Grant, Take the scope out in the daytime and line the telescope up with an object a couple of hundred meters away.Then Line the finder scope up with the object in the eyepiece and not the other way round
You will probably find that things are upside down, that doesn't matter as there is no up and down when looking at astronomical objects.
At night use the lowest power magnification eyepiece Ie the one with the largest number (say 25mm) and gradualy as you get more experienced you can use higher power.
Start with the Moon and progress from there
