Doing this episode with Scott helps me to connect with my husband in amazing ways. I find us revisiting things we had discussed in only casual conversation over the years. Another example of this was how his family did Mealtimes and my surprise in how different it was from my family. You can check out that episode here: czcams.com/video/JUyU-JIPFKw/video.html
I really enjoyed this video. I became a Mennonite in my mid 20's, coming from an Atheist upbringing. Now ( about 15yrs later) I cherish much of my Mennonite ways. One of the biggest surprises for me in Mennonite traditions was No dancing. Not even at a wedding reception. I think your husband was very blessed to have grown up in a Mennonite home and church.
Oooo the no dancing was another thing we could have talked about. At our wedding reception, the only dancing we had was a friend of mine who was a ballet dancer, who performed and interpretive dance to a worship song. We have a second reception weeks later, where did dances from other cultures. Definitely not dancing like I grew up with. Curious as to what drew you from Atheism to becoming Mennonite?
I grew up Independent fundamental Baptist and these were my personal experiences as a child. 1. Santa Claus was not a part of our Christmas. He was referred to Saton Claus because he was the reason for stealing Christ's birthday during the holiday. 2. We didn't refer to Sunday as the saboth but we did not do extra chores, we went to Sunday school, AM church service and Sunday night service. I can't ever remember skipping church-ever. We didn't even gather with extended family if it interfere with church. I went to a lot of church functions, soul winning, revivals, and some youth activities. Our lives were centered around church and what took place there. Skipping out was not an option. 3. We didn't go to restruants or family gatherings that served alcohol as well. My parents before becoming a Christian used to drink, but after getting saved they actually never took another sip of it, for which I'm most grateful. 4. We never did foot washing. But I love the sentiment and symbolism of Christ's love towards his disciples. 5. My mother and father raised meat to eat, canned, froze, and dehydrated almost all our food. I was in 4-H. For 7 years. Although we were not Mennonite we sure grew up like we were. Lol. As an adult my husband and I have done the following... 1. Never made a big deal of Santa to our kids. They knew of him, but it was introduced as a fictional character to make Christmas fun. We emphasize Christ's birthday and developed our own family traditions. 2. My husband and I reared our children in the Baptist church. We are conservative, but through it all, our focus as we continue to grow and matured in our faith is to shows God's love to the saved and unsaved, share the gospel, and glorify God in all things. 3. My husband and I abstain from all forms of alcohol. I've never tasted it in my entire life. We used to not go to restaurants that served alcohol, but as the kids got older and they understood why we abstain from it, we have been to restaurants and family gatherings where alcohol was present. We do not walk down the asides in stores that have alcohol nor do we go to places where alcohol is the theme. 4. I never attended a church that did foot washing, but if someone comes to my home, I try my utmost to be hospitable and kind towards their needs and desires. 5. I am a huge supporter of eating healthy and purchasing things that are made here in my region. I live in the Northeast. I try to make things that are healthy and wholesome. I'm not always successful, but overall I do my best. Thanks so much for sharing your husband's experiences. I do have a question. Does your church teach security of the Christian or can one lose their Salvation if they walk away from Christ ? I grew up understanding that once you become a Christian your salvation is secure in Christ, never lost or taken away. You are a child of God's forever once you place your faith on Christ. I believe a person can walk away from Christ but Christ will not let go of us. I believe this because the moment you place your faith in Christ you are born again you can't be unborn, and Christ also seals you with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption. I was just wondering if the Mennonites who are more progressive teach something similar. If I understand correctly the old order Amish and Mennonites teach that Salvation can be lost if one chooses to walk away from the faith.
Wow! So many similarities! Thanks first of all for checking out the show. Those are some heavy questions. I don't recall the church we are attending having made much out of this matter, the matter of eternal security. My husband said that Mennonite church, the one he grew up in, believed in salvation through God's grace, but also believed that there are consequence if we continue to live in sin, that people are able to walk away from God. This would seem to fly in the face of the “eternal security,” or “once saved, always saved” theology. We believe that we are ultimately saved by God’s grace, and not through any action or merit of our own, but we also believe that maintaining a right relationship with Christ means that we are to follow in his footsteps and live a life that follows his example. Ultimately, whether someone is saved or not I find best left up to God. He alone knows the heart. And the fruit of right relationship will be telling. But even then, people struggle, and the fruit of God in someone's life may or may not be clear to me. So I find it best not to be quick to judge.
