a church in pursuit of God, with a passion for people

Randy Gideons . Lead Pastor . Warehouse Church

Warehouse Remodel Update

I t has been very satisfying to visit the

construction site and see workers
everywhere. There were eight vans
parked around the building the other day
and I didn't even try to go inside for fear of
My thanks and respect to Brian and
Jeff for there commitment, love and
dedication to this project.
Next month's newsletter will be
completely dedicated to informing you on
slowing things down. the progress of the new home for The
The a/c people, the plumbing people, Warehouse Church.
the concrete people and the electric Thanks to everyone for your support
people are redoing everything. The of this great endeavor.
entrance steps and wheel chair ramps are
taking shape. The new duct-work is
everywhere. The electricians are running
conduit and wire in every room. The new
bathrooms are rising up and that's just
what I can see. How marvelous it is to see
the vision God gave coming about.
Unless God has another plan, we will be in
our new home very soon.

02... Christian Cochran 19… Phil Lutz

02... Gregg Merrill 19… Trever Light
03… Charlie Anderson 20… Dee Varnum
05… Mela Striker 22… Michael Petersen
05... Rebekah Thornell 24... Rachel Bruce
05... Vince Yea 24... Will McGall
06… Cheryl Clark 25… Kiley Anderson
07… Michelle Clark 25... Sheryl Sellers
09… Elise James 26... John & Julie Macrae
10... Jay & Abra Coulson 26... Morgan Bennett
13... Ed & Rosemarie Adcock 26… Vance Harbaugh
14... Kristie Bennett-Deuel 28… Bill Burkard
17… Travis Bowersox 28... Cliff Cochran
19... Jessica Machamer 28… Robert & Amy Bowersox
19... Joey McDonald
MODEL FOR YOUR DAUGHTER
B ack in January, Abbie and I went
on a little date. We stopped and
got what she wanted to eat and
then went on to our destination. As we
were finishing up there and were walking
back to the car, we were talking and I
asked her if she had a good time. We
were holding hands as we walked and she
said, “yes sir”. I asked her if she would go
out on a date with me again sometime.
She looked up and said, “Like tonight, just
me and you?” I replied, “yes, just me and
you.” She wanted to know what we would
do. I told her whatever she wanted to do
and where ever she wanted to go. Then
she said, “yes”.
Guys, I watch ladies grow up and
many times marry men similar to their
fathers. As I was driving Abbie home, I
was pondering this idea (though she is
only 8) and was wondering what her
husband would turn out like if he was
similar to me. Some of it I have to say, I
didn’t like. I know she watches everything
that goes on around her. She is incredibly
observant. So I was thinking more and
more about what things that I model for
her.
Men, what are you modeling for your
daughters? What things are you showing
her that she will look for in her husband?
How do you treat her mother? How do
you show her mother love? How do you
show your daughter love? Do you speak
her love language? Do you know what
your daughter really likes? When did you
last stop and talk to your daughter? Have
you ever taken her out on a date? Who is
her best friend?
Guys, this is information that can be
gained by simply talking to her. Then,
keep talking to her for the years to come!
Don’t stop talking to her. Do you help
around the house? Do you help her
mom? If you want her husband to help
her, model it for her now!
I wish to make you a challenge. Guys,
try to take your daughter on a date, once a
quarter. Actually go to her and ask her for
a date. Then let her pick the place and
what to do and eat. Make the day all
about her. Make your son in law have to
work hard to meet up to her standards for
what a man should be and do. Lay the
ground work now so that this standard of
what men should be will be firmly placed in
her mind. Leave nothing to guess. Men,
tell your daughters that they are smart,
beautiful, lovely and cherished. Tell her
that you are proud that she is YOUR
daughter.
In our house, everyone knows that
Jen is the Queen. Abbie also knows that
she is the Princess. Both of those
positions are of Royal decent. Not a
peasant, but rather Royalty. Men, if you
don’t model for your daughter, someone
else will. It will be Valentine’s Day very
soon. Make it a
memorial one for your
daughter. I DOUBLE
DARE YOU!
What has been your most impressive brush with greatness?!!

