{"id":248,"date":"2021-04-28T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/demo-43\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:31:40","slug":"may-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><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><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/celebrating-oxfordshires-heroes\/\">Celebrating Oxfordshire&#8217;s Heroes<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Elisabeth Salisbury<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>17 April 2021<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The shrieval year of Imam Monawar Hussain, High Sheriff for 2021-22.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1162\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/news-from-our-childrens-meetings\/\">News from Our Children\u2019s Meetings<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Matthew Gee<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Activities of the Beansprouts and the Sunflowers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/friends-southern-summer-events-fsse\/\">Friends Southern Summer Events (FSSE)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/b><b>2021<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Annual week-long residential events for Quaker teenagers,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1148\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture8-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/dandelion-dallying\/\"><b>Dandelion Dallying<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/a><b>Juliet Henderson<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A poem and a painting<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/advocacy-training\/\">Advocacy Training<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">A course on Advocacy training, offered by<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Mothers 4 Justice Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1149\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture9-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/sense-and-community\/\">Sense and Community<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Jeanne Warren<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">We have discarded not only the belief in a being called God, but also the belief that our connections with each other are as real as our individual selves.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1150\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture10-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/may-charity-appeal-healing-and-rebuilding-our-communities-hroc-rwanda\/\"><b>May Charity Appeal:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/may-charity-appeal-healing-and-rebuilding-our-communities-hroc-rwanda\/\">Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC), Rwanda<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Glen Williams<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Training workshops, financial help and support for single mothers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1172\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/support-for-vulnerable-people-in-tigray\/\">Support for Vulnerable People in Tigray<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Abby Riddell<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This group, Team Kbret, is raising funds for Daughters of Charity St Vincent de Paul for their work with vulnerable people in Tigray.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture12a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1151\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture12a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/keeping-our-distance\/\">Keeping Our Distance<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Charles Worth<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A poem about spring in the days of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1152\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture13-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/on-a-fifteen-minute-walk\/\">On a Fifteen Minute Walk \u2026<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\nSherry Granum<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A photographic record<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/art-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/_hung_out_to_dry_-instagram\/\">_hung_out_to_dry_ (<\/a><\/b>Instagram<b>)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/_hung_out_to_dry_-instagram\/\">An Open Invitation to All Quakers<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>Jill Green<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">An Artweeks installation honouring NHS personnel<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pallets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pallets-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/seeking-accommodation\/\"><b>Seeking Accommodation<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oxford area, wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-28-at-3.00.18-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-28-at-3.00.18-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/noticeboard-may-2021\/\">43 St Giles Community Noticeboard online<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Announcements from the Office<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/calendar-for-may-2021\/\"><b>Calendar for May 2021<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1153\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/q-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-may-2021\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12:08<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">A salutory lesson in sober thinking<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Meetings for Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2021\/alex-smith\/\"><strong>Alex Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Heartfelt thanks to ALEX SMITH for his many excellent<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>contributions to the newsletter editorial team.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 505 \u2022 May 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>Celebrating Oxfordshire&#8217;s Heroes Elisabeth Salisbury 17 April 2021\u00a0 The shrieval year of 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