We gather during certain Friday evenings of the year in the Garden Room at Friends Meeting House. The aim is to enable us all within the Meeting to get to know each other better, and to share some of our "private passions".
Sessions start promptly at 7:30 and finish by 9:30 p.m. The general plan for a Friday with Friends is this: one person from the Meeting talks about something that he or she is passionate about or deeply engaged in. The talk lasts for about half an hour, followed by some time for questions. Then we break into small groups for discussion.
Topics are suggested by Friends so if you have an issue that you would like included, you are invited to read the guidelines and get in touch. Enquiries relating to Friday with Friends should be addressed to Elisabeth Salisbury (01865 515163).
UPCOMING TOPICS
Friday 24 February: ‘Dogma and the Deficit’, led by Tony Atkinson, Economist & Attender
Friday 16 March: 'Spirit, Culture and the Brain', led by Jeanne Warren
April and May: (Watch this space)
Friday 15 June: 'Guide to 1652 Country', led by Arthur Kincaid
Previous topics have included mediaeval mystics, medical ethics, being in love with the earth, rebuilding the financial system, and more. Other topics have been:
| 4 September 2009: | Deepening Worship | |
| 2 October: | Thoughts on John Calvin | |
| 6 November: | Quakers and protest | |
| 4 December 2009: | A good death | |
| 15 January 2010: | History of Quakers | |
| 5 February: | Religion and Dialogue | |
| 5 March: | Asylum Welcome and Human Rights | |
| 26 March: | Talking Money – We are Banking on your Attendance! | |
| 9 April: | What makes a meeting Quake? | |
| 23 April: | Belonging to the Society of Friends - Does membership matter? | |
| 7 May: | The Power of Music | |
| 4 June: | Herbert Hoover, the Flawed Angel | |
| 2 July: | Walking the labyrinth | |
| 3 September: | Towards a specifically Quaker or deep politics | |
| 1 October: | Experiment with Light | |
| 5 November: | Singing for Joy | |
| 3 December: | Quaker Attitudes To Drugs and Alcohol | |
| 17 December 2010: | Global Change | |
| 7 January 2011: | Experimental Quakerism | |
| 21 January: | Tackling poverty here and now | |
| 4 February: | Faith in Education | |
| 4 March: | Saying Goodbye | |
| 1 April: | Spiritual Journeys | |
| 6 May: | Sustaining the Natural World | |
| 13 May: | Poverty in Oxford: the Muslim Experience | |
| 3 June: | Spiritual Journeys - telling our stories | |
| 1 July: | Preparing for Remembrance Day | |
| 2 September: | QCEA response to sustainable living | |
| 7 October: | Quaker Service and Study Tour of Bolivia | |
| 4 November: | Oxford Homeless Pathways | |
| 2 December: | Becoming a Sustainable Community I | |
| 9 December 2011: | Poverty: perspectives from the Salvation Army | |
| 6 January 2012: | Becoming a Sustainable Community II | |
