F3 Knoxville

Pool Boy’s 4rd Annual Black Friday JUCO Discount Coupon Special

THE SCENE: Black and Friday… aka Annual Black Friday JUCO Discount Coupon Special (1st – 2nd – 3rd)
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
7 each x El Capitan OYO
10 x OHC IC
6 x Werewolf OYO
10 x Tempo Squat IC
7 x Tennessee Rocking Chair IC
5 x Burpees OYO
7 x Derkins on Curb IC
6 x Tempo calf raises on the curb IC (also nice and slow)

THA-THANG:
Tour de JUCO – The Scenic Route to the Coupon Pile

Falling Mall Walk the Haslam Business Building (yes, we’re power walking to warm up our calves!) -> This was changed to a mosey to the Courtyard.

4 Corners – 2nd time completion first person circle all the way back and do the exercises with the PAX at the corner to return to the start

1 – Burpees (10)
2 – Merkins (20)
3 – Squats (30)
4 – BBS (40)

Mosey to the Coupon Pile
Coupon or no coupon? What kind of deal do you want? 10 reps with a coupon or 20 without a coupon

1 – Stairs to Pull Up 3-5 / 15 second dead hang
2 – Thrusters / Air Squat to Press
3 – Curls / Overhead Claps
4 – Kettle Bell Swings / Good mornings
5 – Front Raises / Front Raises
6 – Blockees / Burpees

Repeat 2-3x depending on time. 30 second break and/or 30 second wall sit in between

20 second wall sit – thanks to Lil’ Spice it was probably closer to 30!

MARY:
Mosey to the Shovel Flag. Dealer’s choice at the end
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA – 4 Super Couponers

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Advent: Covenant Faithfulness and Promises. We are in the season of Advent and yet I look back at the past 3 years and 4 Black Fridays that God has given me and I’m still continually thankful for the way that God has been faithful even as I have not. I’m so grateful and anticipate many things happening and changing even as I am no longer primarily at JUCO as my home AO. But there are just so many guys I can look to who have had an impact on me as well as seeing those who will come after.

Often we think we have to do it all – to get it perfect, to say the exact right thing, to be the perfect person. But let me remind you of the truth that we celebrate behind Advent – Jesus’ birth wasn’t option #2. It wasn’t plan B. God made the world and though sin and death would come, Christ would come to redeem us. His faithfulness and promises have all been foretold and fulfilled. Today we celebrate what happened ~2,000 years ago. There’s a song whose lyrics I want to read you that tells the story that Jesus was the original plan and not plan B. It tells of these covenant promises and covenant faithfulness that God has and will always have for us.

—–
[Verse 1]
Prophets promised long ago
A King would come to bring us hope
And now a virgin bears a son
The time to save the world has come

[Verse 2]
Humble shepherds run in haste
To see the One the angels praised
In cattle stall they find a girl
Who holds the hope of all the world

[Verse 3]
As He sleeps upon the hay
He holds the moon and stars in place
Though born an infant He remains
The sovereign God of endless days

[Verse 4]
For all our sins one day He’ll die
To make us sons of God on high
Let every heart prepare Him room
The promises have all come true

[Chorus]
Emmanuel has come to us
The Christ is born, hallelujah
Our God made low to raise us up
Emmanuel, has come to us

—

Begin Advent with grateful hearts to God for Jesus – in the manger and headed to the Cross.

MOLESKIN:
Great to be back at JUCO!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville Christmas Party at Butterknife’s house Dec 3 @ 7pm. See Slack for the details.

THANKS and GIVING

THE SCENE: Clear and low 30s

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
Motivators 7 to 1; 10 Burpees

THA-THANG:
Station at shovel flag and at the dumpster. Do exercise at shovel flag then mosey to dumpster. Do exercise at dumpster and Bernie to shovel flag. Add new exercise each round.

Shovel Flag Exercises

  • Thrusters x5
  • Hand Release Merkins x10
  • Alpos x15
  • Newton’s Cradle x20
  • Knerkins x25
  • Swings x30

Dumpster Exercises

  • Groiners x5
  • Iron Mikes x10
  • V-Ups x15
  • Imperial Squat Walkers x20
  • No Surrenders x25
  • Gorilla Humpers x30

MARY:
Hello Dolly x15 IC; Rosalita x15 IC; Flutter Kicks x15 IC; Box Cutters x15 IC; Big Boys x15 OYO; LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX earned their Thanksgiving dinner

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Today is Thanksgiving and I want to share some personal experiences from my life as a reminder that God is worthy of our praise and thankfulness no matter our circumstances.

