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Welease Woderwick
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On behalf of the All Saints' hosts and the rest of the Ship, we welcome you aboard! This is the place to make your presence known, so that we may offer our greetings (and warnings!) to all our new members.
We ask that you make yourself familiar with our version of the "10 Commandments", which are the basic guidelines that you agreed to follow when you registered. You may also want to check the FAQ's for more useful information.
Remember, each area of the Ship has its own rules and regulations, which you will find hyperlinked at the top of each board. They range from Heaven to Hell (literally!), and you'll want to familiarize yourself with them, especially here at the beginning of your "tour of duty".
Once again, welcome to the Ship. We wish you smooth sailing!
Campbellite, Welease Woderwick and Gwai
All Saints Hosts
[ 02. December 2012, 23:28: Message edited by: Campbellite ]
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Bored to tears with all this talk about New Year.... fed up with prehistoric religious institutions .... wishing that the word "church" could be removed from Christian conversation and practice until we have sorted out what it really means .... praying that we could focus on God and ditch convoluted theology and soul destroying doctrine .... disillusioned with forays into so called "fresh expressions" .... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!
What do I do? .... make a long overdue return to SoF
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Be careful - you may get stuck here!
Welcome back!
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It's Not That Simple
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Waves to Jools. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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welcome back, Jools!
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What Chorister said ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Erin - you are missed more than you could know. Rest in peace and rise in glory - to provide unrest in the heavenly realms.
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Welease Woderwick
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Hi Jools, good to have you back.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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*Waves to jools Long time, no see!
(Hint to the Weasel: the leg irons, quick.. chain her to the oars before she disappears again)
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Miss you, Erin.
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Welcome back jools.
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Welcome Jools. We shall kill the fatted calf.
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Boogie
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Hi Jools - have fun on board, it's a great place to be.
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Hello, long-time lurker, back after a break now armed with 3-yr old daughter. Best wishes to all for 2012.
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Welcome Greenend. Good to have you on board.
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http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Welcome back Greenend!
As you've been here before I'll assume you have read, marked, learned and inwardly digested the 10 Commandments and the FAQs.
Have fun!
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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GratefulViola
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Hello All!
I hope I am doing this right. But blame Scot (jk) if I'm not.
I was a Shipmate several years ago, but fell out of the fold (metaphors in Mixmaster?) Long, tortuous story semi-short. Was Viola, still Viola, with a period of illness and homelessness thrown in. Back among the living, to continue nattering and playing Greek Chorus. Down side, legally blind, Disabled. Up side, more time to bother you all. Ain't ya lucky!
Anyway, back to the fun and irreverence here. All aboard! Toot! Toot! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Yay Viola! May you bloom and grow.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi Viola and welcome back!
I presume you know all about the 10 Commandments, etc - perhaps a run through just to check might be worthwhile. Also, is your previous ID still running? If it is could you contact an admin and they can sort it all out for you.
Thanks.
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Hello all,
I am widbear from Chester, in Northwest England. Very nearly 42 years old and a Christian of varying strengths since 1986. Openly gay male but so macho that I confuse people Very bookish too, and over fond of wrangling with deep, angsty questions that most people have the good sense to ignore.
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Welcome widbear!
I consider Chester my adopted home, having lived there for a number of years, and still have very close friends there.
Enjoy the Ship.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi widbear and, on behalf of the AS Hosting Team welcome to the Ship.
I, too, used to live in Chester back in the dark ages of the late 1970s and early 1980s - but it's warmer where I live now.
Please take sometime to have a look at the 10 Commandments [Ship style] and the FAQs [both linked at the top of every page] and it is also worth checking out the different purpose of each on the separate boards. There are also Private Boards, one of which is for folks of our persuasion, and to which you will be entitled to apply when you reach Shipmate status at 51 posts.
Most of all, enjoy your stay here.
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Greetings and thanks for the welcomes!
What a small world - I wonder if Chester is like Piccadilly Circus, in that most of the world will pass through here eventually
I wish I could head to a warmer clime myself sometimes, especially today when the howling wind outside makes me feel that I am in some nuclear apocalypse (as imagined in 1970s BBC sci-fi)
I will take a look at all the rules and regulations when I next pass by..
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Boogie
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Welcome widbear - enjoy your time on the Ship, it's a great place to hang out!
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Welcome widbear.
How bout emigrating to Australia? It's about 38 degrees celsius today!
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![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
Hi crew - looks like the kinda place where blurps can be shared/laughed at/scorned and who knows perhaps even appreciated.
As any newbie should start out here's plea for help - please can someone help out with a (non)church church recommendation in London...I live out in the Fulham area but the who/what of spiritual community more important that the where.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi Levin07, and welcome.
I can't help with your search as I live about 8,500 kms away but I am sure that if you ask in a thread here in All Saints, or Ecclesiantics, someone will be able to help - then someone else will have another opinion - and so on. You may end up confused but at least you'll have some info to work from.
