{"id":2849,"date":"2022-04-28T02:17:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T01:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2849"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:22:18","slug":"living-in-the-spirit-with-friends-from-other-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/living-in-the-spirit-with-friends-from-other-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 with Friends from Other Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I have been attending the Living in the Spirit sessions for the whole of OSAM, our Area Meeting. These last about an hour and take place by Zoom at 19:30 on the first Wednesday of the month. Like the Oxford sessions, they start with a short reading that has some meaning for the person who chose it; these can be Quaker writings, poems, biblical readings, or readings from other traditions. There is then a sharing of responses. I enjoy being with people from across our Area with whom I do not normally worship, but even so there is a lot that we talk about of our deeper selves \u2013 the kinds of insights and understandings that are not explicitly revealed in conversations over a cup of tea, or even in spoken ministry, and which I often only know by implication. I get a real sense of being in a community in which things of the spirit are openly and equally shared.<\/p>\n

If you would like to join in, contact John Mason (john.mason@open.ac.uk<\/a>) and he will put you on the mailing list so you can be given the link a couple of days before.<\/p>\n

\u2014 with Friends from Oxford Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oxford Living in the Spirit Meetings take place by Zoom at 16:00 on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. John Mason (john.mason@open.ac.uk<\/a>) is also the contact for these if you would like to be added to the mailing list.<\/p>\n

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More articles in this month’s newsletter:<\/strong><\/p>\n