In Amish culture, the Dawdi Haus is usually a smaller home, attached to or near the main house, which the farmer moves into when he retires and sells the farm and main house to one of his children. A large Amish family may sometimes have two or three Dawdi homes where the parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents live and continue to participate as valuable members of the family.

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But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – I Timothy 5:8 (ESV)

You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. – Leviticus 19:32 (ESV)

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. – Job 12:12 (ESV)

4 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may gain^[a] insight,
²for I give you good precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
³When I was a son with my father,
    tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
⁴he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments, and live.
⁵Get wisdom; get insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

– Proverbs 4:1-5 (ESV)

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. – Proverbs 17:6 (ESV)
²²Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. ²³Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.– Proverbs 23:22-23 (ESV)

1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, ²older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. – I Timothy 5:1-2 (ESV)

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – I Timothy 5:8 (ESV)

If you happen to drive past an Amish farmhouse, you might notice a smaller house build next to the main one. That smaller home is called the Dawdi Haus, a Pennsylvanian Dutch word for ‘Grandpa House’. The farmer moves into when he retires and sells the farm and main house to one of his children. A large Amish family may sometimes have two or three Dawdi homes where the parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents live and continue to participate as valuable members of the family.

The smaller home built onto the main farmhouse, for grandparents to live in, is called a daudihaus.

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http://www.dawdyhaus.com/

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/retirement-homes-and-caring-for-aging-parents

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I was taught in school and from the bible to honour your parents and never abandon them when they are old. When I think of the Dawdi Haus, I notice the Amish never tell their elderly parents to go and live in retirement communities but they let them stay with them, even in their own home, where it pass from generation to generation.

The Dawdi Haus has motivated me to take care of my elderly parents and care for them.

Black Forest House (Schwarzwaldhaus) by the river (painting).

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The Black Forest house (German: Schwarzwaldhaus) is a byre-dwelling that is found mainly in the central and southern parts of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany. It is characterised externally by a long hipped or half-hipped roof that descends to the height of the ground floor. This type of dwelling is suited to the conditions of the Black Forest: hillside locations, broad tracks, high levels of snowfall and heavy wind loading. Individual farms, such as the Hierahof near Kappel, which are still worked today, are over 400 years old. The Black Forest house is described by Dickinson as very characteristic of the Swabian farmstead type. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest_house

Buy 100 acres of land and grow food and family together

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“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

https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/07/140th-birthday-for-eberhard-arnold-july.html

Bruderhof Houses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruderhof_Communities

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An Amish farmhouse AKA Heemet in Pennsylvanian Dutch

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https://www.amishfarmandhouse.com/blog/learning-to-speak-like-the-amish/

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https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/09/dawdi-haus-for-elderly-parents.html

Horse and buggy with John & Naomi, the ‘New Order Amish’ couple that befriended us two days earlier and introduced us to their daughter Ruth’s family.

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Horse and buggy with John & Naomi, the ‘New Order Amish’ couple that befriended us two days earlier and introduced us to their daughter Ruth’s family.

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DAWDI HAUS LINKS:

https://amishamerica.com/old-age/

http://www.dawdyhaus.com/

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/caring-for-elderly-parents-complete-guide/

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/retirement-homes-and-caring-for-aging-parents

https://bibleportal.com/topic/caring-for-elderly-parents

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“Buying a chunk of land, building a home, and raising our children away from the noise. That is the goal.”

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J. R. R. Tolkien

The McCallums – One of Australia’s few Amish families

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True community arises out of transformation, and only transformation can make real community. – Eberhard Arnold

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What makes Amish life simple: family, home, community, and faith.

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The family that works together, eats together, and prays together, stays together. – Amish Proverb

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Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. - John Templeton

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Amish Family Size: How many children is typical?

By Erik Wesner

Amish families are large, with 6-7 and even up to 9 children on average

https://amishamerica.com/how-many-children-do-amish-have/

Four Core Values of the Amish culture:

https://www.amishbaskets.com/blogs/blog/amish-values

https://www.amishvillage.com/blog/the-4-core-values-of-the-amish-culture/

https://www.amishfarmandhouse.com/blog/learning-to-speak-like-the-amish/

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Very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts. – Amish Proverb

We do not relegate the pulpit work, or the rest of the church’s teaching, to the lead pastor to handle as much as he can alone and then fill slots when he’s on vacation. We value plurality in teaching, and preaching, just as we value the plurality of elders in decision-making, oversight, and pastoral ministry throughout the week. We begin not by asking how the lead pastor can preach as much as possible, but by asking how we can most effectively teach and preach as a team of pastors.

- Team Preaching by David Mathis [https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/team-preaching]

https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2023/06/team-preaching-is-like-barn-raising.html

"If we don't want the government to tell us how to conduct our church affairs, we had better not tell them how to run the government.” – 1001 Questions and Answers

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Day 1 Moving Sunday School

Mar 1, 2023

This the detailed video of day 1 of moving the St Marks Sunday School from Bridport to Springfield. This building was used for a multitude of purposes, line and tap dancing, girl guides, cubs, brownies and a school library as well as a Sunday School. It was impressive to watch a team of professionals navigate the tight spaces to set up their gear and move the building without doing any damage. Part 2 will show how it travelled by road through Scottsdale, up Saliers Hill to its new home on the Amish family farm at Springfield.

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https://www.smh.com.au/national/meet-the-mccallums-one-of-australia-s-few-amish-families-20181016-p509xn.html

https://northeasternadvertiser.com/featured-articles/sunday-school-breathes-new-life

Day 2 Sunday School Move

Mar 2, 2023

This is the second day of the St Marks Sunday School moved to the McCallums Amish farm at Springfield. There was quite a crowd at Saliers Hill waiting to see the wide load negotiate the narrow avenue between the trees.

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