Meanwhile can I ask you to spend a little time reading the 10 Commandments and the FAQs and also looking at the different purposes and ethos of the individual boards.
Have fun, I hope you enjoy your time with us.
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Cool will - thanks for pointing the way
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Sorry if my post confused you - I was just heading for bed when I wrote it and think I may not have been fully awake - anyway your post is now settled in Ecclesiantics which is the best place for it.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Lucrezia Spagliatoni Dayglo
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Hello Shipmates
Briefly..
Lurked for years.
Raised as an Anglo-Catholic .
Married a Roman Catholic.
R.C. convert in Y2K
You can call me Lu.
.. I’m off to the “Wine” thread
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Boogie
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Welcome Lu - I hope you really enjoy your time on board!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi Lu and, on behalf of the All Saints Hosting Team, welcome aboard.
As I say to everyone please take a little time to peruse the Ship's version of the 10 Commandments and the FAQs [both linked at the top of every page] and it is also useful to read through the different purposes and remits of the several different boards. I see you are interested in wine, perhaps it might be wise to do this reading before indulging!
Most of all have fun here.
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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quote:
Originally posted by Lucrezia Spagliatoni Dayglo:
Hello Shipmates
R.C. convert in Y2K
.. I’m off to the “Wine” thread
Me too! My sister was baptised into the RC faith that same year when I was confirmed. Her husband is RC Irish-American: my lovely bride is not.
Thank you for patronizing my little thread. Welcome to the Ship. You might want to think about avoiding hell unless you are really v. angry about something or have a severe personality conflict with a fellow Shipmate. I tend to hang about in Heaven or Circus, though I generally start one moderately successful thread about British matters every year...
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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Cryptic
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Ahoy there Shipmates! Cryptic here asking permission to come aboard!
I have been an occasional/semi-regular lurker here for a while. When I have the chance I enjoy reading the posts on the forum. It has taken me a while to register, I suppose that it is just one of those things that I haven't done, with family, work, church etc I didn't think that I needed any further distractions in my life! Until now...
My real reason for registering now is a bit selfish really - to ask some advice (I feel a bit like the relative that that you never see until there's a free feed going or they need something). I was reading the boards just before Christmas, and spotted this thread about ideas for a Sunday School - I did mean to register and get involved then, and of course with the madness that is pre-Christmas, I didn't, and so I've missed the boat, but have at least tracked the thread down to Oblivion. I'm the co-ordinator of a children's ministry at a city parish, and I'm hoping that there are others on the ship with a similar job - I'm interested in how others do things, and hopefully I can contribute some of my own ideas (which might assuage some guilt about feeling like the blow-in relative...).
Looking forward to some fun times ahead!
Cheers,
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi Cryptic, welcome aboard, be sure to salute the Quarterdeck as you pass the end of the gangplank.
Might I suggest that you also spend a little time reading the 10 Commandments and FAQs [linked at the top of every page] and also look at the different ethos and purpose of each of the separate boards.
As for your question re ministry to children I suggest that when you get to know us a little better you start another thread on the subject here in All Saints, possibly referencing the earlier thread.
As you have already obviously discerned our primary purpose here is fun - so go to it!
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Cryptic
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Thanks Wodewick!
Quarterdect saluted and Ten commandments inwardly digested!
Cheers,
Cryptic
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Welcome Cryptic.
Noted belatedly you're from Sydney (hence the edit). We have another Sydneysider that does children's ministry on board!
Come say hello in the Oz (Trans tasman) thread if you feel like it.
[ 08. February 2012, 12:39: Message edited by: Evensong ]
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Evensong
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Lawks. Tis has been a while since we've had any noobs!
Calling all nooooooooobs! Heellloooooooooooo! We know you're out theeeeeeeeere!
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Hi Cryptic,
Welcome aboard, drop by the Aussie/NZ thread and say hello. Would love to discuss children's ministry too, I started that thread that has gone to oblivion, I did get some useful support and help though.
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quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
Lawks. Tis has been a while since we've had any noobs!
Calling all nooooooooobs! Heellloooooooooooo! We know you're out theeeeeeeeere!
Hello, Evensong. Noob (and long-time lurker) here. My name is James, and I am yet another vaguely MOTR Anglican. But everyone will regard themselves as vaguely MOTR, so I'll illustrate:
1) my theology is rather liberal, and I do find something dishonest about those who deny what scientists are discovering about creation, and something pharisaic about those who take their favourite bits of the Bible out of their historical context to sustain a preoccupation with sex
2) I thoroughly enjoy torturing those called to holy orders by bringing up awkward bits of the Bible
3) smells and bells are a good thing, of which we really don't get enough
4) the preface to the English Hymnal should be added to the Bible to try to get people to stop inflicting a "miasma of languishing and sentimental hymn tunes" (and awful words) on churches
5) I tend to worship in Welsh (very easy way of avoiding bad modern hymns), and I distinctly prefer the 1984 version of the Lord's Supper to the 2004 one, which comes rather too close to being an extremely literal translation of an English translation that's all too free
6) I am probably wrong about almost everything
So in short, I suspect I'll rather enjoy this place.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi James, it's good to have you with us - I rather suspect we'll enjoy your company!
