Comments on: From the Balcony at Church https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/ Movement, Color, Sound, Story Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6142 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:13:13 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6142 In reply to Phoebe.

I’ve heard the story of the first Beachy Amish church, and think it’s so interesting! It’s fun to be a part of a church with an interesting history.

]]> By: Lucinda J https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6140 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:54:49 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6140 In reply to Amanda Farmer.

I did a quick search online and didn’t find an easy consensus as to their origins or purpose. But they aren’t limited to Anabaptist churches.

]]> By: Bertha https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6125 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:39:33 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6125 Thanks for sharing!! Very interesting !!! I always enjoy what you write :)

]]> By: Phoebe https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6123 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:17:19 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6123 Wow! So you come down to Mt. View from Oakland. You’ve got a bit of a drive! My paternal grandfather, Mose Beachy, was the bishop of the Old Order Amish church when the church split in 1927. The people who stayed with the bishop became known as Beachy Amish, and Grandpa was asked to help a number of churches in other communities who also became known as Beachy Amish. It’s interesting to me that the very first Beachy Amish church has removed Beachy from its name. I was three years old when Grandpa died in 1946. I wish I had his letters!! I have copies that his brother Rufous wrote to him during the years leading up to the split when Grandpa got the blues as he tried to hold the church together.

]]> By: Amanda Farmer https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6120 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:54:13 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6120 I didn’t know there were any conservative Mennonite churches with balconies. I do remember the Amen corners with benches. I haven’t seen those in any other churches. I wonder what their real purpose was?

]]> By: Connie https://lucindajkinsinger.com/from-the-balcony-at-church/#comment-6119 Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:38:02 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=19889#comment-6119 And they have banners! Love them!

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