New in every sense of the word

[Gwydion]

Hello there, as you can guess I'm new, but beyond the obvious, this is also my first posting on any board on the internet. So after taking this big leap I wondered what is it that I need to say.

I'm 34, live in Ohio and drive a tractor trailer for a living. I have two kids and a wonderful wife. I enjoy playing on the computer, driving, action movies, and talking.

For a long time I was an agnostic but I recently accepted Jesus and belive fully in him and God. I look forward to talking to all of you and hope we all get stronger in our faith through this site.

May God bless you.

 

[Inperfected]

God Bless you too!

Welcome to christian forums and I hope you'll have a great time here..
The Mens Corner
http://www.christianforums.com/f46-mens-corner.html

The place to talk about marriage
http://www.christianforums.com/f140-marriage-ministry.html

Terrific Thirties - obviously for the people in their 30's
http://www.christianforums.com/f573-terrific-thirties.html

One other thing you may be interested in knowing about is the 'Faves' button on the purple bar above. That will take you to all the conversations you have ever made.

There are some idea for places to visit
Have a great time

 

[Rut]

take a peek here: FAQ. These FAQs will explain a lot (though not all) of the somewhat confusing things in the eye-feast of overwhelming CF thingies. You probably read the Terms of Service you agreed to when joining, but now might also be a good time to attempt to read the rules listed here: Rules.

You’ll notice we have an Intro Sticky by the lovely AngelAmidala: http://www.christianforums.com/t1110956-please-read-the-rules-before-posting-thanks.html, that most forums have other ‘Sticky’ introductions that can often be important to read before posting in that forum, and that some of the more popular threads have little numbers beside them (like “Welcome to all new members (4)”) which means they’ve been continued in further incarnations after reaching a 1000 post limit for each thread.

Here are just a few forums that might be helpful in starting to explore the place. Just click on the links and find a place you like:

CF Announcements (what’s going on around here, what’s not working and why)
Report Bugs (not the crawly ones, you’re on your on with those)
CF How-To (Mostly technical questions on site usage)
Regional forums – Where ya from?
Congregations – What church ya go to?
Chatting with individual Staff members (usually in informal ways of friendship)
Friendship Court (no pretzelizing allowed)
Face the Board (which is ‘open’ to all members to ask YOU questions)
Recovery (non-professional help with particular life struggles)
Outreach to non-Christians by Christians, seeker prayers and help from Christians, etc.
Edification (Christians Only) Blogs, Prayers, Testimonies, Advice
Help with creating a CF Homepage
How to become a site supporter (and financially help this ministry)
Help with IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

And if you are looking for things to do besides posting, you can ...

Take quizzes: http://www.christianforums.com/quiz.php (costs 10 blessings)
Create a character: http://www.christianforums.com/characters (costs ~150 blessings to begin, but you’ll want to use more to get armor/clothes)
Adopt a pet (and take care of it): http://www.christianforums.com/pets (costs ~700 blessings to start, but more with upkeep)
Create a blog: http://www.christianforums.com/blogs
Participate in polls: http://www.christianforums.com/f4-cf-polls.html
Play games: http://www.christianforums.com/arcade.php (costs 10 blessings for each game)
Create/Develop a homepage: http://www.christianforums.com/f651-...iscussion.html

 

[Angeldove97]

Welcome to Christian Forums! My name is Tatiana and I'm a senior moderator for the Friendship Team, which helps to watch over this forum (New Member Intros forum). Please let me know if I can assist you while you enjoy some time around CF... there's ALOT to know so it can be a little tricky.

I'm also the coordinator for the team in the CF Welcoming Committee. So I'm very dedicated to our new members and getting them caught up around the site. Here are few suggestions on getting around the areas that I have help moderate.

First off... every member should read the CF rules so that you know what is alloweable here (we try to keep this site clean for our younger members and Christian-oriented, while we do welcome those of other beliefs). Also, if you're wondering about all our different faith icons, you can learn about them here: List of Faith Icons.

Now to learn more about the site, you can check out the following areas:
Announcements
CF How-To
Discuss Rules & Staff Team Policy

If there is something you have a question about and you haven't been able to find it yet, please feel free to private message me (aka pm... you'll need 5 posts before you can send out pm's though).

