THE SCENE: A clear, cool morning (a balmy 39°). Absolutely designed for sharpening some iron.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 15
5 merkins
5 tempo merkins (4 ct)
5 tempo merkins (8 ct)
Little baby arm circles 10 forward, 10 back
Imperial walker x 10
5 squats
5 tempo squats (4 ct)
5 tempo squats (8 ct)
5 cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Long mozey to playground parking lot
At every other light:
- 5 star jacks
- 5 dive bombers
- 5 v-ups
One car, one truck. Everybody does 3 rounds.
Pull the vehicle from Point A to Point B, then push it back. During each round, perform the following while not engaged on a vehicle:
- Round 1 – BBS
- Round 2 – Swerkins (Wide-arm side to side merkins)
- Round 3 – Jump Squats
Very short mozey to playground.
- 5 World’s Greatest Merkins
- 10 Burpees
- 15 Pull-ups
- 20 Flutter kicks (4 ct)
- 25 Inclined merkins
- 30 dips
- Run across the field and back
- Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Indian run back to AO.
MARY:
Side crunches x 15 each side
25 American hammers (4 ct)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There was a recent post among the leadership about the language we in F3 use. We throw out terms without considering their actual meaning. We talk about servant leadership and no man left behind and leading by example. We say we’re making the HC and call each other HIMs. 12 HIMs took on the Gloom. 9 HIMs posted today. Etc. We say it with such commonality that it loses its meaning and you earn HIMship just by showing up to workouts. That’s not what F3 is about. That’s not what a HIM is. We need to adjust our culture so that being a HIM has meaning.
A HIM is defined as a high IMPACT man that is a DISRUPTOR who is COMMITTED to making FORCIBLE contact to STRONG EFFECT.
A few weeks ago, Tank asked for 3-5 guys to help him serve kids at the Wesley House for their fall festival. Out of approximately 250 active members, guys who post regularly, how many HIMs showed up? 1. Unfortunately, it wasn’t me either. Most of the time when there’s a service project it’s the same small group of men that make the HC to serve. There is a cultural change we need to make in F3 Knoxville. We need to be impactful. Disrupters. We need to commit to making forcible contact to strong effect. We need to EARN our HIMship.
To help, a new slack channel called service opportunities had been created to help us generate, plan, and execute opportunities to serve and impact our community. Please join the channel and look back at the video from Steam about the service project that’s already been completed.
The Bible talks extensively about serving others. Jesus, himself, speaks to serving our brothers and sisters.
Matthew 25:31-41
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Our priorities are this: God first. Family second. Serving the Kingdom is a very close third. I understand family obligations and that not everyone is able or even needed to show up at every project. But if we aren’t helping people, if we aren’t serving our community, if we’re not advancing the Kingdom and giving glory to God, we’re not doing our job. We’re failing. Failing ourselves. Failing F3. Failing Him. This is a call to action. Answer the call. Serve. Be impactful. Earn your HIMship.
SYITG
MOLESKIN:
Prayer requests: Ribbed and wife, surgery scheduled Dec 14 in Cleveland; I-Beam’s friend recently diagnosed with lymphoma on top of other health issues
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Coat drive
Gobbler Challenge next Thurs – I-Beam on Q