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Mennonites serenade Common goers
By adamg on Sat, 06/30/2018 - 3:06pm
Members of the Mendon Mennonite Church gathered on the grass near the Brewer Fountain today to belt out some gospel songs.
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Powerful.
There is something very appealing about the Amish lifestyle.
Not Amish
Mennonites are also Anabaptist, but they aren't Amish. They use technology, among other differences. (See the microphones in the photo? They drive trucks, too.)
Amish use tech too...
...but with some odd quirks, to the non-Amish lifestyle. The don't use grid electricity, but can use a diesel engine to power stuff like pneumatic washing machines.
They want to be separated from the grid.
Here's a PM link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a13077/how-the-amish-use-pow...
It's about not letting outsiders have control or influence over their lives.
It's also about whether the
It's also about whether the technology would be disruptive to family life.
Hence telephones in a shed out in the field, rather than in the house.
Also
Floral prints on the dresses — that'd be pretty showy for most Amish. But these kinds of rules vary widely between congregations, since there is no central authority or (much) hierarchy. Historically Amish and Mennonites are very close, with the Amish splitting in a schism over the ban (shunning). Today there are not very many conservative Mennonite churches like this one. Compare http://www.mennonitecongregationofboston.org/ (There is still singing, because of course there is.)
Nice to see
No prosperity gospel in that tent.
Krishna, Krishna,
Krishna Menon,
V! K! Krishna Menon!
Mennonites
Think Swirly got it right for a change.
These people are about treating one another with decency and respect,in their public dealings(business) and in daily interactions with humanity.
God has blessed them with hope and peace in their hearts.
Wish y'all the same!!!
Well..
there is that small detail about all unbelievers spending eternity in hell. The Mennonites don't push that doctrine very hard (they don't push anything; they aren't much for evangelizing), but they do believe it. The verse from John 14 that proclaims the gospel from the front of that tent is incomplete; the rest of it is "No one comes to the Father except through me." Not exactly welcoming, is it?
They are envangelizing in the
They are envangelizing in the photo at the top of this very article.
organic
They raise the most amazing free range, pasture fed, chicken.