THE FOUR CORE VALUES OF THE ANABAPTIST
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The Amish Four Core Values: Faith, Family, Community and Simple Living. Amish barn raising, 2
weeks after a fire. Photo: Doyle Yoder
(1989) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1103183495177159&set=a.613847060777474] A barn raising, also historically called a raising bee or rearing in the U.K., is a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community. Barn raising was particularly common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America. A barn was a necessary structure for any farmer, for example for storage of cereals and hay and keeping of animals. Yet a barn was also a large and costly structure, the assembly of which required more labor than a typical family could provide. Barn raising addressed the need by enlisting members of the community, unpaid, to assist in the building of their neighbors' barns. Because each member could ask others for help, reciprocation could eventually reasonably be presumed for each participant if the need were to arise. The tradition of "barn raising" continues, more or less unchanged, in some Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities, particularly in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and some rural parts of Canada. The practice continues outside of these religious communities, albeit less frequently than in the 19th century. Most frames today are raised using a crane and small crew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising https://amishamerica.com/what-happens-at-an-amish-barn-raising/ https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/06/team-preaching-is-like-barn-raising.html |
I love the Amish Four Core Values: Faith, Family, Community and Simple Living. Even the other Anabaptist Groups like Mennonites and Hutterites also follow it. I name it the Four Core Values of the Anabaptist Trio. I dedicate this blog post to my family and friends.
What makes Amish life
simple: family, home, community, and faith. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/645140715341399759/] BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-four-core-values-of-anabaptist.html
Take the late Bruderhof Founder, Eberhard
Arnold for example - although he might not be an Amish, but through his
writings and sermons, he followed the Four Core Values: Faith, Family,
Community and Simple Living.
The Anabaptist Trio – Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites are like the Germans, Austrians and Swiss. These are 3 different countries but all of them speak the German language. There are similarities and differences of the Anabaptist Trio but they all follow the Four Core Values.
I will post about the Amish Four Core Values from https://www.amishvillage.com/, before writing about how the Mennonites and Hutterites follow the four core values. I will post bible verses and photos of different Anabaptist trio (as each photos represent a core value). I will give my thoughts on the four core values on another blog post.
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" Community is like an old coat, you aren't aware of it until it is taken away." – Amish Proverb The Amish Four Core Values – Faith, Family, Community and Simple Living A large Amish buggy with two draft horses [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=896676189128007&set=a.538291671633129] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mccallums-one-of-australias-few.html |
The core Amish values are to lead a simple life of faith. The Amish believe that their religious faith and the way they choose to live are interdependent. These core beliefs lead to a very strong set of values of faith, family, community, and a simple unworldly life. In this blog post, we will explore these four core values of the Amish lifestyle.
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15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. – I Timothy 1:15-16 (ESV) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/GuyFd81uW92TFoVo8] [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1019349393624512&set=a.378618077697650] |
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Zelt Erweckung - Amish Mennonite Tent Meeting Revival at Sequoia Bible Fellowship Coblentz Tent Meetings with Gospel Preaching! Evangelist Andy Coblentz - An Amish Mennonite Brother from Kentucky Held at Squaw Valley Rodeo Grounds, May 28, 2012 VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaIjRfB2XJ4 PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/jUDXmsR8Qkh3z8kW6 |
Faith
Faith is the cornerstone of Amish life. Religious customs are endowed with the values of humility and simplicity and putting God and community ahead of the individual. Their religious beliefs call them to live a life of faith, discipline, dedication, and humility. Amish attend church every other Sunday in a church members’ home. The service acts as a renewal of faith and an affirmation of community. The Amish community governs itself strictly and baptized members are morally committed to church rules. For them, life is a spiritual activity, and they demonstrate their religious beliefs daily through their own actions of discipleship, plainness, nonresistance, forgiveness, and non-violence.
See their statement of faith:
https://amishamerica.com/what-do-the-amish-believe-20-faith-statements/
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Zelt Erweckung - 2021 Spring Garden, PA Tent Crusade, Spring Garden Tent Revival Meetings [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.gospelexpress.com/2021-spring-garden-tent/] |
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A Family that Work Together, Grows Together. – Amish proverb An Amish family on an open buggy [PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/BSPuadNzT5X2PW8m6 ...... https://amish-buggy.com/#amish] https://www.plainandfancyfarm.com/onsite-activities/buggy-rides/ https://www.plainandfancyfarm.com/ https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/05/family-value-quotes.html |
Family
Family is the heart of the community and is a very important social unit in the Amish culture. Amish place great value on time spent together as a family and their connection with each other. They run family businesses together, eat meals together, attend church services, barn-raisings, and other community events together. It’s not unusual for an Amish family to have seven to ten children. You’ll often see young children helping at market stands, picking corn, or tending to animals. Amish families approach life as a unit and children learn a strong work ethic from the very beginning.
