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I usually know when it is going to because the grocery ads are oriented toward sports-themed parties.

[quote=Bootstrap post_id=177715 time=1672529282 Are there patterns for these dresses online that would show how the cape is sewn on? [/quote] I'm not aware of any online patterns, but Christian Light Education makes a Home Ec course that teaches how to make a cape dress pattern and sew the dress, an...

I am fairly sure that the cape you see in many modern day conservative Mennonite churches is vestigial of something bigger. Just like a lot of the head coverings. Thanks, I get it now. When I have been with conservative Mennonites, I didn't want to ask too many questions about women's clothing or l...

Well, I wasn't a child, but when I joined the Beachy Mennonites 20 years ago, some 🔥 issues were: 1) solid colors on coats (it was taken for granted on indoor clothing) 2) putting any writing on your tires on the inside 3) ladies not wearing vests (like those Charity women :shock: ) or pullover swea...

And the problem with a bunch of churches in the same area, I suppose, reduces the need for getting along...Each person can easily and quietly just go to a different church. I don’t think it is good at all to have Grandparents going to a conservative church, while their children go down the road to ...

-Using every other child’s name before the correct child’s name is used. We have seven children, including three sons named, in age order: David John Benjamin So one day teenager Ben exclaims in exasperation, "Moooom, why didn't you just name me Deja vu ?!" :laugh Very, very good times! O...

... when mom makes hotdogs for supper, and there is one hotdog left on the table, and dad can tell the boys are racing to finish their current dog so they can get the last one... but dad swoops in and takes the last one. Good times. I sometimes think my spouse has a food insecurity complex. Maybe t...

"Cheaper by the Dozen", which was really popular in Germany, too, but would it have been read by Mennonites? I read that aloud (so as to edit out the occasional blasphemy) often enough that my children still quote choice sections! Also the sequel, Belles On Their Toes. Examples: "Mag...

Just curious, have Mennonites refused to bake cakes for divorced and remarried couples at their bakeries? I know a Mennonite lady who refused to sew a wedding dress for a divorced friend who was planning to remarry. I also had an interesting discussion a few years ago with another friend who ran a ...

Just curious, have Mennonites refused to bake cakes for divorced and remarried couples at their bakeries? I know a Mennonite lady who refused to sew a wedding dress for a divorced friend who was planning to remarry. I also had an interesting discussion a few years ago with another friend who ran a ...