When I was in middle school my grandmother got very sick and the last two months of her life she lived with us. The day she died I sat in her room crying and God brought a song to my mind. Fast forward to adulthood and my M and I are matched with a birth mother to adopt our first child, a boy we named Sebastian. While with my whole family celebrating my parents 50th wedding anniversary, we receive a call that the birth mother had backed out and we would not be Sebastian’s parents. God brings the same song to mind and we sing as a family. Fast forward about 1 and 1/2 years later and we are in a hospital in Florida preparing to leave with our baby girl. We have gone into say goodbye to her birth mother and although this is a joyous day for us we recognize the pain that Carrie’s birth mother is experiencing. We sing that same song with her and the social worker. The song’s lyrics are this:

“I love you Lord and I lift my voice to worship You. Oh my soul rejoice. Take joy my King in what you hear. May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear”

Some may think this is a strange song to sing during some of the hardest times in my life and they may just be right. The thing is, God is worthy of our praise no matter the circumstance we find our self in.

MOLESKIN:
Pray for Pennies and Shoelaces as they both lost loved ones this week. Pray for Halfday’s M having kidney stone surgery today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Arsenal leg day

THE SCENE: Cold
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA

Mosey to the tennis courts
THA-THANG

Partner up. One partner Bernie’s up the hill beside the tennis courts and does 5 BBS at the top. Other partner AMRAP at bottom. Switch and work your way down the list

  • Squats
  • Iron Mike
  • Monkey Humper
  • Groiner
  • Al Gore
  • single leg dead lift to jump

MARY:
LBCs for time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 including 1 FNG, welcome Mountain man, and 1 from down range, always great to have Paw Patrol join us
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Many of life’s failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

JUCO Circuit

THE SCENE:   25ish and clear.  Perfect for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Phelps
  • RFTS/LIH
  • Turkey wings
  • Projectivator
  • Grady corns
  • Squatting Grady
  • Merkins
  • Bouncing Y

THA THANG:

Mosey to the big lot.  Sprint across, turning 90 degrees at each line.  (sprint, side shuffle, bernie, side shuffle). Mary at the end.

Mosey to sophomore hill.

  • 10 iron mikes
  • 15 star jacks
  • 20 squats
  • Sprint to the pull-up bars – max pull ups.
  • Sprint to the coupons
  • 20 shoulder presses
  • 25 curls
  • 30 triceps
  • Sprint back the beginning
  • Repeat the circuit

 

Mosey to freshman hill – tip the scale

10 burpees, run up the hill, 10 merkins, run down the hill

9 burpees…11 merkins

8 burpees…12 merkins, etc. until recover is called.

 

Mosey to the docks.

10 carolina dry docks – jump off the dock and run to the other

10 bobby hurleys – jump off the dock and run back to the other.

Repeat a few times.

 

Mosey to the courtyard.  Broad jump the length of grass.  Bear crawl back.  Repeat.

MARY:

Guantanamo

PAX choice

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 11 of the best men I know.  One 2.0

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

From Psalm 78, “I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.  We will not hide them from their children but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonders that He has done.”

The Word this morning was repurposed from this week’s F3 newsletter.  The newsletter talked about how the purpose of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of YOUR leadership – in your communities, churches, workplaces, and – most importantly – in your home.

Whether or not he intends to, every father is discipling his children to something.  What we want to be doing is discipling them to virtue.  To know the character and instructions of God.

I shared part of my story – how for years I felt like a failure at discipling my family.  I would begin reading them Scripture or a Bible study…then stop when circumstances interrupted our routine or when it no longer “felt right”.  I would pray with them regularly…then have long seasons of drought.  I felt unsure of what exactly I was supposed to be doing – and unqualified to do what I thought family discipleship meant.  In my confusion, I became resentful about the whole thing.  I knew I was not leading my family well but couldn’t find a form and rhythm that felt like it worked.

Can any of you relate?

It’s just a little thing – but what finally clicked for me a few years ago started with a book.  A short story that is meant to be read during the Advent season – one chapter every night.  Our family developed a routine: everyone gets a blanket, a hot drink, and piece of candy, then gathers on the couches in the living room.  I’d read one chapter from the book, Jotham’s Journey.  Each reading also includes a few questions related to the narrative – but also tying in discussions about God, living righteously, and Jesus’s birth.

