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\"\"<\/a>What Ministry Means to Me<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/b>Sue Smith<\/strong>
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 …<\/span>for me, ministry and the peace testimony are closely linked. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>An Extended Meeting for Worship\/Silent Retreat<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Brighid Schroer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 3 September, 10.00 for 10.30 am,
\nfinishing about 1.30 pm.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Attendance Allowance: Could it be a Benefit for You?<\/strong><\/a>
\nKath Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you feel that you might qualify but the application process sounds just too daunting, please talk to me.<\/p>\n

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Oxford Quaker Meeting Summer Garden Party – All Welcome<\/a>
\nAnne Watson For PCG
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 for everyone who attends Oxford Quaker Meeting, their families and households, and refugees and asylum seekers who are their personal friends. <\/p>\n

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My Experience of Ministry<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Richard Seebohm<\/strong><\/p>\n

My most memorable experience of ministry was in about 1959 when a young man stood up in Meeting and started ranting.<\/p>\n

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Monthly Appeal August 2022<\/a>
\nJudith Atkinson<\/strong>
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This month\u2019s special collection is for Oxford Local Meeting. We are part of Oxford and Swindon Area Meeting (OSAM), which has charitable status.<\/p>\n

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Ministry of Peril<\/a>
\nKeith Wilson<\/b><\/p>\n

Spoken ministry to me seems to be wrapped around with so much \u2018guidance\u2019 (by which I actually mean rules, but we Quakers don\u2019t have rules do we?) that it feels like it\u2019s booby trapped.<\/p>\n

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Treading Lightly<\/a>
\nJane Mactaggart for PCG<\/strong>
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If our initial meetings are anything to go by, much of our time will be spent laughing!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Intimacy of Quaker Worship<\/a>
\nPaul Motz-Storey
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Sitting in silence with a group of people every week can be an intimate experience. How do Quaker worship spaces encourage that?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>What is a Quaker School?<\/a>
\nSandy Spring Friends School
\nSandy Spring, Maryland
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Observations by students from the Sandy Spring Friends School.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The History of Quaker Plain Speech<\/a>
\nThomas Hamm
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The Quaker conviction of equality sometimes caused small changes in behavior that ultimately had radical consequences. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Spoken Ministry and Worship<\/a>
\nAnne Watson<\/b><\/p>\n

The uncertainty of Quaker meetings is our strength; the individual nature of ministry is, for many of us, why we prefer Quaker meetings to more predictable forms of worship. <\/p>\n

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On Offering Verbal Ministry<\/a>
\nJohn Mason<\/strong>
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Sometimes, on arriving back home, I have sat down and added to my collection of written \u2018unspoken ministries\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Volunteers for the Gatehouse<\/a>
\nJohn Keyworth<\/b><\/p>\n

The Gatehouse \u2013 Oxford\u2019s open door drop-in centre and caf\u00e9 for homeless and vulnerably housed people \u2013 is once again functioning traditionally, but it badly needs more volunteers. <\/p>\n

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Ukraine Notes<\/b><\/a>
\nJeanne Warren<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few notes on the historical situation leading up to the war in Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Letters from God, Dropt in the Street<\/a>
\nJanet Harland<\/b><\/p>\n

Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Plant Pots Needed<\/a>
\nAnthea Richards<\/b><\/p>\n

We need small plant pots. If you have any spare please leave them by the garden shed.<\/p>\n

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Oxford Open Doors 2022<\/a>
\nThe Office<\/b><\/p>\n

We are looking forward to another wonderful Open Doors.
\nThank you!<\/p>\n

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What is a Meeting for Worship For?<\/a>
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A collection of thoughts compliled by friends.<\/p>\n

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

From the Office<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith and Practice 26.41<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I hear in the silence, I ponder in solitude, and I try in the noisy crowd to practise it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 520 \u2022 August 2022
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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