The dedication to family continues with older family members. Wisdom from older Amish is valued by the young and often multiple generations live together to either help care for aging family members and/or help with the rearing of children. These large multi-generational family units contribute to the strength and growth of the extended family and ultimately to their community.
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Why Mennonites have large families? [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.krsc.ca/mennonites/] “There are two explanatory factors: one is large families, and the second is high retention rates,” said Professor Steven Nolt, Director and Senior Scholar at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. “If you looked at the 1930s, up through about 2000, the retention rate had actually increased. There’s a case study that showed that the retention rate went from the upper 70 percent to 90 percent,” he said. https://hoptownchronicle.org/across-the-country-amish-populations-are-on-the-rise/ https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/population-2024/ https://amishamerica.com/2024-amish-population-passes-four-hundred-thousand/ https://www.anabaptistconnections.org/ BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/10/amish-baby-boom-part-1-proverbs-about.html |
Invited To Amish Dinner 🇺🇸
Sep 5, 2021 HOLMES COUNTY
Quite often the Amish and Mennonite are misunderstood or a mystery to most of us outsiders. Join me in an enlightening conversation as we talk about relationships, the use of technology, what they fear, and how they see the rest of America. A truly eye-opening experience.
Hello Everyone! I just want to clarify that this is one group of Amish out of many. Their opinions and views on life are theirs and do not represent all Amish people. Most of this group are Beachy Amish and Marcus (the older man) is New-Order Amish. Beachy Amish are the most liberal Amish with the most amount of modernity in their lives. This is why I was able to record this conversation. When we "English" (all people that aren't Amish) say "Amish" we categorize many different types of Amish into one group and this is why this can get so confusing.
For example, the Beachy Amish can have cars and electricity in their homes. The Schwartzentruber Amish are the Amish who chose to live away from modernity completely (without cars, phones, etc.) and are quite often the Amish we think of when we think of the Amish.
Here is an oversimplified list of different types of Amish I met while in Holmes County, Ohio:
-SWARTZENTRUBER AMISH (the most conservative and most removed from the modern world)
-DAN AMISH (somewhat removed from everybody else, conservative)
-OLD-ORDER AMISH (can't drive vehicles but some of them can ride as passengers, only have steel wheels on their carriages, not rubber. Allow Rumspringer--their youth to explore the world and "try things out").
-NEW-ORDER AMISH (Broke away from the Old Order Amish. Less conservative than Old Order, but more conservative in the sense that they don't promote Rumspringer, they use rubber on their carriage wheels, use more modern sliding doors on their carriages, some have phones.
-BEACHY AMISH (The most accepting of the modern world and the closest to the most conservative Mennonites. This is the group in the video)
There are many other sects and to confuse things even more each sect has different rules depending on their church.
None of the Amish are easy to open up like this on camera and it's only because of Josh that we got in with this beautiful group of people. In the next few weeks, I'll have a video inside a Schwartzentruber's home. They agreed to let me film as long as I didn't show their faces. It was a surreal experience, to say the least. I will also have some videos for you with Old-Order Amish people.
I hope you enjoy this series! Like most things in life, there's much more beneath the surface with a lot of complexity mixed in. I hope you find as much joy in discovering the Amish as I have. See you next Sunday!
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgY1SVXiBrU&t=954s
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Its a fun night at the annual softball game between two sister companies. AirWorks against AW Machinery,. Both companies are situated along US Rt. 250 east of Applecreek Ohio. It's a perfect evening so far here at the Kidron Ohio ballpark. The companies provided delicious supper and desert for employees and their families. Bragging rights for an entire year goes to the winner of two out of three games. I'm rooting for AW Machinery. Fun times. JD [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1283932506629076&set=a.258613655827638] |
Community
The spirit of the Amish lifestyle is exhibited through their strong sense of dedication and love for their church communities. They believe that community is at the heart of their life and faith and that the way to salvation is to live as a loving community separate from the world.
