F3 Knoxville

God’s Identity Papers

THE SCENE: 70s, clear but humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 Side Straddle Hops, 5 Burpees, 10 Mountain Climbers, 4 Burpees, 10 Twisties, 3 Burpees, 10 Windmills, 2 Burpees, 10 Tempo Merkins, 1 Burpee, Stretches
THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot close to the Brolympics Field.  Turn around about 1/3 of the way along the parking lot and Bernie Sanders to the curb. Mosey to the flat fields where we hold the Brolympics. There will be 8 cones set in a perpendicular line.  In single file we will serpentine between those 8 cones.  Then sprint to 2 cones set parallel to each other.  Do a broad jump at the imaginary line between those two cones.  Then bear crawl to the last cone.  Rinse and repeat two more times.

Run up to the Coliseum, stopping at the top of each hill to do 3 Burpees.

In the courtyard od the Coliseum we will do 20 American Hammers ans 20 Hello Dollies.

Next, we will run counterclockwise around the loop that goes by the Admin Bldg.  We will stop at each quarter to do the following exercises:

  • 1st quarter:  20 Diamond Merkins
  • 2nd quarter:  20 Calve Raises on Steps of Admin Bldg.
  • 3rd quarter:  20 Wide Merkins
  • 4th quarter:  20 Decline Merkins off benches in Coliseum Courtyard.
  • Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to bat cave.  We will run in a counterclockwise route stopping to do the following exercises at the following locations:

  • 20 Star Jumps at Bat Cave
  • 20 Carolina Drydocks at bottom of stairs.
  • 20 Incline Merkins on final summit od Mt. Everest.
  • 10 Dive Bombers at tip of summit.
  • Rinse and Repeat.

We will do 20 4 ct Baby Crunches.

Mosey to Rock Pile just below Coliseum.  Each man picks up a large rock.  Mosey with rock above head to next rock pile.  We will then do the following exercises with the rocks:

  • 20 Curls
  • 20 Overhead Presses
  • 20 Rows
  • 20 Chest Out Pushes

Mosey back to other rock pile and relace rocks

Mosey to nearest cone on Brolympics field.  We will Bear Crawl to parallel cones, then do a standing broad jump, then lunge to the next cone, then serpentine sprint between the last 8 cones.  Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to parking lot bt the Brolympics field.  We will sprint halfway down parking lot then Bernie Sanders to curb.  We will do the same thing back.  Then, mosey to AO.

We will do 20 Side Straddle Hops, then Bernie Sanders the length of the parking lot and sprint back.

 

MARY:
Stretches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men and one fine dog.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

God’s Identity Papers
With the war in Ukraine, with the long list of public shootings occurring over the past two months, including those in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, with the inflation we are coping with in 2022, with the continuing Covid numbers that faded but now seem to be rising again, it is easy to lose sight of God.  We worry about the state of the world and continue to hear from news pundits and politicians about what should be done or, even more often, what isn’t being done.  God, where are you in this process?
Maybe this is a time when we should slow down . . . in order to allow our senses to hear God, to see Him, to feel Him, to taste and discover Him.  Where is He?
Let me read you a poem that my pastor, Shaun Slate told our congregation about.
I Wake Close To Morning by Mary Oliver
Why do people keep asking to see
God’s identity papers
when the darkness opening into morning
is more than enough?
Certainly any god might turn away in disgust.
Think of Sheba approaching
the kingdom of Solomon.
Do you think she had to ask,
“Is this the place?”

I am often guilty of failing to see God when the evidence is there before my very eyes.  The world spins in the same pattern daily, the days of the year remain the same, each season returns, the stars gaze at us from the sky, the birds in the air, the animals of the earth, the mountainous majesty, the waves of the ocean, all speak of the majesty of God.  Is it harder to believe when we see wars and shootings?  Maybe so.  But remember when Christ came to Earth over 2000 years ago?  What was the state of the world then?  Wasn’t their war and bloodshed then?  The Romans ruled much of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia through a bloody and deadly war campaign.  The Romans were often vicious, using people as slaves, hanging people on crosses in public areas to remind people to fear the Roman Empire or else.  And Christ, the one who Christians like me believe is the loving representation of God, was hung by those very Romans on a cross for all to witness.  It was hard for Christ’s disciples to believe.  But Christ showed Himself to them.

