{"id":341,"date":"2021-03-17T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:35:38","slug":"february-2021-vol-502","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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\/february-2021-vol-502\/cultivating-thoughts\/\">Cultivating Thoughts<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Alexander Westmacott<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Allotment and Cacophony<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/q2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1263\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/q2-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/the-light-within-and-without\/\">The Light Within and Without<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tany Alexander<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colour, shape, texture, pattern, rhythm, relationships and conjunctions between things.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/StFrancis_part.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/StFrancis_part-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/a-free-range-franciscan\/\">A Free-Range Franciscan<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rebecca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 3 October 2020, I made my Life Profession in the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/enquirer-meetings-february-to-april\/\">Enquirer Meetings February to April<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Anne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q5-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/charity-appeal-february-2021\/\">Charity Appeal February 2021<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Mena Remedios<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Parasol Project offers inclusive activities to children and young people in Oxford who are disabled and\/or disadvantaged.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-422\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/richard-seebohm-tells-this-tale\/\">Richard Seebohm Tells This Tale<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Richard Seebohm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Bhuddhist monk&#8217;s story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/must-do-better\/\">Must Do Better!<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Keith Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the many things that attracted me to Quakers was the Quaker commitment to equality.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-10.24.58-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-428 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-10.24.58-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/growing-all-age-meeting-for-worship\/\">Growing: All-Age Meeting for Worship<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew Gee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunflowers and Beansprouts share pictures, photographs, poems, and other things they have created.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/q8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/international-world-day-of-prayer-friday-5-march-2021\/\">International World Day of Prayer Friday, 5 March 2021<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Elaine Parry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the women of Vanuatu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-10.53.00-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-437 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-10.53.00-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/january-meeting-of-the-oxford-council-of-faiths\/\">January Meeting of the\u00a0Oxford Council of Faiths<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Richard Seebohm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our keynote speaker was Meryem Kalayci, the newly appointed Chaplain at St Hilda\u2019s College.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.00.06-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-440 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.00.06-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/urumuri-women-say-thanks-to-friends-in-u-k\/\">Urumuri Women Say \u2018Thanks\u2019\u00a0to Friends in U.K.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Glen Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seven members of Urumuri wrote to tell us how they have used this financial support.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.04.18-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.04.18-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/no-holidays-and-the-gig-economy\/\">No Holidays and the Gig Economy<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Sarah Lasenby<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Far fewer people now than formerly can buy and run a car or pay for a holiday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.10.03-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-18-at-11.10.03-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Gorman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/an-inspirational-voice\/\">An Inspirational Voice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sherry Granum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate in the US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/membership-of-oxford-meeting-committees-2021-2023\/\">Membership of Oxford Meeting Committees 2021-2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/joining-a-meeting-for-worship-with-oxford-quakers\/\">Joining a Meeting for Worship with Oxford Quakers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/box-third.jpeg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/meetings-for-worship\/\">Meetings for Worship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three\u00a0<\/em> e-Newsletter \u2022 Number 502 \u2022 February 2021<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultivating Thoughts Alexander Westmacott Allotment and Cacophony &nbsp; The Light Within and Without Tany Alexander Colour, shape, texture, pattern, rhythm, relationships and conjunctions between things. A Free-Range Franciscan Rebecca On 3 October 2020, I made my Life Profession in the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis. Enquirer Meetings February to April Anne Watson &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2021-vol-502\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">February 2021<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","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=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}