01-09-2025 ABF Newsletter
COTLakes "PRIME TIMERs" weekly update January 7, 2025
This weekly information update from Pastor Doug Anderson is sent 'blind copy' to all COTLakes adults apx. age 55+. It's purpose is to help you PLAN, PRAY and PARTICIPATE in the active life of COTLakes!
If you'd prefer to NOT receive this email, simply reply and tell me so, and I'll remove your address from this master list.
JANUARY 2025 COTLakes events. . .
1. "21 Days of Prayer & Fasting" January 6-26
YES, Pastor Mike began this annual launch into the new year on Monday of this week.
Each morning @ 5am Pastor Mike is live on the COTLakes Youtube Channel & Facebook. All sessions are recorded and archived so you can particpate anytime day or night.
Here's the weblink for joining "21 Days":
https://www.youtube.com/@cotlakes
If you have the COTLakes APP on your cellphone, you'll see a link for "21 Days" on the home page of the APP.
If you are new to "21 Days" here's the COTLakes link with information and the digital form of the booklet Pastor Mike has prepared. A paper copy of this booklet will be available next Sunday in ABF & the Lobby of LHS.
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2655717
2. COTLakes THRIVE & Tenacious Youth Mentoring opportunities:
Leesburg schools are is back in session and therefore THRIVE our COTLakes after school youth center is functioning again. THRIVE had 43 kids yesterday!
Matthew Wintersdorf would be delighted to hear of your interest & show you what God is doing at THRIVE to see if God might lead you to join the Mentor Dream Team making a difference in Leesburg Middle & High School students!
Contact Matthew for an apointement to visit THRIVE:
Matthew@cotlakes.com
THRIVE MARTIAL ARTS is also back in session and while the Cichon's and Jacobson's are well capable of handling the Martial Arts instruction, they would welcome some mentors for helping the students with the spiritual aspect of memorizing & saying their Scripture verses.
Interested in seeing this exciting ministry or finding out how you can help? Please contact Mike Jacobson mikejacobson55304@gmail.com
COTLakes Tenacious Youth is also back in session and Eden Lynch, our Youth Director, is always happy to hear of COTLakes Adults interested in helping her with our teens.
Please contact Eden directly if you'd like to consider making a difference in our teenagers' lives: Eden@cotlakes.com
3. COTLakes Winter 2025 Season of Small Groups JANUARY launches:
Here is the link for the current listing of COTLakes Small Groups; once you open the link please scroll down to see all the groups. Click on any group for information details of that group & registration:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/groups/small-groups?enrollment=open_signup,request_to_join&filter=enrollment
Here is the launch schedule for the groups beginning in JANUARY 2025:
* Jan. 01 "Men of Issachar" led by Pastor Doug Anderson is an online ZOOM group of MEN meeting @ 7am Wednesdays. We discuss lessons God is teaching us through the wisdom Bible book of PROVERBS.
* Jan. 05 "Adult Bible Fellowship" led by Pastor Doug Anderson and a team of COTLakes adults, we gather to nurture our relationships; hear updates of God's work through the people of COTLakes; dig into God's Word; and pray for one another! Coffee & snacks are available by 8am or so! We are about 120 COTLakes adults meeting in the LHS Cafeteria each Sunday @ 8:30am
* Jan. 06 "Throw the First Punch" led by Jenifer Matheny will be a WOMEN's discussion of this great book by Beth Guckenberger: 'Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction', focusing on Spiritual Warfare @ 6:00pm Mondays at the COTlakes office.
* Jan. 07 "Forgiving what you can't Forget" led by Linda Blackburn will be a WOMEN's discussion of this very powerful book by Lysa Terkeurst: 'Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again'. Meeting in COTlakes office, Tuesdays 4:30-6:00pm.
NOTE: Due to Linda's Rotator Cuff surgery her launch of this group is delayed a week or two. Linda will communicate directly with those who register for this group.