Elias James ~ It must have been the time
I was hiding in a tree watching this dirt-
bag rob an old lady. When he ran by I
leapt from the tree and drop-kicked him in
the face and kindly returned the purse to
the nice old lady. She tried to give me
some money, but I of course could not
accept it. Or it could have been the time I
was watching this robbery in action. The
robbers slipped away from the cops in
their getaway car. I quickly sprinted to the
next neighborhood (that was 5 miles
away) and caught them at the corner. The
driver not having his wits about himself left
his window down. So as he went by I did a
flying flash kick right threw the window,
forcing him out the passenger window
quickly. His assistant just jumped out at
that point.
Elise James~ When I played tennis in my
20's, I had a very strong forehand and
backhand (one handed...not two...thank
you) down the line and cross court shots,
and came in 2nd in a major tennis
tournament in Altamonte Springs. I was a
very strong, consistent and hard hitter. I
could place that ball where ever I wanted
it to go. It was exhilarating!! There was
only one female in the Orlando area that
could beat me and she had thighs like
pillars...and she weighed more
too...Those were the days my friend...we
thought they'd never end...da, da, da, da,
da, da.
Jeff Light ~ I became a father, twice.

Brenda Petersen ~ Well, spiritually

speaking...when I got filled with the Holy
Spirit and got the gifts. And also, when I
got to lead a dying Jewish woman to the
Lord just minutes before she died.

Derek Striker ~ I was out of ammo in my

F16 aircraft so I destroyed a UFO that was
going to annihilate man kind by flying into
it's rear while ejecting at the same time
and landing safely onto the ground. True
story.

Sonia Shearer ~ I don't think I've had

any!
 During the month of November you
helped give away enough food to feed 70
families at Thanksgiving and in December
you fed 20 more. These are families that
had a much better Thanksgiving and
Christmas because of your generosity of
time and money. Our 2010 expectations
were exceeded.
This year’s goal for “The Storehouse”
is to begin feeding families on a quarterly
basis. This will include canned meats
such as hams, chicken and tuna and other
side items. Each month we have two
highlighted items that we collect over and
above our normal items. We are always in
need of canned meats such as hams,
chicken, tuna etc. Also helping with non
food items such as toiletries, paper
products, light bulbs and batteries are
always welcome as these items cannot be
purchased with food stamps.
We have a list of items that we like to
collect. This list can be picked up by the
food drop off location which is set up in
the back of the church. Feel free to take
one and put it on your refrigerator. Make
sure to look at both sides of the sheet.
You can give an offering also.
Just make a memo to “Storehouse”.
Couponing is a great way to get items
for “The Storehouse”. Tonya Sturgess has
been sending out couponing information
on our e-bulletins, so be sure to look for
that information.
Just to let everyone know that “The
Storehouse” works hand in hand with “We
Are the Least of These”. We do share in
our efforts to help those in need.
Here is a little information regarding
some statistics in Lake County. Lake
County has the highest homeless rate in
the entire state of Florida. That rate is
12%. One hundred percent of your
donations to “The Storehouse” go to help
those in our local community. If you wish
to make a monetary donation, please
indicate that it is for “The Storehouse”.
Our next distribution will be in April. A
voucher must be completed to receive
assistance.Your help will be greatly
appreciated.
If you know someone in need please
contact either Sonia Shearer
@ (352) 408-7192
ShearerSonia@hotmail.com
or Deborah Tiller @ (352) 321-5750.
 by Brenda Petersen

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27

T he heavenly Father's plan from

the beginning of time was to place
His eternal Son in every believer.
If you are a Christian, all the fullness of
God dwells in you. Christ's life becomes
God wants to reveal Himself to those
around you by working mightily through
you. He wants your family to see Christ in
you each day. God wants to express His
love through your life. There is a great
your life. When Christ lives in you, He difference between "living the Christian
brings every divine resource with Him. life" and allowing Christ to live His life
Every time you face a need, you meet it through you.
with the presence of the crucified, risen,
and triumphant Lord of the universe living
in you. When God invites you to become
involved in His work, He has already
placed His Son in you so that He can carry
out His assignment through your life.

