What is the year amish young adults spend away from the community called and where can i find more info?
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When Amish teens turn 16, they have the opportunity to venture out in the "Devil's Playground" (the outside world).  Watch the documentary of the same name for more information.
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I think you have to have Amish parents, it's not the kind of religion that accepts converts. Besides, if you only knew just how much it costs to feed a horse....
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What about the Mel Blunt youth home in Washington County? Or Agape Village? They aren't really boot camps but are teen programs but they may have suggestions for you on what to do. I really don't know of any other possible programs unless you contact the family courts and talk to a juvenile youth probation officer..
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Go to Century Village, in Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami.  Naples has some communities as well that are not Century Village.
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Federal Land Bank\nHUD\nGrowing Power www.growingpower.org\nThe Amish\nChurch (including their charitable activities)
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The Mennonite (Anabaptist) faith movement began in Europe in the 16th Century when a small group of believers challenged the reforms of Martin Luther and others during the Protestant Reformation, saying they were not radical enough and calling for adult rather than infant baptism. In 1525, several members set themselves apart from the official church by publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ and re-baptizing each other. \n\nMennonite Church USA is one of nearly 20 formally organized groups of Mennonites in North America that vary in lifestyle and religious practice but all stem from the Anabaptist movement. Though their streams of faith may differ, Mennonite groups hold common beliefs: Jesus Christ is central to worship and to everyday living. Behavior is to follow Christ's example. The Bible is considered the inspired word of God. Membership continues to be voluntary, with adult baptism upon declaration of faith.\n\nMennonites are known for their peace stand, taken because they believe Jesus Christ taught the way of peace. Many members choose not to participate in military service. Some take their belief further by objecting to government military expenditure; a few choose not to pay the percentage of their annual income tax that would go for military purposes. \n\nMennonites are also known for their strong commitment to community; interest in social issues; voluntary service to those who have experienced hardship and loss in floods, tornadoes and other disasters; and mission outreach. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonite\nhttp://www.mennoniteusa.org/
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The closest thing you'd find would be an Amish or Mennonite community. But there's really no community that I've ever heard of that's truly in the Puritan vein.
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/mennonites.html
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1. I think you may already be too late ...\nBBC News Wednesday, 10 March, 2004 \n"A project in Cornwall which helps families struggling with a domestic crisis by providing free furniture and clothes is facing closure. The Deborah Community, based at St Austell, has helped parents who have fled violent relationships and people who have been in prison or homeless. Its headquarters is being sold by the Methodist Church because it is unsafe." \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/england/cornwall/3498060.stm\n\n2. All it took was a simple internet search
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If you really care about the kids .. this is the absolutely BEST resource online that I have found! Enjoy ..\n\nhttp://www.landoverbaptist.org/
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you find out you let me know. i'm going crazy. I want to grow my own food.  make my own clothes. gather water from a spring. get rid of all of my material possessions except a few that just make life easier - yet i can't even afford to buy the property to do it.\n\ni've though of starting a commune, but i would worry that it wouldn't work out.  i don't think i could convert to the amish religion, though i dig their way of life to some extent.\n\ni'd like some modern conveniences/technology (like indoor plumbing, haha) but in order to have that, you're dependent on corporations .\n\nbest of luck to you :)
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"Meidung" or shunning was used toward dissidents.  If anyone was seen to hold views or behaviors at odds with the simple lifestyle of the Amish, they were shunned.  This was a way of bringing them back to the comminuty, since it was an isolated existence, and also of separating them from others so they couldn't "contaminate" them with their ideas.  This was a very effective form of resistence to assimilation.
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You're right that they are born into it, but outsiders are allowed to convert to their religion if they wish. \nAlso, if a person wants to remain a member of the Amish community, they must marry an Amish person.  Intercultural marriages are not allowed in the Amish religion, so I think that you're right; most are German/Dutch.
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It appears that the 'Thompson' family of Mendon Massachusetts did this.\n\nThe Thompsons of Mendon lived quite a ways from the town church, which was the epicenter of towns back then. On November 17, 1719, they made a formal complaint (to the Mendon town leaders) that they lived too far from the Congregational Church and the school to utilize their services, yet were required to pay taxes to support them. As a solution, they proposed establishing a new town called 'Bellingham'.\n\nI've listed my reference below. Hope this is what you were looking for.\n\njdmorningreport
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I tried to ask the Amish, but they don't seem to have their own website, and no one's answering the phone.
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it is called the land of faraway or the mio min(or mim) mio.  it has a young chritian bale in it.
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LOL. there's drivel on now. I can't picture the Amish breaking out just to catch the latest episode of Deal or No Deal.