{"id":4780,"date":"2023-06-22T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4780"},"modified":"2023-06-22T20:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:07:13","slug":"would-you-like-to-be-interviewed-by-our-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/july-2023\/would-you-like-to-be-interviewed-by-our-sunflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Like to be Interviewed by our Sunflowers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madeleine Reeves<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Friends will know, we have a vibrant Children\u2019s Meeting which meets at 11am on Sunday, with the older of those children (preschoolers and older) meeting as Sunflowers where there are regular stories, songs, and craft activities before they join the main 11am Meeting for Worship.<\/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. This does not have to be in some grand or \u2018weighty\u2019 way! We are keen to hear about the things you might do to (say) grow your own vegetables\u2026 show welcome to refugees\u2026 recycle\u2026 take a stand on issues you care about\u2026. The list could go on!<\/p>\n

The children love to see, touch, try out. Maybe there is something that you could \u2018bring and show\u2019 that speaks to your faith? A banner that you made for a campaign? The tools you use to grow some vegetables? A song that makes you laugh or think?<\/p>\n

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If the prospect of chatting to a group of children about your faith feels daunting, please come and speak to one of the members of the Children & Young People’s Committee or the regular volunteers.
\nThe session would be facilitated by one of the regular volunteers who know the children, so you would not be on your own, and we would find a way to include a conversation with you as part of a children’s meeting alongside a relevant story, song or activity which we would organise.<\/p>\n

In short, we see this as a chance for you and the Sunflowers to get to know each other in a quieter way, beyond the usual coffee-time busy-ness! We would particularly welcome Friends who regularly attend the 9.30 Sunday Meeting or the Monday Young Friends, who may have fewer opportunities to get to know the children in our midst than those who regularly attend the 11am Meeting.
\nWe would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

Madeleine.Reeves@compas.ox.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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