{"id":3908,"date":"2022-11-28T15:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=3908"},"modified":"2022-12-01T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:15:38","slug":"december-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/december-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click to Download December 2022 PDF Version<\/a><\/p>\n

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Text of a Sermon Given on Remembrance Day 11 November 2022 at St Mary’s Church, Iffley, Oxford<\/a>
\nSimon Fisher<\/b><\/p>\n

My grandfather was killed in the Somme in 1916, before my father was born.<\/p>\n

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Monthly Appeal
\nChildren’s Choice: Asylum Welcome<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This December, the collection is for Asylum Welcome<\/b>, which links with themes we have been exploring in the children\u2019s meetings relating to refugees and peace.<\/p>\n

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Angel<\/strong><\/a>
\nCharles Worth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspired by an angel of the stunning Holy Trinity Church at Blythburgh, Suffolk. <\/i><\/p>\n

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Beyond Belief<\/a>
\nDave Dight
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Here\u2019s an evolutionary perspective on the perennial issue of belief in a \u2018transcendent\u2019 God, focussing on belief itself.<\/p>\n

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Calling All Friends to Sing<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Anne Watson<\/b><\/p>\n

On 4 December, as well as All-age Meeting at 10.30 there will be pre-Meeting singing <\/b>in the Meeting House from 9:30.<\/p>\n

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Young Adult Friends Celebrate Friendsgiving<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Matt Rosen<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the evening of 17 November, Young Adult Friends gathered in the meeting house to celebrate \u2018Friendsgiving\u2019, our Quaker take on the North American tradition of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

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Concerns We Can Share – <\/a>Report from the Oxford Council of Faiths AGM<\/a>
\nRichard Seebohm<\/b><\/p>\n

The Oxford Council of Faiths <\/b>held its AGM on Tuesday 15 November at the Richmond Road Jewish Centre.<\/p>\n

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In Praise of Shallow Silence<\/a>
\nStephen Yeo<\/b><\/p>\n

Ecstatic rummaging,
\ndeep inside a leather bag
\nsomeone touching keys, then coins?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>What do Quakers Believe about God?<\/b><\/a>
\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n

What is God? We asked 20 Quakers, here’s what they said.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Reconnecting with Community Through Quaker Meeting<\/a>
\n<\/b>Aiham Korbage
\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n

Going back to Quaker meeting and sitting in silence, waiting for that of God in everyone reminded me…<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Quakers, Racisim and the Blessed Community<\/a>
\nVanessa Julye
\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the blessed community?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spiritual Nurture in Oxford & Swindon Area Meeting<\/b><\/a>
\n<\/b>John Mason<\/b><\/p>\n

The group would very much like to know what might attract Friends to engage with issues beyond simply attending a Sunday or Weekday Meeting for Worship (MfW)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Oxford  Community Land Trust: Friday with Friends<\/a>
\nAnne Watson<\/b><\/p>\n

One of the things that Oxford most needs to make it more liveable and sustainable is more genuinely affordable homes.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/b>Oxford and Swindon Area Meeting <\/b><\/a>Update on Children Youth and Families<\/a> 
\nJulia Dover<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

The best thing about winter darkness is how aware one is of the light.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Stoll Pendleton Warner Fund<\/a>
\nCaroline Worth<\/b><\/p>\n

The fund can provide modest grants for members and attenders of Oxford Meeting to mitigate hardship, or facilitate worthwhile projects.<\/p>\n

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All-Age Meeting for Worship
\n<\/b><\/a>4 December at 10:30
\n<\/b>Matthew Gee <\/b><\/p>\n

Our children’s meetings have been exploring a theme of peace during November, in preparation.<\/p>\n

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Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Christopher Watson<\/a>
\n<\/b>Trio Watson <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Anne, Natasha, Miranda and Trio <\/b>warmly invite you to celebrate the life of their beloved Christopher, who died in August this year.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith & Practice 24.35<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

…peacemaking involves having a relationship, often a close relationship, with people who are committed to violent solutions to their problems.<\/i><\/p>\n

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

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Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 524 \u2022 December 2022
\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting
\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n

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

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

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