THE SCENE: Cold, low 40s, fairly calm and clear, but the hallowed Beaver Moon didn’t make an appearance, to everyone’s disappointment.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Check.
WARM-O-RAMA:
– Motivators 7 count decreasing
– 10 Cherry Pickers (4-ct), in cadence (aborted this exercise due to mumblechatter around 6 or so…)
– 10 Rockettes (4-ct), in cadence
– 10 Grady Corns (4-ct), in cadence
– Calf stretches
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Caribbean Parking Lot
- NO MERCY MILE (really more like a half mile)
- Near end: Bear Crawl around turn
- Run to ½ way point. 25 Merkins. Run to curve
- Far End: Lunges around turn
- Sprint to ½ way point. 25 Squats. Run to Curve.
- Rinse and Repeat.
Mosey to open air Chapel
- AMRAPS
- 30 sec dips, rest 10 sec. R&R x4
- 30 sec incline merkins, rest 10 sec R&R x4
- 30 sec isometric squats (alternating), rest 10 sec R&R x4
Mosey to east down path towards the bottom of Cardiac. At intersection, 20 American Hammers (4-ct)
Mosey to bottom of Cardiac. 20 Imperial Walkers (4-ct)
- Cardiac Crusher
- Run to first curve and back, 20 flutter kicks (2-ct)
- Run to second curve and back, 20 flutter kicks (2-ct)
- Run to top, stop at each turn to do 10 merkins, 10 squats, and 10 BBS
Mosey to AO
MARY:
Homer/Marge leg raises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Thanksgiving:
Back in 1620, 102 separatists Christians left Europe and came to America via a little boat called the Mayflower. The first years in America were very hard, and about half the population died within the first several months. They likely all would have died without the help of the Native Americans, who provided food and taught them how to grow crops. They celebrated the harvest the following year, in 1621, with Thanksgiving. The celebration lasted 3 days. Thanksgiving was only sporadically celebrated until 1789 when George Washington called for it to be a recurring celebration. Even then, it still didn’t totally catch on until 1941, when FDR and Congress declared it a national holiday. Why is it so tough to celebrate Thanksgiving? We seem to want to skip over it it and move right from Halloween to Christmas. If you’re cynical, maybe it’s because there’s no money in Thanksgiving? Not as many cards, gifts, and promotional events…Except for the Macy’s parade, and for that everyone is just waiting for Santa at the end.
But there is a human need to give Thanks. One of the first things parents teach their children is to say Thank You (when handing a young child something…: “What do you say? What do you SAY??”). Giving Thanks is important because it interrupts the Self, recognizes the Other in our life. We value that other. We have an imperative and a need to give Thanks to those we have relationships with. And who or what is the primary relationship in our life? It’s God, and we need to give Thanks to God. Giving Thanks reminds us that we are recipients, not creators. It allows us a moment to pause and count our blessings. STEAM recently posted a message in Sticky Notes Channel: “GAS PRICES ARE HIGH, THIS SUCKS” VS “I WAS ABLE TO FILL UP MY CAR WITH GAS. THANK YOU JESUS.” What a great perspective for the week of Thanksgiving.
I love the line from the song Signs that was sung by Tesla and written by Five Man Electrical Band… “Thank you Lord, for thinking about me, I’m alive and doing fine.”
Here’s what I think. I think we need to build a world that strips out the biases and fear of other religions, other cultures, other world views and focuses on the basics. Love God, Love your Neighbor. Easy Peasy. Right? Wrong. It’s simple, but it’s not easy. How do we do that? Giving Thanks can be a great place to start and get beyond the differences. Seek first the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is love, generosity, thankfulness, and justice. That is how we live in that Kingdom. This is what was in the heart of the Pilgrim’s journey. To be a loving, generous, and thankful community.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Steam’s mom who has COVID, for other friends and family members going through illness or trials. Prayers for the victims of the Waukesha driving calamity. Prayers for our nation as tensions rise and the Enemy tries to divide and discourage us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party Dec. 11!