Since the Amish separate themselves from the rest of society, their communities are a unique support system. Community members will freely give of their time and their skills to help one another. A good example of community support is an Amish barn raising. The community comes together to help a family build a barn. The effort often involves several men who build the barn, as well as many women who feed the workers. These barns are a steadfast reminder of Amish tradition, community, and craft coming together to work as one.
Whether it’s raising a barn, offering wisdom to fellow community members, consoling a family that is suffering a loss, or providing financial assistance, the members of the community support each other. Dependence on the church community is very strong, and church members are urged to help each other in everyday life and in times of difficulty or disaster.
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When Brothers Dwell in Unity A Song of Ascents. Of David. 133 Behold, how
good and pleasant it is
2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
3 It is like the dew of Hermon, [PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/h4vKhpGunYVoWNFAA] |
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10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. - Philippians 4 verse 10-13 (ESV) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.slideshare.net/DavidTurner28/be-contented-and-thankful-philippians-41023] |
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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. - Charles Spurgeon [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/280416] |
Simplicity
The most obvious trait of the Amish community is that they choose to lead a simple life. But the reason they do this is because they believe simplicity is a symbol of humility. They take seriously the Biblical commands to separate themselves from worldly things.
Often the first thing that identifies the Amish is the way they dress. Amish fashion styles are simple, practical, and modest. Clothing is generally made at home using plain fabrics. Their choice of clothing shows their commitment to the principles of the Amish church – to live simply.
Despite the many advancements in our society, the Amish do not typically utilize modern or worldly things like electricity, technology, vehicles, and other modern conveniences that many of us depend on for our daily lives. They believe worldliness can keep them from being close to God which could present influences that may be destructive to their communities and their way of life. By living simply and restricting access to unnecessary items, such as fancy clothes, TV, or iPhones, the Amish feel they can keep the modern world from intruding into their lives and allow them to remain focused on their faith and family.
By following the four principle values of faith, family, community, and living a simple and modest life, the Amish live out their own religious beliefs and lead a unique life in their own spiritual way. For an authentic look at Amish culture, check out our various tour options.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.amishvillage.com/blog/the-4-core-values-of-the-amish-culture/
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24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. – Hebrews 10:24-25 (ESV) Students, staff families, and volunteers gathered for a group photo after the annual welcome picnic. (August 2024) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=909441787885574&set=pcb.909441877885565 [ALBUM SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/FaithBuildersEducationalPrograms/posts/pfbid022FhSWVU5A8Ti2DnwXjuHXWx4rZbmc2HmEqz3VxUWZL1U7chjxmMoVowQcV9v9MGDl] |
I will explain how each of the Mennonites and Hutterites follow each of the Four Core Values, there are similarities and differences. Just a disclaimer here, Mennonites here include both the Conservative Mennonites and the Beachy Amish Mennonites, while Hutterites include those from the Hutterite Colony and those who live in the Bruderhof.
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Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (ESV) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.bibleportal.com/verse-topic?v=1+thessalonians+5:23&version=ESV] |
Faith:
Mennonites and Hutterites do affirm the Apostles’ Creed. Unlike the Amish, Mennonites do have church building or they meet in a meeting hall. The Hutterites have their church services on their own colony or at the Bruderhof.
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Kingdom Fellowship Weekend is an annual gathering, typically held the last weekend of August in south-central Pennsylvania. It serves as a forum for Biblical edification focusing on spiritual renewal, fervent prayer, and absolute surrender to our King, Jesus. We are committed to a Christian expression that is Christ-centered, Scripture-anchored, and kingdom-focused, specifically as modeled by the Anabaptist tradition. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://kingdomfellowship.org/] |
For example, Faith Mennonite High School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania, have the verse Roman 10:17 on their logo: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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Romans 10:17 (ESV) - So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.tumblr.com/wiirocku/160671797632/romans-1017-esv-so-faith-comes-from-hearing |
See their statements of faith:
Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Dordrecht_Confession_of_Faith_(Mennonite,_1632)
Mennonite Confession of Faith, 1963
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Confession_of_Faith,_1963
Bruderhof Statement of Faith
https://www.bruderhof.com/foundations/basis-of-our-faith
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“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.” - Johann Sebastian Bach The Stoltzfus Family [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=596158259593239&set=pb.100075972100828.-2207520000] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-stotlzfus-family-musical-group.html |
Family:
The Anabaptist Trio all have similar family values. That is why they all have large families.
