{"id":2851,"date":"2022-04-28T02:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T01:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2851"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:18:18","slug":"mutual-support-group-getting-older","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/mutual-support-group-getting-older\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutual Support Group &#8211; &#8216;Getting Older&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><b>Pastoral Care Group<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2933\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2933 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM-184x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM-629x1024.png 629w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM-768x1251.png 768w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-2.26.22-PM.png 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SL Granum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pastoral Care Group has been asked whether it would be possible to set up a mutual support group for members of our Quaker community who live on their own and are concerned about the problems of getting older.<\/p>\n<p>To find out whether this would be of interest to Oxford Friends, there will be a friendly get-together adjacent to the Kindness Caf\u2000 (in a corner of the garden, or a room in 43, depending on the weather), on Tuesday 28 June in the morning, to explore this further with Friends.<\/p>\n<p>Please come along if you are interested. If you cannot attend the Kindness Cafe but are interested in such a group, you can contact<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Jane Mactaggart (01865) 558555,<br \/>\nJacqui Ferguson (01865) 557960, or<br \/>\nCaroline Worth (01865) 433219.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>More articles in this month&#8217;s newsletter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/\">May 2022<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/reflections-during-a-zoom-meeting-3rd-april\/\">Reflections during a zoom meeting  3 April<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/meeting-for-worship-24-april\/\">Meeting for Worship 24 April<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/the-politics-of-place-and-some-local-witnessing\/\">The politics of place \u2013 and some local witnessing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/monthly-appeal-may-2022\/\">Monthly Appeal May 2022<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/friendly-persuasion\/\">&#8216;Friendly Persuasion&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\">Mutual Support Group &#8211; &#8216;Getting Older&#8217;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/four-delusions-and-a-plea\/\">Four Delusions and a Plea<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/from-the-gardening-team\/\">Note From the Gardening Team<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/youth-children-and-families-development-worker\/\">Britain Yearly Meeting is Seeking a Youth, Children, and Families Development Worker<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/waiting\/\">Waiting<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/living-in-the-spirit-with-friends-from-other-meetings\/\">Living in the Spirit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/in-penns-shadow-1680-1720-philadelphia-the-great-experiment\/\">In Penn&#8217;s Shadow (1680-1720) &#8211; Philadelphia: The Great Experiment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/addressing-environmental-issues-as-a-spiritual-community\/\">Addressing Environmental Issues as a Spiritual Community<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/the-quakers-the-whites-that-helped-the-slavery-abolishment\/\">The Quakers: The Whites that helped the slavery abolishment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/community-noticeboard-online-may-2022\/\">Community Noticeboard Online, May 2022<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-24-21\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice 24.21<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/meetings-for-worship-may-2022\/\">Meetings for Worship May 2022<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/\">Back to May 2022 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 517 \u2022 May 2022<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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2022, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastoral Care Group The Pastoral Care Group has been asked whether it would be possible to set up a mutual support group for members of our Quaker community who live on their own and are concerned about the problems of getting older. To find out whether this would be of interest to Oxford Friends, there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/mutual-support-group-getting-older\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mutual Support Group &#8211; &#8216;Getting Older&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":2847,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-2022-05-may"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2851","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=2851"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4279,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2851\/revisions\/4279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}