* Jan. 08 "Unshakable Hope" led by Carolyn Cummings will be a WOMEN's discussion of this powerful book by Max Lucado: 'explores how to build a life founded on God’s promises'. Meeting Wednesday evenings in Hawthorne's Clubhouse @ 6:30-8:00pm
* Jan. 09 "Revelation" led by Penny Noll is a WOMEN's study of this book by Jen Wilkin: 'through 10 ssessions of verse-by-verse Bible study Jen Wilkin helps you discover how the last book of the Bible speaks both a steadying word of assurance and a strong call to endure...' Meets in the LEGACY Craft Room, Thursday evenings @ 6pm.
* Jan. 11 "Divorce Care" led by Beverly Moore-Stephens: Divorce Care is a biblically based lay-led support group program to help people hurting from the pain of divorce, separation or contemplating one or the other. Meets in the WAY building Saturdays @ 10am.
* Jan. 12 "Divorce Care for Kids" led by Beverly Moore-Stephens: 'DC4K provides your children with a safe and neutral place to gain an age-appropriate understanding of separation and divorce.' Meets at the WAY building, Sundays @ 4-6pm
* Jan. 12 "Tenets & Scripture" led by Ed Peeks, we explore the Scripture basis of tenets presented by various Bible teachers. Meeting Sunday evenings @ 6pm in the Peeks home in the Villages.
* Jan. 14 "12 Daring Women of the Bible" led by Dawn Anderson and a WOMEN's team of discussion group leaders: 'In this 12 session video Bible study, some of today's most dynamic Christian authors and teachers look at the spiritual lessons learned from 12 women in the Bible who dared to TRUST, BELIEVE, AND STEP OUT IN FAITH.' Meets at Morrison Methodist Church, Leesburg, Tuesdays @ 10am
* Jan. 14 "Financial Peace University" (Dave Ramsey) led by Bethany Bosbous: 'Money isn’t a math problem—it’s a behavior problem. FPU will change your habits so you can transform your money and your future.' Will meet at the Right Realty office in Leesburg, Tuesdays @ 6pm
* Jan. 15 "Seasoned Prospectors" led by Ken Burtoft: 'Like the 'prospectors' of old in the gold rush, we are MEN digging into the gold mine of God's Word looking for nuggets of life impacting truth!' Meets in the COTLakes office, Wednesdays @ 6:45pm
* Jan. 16 "Mature Marriage" led by Pastor Doug & Dawn Anderson is a Biblical discussion of God's design for marriage in our 'mature' years, when the nest is 'empty' and we're aging together! This couples group will meet in the WAY building, Thursdays 3:00pm
* ?? "How to Worship A King" led by Don & Becky Hainlen will be a discussion of the book by Zach Neese: 'Worship is more than music. It is the impetus for everything we do as Christians. It is expressed through every action of our lives and helps us become more Christlike.' Will meet in the Hainlen home in the Villages. Day & time TBD soon
* Jan 29 "The 7 Feasts of the LORD" led by Bruce Neiger this study 'will be an in depth study of the Jewish Feasts of the Lord from Leviticus 23. It will include the meaning and prophetic fulfillment of each Feast by Jesus the Messiah.' Will meet in the WAY building Wednesdays @ 10am
Please note: COTLakes Small Groups are added often so check the Small Groups page on COTLakes.com frequently! Many groups will be limited by capacity of location.
4."Baby Bottle Boomerang" Jan. 19-Feb. 23
Annually COTLakes partners with the Christian Care Pregnancy Center located on the First Baptist Church campus here in Leesburg. Plastic baby bottles will be available to us each Sunday during this month for filling with coins, bills or a check as we help CCPC counsel young women with unexpected pregnancies and supply them as needed in being newborn mothers.
Here's the link with more information:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2621340
5. "REVIVE": A Night of City-Wide worship in Leesburg January 24 @ 6pm in the park in front of City Hall!
Come join our COTLakes Worship team and band as they lead all of Leesburg in an evening of worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ!
Here's the link with more information:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2588902
FEBRUARY COTLakes events:
1. "Generational Bingo Bridge the Gap" February 5 @ 6pm
Eden Lynch and our COTLakes Teenagers (generation Alpha) invite our "PRIME TIMERs" (generations 'Builders'; 'Boomers'; & 'Busters') to join them in this fun evening of bridging the generation gap with 'generational trivia bingo'!!