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MAKE FAMILIES GREAT AGAIN [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=705681869111082&set=a.185373597808581] These Americans Are Stuck in the 1800s (Mennonites) Jan 20, 2024 Have you heard of the Mennonites? They are an offshoot of the Amish (a sub-sect of Christianity that originates in Switzerland in the 1800s). Today, the Mennonites live in small communities around the Midwest, USA, as well as in Belize, Bolivia and other countries in Latin America. What's fascianting is that they live a completely isolated life without the use of internet, TV or music -- something that is almost impossible to comprehend in today's society. Thanks to my friends Zach and Janki, I was able to get secret access into a Mennonite community in northern Wisconsin, where I was able to learn about their bizarre way of life. I was even invited into one of their homes for a meal, and it was an out-of-body experience, to say the least! VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmpmBOXBwU&t=234s |
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‘Eck balle’: disappearing sport of the Pennsylvania Dutch [PHOTO SOURCE: https://amishamerica.com/eck-balle-disappearing-sport-of-the-pennsylvania-dutch/] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/10/100-years-ago-four-horsemen-of-notre.html |
Community:
The Anabaptist Trio are all very community oriented. Some Amish Community have been more open to singing and playing musical instruments, for a music community. Both Mennonites and Hutterites love to sing in choir or even play instrument at a music camp.
The Anabaptist Trio, the men and women are always together like a herd of elephants. They help one another in need or having a leisure together.
Hutterites live in community, that is they share all their possessions. All members living in one colony “own” the assets of that community collectively. They work for each other and they don’t pay wages to their members. However, in lieu of wages all necessities of life are provided. So each member serves the other through their works and labour and all proceeds are shared.
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-common-purse-in-bruderhof-hutterites.html
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Inspiring: The Amish Rebuild in North Carolina (11 Images) ~
“It just fills my heart with joy watching people get their life back again," said a young Amish man.
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1064060902422752&set=pcb.1064063595755816] |
“Our heart just felt drawn to
come help” said one Amish woman.
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Mud clinging to their dresses, Mennonite volunteers from Virginia and Pennsylvania take a break after mucking out the basement of a Barre home last week. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Daily Chronicle. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://montpelierbridge.org/2024/08/mennonite-women-remove-45-tons-of-muck-with-joy-and-singing/]
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Ladies raking during annual spring Huf aufraume. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.hutterites.org/] |
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Schmiedleut girls gathering beans [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.hutterites.org/] |
Community and Discipleship – Panel Discussion
August 27, 2016
Panel discussion among Matthew Milioni, John D. Martin, Dean Taylor, and Ernest Eby. How can and should community serve as a catalyst for discipleship?
Panel discussion moderated by Curt Wagoner.
https://kingdomfellowship.org/community-and-discipleship-panel-discussion/
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mT4t2swAbk
https://youtu.be/6mT4t2swAbk?si=l-0hR6pqRXJyIZoW
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"We do well to
remember dolphins. If a dolphin fails, then others come alongside and nudge him
gently through the waters; because a dolphin must keep moving in order to keep
breathing. We all need our dolphins alongside us from time to time." [PHOTO SOURCE: https://images.app.goo.gl/NhUkU4gesh7CQ4e88 ..... https://www.trvst.world/biodiversity/dolphin-quotes/] The Shocking Intelligence of Dolphins – Teamwork at Its Best! |
Simple Living:
The Anabaptist Trio all
live simply.
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Contentment is not getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have. - Amish proverb [PHOTO SOURCE: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/amish-contentment-is-not-getting-what-we-want-but-being-satisfied-with-what-we-have--7318418137071442/] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/02/simple-living-quotes-part-1-meet-titus.html |
RELATED LINKS:
https://www.amishvillage.com/blog/the-4-core-values-of-the-amish-culture/
https://www.amishbaskets.com/blogs/blog/amish-values
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/isolated-faroe-islands/
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Amos Miller's supporters rally outside Lancaster County courthouse |
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Amos Miller's supporters rally outside Lancaster County courthouse |
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About 200 people gathered today before the Amish Farmers hearing in support of @millersorganicfarm from Bird-in-Hand. In front of the courthouse, people gathered to listen to speakers talking about state over-reach in our food system, a prayer, and some raw milk & cheese. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/C38_z8uNtwF/?hl=fr&img_index=4 ….. https://images.app.goo.gl/U95ecrdBmexLFFZ1A] |
FAITH LINKS:
https://www.weavertown.org/about/
FAMILY LINKS:
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/05/family-value-quotes.html
The Hebrew phrase for "children are a joy" is "ילדים הם שמחה" (yeldim hem simcha). "ילדים" (yeldim) means "children", and "שמחה" (simcha) means "joy" or "gladness". Israel is the only OECD countries that have the highest fertility rate of 2.91 per woman.
