THE SCENE: You know that scene in the Shawshank Redemption?…yeah, it was like that.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
15 SSH
6 “Puddle” Pickers
15 Baby Arm Circles
15 Rev. Baby Arm Circles
15 Tempo Squats
THA-THANG:
Prep:
- Get CMU from CMU pile
- Take to parish awning.
- Pair off.
ARM AND HAMMER (DORA):
- 200 Curls4Girls (partner Bernie’s around half the parking lot and swap)
- 200 American Hammers (partner sprints around the whole parking lot swap)
- 200 LCMUCrunches (LBCs with CMU) (partner lunges around the fish and swap)
- 400 Freddie Mercs (partner bear crawls the fish and swap)
MARY:
Drop of CMUs and run to awning.
Mary favorites:
10 Burpees (Betty)
20 Big Boys (Curveball)
50 Merkins (Baby Boomer)
Pickle Pounders until time (Pool Boy)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 strong (and wet) this morning!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
[1Co 15:1-4 ESV] 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
Paul knew the Gospel. He knew how to articulate it, it was of first importance to him. How well do we? Can we articulate the gospel? A good litmus test: try to articulate the gospel with a friend or family member in 60 seconds. Is it hard/easy? If you have children, do you share it with them? Are they prepared to give an answer to this fallen world, if they are believers? We want to keep the first things first, so let us press in, before workouts, working hard at our jobs, and even with our families, to know the Gospel and be prepared to share it. Here are a couple of documentaries that I have found incredibly helpful in understanding the history of, attacks against, and a clear picture of the true, Gospel in America. I can’t recommend them enough.
http://www.americangospelfilm.com/watch-christ-alone-ag1
http://www.americangospelfilm.com/watch-christ-crucified-ag2.html
MOLESKIN:
Pool Boy’s boss has Covid and needs Christ. Curveball’s daughter is interviewing for an internship today. Waxjob’s family is looking for a new caregiver. We were encouraged by Jenner sharing that, while the “church” numbers in America have gone down, much of the true evangelical population is still there, it’s mostly churches that have abandoned the Gospel that are shutting their doors.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None today!