Where is God in these uneasy times we face?  Allow God to show Himself to you.  His identity papers are all around us.  Let us open our eyes and see.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for all those impacted by the war in Ukraine and by the recent shootings in the United States.  Prayers for Steam’s safe travels to Kentucky next week and for all our brothers who are traveling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F6 and Del Monte are performing in the musical, Something Rotten at the UT theatre.  F3 Knoxville has a convergence at Juco on July 2.

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Take 2 on this workout worked

THE SCENE: Hot, but better than earlier in the week
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Warm up? I think we were warm enough but still did a few things to get the muscles ready
THA-THANG:
Start at 1st cone. Do 1 of the first exercise. Run to cone 2 do qty of 2, run back to cone 1 and then to cone 3 where you do qty of 3, run back to cone 1 and then to cone 4 etc etc etc. 8 cones total. Exercises are

  • Shoulder tap Merkins 2ct
  • Russian rockettes 2 ct
  • Toe touch merkins 2ct
  • Side lunges 2ct
  • Inch worms w/Merkin
  • toe touch crunches 2ct
  • diamond Merkins
  • marge Simpsons

MARY:

crunches in bunches

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

13 pax

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Your actions can make a big impact. Be a Christ follower and live like one.
MOLESKIN:

we didn’t have an FNG today, so we “met” Tweet-E again. Love that guy! His story is an amazing one of Gods love for him.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at Juco

No title needed – it was hot

THE SCENE: 75 and gross
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

1 burpee

10 SSH

5 Cherry pickers

10 tie fighters

10 more tie fighters

20 Grady corns

THA-THANG:
4 stations and you have to get a partner. 1 partner runs to the next station and back while the 1st partner is doing the first item. Then they switch, after completing all 3 they run together to the next station.

  • station 1:
    • air taps
    • VUp
    •  BBS
  • Station 2
    • mountain climbers
    • pickle pounders
    • Monkey humpers
  • Station 3
    • Burpee’s
    • iron mikes – modified to lunges
    • Welsh Dragons
  • Station 4
    • CCD
    • Hand release merkins
    • shoulder taps

go back down the ladder

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Remember the humanity of Chris and his grace and patients with us as he was with his disciples and everyone else.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
convergence July 2nd.

New Tables, Don’t Tell TapOut

THE SCENE: Warm.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers IC | Grady Corns IC
  • Windmills IC | Rockettes IC
  • SSH IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Splash Pad. Descending Ladder.  Do 12 exercises, take lap, drop the top. Do 11 exercises, take lap, and drop the top one.  Etc…

  • 12 — 4-Count Shoulder Taps
  • 11 — 4-Count Hello Dolly
  • 10 — Lunges (each leg)
  • 9 — Merkins
  • 8 — Squats
  • 7— CDD
  • 6 — 4-Count Imperial Walkers
  • 5 — Dips
  • 4 — Step-Ups (each leg)
  • 3 — 4-Count SSH
  • 2 — Pull-Ups
  • 1 — Burpee

MARY:

  • American Hammers IC
  • Flutter Kicks IC
  • V-Ups

STRETCHES:

  • Bend down & grab toes
  • Sit squat
  • Cobra Kai

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: Responsive ReadingHis faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 136

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.

3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords.

His faithful love endures forever.

4 Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles.

His faithful love endures forever.

5 Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.

His faithful love endures forever.

6 Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.

His faithful love endures forever.

7 Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—

His faithful love endures forever.

8 the sun to rule the day,

His faithful love endures forever.

9 and the moon and stars to rule the night.

His faithful love endures forever.

23 He remembered us in our weakness.

His faithful love endures forever.

24 He saved us from our enemies.

His faithful love endures forever.

26 Give thanks to the God of heaven.

His faithful love endures forever.

Two takeaways: God’s faithful love endures forever. And, we should give him thanks.

Either the AOQ Loved It, or the Music Was Too Loud to Hear His Cries… Who’s to say?

THE SCENE: Tastefully Temperate

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Grady Corns | LBACs

THA-THANG:

35sec on each exercise. 10sec rest. Take a lap around track after each round. 2 different sets/sides of exercises. Alternate them. Stations included:

 

  • A Side // B Side
  • Hand-Release Merkins // Inch Worms
  • Broad Jumps // Smurf Jacks
  • Imperial Walkers // Calf Raises
  • Flutter Kicks // American Hammers
  • LBS // BBS
  • Bear Crawl // Shoulder Taps

PAX worked right up to the 45min mark, so no time for Mary. They did, however get roughly 2.5 miles in…

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  Q shared regarding parenting

PRAYER