From September 2023 to September 2024, about 183,000 babies were born in Israel, meaning that more than 400 babies were born per day. There was a similar case in 2022, in its annual Amish population study, the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College estimates that 1,450 Amish babies were born in Lancaster County last year. Only 145 Amish of all ages died. That population increase of 1,305 brought the total number of Amish living here to 44,315. There were more Amish births than deaths in that state.
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/12/israels-baby-boom-2024-children-are-joy.html
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Farmers that organised the budget day protest say the temporary reprieve should be made permanent. (ABC News: Joseph Dunstan) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/emergency-services-levy-victoria-backdown-drought-funding/105357484] Why Furious Farmers & Firefighters are RISING UP in Melbourne May 21, 2025 Thousands of outraged farmers and frontline volunteers rallied in Melbourne to protest a new tax that penalises them for donating their time, equipment, and expertise to protect the community. ⤴SHARE THE FULL STORY: https://rebelne.ws/3Fj3Rpy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpTV0gu4zus&t=413s https://rumble.com/v6tp6m3-massive-firefighters-and-farmers-protest-in-melbourne.html |
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Thousands of CFA volunteers and farmers turned out for the protest against the levy. (ABC News: Simon Winter) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/emergency-services-levy-victoria-backdown-drought-funding/105357484] Why Furious Farmers & Firefighters are RISING UP in Melbourne May 21, 2025 Thousands of outraged farmers and frontline volunteers rallied in Melbourne to protest a new tax that penalises them for donating their time, equipment, and expertise to protect the community. ⤴SHARE THE FULL STORY: https://rebelne.ws/3Fj3Rpy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpTV0gu4zus&t=413s https://rumble.com/v6tp6m3-massive-firefighters-and-farmers-protest-in-melbourne.html |
COMMUNITY LINKS:
SERMONS ON HEBREWS 10 VERSE 24 TO 25 – THE GOSPEL COMMUNITY
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/02/sermons-on-hebrews-10-verse-24-to-25.html
“We must live in community because we are stimulated by the same creative Spirit of unity who calls nature to unity and through whom work and culture shall become community in God.” — Eberhard Arnold
PLAIN PEOPLE AND MUTUAL AID - WHY WE LIVE IN COMMUNITY BY EBERHARD ARNOLD
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/11/plain-people-and-mutual-aid-why-we-live.html
“Let every nation know... whether it wishes us well or ill... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” - JFK
AMISH REPOPULATING NEBRASKA’S SANDHILLS
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/04/amish-repopulating-nebraskas-sandhills.html
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. - Matthew 5:44 (KJV)
MARTYRS MIRROR: DIRK WILLEMS (DIED: MAY 16, 1569)
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/05/martyrs-mirror-dirk-willems-died-may-16.html
True community arises out of transformation, and only transformation can make real community. – Eberhard Arnold
https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/11/community-living-quotes.html
SIMPLE LIVING LINKS:
“A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.” ― Albert Einstein
Mark Curtis, now 71, was baptized into an Amish church in Belle Center, Ohio, in 2003, after their care for his cancer-stricken mother convinced him to join
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/02/simple-living-quotes-part-2-mark-curtis.html
I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love. - Hans Rosling
JOINING THE AMISH – CHEF & AMISH CONVERT MATTHEW SECICH
BLOG: https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2024/05/joining-amish-chef-amish-convert.html
This rare glimpse inside an Amish buggy shop reveals how these master craftsmen build transportation without electricity ⚡️—powered entirely by horses. 🐴
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BdcBUgYrQ/ …… https://www.facebook.com/reel/1387752942267905
Fund raiser supper and trail ride to benefit the Goose Creek School.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/reel/925860349666162 ..... https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FbJaMP5R2/
This one of a kind entry caught my attention. Imagine keeping those hair clean. This was at the annual New Bedford, Ohio pony parade held the third weekend in May.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16VoiGJRJp/
The highlight of the annual New Bedford Days is the Pony Parade. This year there were 60 entries.
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