new from Alabama

[art]

Greetings brothers and sisters. We're new here. We live in central Alabama. We have 4 children ages 4 to 13...3 boys and 1 girl. We homeschool by the Charlotte Mason method with math-u-see. This is our first year trying Charlotte Mason and we're pleased thus far. Our church affiliation is IFB but we are first and foremost followers of our glorious risen savior Jesus Christ. We have many friends of other faiths and enjoy the fellowship and edification of those seeking to live Christ-filled lives be they Baptist, Mennonite or others. For years my wife has been the only one wearing a covering in our church. She carries pamphlets in her purse titled "Yes, I'll Tell You Why I Wear It". Have any of you seen these? They are an excellent witnessing tool. They begin with "As a Mennonite woman..." but we just white that out since we're not Mennonite. We're excited about the fellowship here and hope we can edify and encourage others as well as recieving the same from you. May God richly bless each of you as you sincerely seek His will.

Art

[Sister Penny]

welcome Brother Art and your family....
This is a great board for encouragement, help, and prayerful friends, I hope you also are truly blessed by it.
Sister Penny

[Brother Ben]

Can I say, (being just north here in Tennessee,) Howdy Neighbor! ;D

Nice to have you and your family on with us, Brother Art. Looking forward to fellowship.

Ben

[Tyler's Helpmeet]

Hi neighbor!

We are another 'Bama family with 3 boys and 1 girl. We homeschool in an unschool (we loosely use a literature based curriculum) way.

I am not sure where you are but my family and I are in Calhoun County and we are desperately seeking a good old fashioned church. So far the ones we have visited have not been our cup of tea. Know of any in my area that we should check out?

Welcome to the board!

[jessicasherrow]

Welcome! We are also from Central Alabama...Shelby County to be exact. Glad to have you on here!

[art]

Thanks for all the welcomes and well wishes! We are in Elmore county. To Joshua's helpmeet, sorry but I don't know the churches in your area. I'm not sure but I think you're 1-1/2 to 2 hours north of us.

We're the "wierd" people in our IFB church but we love it there. It's a church that sticks to King James only and still sings the old hymns and the preaching is great. The pastor is my best friend outside of my family. But, we're the only family that doesn't watch television (although we do watch some dvd's), the only one to believe in headcovering, and one of a very few to believe in courtship instead of dating. Although the pastor doesn't agree that all Christian women need to do it, he supports my wife in covering because God gave her a conviction to do it and he welcomes our involvement in any ministry. My wife teaches a childrens class and I am involved in the nursing home services and men's bible study. I declined the invitation to work with the youth since we don't let our children participate in the youth group. I wish it was a headcovering church but we do love it and it's the most conservative Baptist church we've found in the area.

We really appreciate the fellowship we're finding on this board and it's challenging us to evaluate some things. Thanks for everyone's posts. We're not all in the same place in our study and our walk but you can just feel how sincere everyone is here.

Blessings to all!