{"id":4459,"date":"2023-03-25T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4459"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:15:24","slug":"other-osam-activities-and-dates-to-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/other-osam-activities-and-dates-to-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Julia Dover<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wonder Days: Call for Programmers<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4503\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4503 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0138-1-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by J Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friends from across OSAM are invited to join a seed programming group to envisage a series of region-wide events inspired by the huge diversity of responses to \u2018What makes your heart sing.\u2019 Once these events are loosely planned by the programming group, Friends will be invited to gather round individual events to make them happen together, depending upon interest.<\/p>\n<p>RE the Wonder Days programming group, the initial meeting will be in late April. Please contact me with queries and interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharing Stories: Quaker Outreach Afternoon, Sibford School<\/strong> Thursday 15 June 2023, 13:30-15:30<\/p>\n<p>An opportunity for Friends to share memories and experiences with the younger generation &#8211; this afternoon\u2019s all age sharing with Sibford primary school pupils promises to be a gentle, delightful time for everyone. Youngsters will practice their interviewing skills with Friends, and all will discover what they share regardless of age. Afternoon tea together is a highlight.<\/p>\n<p>I will offer a session about connecting and communicating with children to Friends who wish to participate- in the weeks prior to the Sibford day.<\/p>\n<p>Contact me with interest or queries: I have extended the deadline to 1 May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tea Cake and Play<\/strong> is a lively, weekly social event for tinies and their parents, grandparents, and guardians from across the city, held in the Garden Room at Oxford Meeting House on Tuesdays 10:00-12:00.<\/p>\n<p>We are developing a core group of Friends to co-run and nurture the event. Whether playing with children, greeting families, setting up or serving refreshments, the contribution of interested Friends who would like to support the group would be most welcome. I offer full training, support, and guidance to participating Friends. Please contact me if interested.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This Month&#8217;s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/\">April 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/farewell-old-friend\/\">Farewell, Old Friend<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/five-minutes-of-unstitching-contemplation-during-meeting-for-worship\/\">Five Minutes of Unstitching Contemplation During Meeting for Worship<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/notices\/\">Notices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/friends-from-outside-the-meeting-self-inquiry\/\">Friends from Outside the Meeting: Self-Inquiry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/oxford-friends-action-on-poverty-where-does-the-money-come-from-and-where-does-it-go\/\">Oxford Friends Action on Poverty -where does the money come from and where does it go?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/a-burford-tale-reflections-on-the-presence-of-children\/\">A Burford Tale: Reflections on the Presence of Children<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\">Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/monthly-appeal-quaker-social-action\/\">Monthly Appeal &#8211; April 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/kennington-memory-club\/\">Kennington Memory Club<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/how-quakerism-began\/\">How Quakerism Began<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/a-very-brief-history-of-quakers\/\">A (Very) Brief History of Quakers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/oxford-meeting-quaker-and-answer\/\">Oxford Meeting Quaker and Answer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-2-18\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice 2.18<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/meetings-for-worship\/\">Meetings for Worship &#8211; April 2023<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/\">Back to April 2023 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 528 \u2022 April 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>Julia Dover Wonder Days: Call for Programmers Friends from across OSAM are invited to join a seed programming group to envisage a series of region-wide events inspired by the huge diversity of responses to \u2018What makes your heart sing.\u2019 Once these events are loosely planned by the programming group, Friends will be invited to gather &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/other-osam-activities-and-dates-to-note\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":4444,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4459","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-2023-04-april"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459","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=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4534,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459\/revisions\/4534"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}