@@kristenandscott thank you for sharing your thoughts. I totally agree with what you shared with me. God knows the Heart and in the end He will judge justly and righteously.
This is great! I live in Alberta, Canada and grew up around the Brethren church. I'm a full on charismaniac now :) - with the Bible firmly in my hand from my great foundation years. Love this and will definitely check out the Dutch Blitz vid for pointers!
Yeah the Brethren Church is definitely a cousin to the Mennonite church. My husband spent some time exploring the charismatic church, in particular the Vineyard churches. He found great value in it. My husband has no regrets growing up Mennonite.
I am so saddened to see and hear of biblical principles and applications that have been laid aside by our Mennonite family God is never changing, and he has asked us to come out and be separate from the world. How are we when we live and do the same things they do?
While wrapping Christmas gifts might be a minor thing, I do think thing like observing the Sabbath or at least one making sure they have a sabbath rest in their lives IS important. Our lives are so frenetic. We need to make time to rest. And yes, God is never changing. Thanks for watching. Our journey may be imperfect, but we are continuing to grow!
Certainly, the moderate interpretation of Santa Claus is fictitious and highly commercialized. However, Saint Nicholas,the Saint he is based on,was not a lie.
So it sounds like it wasn't celebrated on the 25th of December like we traditionally do in the United States. Were the giving of gifts a part of the celebration?
@@kristenandscott christmas is celebrated on the 24th with giving of Gifts. But the Gifts came from the "Christkind ", additionally we have saint Niclaus on the 6th, and in some regions in Germany also Saint Barbara on the 4th. If you put cherry twigs in the vase on saint Barbara day, they will bloom on christmas. Saint Niclaus also comes with a companion, "Knecht Ruprecht " he is a dark figure and will take care of the naughty children. If you are a good kid, you get presents from Saint Niclaus (Nikolaus) if you are a naughty kid you will get charcoals from Knecht Ruprecht
I am not Mennonite however my family culture is very similar to the Mennonite culture and I so appreciate the way I was raised, and have tried to raise my own children in the same manner, (including no Santa Claus wrapping paper - lol).
As you can tell from the episode, the way I was raised was quite different. It's not that anything was bad or good it was just different. Living with my Mennonite husband I've learned to appreciate the differences.
I suspect it is coming as it is in your informational video, but I am eager to learn how in the world you two met?! Although, I did not grow up practicing as a Mennonite I recently learned about my Pennsylvania Dutch biological family. Starting with my biological Great Grandparents! 😱 My biological grandfather was placed up for a closed adoption. Ironically we all (cousins, aunts, and uncles as well) accessed ancestry DNA and discovered each other and our roots. I follow several Mennonites and Pennsylvania Dutch channels now so naturally yours popped up! If my research is proving true I had a distant grandparent from Lancaster county marry a brethren man near Hershey, then their child had some kind of encounter with a Lutheran man and Grandfather was placed in the secret adoption. DNA all points to this being a true or somewhat true story. . . . Therefore, your channel fascinates me the most because of the multicultural marriage content! Yours is definitely even more unique though since it has absolutely no Pennsylvania Dutch coming from your Italian side. 🤗🙌
Doing this episode with Scott helps me to connect with my husband in amazing ways. I find us revisiting things we had discussed in only casual conversation over the years. Another example of this was how his family did Mealtimes and my surprise in how different it was from my family. You can check out that episode here: czcams.com/video/JUyU-JIPFKw/video.html
I remember the Sears catalogue. My grandparents on my father's side worked hard and spolied us grandkids.
Lol I wonder if every generation thinks the children that follow are spoiled?
Love your videos!
Thanks so much for joining us on the journey!