Come ready to laugh and see if you can identify trivia distincitve to the generations!!
This fun evening will held at the youth WAY building: 1314 Sumter St., Leesburg. (about 2 blocks from Leesburg High School)
2. "REFRESH" the COTLakes Women's Retreat Feb. 6-8
Last call as the registration will close on Thursday of this week.
This is a reschedule of the Women's Retreat which was cancelled due to Hurricane Milton. It will be a great weekend for COTLakes women of all ages to have fun, enjoy great food and fellowship and some wonderful spiritual refreshment.
Here's the information & registration link:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2161682
3. "Souper Sunday" February 16th "PRIME TIMERs" lunch together following Worship!
This will be our third annual Sunday gathering in the LHS cafeteria for LUNCH following worship for all COTLakes "PRIME TIMERs" and COTLakes Staff. It's potluck so make your favorite crockpot of soup or a fresh salad or a dessert to share. Table settings, beverages and bread will be supplied.
We'll bring in the 'four top' culinary tables & chairs so the LHS Cafeteria will be all set when you, the COTLakes "PRIME TIMERs", come from worship!
Here's the link with information & registration:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2682226
COTLakes MARCH Events
1. "Vintage Bible School" March 10-12 @ WAY building
This has become a favorite both for our COTLakes Teenagers who do all the teaching and leading, and our "PRIME TIMERs" who are the students!!
Just ask any "PRIME TIMER" who has participated in the past and you'll make every effort to clear your calendar for these three mornings so you don't miss it!!!
Here's the information & registration link:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2597289
Ok my "PRIME TIMER" friends, we hope this is helpful information and you'll find these wonderful opportunities to connect with each other and join us in helping accomplish the Isaiah 61:3,4 mission God has entrusted to COTLakes in Leesburg, FL! Are you excited for a new year?
It is our privilege to be walking this journey with you.
We are always standing in the LHS center lobby after Sunday worship if you'd like prayer or are looking to connect with us,
Pastor Doug & Dawn Anderson
This message was sent from Prime Timers.
This weekly information update from Pastor Doug Anderson is sent 'blind copy' to all COTLakes adults apx. age 55+. It's purpose is to help you PLAN, PRAY and PARTICIPATE in the active life of COTLakes!
If you'd prefer to NOT receive this email, simply reply and tell me so, and I'll remove your address from this master list.
JANUARY 2025 COTLakes events. . .
1. "21 Days of Prayer & Fasting" January 6-26
YES, Pastor Mike began this annual launch into the new year on Monday of this week.
Each morning @ 5am Pastor Mike is live on the COTLakes Youtube Channel & Facebook. All sessions are recorded and archived so you can particpate anytime day or night.
Here's the weblink for joining "21 Days":
https://www.youtube.com/@cotlakes
If you have the COTLakes APP on your cellphone, you'll see a link for "21 Days" on the home page of the APP.
If you are new to "21 Days" here's the COTLakes link with information and the digital form of the booklet Pastor Mike has prepared. A paper copy of this booklet will be available next Sunday in ABF & the Lobby of LHS.
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2655717
2. COTLakes THRIVE & Tenacious Youth Mentoring opportunities:
Leesburg schools are is back in session and therefore THRIVE our COTLakes after school youth center is functioning again. THRIVE had 43 kids yesterday!
Matthew Wintersdorf would be delighted to hear of your interest & show you what God is doing at THRIVE to see if God might lead you to join the Mentor Dream Team making a difference in Leesburg Middle & High School students!
Contact Matthew for an apointement to visit THRIVE:
Matthew@cotlakes.com
THRIVE MARTIAL ARTS is also back in session and while the Cichon's and Jacobson's are well capable of handling the Martial Arts instruction, they would welcome some mentors for helping the students with the spiritual aspect of memorizing & saying their Scripture verses.
Interested in seeing this exciting ministry or finding out how you can help? Please contact Mike Jacobson mikejacobson55304@gmail.com
COTLakes Tenacious Youth is also back in session and Eden Lynch, our Youth Director, is always happy to hear of COTLakes Adults interested in helping her with our teens.