Okay... now let me introduce you to the Friendship Team area (the forums my team helps watch over basically). It's broken up into different smaller areas (usually dealing with one broad subject):

Recreation: New Member Intros, Face the Board (Open), Friendship Court, Recreation Room, Members' News, Members' Praise.

Hobbies: General Hobbies, Arts & Hanicrafts, Recipe Exchange, The Gardening Forum, D.I.Y. Home Improve, Anime & Manga, Collectibles, Photography, Storm Chasers, Outdoors & Nature, Genealogy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Writers Guild, Dance, Chess.

Entertainment: The Small Screen, The Box Office, The Broadway Stage, The Radio Waves, The Gamers Zone, The Book Club, The Graphic Novels.

Music: Secular Music, Praise & Worship, Contemporary Christian, Hymns & Gospel, Jazz & Blues, Classical, Country & Bluegrass.

Musicians: Lets Jam!, Vocals, Guitar, Piano & Keyboard, Bass, Drums & Percussion, Woodwind & Brass, Strings, PA/AV/ Stage Crews, Recording, Songwriting.

Sports: General Sports, Football (US), Football (Soccer), Rugby and AFL, Basketball, Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Hockey, Motorsports, Winter Sports, Martial Arts, Boxing/Wrestling.

Personal: Fitness & Health, Personal Finances, Cars & Bikes, Pets & Animal Friends, Work & Employment, Around the World, Education & Homework, Public Speaking, Fashion & CLothing, Beauty & Cosmetics, Home Management.

Professions: Engineering, Charity & Social Work, Medical, Information Technology, Education, Hospitality, Legal, Emergency Services, Management, Media, Drivers & Truckers, Military.

Regional: Expatriates, US- Mid Atlantic, US- Mid West, US- Mountain West, US- New England, US- Pacific West, US- South East, US- South West, CA- Canadian, UK- British & Ireland, AU/NZ0 Australian and New Zealand, Asia, Other Regions, Native Americans, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian, Sign Language.

Woot... that's alot of forums.

We're a very friendly bunch here, so please don't hesitate to jump into conversations and make some friends. God bless and once again... welcome to the site!!

~Tatiana
Friendship Team Senior Moderator
CF Welcoming Angel Committee-- Friendship Team Coordinator

 

[faithchic05]

Welcome to CF!!

 

[AcornThornpicker]

Welcome to CF! ^ _ ^

 

[Shubunkin]

 

[Thankful75]

Hello welcome to the forums God bless

 

[VT_Boy]

Hello welcome to CF.

 

[MrFreshdew]

hi Gwydion
welcome and enjoy

 

[nicholzac]

 

[bfly]

Welcome to Christian Forums. I hope you enjoy your stay here and I pray your spirit will be lifted and your heart will have found a new home.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
-Amos Bronson Alcott

I sought to hear the voice of God
And climbed the topmost steeple,
But God declared: "Go down again-
I dwell among the people."
John Henry Newman
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[JPPT1974]

God bless you and welcome
Feel free to post!

 

[psalms 91]

welcome to cf

 

[~ Gig ~]

Welcome to CF I hope you find this a safe home while you're spending on the internet.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about the site. It may be a little overwhelming... and trust me, even after being here a couple years I'm still learning where everything is, but we're a friendly bunch here and we're more than willing to help.

To get started posting and meeting some new members, check out the Recreation Room or the Friendship Court. These are the two forums where you can play games with other members and just sit back and chat.

Also, please take some time to read through CF's rules (so you know the do's and don'ts of posting here): http://www.christianforums.com/faq.p...les#faq_rule_0

Finally, if you'd like to ask a question about CF that you haven't been able to get answered, again please feel free to PM me or you can check out our CF- How To forum: http://www.christianforums.com/f681-cf-how-to.html

I hope I've help and not confused you! Have a great day and God Bless!!

 

[HannahAnna]

Welcome to CF!

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[Paisley]

Welcome to Christian Forums !!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Gwydion]

Hey thanks everyone for the welcomes and help. It's good to know a few people I could turn to if I get dazed and confused (a state that I get in easily).

I'll see you all on the boards.

God bless you all.

 

[JPPT1974]

God bless you and welcome to the forums!!

 

[VividViolet]