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Fall communion takes place the following church Sunday.

After communion, proper certification of membership is requested, and is given by the second Sunday after communion.

The step of marriage is a major one in Amish society, so the preparation and the execution is quite involved.

A quick trip to the Justice of the Peace with a couple of witnesses will not suffice.

But several definite steps must be taken by a couple before they may marry. They are baptized into the Amish faith and are responsible for following the Ordnung.

The Ordnung is a written and unwritten set of rules for daily living.

The young man asks his girl to marry him, but he does not give her a diamond. The couple keeps their intentions secret until July or August.

The sequence of events will be covered only briefly here.

The links at the end of the article provide additional detail. November is the favored month because the winter weather has not yet begun.

Porches are appropriate, and you will often see them traveling in open buggies.

It is wise to have a chaperone present somewhere for appearances, but a good chaperone does not spy or eavesdrop.

Boys and girls begin their search for a spouse when they turn sixteen.