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Oxford Quakers will be holding their silent vigil for peace outside the Meeting House at 10.30am on 14th November, Remembrance Sunday. This year, we are pleased to be represented in the service at theWar Memorial by Elizabeth Salisbury.  Please come if you can, for as long or as short a time as you are able.Continue reading “Silent Vigil on Remembrance Sunday”

The Meeting’s Covid Safety Group writes: Following the lifting of Covid restrictions on 19th July, we encourage anyone attending our Meetings for Worship in person at 43 St Giles to continue taking care of others in our community, by wearing a face mask indoors if possible and maintaining physical distancing. We ask everyone who canContinue reading “Masks and social distancing at the Meeting House following the lifting of Covid restrictions”

The editors of Forty-Three are pleased to offer the newsletter in a new online version, which you can access via News->’Forty-Three’ Newsletter in the menu bar above.  Forty-Three was originally designed for printing, but many Friends now read it on mobile devices. However, this can lead to tedious scrolling, with print sometimes so small itContinue reading “Forty-Three Goes Online”

Some Friends would like to attend the early morning meetings for worship both in person and on Zoom.  From the beginning of June, the Zoom meetings will therefore be at 7.30am on Wednesdays and Fridays, on the Meeting for Worship link.  In-person meetings will continue as usual at 7.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 43 StContinue reading “Changes to Early Morning Meetings on Weekdays”

Headington Quakers have moved the location of their Meetings for Worship to Old Headington Village Hall, Dunstan Road. For further information, please visit the Headington Meeting website.

A message from the Office… As Covid pandemic restrictions begin to ease, this is let you know how recent changes affect us at the Meeting House and 43 St Giles. We are also drawing your attention ways of keeping all safe and secure. Meetings for Worship We are open for all our Meetings for Worship throughContinue reading “Keeping You Safe at the Meeting House and No. 43”

Chris White, Co-Clerk of Elders, writes: Elders are pleased to report that our Friends’ Meeting House will soon re-open for in-person Meetings for Worship; our current Meetings for Worship on Zoom will continue.  In-person Meetings will begin on Sunday 14th March, starting with our Meeting for Worship at 9.30 and followed by our Meeting forContinue reading “43 St Giles to Reopen for In-Person Meetings for Worship from 14th March”

Friends who attend Wednesday Meeting are going to experiment with a new time for our lunchtime meetings for a couple of months. From Wednesday 10th February, we will meet from 11.30am to 12.15pm. We hope that this change may enable Friends who live in care homes to fit in our Meeting for Worship before theirContinue reading “Temporary change to Wednesday Meetings from 10th February”

Oxford Quaker Meeting is running a fortnightly programme of Enquiry Meetings on Thursday evenings from December to April. These will be online and start at 7.30 with the Zoom room opening at 7 p.m (see below for codes). All are welcome. Although the meetings are aimed primarily at those who have been attending Quaker meetingContinue reading “Enquiry Meetings Winter 2020-21”

Following guidance from Britain Yearly Meeting, Oxford Meeting set up a “Covid Group” at the first lockdown in March 2020. This group of Friends includes our Convenor of Elders, a Clerk of the Meeting, Clerk of Premises and Finance and the office staff. They consult and review decisions affecting the holding and running of MeetingsContinue reading “Suspension of Meetings for Worship at 43 St Giles from January 2021 onwards”