Prayer is a direct message to, or conversation with, God. Prayer is where you praise God and thank Him for all the blessings He's given you, like your good job, wonderful spouse and/or kids, etc. It's also where you ask for help and guidance. "The Lords Prayer," found in Luke 11:1-4, is a model on how to pray.

No. God is wherever you are and wherever you decide to worship Him.

Worshiping in the fellowship of others is often pleasant and comforting, but it's not required. However, churches do perform baptisms, communion, marriages and many other services that are important events in our lives.

The short version is church is not required, but it's often very nice, and encouraged. Look for a church you like, but don't feel as if you have to attend out of ceremoy. To go to Church for the wrong reasons isn't going to Church at all. Church is there for you, not the other way around.

Baptism is where you are immersed in water, or have water poured on your head, during a ceremony that marks your entry into the body of Christ (officially becoming a Christian), and it also signifies that the Holy Spirit dwells in you. Various churches and sects have different ways of performing baptism, but the meaning and result are the same.

Communion is a symbolic (or perhaps real) participation in the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the apostles where He described the covenant (a "covenant" is a promise from God) He made for us by the sacrifice of His life for our sins. Wine (or grape juice in some churches) and bread are passed around, and everyone takes and eats some as an acceptance of, and participation in, this important event in the life of Jesus Christ.

To paraphrase Jesus: Love God, and love those around you as you love yourself.

Read the Bible, particularly a good translation. The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) and the New International Version (NIV) are particularly good translations. Most churches use the Revised Standard Version (RSV). The King James version (KJV) is very pretty, but 1/3 of the words used in it do not have the same meaning now as they did when it was translated, so it's not really the best Bible to read for information and clarity. Further, it's based on the Vulgate, the Latin translation that the Catholic Church used for a while, so it's a translation of a translation, and there are many mistakes in it. It's best used for ceremonies and such because the language is so beautiful.

The Trinity is God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit). This is another area where various denominations and sects of Christianity differ. The Trinity, to most denominations, represents the three aspects of the one God.

You will read about God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost in the Bible, but they are never referred to as the Trinity. The term "Trinity" was something conceptualized later (after the Bible was written) to collectively refer to God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. The doctrine of the Trinity was the early church's way of talking about God.

Some Christian sects feel that drinking alcohol is a sin. I think this has more to do with a particular sect's originator or leader than anything stated in the Bible. Jesus' first documented miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding (John 2:1-10). This means Jesus intended the wine to be used ceremonially and not for a strictly holy purpose, as later during the Last Supper. The sinning that can result from the drunkenness is the problem, not the alcohol.

Put another dime in the jukebox, baby. Make a joyous noise unto the Lord.

Some fundamentalist Christians will tell you that listening to secular, non-religious music is a sin, or that it's not quite appropriate, for some bizarre reason or another. This just isn't true. Music isn't stated as a sin anywhere in the Bible. If a particular musical group promotes sinful behaviour in their music however, thats where the problem lies.