonal wassailers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy New Year!<\/a>
\nThe Newsletter Team
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Very best wishes to everyone for 2022.<\/p>\n

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Quaker Voices for Mental Health<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Becky Riddell<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second annual QVMH gathering will be by Zoom on Saturday 5 February 2022. More information will be available in January from the editors of QVMH News.<\/p>\n

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Martin Sweeping leaves in the garden. Photo by Jacqui Mansfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our Garden at 43<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Garden Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

The garden team is putting the garden to rest for the Christmas period and will start meeting again in February. All are welcome to join Thursday gardening 11:00 till 15:00. Gardening, coffee, lunch and wonderful conversation on offer!<\/p>\n

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Oxford Brookes University School of Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peaceful Youth Research Project<\/strong><\/a>
\nSusannah Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Brookes University Senior Lecturer in the School of Education is conducting a research project about children and the peace movement from 1919 to 1969.<\/p>\n

She is soliciting interview participants.<\/p>\n

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Friends Meeting House Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quaker Beliefs<\/strong><\/a>
\nQuakers in Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Different Quakers share their thoughts on what Quakers believe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Quakers in Britain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quaker Worship<\/strong><\/a>
\nQuakers in Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n

When worshipping we’re all connecting to the divine essence, or God, or Spirit or \u2013 we use many different terms but we’re all connecting to the same thing within that silence.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Quakers at COP26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What did Quakers do at COP26?<\/strong><\/a>
\nQuakers in Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n

A short summary of the action and activities of Quakers in Britain in Glasgow during COP26.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>43 St Giles Community Noticeboard Online, January 20212<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith and Practice
\n<\/strong>22.90<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Our own willingness to love and to give in the world about us is the secret of recovery and the new beginning<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 512 \u2022 December 2021
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

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