On behalf of the All Saints Hosting Team can I ask you to have a read through both the Ship's version of the 10 Commandments and the FAQs - you will find these linked at the top of every page. It would also be useful if you read through the various headers to the different individual boards to get a feel of their rather different ethos.
But, as I say to everyone, the most important thing is to have fun and enjoy the cruise.
WW
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Afternoon all,
I noticed a little puzzlement in one post over my registration date and the amount of posts I've written. I'm technicaly a newbie having only posted a few times but registered in 2001. So I thought I'd introduce myself & give a little information.
I registered during a very wobbly period of my faith, spent a few years as a Dawkinsian atheist, started to wonder if I was right & am now slowly moving back to some kind of faith. I thought engaging in some discussion with you fine folk might help that process though I have no real idea what that process is or where it's going!
Cheers
Calvin
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Hi Calvin and a strange sort of belated welcome, as you joined years before I did!
I presume you had a gander at the 10 Commandments and FAQs way back when but it might be worth giving them another look to refresh your memory and in case things have changed - the same with the board headers as they have certainly changed.
I hope you enjoy us on renewed acquaintance.
WW
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Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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St. Gwladys
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Hi James,
One out (Carys - now over the Severn) and one in! There are a couple of shipmates in the South Wales/Forest of Dean area and we're quite a friendly lot. Keep your eyes open for Shipmeets* - we'd be pleased if you'd join us!
*Shipmeets - a decision by a group of Shippies, some of whom have never met before, to meet at a specific time in a specific place. It's surprising how easy it is to recognise shipmates, and meets can be great fun.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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The Weeder
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It's worryingly easy to recognise Ship-Mates. I wonder why?
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Evensong
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quote:
Originally posted by pererin:
6) I am probably wrong about almost everything
It's best not to be too dogmatic about these things.
Welcome pererin.
quote:
Originally posted by Calvin Beedle:
I registered during a very wobbly period of my faith, spent a few years as a Dawkinsian atheist, started to wonder if I was right & am now slowly moving back to some kind of faith. I thought engaging in some discussion with you fine folk might help that process though I have no real idea what that process is or where it's going!
Sounds like quite the journey Calvin Beedle.
Welcome back and I hope the Ship helps. It has certainly helped me a great deal.
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Hi James,
One out (Carys - now over the Severn) and one in! There are a couple of shipmates in the South Wales/Forest of Dean area and we're quite a friendly lot. Keep your eyes open for Shipmeets* - we'd be pleased if you'd join us!
I'll look forward to it!
And my commiserations to Carys. That Severn Sea is wider than it looks (at risk of sounding like Sarah Palin, I can see England from my house). My mind is drawn to that day in 2008 when Weston Pier burnt down, when a broadsheet newspaper reported that smoke was visible "seventy miles away in Cardiff". Of course, smoke doesn't have to use the bridge. Maybe we could organize a whip round for a hovercraft...
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The Weeder
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Welcome from another member of the South Wales/Forest gang. We are quite friendly and have not eaten anyone yet!
[ 27. February 2012, 11:42: Message edited by: The Weeder ]
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quote:
Originally posted by pererin:
My mind is drawn to that day in 2008 when Weston Pier burnt down, when a broadsheet newspaper reported that smoke was visible "seventy miles away in Cardiff". Of course, smoke doesn't have to use the bridge.
Ha ha, that's really funny! But totally understandable how they've made that mistake. Doh.
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Cara
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Hello. Actually, I've already been nicely welcomed over in Heaven, on the first thread I posted to, which was "Life? I prefer reading. "
I've read the Ten Commandments and guidelines and all, but still somehow missed that we newbies can introduce ourselves here.
Was raised as an English Catholic. Drifted away in teens and college years (the old story). Returned to Christianity, but not Catholicism, as an adult. Was a rather feeble Episcopalian (while living in US) and now (in continental Europe) an even feebler Anglican. But always searching, always interested in religious questions and writings and literature and history.
Some particular interests--but not claiming any expert knowledge at all: first and second century Christianity. Iron Age and Roman Britain. The Tractarians/Oxford movement. Gerard Manley Hopkins. Taizé. Ecumenicalism. Language.
I found the Ship while Googling the Catholic Apostolic Church! There's an old thread on it in Limbo. Pages of discussion of this particular sect and many arcane facts relating thereto...the Ship, I knew then, was the place for me!
I am already spending too much time wandering the many fascinating corridors and cabins...
Cara
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Welease Woderwick
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Welcome, Cara, on behalf of the All Saints Hosts.
All you have left me to say is to be sure to have fun here, but then I think you already are!
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Evensong
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Welcome Cara. Look forward to your input.
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