Title:
AN AMISH WEDDING INVITATION
Author:
Serena Miller
Publisher:
Howard Books
February
2013
ASIN:
B00AYIDRF8
Genre:
Nonfiction / Amish
Amish
fiction author Serena B. Miller takes you "behind the barn door" in
this true e-short account of her experience of attending an Amish wedding.
In her years of researching her Amish novels, Serena Miller has gotten to know several Amish families inHolmes
County , Ohio
From the hand-arranged centerpieces—made from flowers the bride grew herself—to the portable kitchens the family rents to the elaborate and formally served meal, she realized that every detail of this wedding has been carefully and beautifully orchestrated by a bride and a society that cares very deeply about marriage. On the day of the wedding, Serena sits through the three-hour sermon preached entirely in German, after which the ceremony itself lasts under two minutes. She sees the grace with which the bride cooks for and serves her guests, and then stays to clean up after everyone has gone home. She is inspired by the way every member of the community seems to have some role to play in the event.
Serena, a pastor’s wife, has attended hundreds of weddings, and draws comparisons between the overblown weddings she normally attends and this “simple” wedding. She is inspired by the immensity of the vows this young couple is making—not just to each other, but to their community—and the faithfulness of the community that puts the focus on the marriage far more than the wedding itself.
In her years of researching her Amish novels, Serena Miller has gotten to know several Amish families in
From the hand-arranged centerpieces—made from flowers the bride grew herself—to the portable kitchens the family rents to the elaborate and formally served meal, she realized that every detail of this wedding has been carefully and beautifully orchestrated by a bride and a society that cares very deeply about marriage. On the day of the wedding, Serena sits through the three-hour sermon preached entirely in German, after which the ceremony itself lasts under two minutes. She sees the grace with which the bride cooks for and serves her guests, and then stays to clean up after everyone has gone home. She is inspired by the way every member of the community seems to have some role to play in the event.
Serena, a pastor’s wife, has attended hundreds of weddings, and draws comparisons between the overblown weddings she normally attends and this “simple” wedding. She is inspired by the immensity of the vows this young couple is making—not just to each other, but to their community—and the faithfulness of the community that puts the focus on the marriage far more than the wedding itself.
AN
AMISH WEDDING INVITATION is NOT a story. It is a first person account of Ms.
Miller’s invitation to an Amish wedding and what she experienced. She talked
about the preparations, the work frolics, the food, the services, the seating,
wedding gifts and more.
If
you are interested in a real life experience of attending an Amish wedding,
then AN AMISH WEDDING INVITATION is an ebook to consider. I picked it up for
research purposes because I’d never attended a wedding, but have been told
about them. It was as I heard. An interesting read. 46 pages, ebook only.
2 comments:
Fascinating.
Hmmm. Thanks for clarifying it isn't a story. I'll pass on this one.
Blessings!
Judy B
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