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Farewell, Old Friend<\/a>
\n<\/b>Keith Wilson<\/b><\/p>\n

I am saddened to hear that, very soon, I will have to say farewell to an old friend: the. Woodbrooke Centre.<\/p>\n

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Five Minutes of Unstitching <\/strong>Contemplation during <\/strong><\/a>Meeting for Worship<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Juliet Henderson<\/b><\/p>\n

A poem.<\/p>\n

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Notices<\/a>
\n<\/b>Juliet Henderson<\/b><\/p>\n

Should any problems receiving, accessing or reading notices arise.<\/p>\n

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Friends from Outside the Meeting: <\/a>Self-Inquiry<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Lucia Sellars<\/b><\/p>\n

Socrates: Well then, what\u2019s a human being?<\/i>Alcibiades: I don\u2019t know what to say.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Oxford Friends Action on Poverty<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Karima Brooke<\/b><\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Oxford Meeting, via our charitable arm OxFAP, has given out over \u00a314,000,<\/p>\n

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A Burford Tale: Reflections on the Presence of Children<\/a>
\nJulia Dover<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

…children remind us of our birth right to shine freely, fearlessly.<\/p>\n

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Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note<\/strong><\/a>
\nJulia Dover<\/b><\/p>\n

Wonder Days
\nSharing Stories
\nTea Cake and Play<\/p>\n

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Monthly Appeal April 2023<\/a>
\n<\/b>Sue Smith<\/b><\/p>\n

Oxford Meeting\u2019s Quaker charity for April is Quaker Social Action.<\/p>\n

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Kennington Memory Club<\/strong><\/a>
\nCaroline Worth<\/b><\/p>\n

Kennington Memory Club is a Day Care Centre which warmly welcomes people living with Dementia.<\/p>\n

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How Quakerism Began<\/a>
\nMax Carter
\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n

…the story of George <\/i>Fox, a Quaker who went seeking for <\/i>spiritual answers and found them not in a <\/i>church, but within.<\/i><\/p>\n

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A (Very) Brief History of Quakers<\/a>
\n<\/b>Will Rogers<\/b><\/p>\n

I worked with the Young Friends on this <\/i>video for six months or so, studying some <\/i>important moments in Quaker history <\/i>and generally having a good time.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Oxford Meeting Quaker and Answer<\/b><\/a>
\nJulia Dallaway<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m Julia \u2013 a twenty-five-year-old living in Oxford, currently studying for my PhD in English at the University.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith & Practice 2.18<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That is it which moulds up <\/i>into patience, into innocency, into soberness, into stillness, into stayedness, into quietness, up to God, <\/i>with his power.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Meetings for Worship<\/b><\/a>
\nApril 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Month’s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n