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Click to Download the July 2023 PDF Version<\/a><\/p>\n

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Travelling in the Ministry<\/a>
\n<\/b>Richard Seebohm<\/b><\/p>\n

Liberating Matt Rosen to travel in the ministry reminded me of my own great-great-grandfather Benjamin Seebohm. With consent of his monthly meeting, he set off in 1846 for five years of ministry in the USA. <\/p>\n

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Monthly Appeal July 2023<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Sandra Figgess<\/b><\/p>\n

MEET in Oxford was founded in 2014 by three members of Oxford Meeting who offered two innovative forms of trauma focused therapy (EMDR and Energy Psychotherapy) at very low cost, using rooms at 43 St Giles which were offered to us free of cost by the Meeting. <\/p>\n

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Would you like to be Interviewed by our Sunflowers?<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/b>Madeleine Reeves<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

We are keen for our Sunflowers to have the chance to learn from and interview Friends in the wider Meeting about their experience of living out the Testimonies, of being a Quaker. <\/p>\n

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Churches Together in Central Oxford<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Richard Seebohm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Night Shelter has been less pressured than in the past, with 10 beds on offer, because there were successive occasions of two sub-zero nights, which allowed the City Council to activate its statutory \u2018Severe Weather Emergency Protocol\u2019. This aims to provide beds for all street sleepers.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/strong>What will we Build, You and I Together?”<\/b><\/a>
\nMatthew Gee
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Area Meeting in Oxford on 8th July will be an all-age meeting, with creative activities in the afternoon that will bring together Friends of all ages.<\/p>\n

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Artweeks 2023<\/a>
\nTrio Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a successful experience for us as artists, and we feel the outreach effect for Oxford Meeting was positive too. Two hundred and sixty people came to visit the Meeting House, most of them for the first time. <\/p>\n

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Oxford Quaker & Answer<\/a>
\n<\/b>Val Ferguson<\/b><\/p>\n

If you could do anything, what would you do?<\/p>\n

Talk less and listen more.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Anchor Programme<\/a>
\nHeather Walls<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are incredibly fortunate to have worked alongside the Quaker friends over the past several years and feel honoured to have been able to make use of the Beautiful Garden room and the Quaker meeting room…<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Living on the Edge – An OxFAP Update<\/a>
\n<\/b>Charles Worth<\/b><\/p>\n

If you are fleeing from domestic abuse, you can\u2019t take much with you. <\/p>\n

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Oxford Open Doors Outreach Event<\/a>
\n9 and 10 September 2023<\/a>
\nThe Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oxford Preservation Trust has been running Oxford Open Doors <\/strong>for 15 years. An annual weekend where places not always open to the public open to celebrate heritage and culture across all walks of the city\u2019s life. <\/p>\n

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Some Background Papers from Local Meeting for Worship for Business on Sunday 3 June 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

29.23.1 Report from the Library Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

30.23.2 (i) Request from Matt Rosen      <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Quakers and the Still, Small Voice<\/a>
\nQuakerSpeak<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/em>When we sit in silence on Sunday morning, Quakers often like to say that we\u2019re \u201clistening\u201d. But what does that still small voice sound like?<\/em>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From Quaker Faith & Practice 22.06<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

‘On their journeyings, too, they met with Friends in their homes, seeking times for worship and prayer together…’<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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