This has significant implications for your

Christian life. Discipleship is more than
acquiring head knowledge and
memorizing Scripture verses. It is learning
to give Jesus Christ total access to your
life so He will live His life through you.
Your greatest difficulty will be believing
that your relationship with Christ is at the
heart of your Christian life. When others
watch you face a crisis, do they see the
risen Lord responding? Does your family
see the difference Christ makes when you
face a need? What difference does the
presence of Jesus Christ make in your
life?

Completely
W hat does the word completely
mean? According to Webster’s
New World Dictionary, it comes
from the root word complete which means
to fill up, lacking no component part, full,
whole, entire. Completely is the act of
completing or to become complete. God
has asked me to turn my life over to him
completely, to do his will and not my will.
To follow his call on my life that he might
complete the good work in me that he has
started.
I don’t know about you, but that scares
me. The first thing that I think of, being the
humanistic person that I am is: What am I
going to have to give up? I’m one of
those people that when they go
somewhere I want to take my car because
I want to be in control of when I arrive and
when I leave. I don’t mind people going
with me, but I want my car there so I can
control the situation. This past Sunday, I
figured out that God is requiring much
more of me. I thought he had all of me,
but during this fast, I have found out that I
have taken back a lot of my life that I
thought I had given to him. I felt that still
small voice asking me, “Will you come with
me a little further? Will you give me all of
yourself so that I can complete you? Will
you give up your own desires for what I
want to accomplish?” Thoughts came
flooding through my mind, the questions
that we all ask. What will I have to give
up? Will I have to leave my home? Will I
have to give up friends and family? Will I
have to travel, what am I going to be
deprived of? Why is that our first thought?
Why don’t we anticipate the good
complete things of God instead of worrying
about what we will be giving up?
by Sonia Shearer
Most of the things we would be required to
give up most likely aren’t worth that much
anyway.
When babies are first born and they
are given either breast milk or formula,
there comes a time when they must be
weaned and given solid food. Many times
when God requires something new from
us or he wants to complete us, it requires
being weaned of what we are used to. In
the beginning the child may feel deprived
that he isn’t getting what he used to, but it
is replaced with more nourishment and
things that are solid and the child is
satisfied for longer periods of time and
pretty soon, the milk is no longer what they
crave. It is no longer satisfying to them. I
crave for God to complete me, but it
seems that I don’t want to give up the milk
that I’m used to.
The bottom line is that I have to give
up control. I have to work through the fear
that I might lose everything again, the fear
that I may have to go somewhere that I
don’t want to go, or that I might have to
stay here and never get to go anywhere or
worse yet, the fear of not being able to do
what he is asking. I have to get past the
fear of giving my life completely to God so
that I can become complete in him.
Are you complete?
Every Sunday ~
averagejoe’s Café
Free continental breakfast served from
10:00am to 10:20am
Contact: Renee Stoffel @ 253-2465
THEWAREHOUSE BAND
Contacts: Aaron Symonds @ 330-1928
Mela Striker @ 365-1006
WAREHOUSE NURSERY & PRESCHOOL
We believe in ministering to the needs of
even our littlest members. Our qualified
teachers create a positive experience that
introduces nursery and preschool children
to the love of Jesus early on.
Contact: Jill Porvaznik @ 793-1326
WAREHOUSE KID’S
Warehouse Kid’s is for all boys and girls in
Kindergarten through 6th grade. We provide
a combination of games, interactive
characters, and fun filled songs capture
kid’s attention while showing them that
living for God is the best way to live!
Contact: Ron Sellers @ 787-0385
2nd & 4th Sunday ~
S T A T U R E Youth Group @ 1:00pm
Community Center West Room
Contact: Neal Hayes 365-1496
Next Meeting: February 13 & 27
NEW CLASS!!!
1st & 3rd Tuesday ~
The Courage to Heal
A study for women 18 years or older who
have experienced an abusive relationship.
Cost: $25.00 for material
Sonia Shearer’s Home
2112 Hollywood Dr, Leesburg
Contact: Sonia @ 408-7192
Next Meeting: February 15
2nd & 4th Wednesday ~
The A L T A R @ 7:00pm
The Lindsay Home
The Plantations off Hwy 27
24113 Peekskill St. South Leesburg
Contact: Sandy Lindsay 315-0245
Dinner served @ 6:30pm
Next Meeting: February 9 & 23

