Hi BEP,

I am so sorry for your loss of a grandson or granddaughter!!!! Praying that God will comfort your daughter's  saddened heart. And that God will bless her real soon with the joy of a healthy, happy, baby!!!!
God Bless, Terri

Hi Mapleleave,
Welcome to the forum!!! Praying for you daughter. That God will show her the way to deal with what she is going through. Also that God would help her to not be antisocial. We all need someone special in our life and I pray God bring a wonderful friend into your daughter life, a friend she can identify with, and be herself with!!!!!
God Bless, Terri

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I would like to. It looks very interesting. I am not happy the director chose to have a gay man play a role in this movie. I think that degrades the greatness of this story. It also sends  mixed messages to the gay community. And the Christian community as well.

I will still see the movie. I will focus on the story being told and not the actors lifestyle.
Terri

It's so great to see Christians standing up and taking action!!!!!! American Family Assoc. is doing great things!!!! I am so glad to hear this will not be on Will and Grace!!!!

Hi Simplyangie,

I enjoyed reading your post. You are young but really wise!!! I can only pray my daughter is as wise as you are at your age. That is a wonderful thing you are doing reaching people around the world for Christ!!!! I would love to one day do the same thing you are doing. For now my children are young and need me here at home. When they are grown and out of the house. I would love to do mission trips.

Hope to hear more about your mission trips
Terri

AirIam2worship, that is wonderful news!!! Your church sounds very welcoming! I bet God is smiling down on your church and blessing it in many ways!!!!

Our meeting isn't till Feb 6. I will keep you all posted on what happens.

Welcome back Tiger lilly33,

What does the 33 mean? I am curious.
Terri

Amen, Amen!!!!!! I can't wait for the day to be in heaven with the lord!!!! It will be great to no longer have illness! We will be able to leave these broke bodies behind!!!!! 

a.b., How are you doing? Waiting for you to post back......
God Bless, Terri

Thank you! I hope I can make a difference. Only with God's help will change occur.

Hi a.b.,

Nice to see you still around!!! Hope things are going good for you! I've been doing some research on health and different foods and spices that have healing effects to our body. Garlic has many different healing effects to our bodies. It lowers blood pressure, help prevent strokes, decreases Cholesterol, also has antibiotic effect on certain bacteria and viral infections. It's really powerful!! I eat 2 fresh crushed cloves a day. I have high cholesterol. My next check up is in April, I'll let you know how my results turn out.

Also fruits and veggies are very important!! Many of us don't eat a well balanced diet and it has negative effects on our bodies. My diet was really bad. I was eating very little fruits and veggies. And I felt tired all the time. I lack motivation and was starting to put on weight.  I slowly started to change my diet. I add more fruits and veggies, plus I drink a high fiber drink every day. It's called Konsyl ( 100% Natural Psyllium Fiber)  It really cleans your system out!!!!!! Since I have made these changes, my energy has increased and I have lose 6 pounds.  Change is really hard, but I am seeing the positive results and that helps me to continue to change.

Have you read, The Makers Diet by Jordan S. Rubin? Great book!! He was slowly dying and had been to many different doctors and on many different drugs to help his illness. He suffered from chronic fatigue, Anemia, and the list goes on. He change his diet and has healed himself and is restored back to a healthy self. It amazing how the food we eat effects our health. Hope you get the book!!!

Hope this info. has helped you!!!
God Bless you, Terri

Hi Sincereheart,

Nice to hear from you! I am going to print off that article and share it at the meeting!!!! I wish more people in my church would make an effort to meet different people. Some of them just stick with the people they know, and don't make the effort to meet new comers. I don't think they are meaning to be rude, I think some people are just shy and don't know what to say. I've been in the church 3 years now. And there are still some members I don't know. I think that is sad.

Thanks for the article!
Terri

Hi DeamWeaver, and TalkerCat,

Thank you for the warm welcome and great ideas for church. I have a meeting Feb 6 with other people in the church about this topic. And I am going to bring up all the great ideas given here.  Giving the visitors a bag filled with stuff about the church and some of our programs sounds really neat.  The sad thing is our church really doesn't do much to actknowledge the new people. They greet them, and during the service we welcome the people around us, but that is really all my church does. We don't even have the visitors stand so others can see who is new. So it makes it hard to greet the new people.

TalkerCat, so your a Terri too? My real name is Teresa, Terri is my nickname. It's a good name!
God Bless, Terri

Hi Pastor Roger and airIam2worship,

Thank you for your ideas!!! Our church does have greeter every Sunday by the main enterance. But that is really all we do. I  like how airIam2worships church has the visitors remain standing and hands them a welcome bag of goodies. That is a neat ideas. I bet the visitors feel very welcome too!  Our church needs to do a better job in this area. I think they are trying but just don't know what else to do.

Any other ideas to help make visitors feel more welcome?
Thanks, Terri

Thanks for the welcome Pastor Roger!!!!!

Hi All,

How does your church welcome visitors in your church? My church is wanting new ideas to make visitors feel welcome and comfortable.  Have any of you visited a different church and they did something to make you feel really comfortable? Please share your experience.
God Bless, Terri