Please contact Eden directly if you'd like to consider making a difference in our teenagers' lives: Eden@cotlakes.com
3. COTLakes Winter 2025 Season of Small Groups JANUARY launches:
Here is the link for the current listing of COTLakes Small Groups; once you open the link please scroll down to see all the groups. Click on any group for information details of that group & registration:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/groups/small-groups?enrollment=open_signup,request_to_join&filter=enrollment
Here is the launch schedule for the groups beginning in JANUARY 2025:
* Jan. 01 "Men of Issachar" led by Pastor Doug Anderson is an online ZOOM group of MEN meeting @ 7am Wednesdays. We discuss lessons God is teaching us through the wisdom Bible book of PROVERBS.
* Jan. 05 "Adult Bible Fellowship" led by Pastor Doug Anderson and a team of COTLakes adults, we gather to nurture our relationships; hear updates of God's work through the people of COTLakes; dig into God's Word; and pray for one another! Coffee & snacks are available by 8am or so! We are about 120 COTLakes adults meeting in the LHS Cafeteria each Sunday @ 8:30am
* Jan. 06 "Throw the First Punch" led by Jenifer Matheny will be a WOMEN's discussion of this great book by Beth Guckenberger: 'Defeating the Enemy Hell-Bent on Your Destruction', focusing on Spiritual Warfare @ 6:00pm Mondays at the COTlakes office.
* Jan. 07 "Forgiving what you can't Forget" led by Linda Blackburn will be a WOMEN's discussion of this very powerful book by Lysa Terkeurst: 'Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again'. Meeting in COTlakes office, Tuesdays 4:30-6:00pm.
NOTE: Due to Linda's Rotator Cuff surgery her launch of this group is delayed a week or two. Linda will communicate directly with those who register for this group.
* Jan. 08 "Unshakable Hope" led by Carolyn Cummings will be a WOMEN's discussion of this powerful book by Max Lucado: 'explores how to build a life founded on God’s promises'. Meeting Wednesday evenings in Hawthorne's Clubhouse @ 6:30-8:00pm
* Jan. 09 "Revelation" led by Penny Noll is a WOMEN's study of this book by Jen Wilkin: 'through 10 ssessions of verse-by-verse Bible study Jen Wilkin helps you discover how the last book of the Bible speaks both a steadying word of assurance and a strong call to endure...' Meets in the LEGACY Craft Room, Thursday evenings @ 6pm.
* Jan. 11 "Divorce Care" led by Beverly Moore-Stephens: Divorce Care is a biblically based lay-led support group program to help people hurting from the pain of divorce, separation or contemplating one or the other. Meets in the WAY building Saturdays @ 10am.
* Jan. 12 "Divorce Care for Kids" led by Beverly Moore-Stephens: 'DC4K provides your children with a safe and neutral place to gain an age-appropriate understanding of separation and divorce.' Meets at the WAY building, Sundays @ 4-6pm
* Jan. 12 "Tenets & Scripture" led by Ed Peeks, we explore the Scripture basis of tenets presented by various Bible teachers. Meeting Sunday evenings @ 6pm in the Peeks home in the Villages.
