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 in Holmes County, Ohio. When she was invited to attend the wedding of one of her friend’s daughters, she expected it to be a casual affair: muck out the barn, throw a potluck together, send the bride and groom off on their honeymoon in a buggy with a Just Married sign hung on the back. But when the young bride shyly brings her a formal, professionally printed invitation, she realized everything she thought she knew about Amish weddings was wrong. 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.

It's November, the traditional month for Amish weddings, and there are many tasks to do in preparation for Sister Anna's marriage to Samuel. Told from her younger Sister's viewpoint, this title evokes the anticipation surrounding Anna's wedding day and the unique details of an Amish wedding. Patrick's serene illustrations emphasize these details. Full color.

In "An Amish Wedding," several notable authors including Wiseman craft the stories of three Amish women who yearn for the perfect wedding.

An Amish celebration . . . Since the moment her father died, Beth Mast has devoted body and soul to the care of her stepmother and stepsister—cooking, cleaning, and caring for their animals. So her friend Lucy’s wedding to the eldest King brother offers a welcome respite. Shy and unaware of her beauty, Beth harbors a secret sadness she hopes no one can see. But at this gathering she’s on display: her assigned escort happens to be the handsomest bachelor in their Amish community. Newly returned to Ice Mountain, Ransom King has no interest in the maedels pursuing him. Haunted by events during his five-year apprenticeship in Ohio, he’s startled to find a kindred spirit in Beth, whose dutiful ways can’t mask her inner glow. Ransom longs to show her how much she deserves happiness, though his own troubled history holds him back. It will take Ransom’s feisty Aenti Ruth and her ragtag menagerie to entice these two guarded hearts to open to love . . . “Long’s writing style is smooth and engaging, her characters true to the period yet timeless in their hopes and flaws and personal battles.” —USAToday.com “Delivers a sense of escape from today’s hustle and bustle into a gentler and simpler world.” —Publishers Weekly “Long creates storylines that captivate her readers.” —RT Book Reviews

A collection of three novellas about three different couples at an Amish wedding.

Can Love survive when a big city doctor is invited to her Amish boyfriend's family wedding? April Monroe is convinced she'll never find her perfect match-besides, with her crazy schedule as a family practice doctor at busy Lenox Hospital in New York City, she doubts she'd have time for him even if he does exist. Life is full after eight years of college and medical school, and she loves her job and her patients. For now, that has to be enough-until one day she meets an intriguing man at a coffee shop, and her life turns upside down. Jesse Hardin has worked for years to finally make partner in a veterinarian clinic, and he's getting close to his dream. He loved animals almost as much as people when growing up in his quiet Amish community, but the Amish lifestyle wouldn't allow him to follow his dream of becoming a vet. He made the hardest choice of his life, leaving at eighteen before he joined the church, so he could pursue that dream. He assumed he'd never find a woman who could understand his past and fit into his future, so saving animals became his life. Until he meets April. Then the unexpected happens-his older brother wants him as his best man at his Amish wedding, and Jesse knows he has to go. He just has to convince April to come with him...after he gets the courage to tell her about his background. April sets aside her shock and accompanies Jesse back to Ohio, but the surprises keep coming. Jesse's mother is less than welcoming, and his old flame has decided she wants him back. Can Jesse withstand the pull of family and his old love and stay true to April, or will the tension tear them apart?