We enjoyed that time so much, we did not miss a single night during Advent.  And here’s the key…at the end of those 25 straight nights, our family had formed a new habit.  We sustained our rhythm after that Advent season and to this day – five years later – we follow roughly that same pattern almost every evening.

There are a thousand different ways you can intentionally mentor your sons and daughters about the most important things in life.  This is just one thing that worked for me after a hundred other things failed.  Establishing a lasting routine.

If you are, as I was for a loooong time, confused and frustrated with trying to find a routine to lead your family, maybe you’ll try the path that worked for me.  I have five of those books to give away.  There is nothing special about this book – but I’m sentimental about it because of my own experience.  If five men will read them to their families, please take them.  Advent starts on Sunday.  Read it every night with your kids until Christmas.  Work to have a new family habit take root.

It does not have to be profound or complicated.  Read a passage of Scripture – do one of the hundreds of free family studies on the YouVersion Bible app.  Find a way to lead your family in virtue.

MOLESKIN:

If you didn’t get a book and want one, DM me on Slack with your address and I’ll have it shipped to you.   

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Christmas party at Butterknife’s home Dec 3rd – sign up!

Gobbler Challenge

THE SCENE:

A beautiful, brisk, clear morning. Great day in the gloom

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Yeppers!

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH
  • Tempo squats
  • Tempo merks
  • Knox Cherry Pickers
  • Willy Mays Hayes
  • LBAC -F
  • LBAC – B
  • Moroccan Night Clubs
  • Hallelujahs
  • Chattanooga cherry picker

THA-THANG:

Gobbler challenge modified to 45 minutes to fit into normal timeframe

45 minute AMRAP 

EXERCISES:

10 T-Merkins

20 Body weight squats

30 Rowers

40 Over Head Press

50 CMU Swings

60 Flutter kicks CMU overhead

70 CMU Rows

80 Lunges

90 Crunches

1 Mosey to sign and back

Scoring: Each completed exercise = 50 points

Example, PAX completes 2 full rounds, and gets through 50 CMU swings, score = 1250

Record your own score on your sheet, turn in to Skeletor.

MARY:
CMU carry to flag
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Airborne, Angel Soft, Binks, Bobbitt, Feeny, Piston, Skeletor, Spielberg, Stetson, Super Soaker, Wingman
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Thankfulness is abnormal for the unbeliever, but normal for the believer. A heart void of God’s grace is incapable of consistently initiating gratitude, but a heart governed by grace can’t hold back a thankful expression. It erupts in public worship and praise to God. It naturally flows from joyful lips in private prayers. Like a small child ecstatic over the gift of a new doll or toy truck, so those who have received the gift of salvation are exuberant over their abundant life in Christ.

Indeed, grace is the gift of God that keeps on giving. Not only are we its recipient at conversion, but His grace continues to infuse our faith day by day, until that day we appear with Him. Yes, gratitude keeps our attitude focused on the Lord’s goodness. He is still good when others are bad. He is still good when we are sad. He is still good when we are mad. He is still good when we doubt. He is still good when we struggle. So, we remain thankful regardless of our situation.

There are obstacles to exercising God’s will of thanksgiving in all circumstances. A wounded heart can’t see beyond its own hurt and anger. There is no gratitude, only disappointment with God and people. Why would my Savior allow me to be hurt? The heart of Jesus hurts when we hurt. His Spirit enters into our pain with comfort and compassion. Our pain is not an excuse to pout, but to pour out our emotions to the Healer of our heart. Gratefulness is God’s antibiotic.

What can you turn over to Jesus for Him to handle? A relationship? A health issue? Pain in your past? Lay it down at the foot of the cross and allow God to do His work of grace. Maybe begin to journal the blessings of God. Thank Him for your joy in Jesus Christ. Thank Him for the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the food you eat. Thank Him for physical shelter from the elements and spiritual shelter from the enemy. God’s will for you is to be grateful. Your thanksgiving inspires others to be thankful!

“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬

Daily devotion from Boyd Baileys “Week of Thanksgiving”

MOLESKIN:
Welcome FNG Supersoaker, Skeletor’s 2.0.
Super proud of these PAX. Thanksgiving is our way of life. I am thankful for the men that F3 has brought into my life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming Christmas parade, meet at Rampart at 5:30-6:00 on 11/28 to prepare the float.

F3 Christmas party at butterknifes home

Go30 reboot coming up on 12/1

There was more, can’t remember.