1st Friday ~
READER’S Book Group @ 6:30pm
New this year in Reader’s Group!
We will be picking a book from the Bible
each month to read. Hope you can join us
for the discussion!
Brenda Sims Home
600 Bidwell St, Fruitland Park
Book to read:
The Book of Ruth
Contact: Brenda Sims (352) 787-5266
Next Meeting: February 4
2nd & 4th Friday ~
Harp & Bowl - Worship & Intercession
Cochran Home
3233 Indian Trail, Eustis, 32726
Snacks at 6:30; Harp & Bowl at 7:00
Contact: Cliff Cochran @ 483-3140
Next Meeting: February 11 & 25
ation
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Young Adults of 18 to 29 years old gather
for fellowship and different activities.
Contact: Vance Harbaugh (941) 720-3912
CREATIVE ARTS
Drama! Dance! Pantomime! Sign language!
Flags! Children's ballet! These are just a
few venues that have been incorporated
into the Creative Arts Ministry at the
Warehouse Church. The message of
salvation through Jesus Christ and the
ministry of worship are key factors in the
foundation of our Creative Arts Ministry.
Many people are blessed through the visual
arts and this is why this ministry exists.
Look for future opportunities that will allow
community oriented theater and dance.
Contact: Barbara Smith @ 315-1400

4th Friday ~
Older Gents @ 11:30am Check out the web page at
Older Gents is an opportunity for men over www.vcfleesburg.com
50 to meet for lunch and enjoy great for everything on the
conversation over a variety of topics that calendar this month.
affect all of us.
Golden Corral, North Leesburg
Contact: Leo Lenschow 429-2563
Next Meeting: February 25