* Jan. 14 "12 Daring Women of the Bible" led by Dawn Anderson and a WOMEN's team of discussion group leaders: 'In this 12 session video Bible study, some of today's most dynamic Christian authors and teachers look at the spiritual lessons learned from 12 women in the Bible who dared to TRUST, BELIEVE, AND STEP OUT IN FAITH.' Meets at Morrison Methodist Church, Leesburg, Tuesdays @ 10am
* Jan. 14 "Financial Peace University" (Dave Ramsey) led by Bethany Bosbous: 'Money isn’t a math problem—it’s a behavior problem. FPU will change your habits so you can transform your money and your future.' Will meet at the Right Realty office in Leesburg, Tuesdays @ 6pm
* Jan. 15 "Seasoned Prospectors" led by Ken Burtoft: 'Like the 'prospectors' of old in the gold rush, we are MEN digging into the gold mine of God's Word looking for nuggets of life impacting truth!' Meets in the COTLakes office, Wednesdays @ 6:45pm
* Jan. 16 "Mature Marriage" led by Pastor Doug & Dawn Anderson is a Biblical discussion of God's design for marriage in our 'mature' years, when the nest is 'empty' and we're aging together! This couples group will meet in the WAY building, Thursdays 3:00pm
* ?? "How to Worship A King" led by Don & Becky Hainlen will be a discussion of the book by Zach Neese: 'Worship is more than music. It is the impetus for everything we do as Christians. It is expressed through every action of our lives and helps us become more Christlike.' Will meet in the Hainlen home in the Villages. Day & time TBD soon
* Jan 29 "The 7 Feasts of the LORD" led by Bruce Neiger this study 'will be an in depth study of the Jewish Feasts of the Lord from Leviticus 23. It will include the meaning and prophetic fulfillment of each Feast by Jesus the Messiah.' Will meet in the WAY building Wednesdays @ 10am
Please note: COTLakes Small Groups are added often so check the Small Groups page on COTLakes.com frequently! Many groups will be limited by capacity of location.
4."Baby Bottle Boomerang" Jan. 19-Feb. 23
Annually COTLakes partners with the Christian Care Pregnancy Center located on the First Baptist Church campus here in Leesburg. Plastic baby bottles will be available to us each Sunday during this month for filling with coins, bills or a check as we help CCPC counsel young women with unexpected pregnancies and supply them as needed in being newborn mothers.
Here's the link with more information:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2621340
5. "REVIVE": A Night of City-Wide worship in Leesburg January 24 @ 6pm in the park in front of City Hall!
Come join our COTLakes Worship team and band as they lead all of Leesburg in an evening of worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ!
Here's the link with more information:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2588902
FEBRUARY COTLakes events:
1. "Generational Bingo Bridge the Gap" February 5 @ 6pm
Eden Lynch and our COTLakes Teenagers (generation Alpha) invite our "PRIME TIMERs" (generations 'Builders'; 'Boomers'; & 'Busters') to join them in this fun evening of bridging the generation gap with 'generational trivia bingo'!!
Come ready to laugh and see if you can identify trivia distincitve to the generations!!
This fun evening will held at the youth WAY building: 1314 Sumter St., Leesburg. (about 2 blocks from Leesburg High School)
2. "REFRESH" the COTLakes Women's Retreat Feb. 6-8
Last call as the registration will close on Thursday of this week.
This is a reschedule of the Women's Retreat which was cancelled due to Hurricane Milton. It will be a great weekend for COTLakes women of all ages to have fun, enjoy great food and fellowship and some wonderful spiritual refreshment.
Here's the information & registration link:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2161682
3. "Souper Sunday" February 16th "PRIME TIMERs" lunch together following Worship!
This will be our third annual Sunday gathering in the LHS cafeteria for LUNCH following worship for all COTLakes "PRIME TIMERs" and COTLakes Staff. It's potluck so make your favorite crockpot of soup or a fresh salad or a dessert to share. Table settings, beverages and bread will be supplied.
We'll bring in the 'four top' culinary tables & chairs so the LHS Cafeteria will be all set when you, the COTLakes "PRIME TIMERs", come from worship!
Here's the link with information & registration:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2682226
COTLakes MARCH Events
1. "Vintage Bible School" March 10-12 @ WAY building
This has become a favorite both for our COTLakes Teenagers who do all the teaching and leading, and our "PRIME TIMERs" who are the students!!
Just ask any "PRIME TIMER" who has participated in the past and you'll make every effort to clear your calendar for these three mornings so you don't miss it!!!
Here's the information & registration link:
https://cotlakes.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2597289
Ok my "PRIME TIMER" friends, we hope this is helpful information and you'll find these wonderful opportunities to connect with each other and join us in helping accomplish the Isaiah 61:3,4 mission God has entrusted to COTLakes in Leesburg, FL! Are you excited for a new year?
It is our privilege to be walking this journey with you.
We are always standing in the LHS center lobby after Sunday worship if you'd like prayer or are looking to connect with us,
Pastor Doug & Dawn Anderson
This message was sent from Prime Timers.
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