THE SCENE: About 62 F, no breeze, beautiful red sunset
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
| SSH IC (20) |
| Windmills IC |
| Michael Phelps |
| Grady Corns (31 IC) |
| 10 Merkins |
THA-THANG:
| Mosey to Large Lot with Island – F3 “Boxing” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Divide into 2 teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team 1 at Cone 1 , Team 2 at 2nd Cone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Each team picks 2 exercises from the BAG (each bag contains a mix of exercises, performs each exercise together, then puts exercises in box and carries it to other team. Team can choose to draw 2 new exercises to pass on if they want. Exchange boxes where ever you meet, but proceed to the opposite cone. Repeat until 4 exchanges have been made. There are wild cards – max 30 of anything- can only give out a wildcard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following exercises were written on individual pieces of paper (and folded) in each bag:
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| Mosey to sidewalk by road and new bathrooms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26’s – Run 2 lights, 10 BBS, run 6 lights, 20 Squats, repeat til we turn the corner to the left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mosey to CMU Pile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| each grab a cmu -26 press, 26 curl, 26 row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| line up on lines – bearcrawl 2, bearnie 8, repeat to get to start point | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cmu – 26 press, 26 curl, 26 row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| line up on lines -lunge 2, run 8, repeat to get to start point | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 press, 26 curl, 26 row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| run to end back, return CMUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burnie up hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mosey to Benches – 15 bench dips x 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mosey to AO |
MARY:
Brainiac Q forgot
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Q forgot to do count off and Name o Rama
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A little bit about the history of Boxing Day and the Feast of St Stephens:
| One school of thought argues that the tradition began in churches in the Middle Ages. Parishioners collected money for the poor in alms boxes, and these were opened on the day after Christmas in honour of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, whose feast day falls on 26 December. |
| Some say the tradition stems from Roman times when money to pay for athletic games was collected in boxes. Amongst the ruins of Pompeii, boxes made out of earthenware with slits in the top full of coins have been found. Later the Romans brought the idea of collecting boxes to Britain, and monks and clergy soon used similar boxes to collect money for the poor at Christmas. On the day after Christmas, the priests used to open the boxes and distribute the contents to the poor of the village. Thus this day came to be called Boxing Day. |
| In the Republic of Ireland, the day is one of nine official public holidays.[3] |
| In Irish, it is called Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín, meaning the Wren Day. When used in this context, “wren” is often pronounced “ran”.[4] This name alludes to several legends, including those found in Irish mythology, linking episodes in the life of Jesus to the wren. People dress up in old clothes, wear straw hats and travel from door to door with fake wrens (previously real wrens were killed) and they dance, sing and play music. This tradition is less common than it was a couple of generations ago.Originally, the dead Wrens were attached to the end of a pole, if you gave out money, the Wren boy would give a a feather from the dead Wren. Depending on which region of the country, they are called “wrenboys” and mummers. |
| Stephen is first mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as one of seven deacons appointed by the Apostles to distribute food and charitable aid to poorer members of the community in the early church. According to Orthodox belief, he was the eldest and is therefore called “archdeacon”.[4] As another deacon, Nicholas of Antioch, is specifically stated to have been a convert to Judaism, it may be assumed that Stephen was born Jewish, but nothing more is known about his previous life.[2] The reason for the appointment of the deacons is stated to have been dissatisfaction among Hellenistic (that is, Greek-influenced and Greek-speaking) Jews that their widows were being slighted in preference to Hebraic ones in the daily distribution of food. Since the name “Stephanos” is Greek, it has been assumed that he was one of these Hellenistic Jews. Stephen is stated to have been full of faith and the Holy Spirit and to have performed miracles among the people.[Acts 6:5, 8] |
| It seems to have been among synagogues of Hellenistic Jews that he performed his teachings and “signs and wonders” since it is said that he aroused the opposition of the “Synagogue of the Freedmen”, and “of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia”.[Acts 6:9] Members of these synagogues had challenged Stephen’s teachings, but Stephen had bested them in debate. Furious at this humiliation, they suborned false testimony that Stephen had preached blasphemy against Moses and God. They dragged him to appear before the Sanhedrin, the supreme legal court of Jewish elders, accusing him of preaching against the Temple and the Mosaic Law.[Acts 6:9–14] Stephen is said to have been unperturbed, his face looking like “that of an angel”.[2] |
| In a long speech to the Sanhedrin comprising almost the whole of Acts chapter 7, Stephen presents his view of the history of Israel. The God of glory, he says, appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia, thus establishing at the beginning of the speech one of its major themes, that God does not dwell only in one particular building (meaning the Temple).[5] Stephen recounts the stories of the patriarchs in some depth, and goes into even more detail in the case of Moses. God appeared to Moses in the burning bush[Acts 7:30–32], and inspired Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. Nevertheless, the Israelites turned to other gods.[Acts 7:39–43] This establishes the second main theme of Stephen’s speech, Israel’s disobedience to God.[5] Stephen faced two accusations: that he had declared that Jesus would destroy the Temple in Jerusalem and that he had changed the customs of Moses. Benedict XVI stated that St. Stephen appealed to the Jewish scriptures to prove how the laws of Moses were not subverted by Jesus but, instead, were being fulfilled.[6] Stephen denounces his listeners[5] as “stiff-necked” people who, just as their ancestors had done, resist the Holy Spirit. “Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.”[Acts 7:51–53] |
| Thus castigated, the account is that the crowd could contain their anger no longer.[7] However, Stephen looked up and cried, “Look! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!” He said that the recently executed Jesus was standing by the side of God.[8][Acts 7:54] The people from the crowd, who threw the first stones,[9][8] laid their coats down so as to be able to do this, at the feet of a “young man named Saul” (later known as Paul the Apostle). Stephen prayed that the Lord would receive his spirit and his killers be forgiven, sank to his knees, and “fell asleep” [Acts 7:58–60]. Saul “approved of their killing him”.[Acts 8:1] In the aftermath of Stephen’s death, the remaining disciples fled to distant lands, many to Antioch.[Acts 11:19–20][10] |
MOLESKIN:
Prayer request for Jackie and Lee Smith of Arizona. Their son Jared passed on Christmas eve. They previously lost another son (Tyler) in Feb 2019.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy Birthday Lillydipper !!!