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The Amish bishop, minister, and deacon

ByErik/Amish America
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Yesterday, roughly 900 Amish churches across North America met for Sunday service (900 would mean roughly half of the present 1800 Amish church districts; Amish congregations meet every other week with districts alternating Sundays).  Leading the Amish congregation are a ministry consisting of a bishop, 2 or sometimes 3 ministers, and a deacon. What roles do the Amish bishop, minister, and deacon play?  Do Amish…

Wisconsin Amish Family Forgives Hit-And-Run Driver

ByErik/Amish America
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An Amish family has made news by forgiving a hit-and-run driver in Wisconsin. It’s far from the first example of this by the Amish – and we’ve often seen it in much more serious cases (see below). The financial burden is clearly in the family’s thoughts. But it’s also remarkable how warm their sentiments are towards the driver, who seriously injured at least two people….

Amish Latter-Day Saints? (Video)

Amish Latter-Day Saints? (Video)

ByErik/Amish America
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Is there such a thing as an “Amish Latter-day Saint”? The video below tells the emotional tales of three Amish families who joined the LDS church. This recently-released film recalls a similar story on “Amish Seventh-Day Adventists“. This formulation – Amish + another denomination – is always attention-getting. Especially if you consider “Amish” to be shorthand for “Amish Christian”. In other words, a faith designation….

Nickel Mines & Amish Forgiveness. 15 Years Later (Video)

Nickel Mines & Amish Forgiveness. 15 Years Later (Video)

ByErik/Amish America
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It was 15 years ago – October 2, 2006 – that the school shooting at the West Nickel Mines School took place. I made a video looking back at that day, but especially focusing on what came afterwards – the forgiveness shown by the Amish. The forgiveness story went around the world, covered in media far and wide. In the book Amish Grace: How Forgiveness…

Amish Cook Gloria Yoder: Easter Traditions & Reflections

ByErik/Amish America
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With Easter close at hand, Amish Cook columnist Gloria Yoder recalls Easter traditions, and reflects on the meaning of Christ in her life: When I was a young girl, our Amish youth group would go Easter caroling early in the morning. Long before the first crack of dawn, a team of workhorses was hitched to an open wagon, hauling our youth group. Going to each…

Easter Monday

ByErik/Amish America
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How do you spend Easter Monday? The day is among those holidays observed by Amish. Here in heavily-Catholic Poland the Poles pack the churches. Right now I’m in Warsaw at my grandmother’s, waiting for family to arrive. We’ll have ten people filling the apartment for the traditional meal. My grandmother has gotten more creative in recent years and incorporated turkey with peach halves into the menu….

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  1. Bill
    February 16, 2009 at 11:47 am

    My mother had two small signs in her kitchen she got on a trip to Lancaster County.

    “The hurrier I go the behinder I get.”

    “This house is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy.”

    Don’t know if the Amish had anything to do with them, maybe Pennsylvania Dutch?

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  2. Amish America
    February 17, 2009 at 5:37 am

    Thanks for sharing Bill, I have heard the first before. They both sound quite ‘Dutchy’. I liked the yesterday/today one as it seems like it can have a couple of different meanings depending on how you interpret it.

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  3. Rick
    February 18, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Saw this sign at a bakery shop in Lancaster last Fall, mixed in with the goods & prices…

    Today’s Special
    So is tomorrow

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