Thanks to all you who joined us during the premiere.
I really enjoyed this video.
I became a Mennonite in my mid 20's, coming from an Atheist upbringing.
Now ( about 15yrs later) I cherish much of my Mennonite ways.
One of the biggest surprises for me in Mennonite traditions was No dancing. Not even at a wedding reception.
I think your husband was very blessed to have grown up in a Mennonite home and church.
Oooo the no dancing was another thing we could have talked about. At our wedding reception, the only dancing we had was a friend of mine who was a ballet dancer, who performed and interpretive dance to a worship song. We have a second reception weeks later, where did dances from other cultures. Definitely not dancing like I grew up with. Curious as to what drew you from Atheism to becoming Mennonite?
There's nothing wrong with the mennonite traditions
If you put God first and be consistant, you will be blessed. The mennonites are truly blessed.
Absolutely not! Its just different from the way I grew up, and different is not bad. The see so much value in these traditons!
I grew up Independent fundamental Baptist and these were my personal experiences as a child.
1. Santa Claus was not a part of our Christmas. He was referred to Saton Claus because he was the reason for stealing Christ's birthday during the holiday.
2. We didn't refer to Sunday as the saboth but we did not do extra chores, we went to Sunday school, AM church service and Sunday night service. I can't ever remember skipping church-ever. We didn't even gather with extended family if it interfere with church. I went to a lot of church functions, soul winning, revivals, and some youth activities. Our lives were centered around church and what took place there. Skipping out was not an option.
3. We didn't go to restruants or family gatherings that served alcohol as well. My parents before becoming a Christian used to drink, but after getting saved they actually never took another sip of it, for which I'm most grateful.
4. We never did foot washing. But I love the sentiment and symbolism of Christ's love towards his disciples.
5. My mother and father raised meat to eat, canned, froze, and dehydrated almost all our food. I was in 4-H. For 7 years. Although we were not Mennonite we sure grew up like we were. Lol.
As an adult my husband and I have done the following...
1. Never made a big deal of Santa to our kids. They knew of him, but it was introduced as a fictional character to make Christmas fun. We emphasize Christ's birthday and developed our own family traditions.
2. My husband and I reared our children in the Baptist church. We are conservative, but through it all, our focus as we continue to grow and matured in our faith is to shows God's love to the saved and unsaved, share the gospel, and glorify God in all things.
3. My husband and I abstain from all forms of alcohol. I've never tasted it in my entire life. We used to not go to restaurants that served alcohol, but as the kids got older and they understood why we abstain from it, we have been to restaurants and family gatherings where alcohol was present. We do not walk down the asides in stores that have alcohol nor do we go to places where alcohol is the theme.
4. I never attended a church that did foot washing, but if someone comes to my home, I try my utmost to be hospitable and kind towards their needs and desires.
5. I am a huge supporter of eating healthy and purchasing things that are made here in my region. I live in the Northeast. I try to make things that are healthy and wholesome. I'm not always successful, but overall I do my best.
Thanks so much for sharing your husband's experiences.
I do have a question. Does your church teach security of the Christian or can one lose their Salvation if they walk away from Christ ?
I grew up understanding that once you become a Christian your salvation is secure in Christ, never lost or taken away. You are a child of God's forever once you place your faith on Christ. I believe a person can walk away from Christ but Christ will not let go of us. I believe this because the moment you place your faith in Christ you are born again you can't be unborn, and Christ also seals you with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption.
I was just wondering if the Mennonites who are more progressive teach something similar. If I understand correctly the old order Amish and Mennonites teach that Salvation can be lost if one chooses to walk away from the faith.
Wow! So many similarities! Thanks first of all for checking out the show. Those are some heavy questions. I don't recall the church we are attending
having made much out of this matter, the matter of eternal security. My husband said that Mennonite church, the one he grew up in, believed in salvation through God's grace, but also believed that there are consequence if we continue to live in sin, that people are able to walk away from God. This would seem to fly in the face of the “eternal security,” or “once saved, always saved” theology. We believe that we are ultimately saved by God’s grace, and not through any action or merit of our own, but we also believe that maintaining a right relationship with Christ means that we are to follow in his footsteps and live a life that follows his example. Ultimately, whether someone is saved or not I find best left up to God. He alone knows the heart. And the fruit of right relationship will be telling. But even then, people struggle, and the fruit of God in someone's life may or may not be clear to me. So I find it best not to be quick to judge.
