{"id":4154,"date":"2023-01-28T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T18:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4154"},"modified":"2023-01-29T21:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T21:39:55","slug":"february-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2023"},"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: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/February-2023-Final.pdf\">Click to Download February 2023 PDF Version<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/play.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3613 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/play-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/tea-cake-and-play\/\">&#8216;Tea, Cake and Play&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Matthew Gee<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Oxford Meeting&#8217;s new drop-in group for babies and toddlers, and their parents, grandparents or carers, was launched on 17 January.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Carole-Lange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4163 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Carole-Lange-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/forgiven-for-my-grandson-in-prison-on-his-19th-birthday\/\"><b>Forgiven for my grandson in prison on his 19<\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>th birthday<\/b><\/span><\/a><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Carol Lange<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And all I can do is forgive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A_notebook_with_paint_brushes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4166 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/A_notebook_with_paint_brushes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/all-age-creative-group\/\">All-Age Creative Group<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Bryony Insua-Summerhays <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">An all-age creative group will be meeting each week on Thursdays in the long room, between 19.00-21.00, beginning on the 2nd of February 2023.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AssemblyOfQuakers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4170 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AssemblyOfQuakers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/all-age-meeting-for-worship-sunday-5-march-2023\/\">All-Age Meeting for Worship Sunday 5 March 2023<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Matthew Gee<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our next all-age meeting for worship will be on Sunday 5 March as part of the 10:30 single meeting for worship.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/QCEA-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4241 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/QCEA-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"145\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/monthly-appeal-february-2023\/\">Monthly Appeal &#8211; February 2023<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><b>Richard Seebohm<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Quaker Council for European Affairs is still both your Quakerly voice in Europe and your unique window on Europe \u2013 and not just about the European Union.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/muddy-lawn1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4179 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/muddy-lawn1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/from-the-garden-team\/\"><b>From the Garden Team<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our lawn at 43 has weathered the extreme heat of last Summer, the weight of building materials when the kitchen was being refitted, freezing temperatures and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Headington-Old-Village-Hall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4183 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Headington-Old-Village-Hall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/need-a-quick-and-easy-mid-week-top-up\/\">Need a quick and easy mid-week top up?<\/a><br \/>\nBeth Crutch<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Everyone is welcome to Headington&#8217;s Meeting for Worship by Zoom on Wednesdays at 11am for 20 min plus 10 minutes Afterword.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/43-St-Giles-Meeting-House.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4098 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/43-St-Giles-Meeting-House-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/do-you-book-rooms-at-43\/\">Do you Book Rooms at 43?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Jacqui Mansfield <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">PLEASE READ if you book rooms at 43 for Quaker (or other) activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/amulet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4186 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/amulet-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/the-amulet\/\">The Amulet<\/a><br \/>\nKarima Brooke<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This poem relates to a real immigration appeal hearing, a third and final appeal for asylum, at which I was a witness in November 2022.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/osam-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4250\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/osam-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/osam-update-january-2023\/\">OSAM Update January 2023<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Julia Dover<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">So many delights to unfurl in the coming months, floral and otherwise.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Faringdon-Meeting-House.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4194 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Faringdon-Meeting-House-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/harvey-gilman-at-faringdon-meeting-house\/\">Harvey Gilman at Faringdon Meeting House<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Anne Watson <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Over 50 people from all over Oxford and Swindon Area Meeting snuggled into the ancient Meeting House in Faringdon on the afternoon of Saturday 14th January to hear Harvey Gillman.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/OMA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4197 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/OMA-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/oxford-mutual-aid\/\"><b>Oxford Mutual Aid<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Over a thousand volunteers in Oxford are working 7 days a week to get food and medicine to families and individuals in need.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-29-at-3.30.11-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4256 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-29-at-3.30.11-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/oh-kay-a-bit-of-plain-speaking\/\"><b>\u201cOh Kay &#8211; a bit of plain speaking!\u201d <\/b><\/a><b>Deborah Arrowsmith <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Coming to the end of my time at Oxford Meeting I wanted to share, thank you all, and have possible rant &#8211; ok?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Calliope-George.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4258 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Calliope-George-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/my-experience-as-a-young-adult-quaker\/\"><b>My Experience as a Young, Adult Quaker <\/b><\/a><b>Calliope George<br \/>\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u2018<i>Quakerism was always a very grounding space&#8230;&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Carleton-Crispin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4260 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Carleton-Crispin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/quaker-parenting-podcast-episode-1-south-jersey-quakers\/\"><b>Quaker Parenting Podcast Episode 1 <\/b><b>South Jersey Quakers <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Carleton Crispin interviews Lauren and Megan from Haddonfield Monthly Meeting South Jersey Quakers<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2021\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-september-2021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1158 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-28-at-4.52.50-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/from-quaker-faith-practice-february-2023\/\"><strong>From Quaker Faith &amp; Practice 22.48<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>True love is proven when the loved one begins to be not only the mysterious beckoner of destiny, but becomes also the occasion of dull indubitable duty. <\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2021\/meetings-for-worship-september-2021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1199 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2023\/meetings-for-worship-february-2023\/\"><b>Meetings for Worship<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>February 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 526 \u2022 February 2023<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 2023, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to Download February 2023 PDF Version &#8216;Tea, Cake and Play&#8217; Matthew Gee Oxford Meeting&#8217;s new drop-in group for babies and toddlers, and their parents, grandparents or carers, was launched on 17 January. 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