{"id":2728,"date":"2022-03-27T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2728"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:15:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:15:24","slug":"april-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>What Can We Do About Ukraine?<\/a>
\nSimon Fisher<\/strong>
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Certainly it is always better to resist oppression with violence than submit abjectly to it, as Gandhi himself accepted, but maybe there was, and still is, a better option: systematic peaceful civil resistance.<\/p>\n

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Two Short Poems<\/a>
\nRolf Karl Lange<\/strong>
\nContributed by Carol Lange<\/strong>
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from his book \u2018Walking with the Sun\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monthly Appeal<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Tabora League for Children (TLC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month TLC has started a new fundraising drive to support costs not covered by sponsorship and other regular donations. <\/p>\n

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We are not the only Worshippers<\/a>
\nRichard Seebohm<\/strong>
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On 15 March I went with Meryem Kayalci to one of the regular meetings of the Oxford Council of Faiths.<\/p>\n

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Washing Machines and Oxford Friends Action on Poverty (OXFAP)<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Karima Brooke<\/strong><\/p>\n

To the people who\u2019ve needed our help, the need to replace their washing machine is not merely \u2018annoying\u2019 as it is to me, but a disaster, one more worry to keep them awake at night. <\/p>\n

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Being a Quaker brings me Joy<\/strong><\/a>
\nFriends from Northumbria Area Meeting
\n<\/strong>Quakers in Britain – Video
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‘The joy of being a Quaker through the eyes of Friends from Northumbria Area Meeting.’<\/em><\/p>\n

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Slavery in the Quaker World: Author Interview with Katharine Gerbner<\/strong><\/a>
\nFriends Journal – Video<\/b><\/p>\n

‘Katharine Gerbner\u2019s article, \u201cSlavery in the Quaker World: Christian Slavery and White Supremacy,\u201d appears in the September 2019 issue of Friends Journal.’<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Quakers: A Brief History (Religious Society of Friends)<\/b><\/a>
\nTom Richey – Video<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Quakers rejected the traditional church hierarchy and teachings of the Church of England, believing that each individual has an inner light and can achieve a direct relationship with God without the help of a minister.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

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Thanks to our Volunteer Gardeners<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

All of us can enjoy the striking colors, delicate constructions, and delightful fragrances of the garden at 43 St Giles.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Community Noticeboard Online, April 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith and Practice
\n<\/strong>Advices and Queries no. 31<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Search out whatever in your own way of life may contain the seeds of war.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Meetings for Worship<\/b><\/a>
\nApril 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back to April 2022 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n

Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 516 \u2022 April 2022
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2022, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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