1st Saturday ~
Love & Marriage
Jeff & Sue Myers home at 6:30pm
41737 Kendra Lane, Weirsdale
This is a monthly gathering for young
couples married 15 years and less
(or soon to be married).
We hope you will join us as we
pursue discovering God's principles to
"becoming one" in our marriages; in our
relationships with one another, and with
Him.
If you need assistance in finding a sitter for
your children, please give Sue @
504-6506 a call and she will try to assist
you.
Contact: Brian Sellers 504-6221
Next Meeting: February 5
Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. Please
don't take that long in helping him get to her.
Easy Button
T oday, we as a society want an easy
solution or some simple explanation
for a problem of which we supposedly
have no control.
The most infamous feud in American
folklore is the battle between the Hatfields
and the McCoys. Recently, there has
been speculation that the clan’s notorious
behavior is caused by a rare, inherited
disease that can lead to hair trigger rage
and violent outbursts. Von Hippel-Lindau
disease can cause tumors in the eyes,
ears, pancreas, kidney, brain and spine.
These pheochromocytomas – tumors of
the adrenal gland is a small bubbly looking
orange appendage, which sits atop each
kidney and makes adrenalin and a
substances called catecholamine. Too
much can cause high blood pressure,
pounding headaches, heart palpitations,
facial flushing, nausea and vomiting. At
the present time, there is no cure for the
disease, but removing the tumors, the
patients usually feel an immediate effect.
Altina Waller, a professor of history at
the University of Connecticut and author of
a book about the feud says, “Medical folks
like to find these kinds of explanations.
Like the Salem witchcraft thing. That book
came out about how that was caused by
wheat that was grown that had this
parasite or mold or fungus or something
that caused everybody in Salem to go
nuts.”
Betsy Hart states in her article
“Parenting magic: Add mom, dad”, brings
to our attention that today many feel there
is a small window of time to really shape a
baby’s brain. And flooding that brain with
classical music during those years is one
key way to make a baby smarter. “That
understanding was based on ‘research’ in
the 1990s that just always seemed... a
little too easy to me,” she says.
“Many companies developed
‘brainy baby’ products that teased parents
out of untold amounts of money in the
belief that just the right educational toy,
CD, or gadget in those all-important years
of life would give their baby that leg up on
everything.”
Sara Mead, a senior analyst at
Education Sector, an education-policy
think tank based in Washington, writes
that “there’s a problem... with the new
conventional wisdom about brighter
babies: it’s based on misinterpretations
and misapplications of brain research.
She points out that, in fact, focusing on
that “magic” window may let us parents
and our communities off the hook later on
when what we do for kids really matters.”
Every claim apart from God is absurd.
Human philosophers have sought to
explain away true godly principles and
maintain constant meaning.
Unfortunately, there are consequences for
relying on the wisdom of man with new
gadget plays and researchers who are
more interested in appeasing people in the
meantime accumulating large sums of
money for information of little value.
Many parents are searching for something
that will take the responsibility away from
them so they do not have to throw their
lives into loving and caring for their
children. Recently my daughter Lisa
informed me of a parent who had put her
daughter into pre-school, grade school
and after-school programs. This child
spends eleven and one half hours away
from home. The mother is not a single
parent nor does she work outside of the
home. Raising a child in today’s
households is aimless and unproductive
because no one has a plan as to the
outcome of their life. The only
requirement is everyone’s satisfaction.
People move in and out of relationships
with no thought of servanthood and
permanency. Sometimes they marry
sometimes they don’t get around to it.
Some children have one mother and a
long string of different fathers or
boyfriends. Requirements are minimal
with no thought for tomorrow – gratification
now with the idea of always keeping an
eye on an escape hatch, making sure you
have a reason for escaping valid or not.
Love, what is that?
Donald Miller author of “Searching For
God Knows What”, writes, “It makes you
feel that as a parent the most important
thing you can do is love your kids, hold
them and tell them you love them
because, until we get to heaven, all we
can do is hold our palms over the wounds.
I mean, if a kid doesn’t feel he is loved, he
is going to go looking for it in all kinds of
ways. He is going to want to feel powerful
or important or tough, and she is going to
want to feel beautiful and wanted and
needed. Give a kid the feeling of being
loved early, and they will be better at
negotiating that other stuff when they get
older. They won’t fall for anything stupid,
and they won’t feel a kind of desperation
all the time in their souls. It is no
coincidence that Jesus talks endlessly
about love. Free love. Unconditional love.”
Whether you want to believe it or not,
your children will be wounded by you as a
parent. It is a fact. That is why the
scripture strongly emphasizes for us to ask
forgiveness from our children when we
make mistakes and to let them know that
as human beings we don’t always do what
is right. We must be honest with those we
love and especially with ourselves. When
we make mistakes, we are to admit them
and then try to rectify them. And most of
all, reassure them that you are committed.
As a parent, we are given the
responsibility to parent. Because we have
experienced more life than our children,
optimistically we have gained knowledge
of some basic principals that will help
them. Moreover, while we work these
things out as parents we grow and mature.
I hope that we are a few years ahead of
them. Keep in mind that as time moves on
you and your children will exchange roles
as early as in their twenties. This will
expand as we enter into the 55 plus years.
None of this can happen unless we
live in Gods grace, the grace to let go and
let God be God. Grace is for the wobbly
and weak-kneed who know they don’t
have it together as parents. The gospel of
grace and the reality of salvation through
the redeeming work of Jesus Christ on
Calvary are for the bedraggled, unsure
vagabonds. Today we accept the work of
grace in theory but deny it in practice. Our
heavenly Father seeks to bring us to the
end of ourselves, so that He can remake
us in the image of His Son. Moreover,
whatever it takes to accomplish this to the
greater end is mercy, sheer mercy and
grace, the kindness and love we do not
deserve and could never earn. Grace is
the active expression of his love. Grace is
everything and stops at nothing. The God
of grace loves beyond our comprehension.
We must be honest with those we
love and especially with ourselves.
When we make mistakes,
we are to admit them and
then try to rectify them.
As we accept the extravagant gift of his
grace, we simply turn to God. This flows
from trust in His boundless love.
Next, “negotiating that other stuff,” I
looked up the word “negotiate” in “The all
Nations English Dictionary.” It states the
meaning, as to go safely through, around
or over. “The car negotiated the curve and
evaded crashing into a tree.” The best
thing you can do for your children is give
them the insights that will equip them in
traveling the winding roads of life. With
that guidance, through the grace of God,
He will be with them to help them in their
travels.
Now that, is the love of the Father.
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