Welcome to Calvary Chapel of Joplin

Our online, internet community Portal to our Home page, Forums, Blogs Chat, and many more exciting things.

We are thankful to have a place where we can connect with one another and enjoy a wide variety of things the internet has to offer. We want to make this a safe and sane place for the whole family to enjoy.

Give yourself time to get used to it.

If you feel overwhelmed I recommend watching the following video by Pastor Jeff Kingery.

(Click the appropriate link below for video)

For broadband High Speed Internet click this link.

For slower Dialup Internet connections click this link.

	Portal Home: This is our front page that displays ALL of our features, navigation icons, Personal Menu, Main Menu, news, who's online, etc. This is called a "Portal". It is where you are now It is a quick way to navigate back to the front page when roaming around the site. Make ccjoplin.com your Home page for your everyday internet experience.			News: This is news section that the "Admins" will post new news pertaining to the website or Calvary Chapel of Joplin. It may also be used to communicate important information in general.
	Forums: This is our message boards. This is where all the action is! I am explaining this because you would be surprised how many people have no idea what a forum is and are probably wondering where our message boards are at.			Chat Room: This is our Calvary Chapel of Joplin chat room. You can chat with a group of people at one time or you can also click on a member name to have a private chat. If you click on another link the window will automatically closes and log you out. In order to continue surfing leave that window open and open another browser window.
	Blog: This is sort of daily journal feature. Everyone that calls Calvary Chapel or one of its affiliates home is encouraged to create a blog, and it will give you your own link to your blog that you can give out to friends. Anyone can read this, but you have to be a member to create one. Your blog will get listed on the blog page too, so all our members can see who's got one and visit them as they choose.			Image Gallery: The image gallery is a gallery of pictures that were taken by us here at Calvary Chapel of Joplin or an event where we wish to share the Lord in our life
	Shoutbox: This feature is a quick way to get a message out to everyone or just "Shout out" (say hi) or whatever is on your mind. You can post a "Shout Out" that gets posted in its own shout out page. The last shout out gets posted at the top of the forum. You have to be registered and logged in to view and post shout outs			CCJ-Main: This feature is a link to our main website that is hosted through CalvaryChapel.com and will remain a key area of information and an excellent resource for us. Just one of the reasons we Love it is that, among all of the info there you can find our studies in an audio format that you can listen to at anytime!
	Music / Study: You will find this to be a great place to catch an audio study from CSN (Calvary Satellite Network) listen to Christian music of all styles. Here you will also find out a little about Podcasts (a new way to store and listen to audio via the .mp3 format. Ya really don't have to understand it all, just give it a listen!			Forum CP: In the Forum CP you can adjust all of your account related setting. Add things like an avatar, signature, change your password, even put your Instant Messaging information or just change your personal information and much more.