@@kristenandscott thank you for sharing your thoughts. I totally agree with what you shared with me. God knows the Heart and in the end He will judge justly and righteously.
This is a gem…and educational…Especially the Jack Daniels!
Lol. That was something I'd never heard of before I married into the family.
This is great! I live in Alberta, Canada and grew up around the Brethren church. I'm a full on charismaniac now :) - with the Bible firmly in my hand from my great foundation years. Love this and will definitely check out the Dutch Blitz vid for pointers!
Yeah the Brethren Church is definitely a cousin to the Mennonite church. My husband spent some time exploring the charismatic church, in particular the Vineyard churches. He found great value in it. My husband has no regrets growing up Mennonite.
I am so saddened to see and hear of biblical principles and applications that have been laid aside by our Mennonite family God is never changing, and he has asked us to come out and be separate from the world. How are we when we live and do the same things they do?
While wrapping Christmas gifts might be a minor thing, I do think thing like observing the Sabbath or at least one making sure they have a sabbath rest in their lives IS important. Our lives are so frenetic. We need to make time to rest. And yes, God is never changing. Thanks for watching. Our journey may be imperfect, but we are continuing to grow!
Santa is a Lie. Christmas trees aren't trying to deceive anyone, so there is a difference.
Certainly, the moderate interpretation of Santa Claus is fictitious and highly commercialized. However, Saint Nicholas,the Saint he is based on,was not a lie.
@@kristenandscott Parents tell kids that Satan brings them presents. This is a lie.
In our family, catholic in Germany, christmas was the "Christkind " Baby Christ an on December 6th Saint Niclaus
So it sounds like it wasn't celebrated on the 25th of December like we traditionally do in the United States. Were the giving of gifts a part of the celebration?
@@kristenandscott christmas is celebrated on the 24th with giving of Gifts. But the Gifts came from the "Christkind ", additionally we have saint Niclaus on the 6th, and in some regions in Germany also Saint Barbara on the 4th. If you put cherry twigs in the vase on saint Barbara day, they will bloom on christmas. Saint Niclaus also comes with a companion, "Knecht Ruprecht " he is a dark figure and will take care of the naughty children. If you are a good kid, you get presents from Saint Niclaus (Nikolaus) if you are a naughty kid you will get charcoals from Knecht Ruprecht
I never heard the story of Knecht Ruprecht before. That is awesome. Well not for the naughty kids. 😜
I am not Mennonite however my family culture is very similar to the Mennonite culture and I so appreciate the way I was raised, and have tried to raise my own children in the same manner, (including no Santa Claus wrapping paper - lol).
As you can tell from the episode, the way I was raised was quite different. It's not that anything was bad or good it was just different. Living with my Mennonite husband I've learned to appreciate the differences.
I suspect it is coming as it is in your informational video, but I am eager to learn how in the world you two met?! Although, I did not grow up practicing as a Mennonite I recently learned about my Pennsylvania Dutch biological family. Starting with my biological Great Grandparents! 😱 My biological grandfather was placed up for a closed adoption. Ironically we all (cousins, aunts, and uncles as well) accessed ancestry DNA and discovered each other and our roots. I follow several Mennonites and Pennsylvania Dutch channels now so naturally yours popped up! If my research is proving true I had a distant grandparent from Lancaster county marry a brethren man near Hershey, then their child had some kind of encounter with a Lutheran man and Grandfather was placed in the secret adoption. DNA all points to this being a true or somewhat true story. . . . Therefore, your channel fascinates me the most because of the multicultural marriage content! Yours is definitely even more unique though since it has absolutely no Pennsylvania Dutch coming from your Italian side. 🤗🙌
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