In a Hutterite settlement there is no building or room which is specially set aside for religious services. Services are typically held in the dining hall, but may be held in any convenient space which is large enough for the purpose. Unlike the Old Order Amish, the Hutterites have no qualms about mechanization. The Hutterites like to equip their settlements with modern farm equipment and are concerned that each of their settlements should be a profitable enterprise. Hutterites attend school until the age of fifteen.
Further education is discouraged.
During the morning children attend the German school, where emphasis is placed on religious instruction and knowledge of standard German for religious purposes. Later in the day the children attend the English school, where the teacher and course of instruction are provided by the public school authorities from the outside world. The Hutterites have an ambivalent attitude toward the English school. On the one hand, they recognize the practical importance of knowing English and arithmetic, but at the same time they are wary of influences from the outside world. The teacher at the English school must be fully aware of this and be able to adapt to the special demands imposed by Hutterite beliefs.