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[the-pulpit] Just Another Heavy Lift Day

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AO: the-pulpit
Q: Betty
PAX: Kevin (Miss Piggie), Leland Robbins (Geiger), Voodoo, Ike, Jim Norris, Sawdust
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Got the blood flowing to all the right places of the body, then ran to the top of Mt. Sinai

THE THANG: Employed battle buddies for stations to lift heavy things for 2 minute AMRAP and then switched stations. Stations included:
– 100-lb medicine ball lifted over the tennis court net (I really need Rougarou to come back and claim his ball)
– 80-lb sand bag for a plank electric slide
– 40-lb sand bag for a blockee toss over your head
– 30-lb plate for kettle bell swings
– And then just a random burpee station

MARY: Just some ab work to round out the day.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A

COT: Wisdom was imparted by Betty for all to share.

[the-pulpit] It’s not my fault

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Ike
PAX: Leland Robbins (Geiger), Ike, Voodoo, Smoked Pickle, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Sawdust
FNGs: None
COUNT: six
WARMUP: Side straddle hop, cherry pickers, grass grabbers, piano tuners, motivators

THE THANG: modified the following
Block buster prime
Blockee, to imperial blocker each leg, into Hakka thruster, into murder bunny 5yd
– every 5 yd do (10) incline merkins
– Total 100 Merkin per run
Bunny busters
Blockee, into thruster, into mountain climber 5 count (HW), into murder bunny
– every 5yd travel do (10) goblet squats
– 100 squats per run
Then 1 squat, bear crawl 20 yards, 2 merkins, crawl bear back
repeat, incrementing by 1 and 2, respectively, until 20 merkins set complete.
Moseyed back to flag and did a set of WWIII situps

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

[the-pulpit] Lays

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Leland Robbins (Geiger)
PAX: Voodoo, Betty, Smoked Pickle, Jim Norris, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Kevin (Miss Piggie)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Say the thing wrong

WARMUP:
Stretch, 1 mile run (0.9 on some Apple Watches)

THE THANG:
Lays work out :
Burpees
Shoulder taps
Leg lifts
Squats
Big boys
Dead bugs
Inverted planks
Lbc
V-ups
NC dry docks
Plank jacks
Merkins
Planks
Catalina wine mixers
Superman’s
Donkey kicks
1.5 minutes each
MARY:
Burpees for the last 30 seconds
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
“Take every thought captive”
-Unknown Facebook quote.

Glow Rings

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Smoked Pickle, Voodoo, Squatter, Crawlspace, Skidmark, Eliza, Flower Pot, Brick
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
1. SSH
2. Grady Corns
3. Neck Rolls
4. Imperial Walkers
5. Tempo Merkins

THE THANG:
Mosey to the football field for 4 corners.
1st corner = 10 Burpees
2nd corner = 25 Squats
3rd corner = 25 2-count Freddies
Run through the bleachers to the 4th corner
4th corner = 25 Merkins
REPEAT
REPEAT again

Glow Frisbee team relay from the baseball lot around the campus and back to COT.

COT:
Two verses from John…

In John 14:6, Jesus said “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through me.” That’s a pretty bold statement! That’s not only a truth claim, it’s a claim that every other way is false.

In John 3:36, John says “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” It sounds like a lot is on the line here, am I right??

Last Sunday on Easter, the pastor at Fellowship told the congregation that “I believe in Christianity, not because it’s helpful or helps me through hard times. I believe in Christianity because it’s true.” Good answer. I believe it to be true, also, and it’s the reason I am a Christian.
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There are many world views and religions and they all believe in different things about God and his nature. What makes one triumph over the rest? If they are all so different then they can’t all be true, right?? Isn’t that important?

I asked my son once, Why are we Christians? Have you ever been asked that? How would you respond? Could you answer that in one sentence? My 13 year old son, at the time, couldn’t find the words to articulate his beliefs and he was a bit stumped. I told him the answer to that question is… “Because Christianity is the best explanation for the way things are in reality.” It has an answer for every challenge. Will it convince everyone…no! In fact, it will convince far fewer than it will not. And, the Bible even makes that very claim.

Are the Gospels reliable? Is the Bible the inerrant Word of God? Is Jesus really who He says He is? There are many good reasons to trust in Jesus as God, the Bible as God’s word, and the claim that Christianity is true. If you want to dive deeper into that, do some research and find the answers for yourself. That, or you know how to reach me.

[the-pulpit] Come & See the Stations of the Cross

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Betty, Rougarou, Voodoo, Ike, Kevin (Miss Piggie), Smoked Pickle, Jim Norris, Leland Robbins (Geiger)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
– SSH (32 in memory of those lost at VT on this date in 2007)
– Stretch
– Tempo Merkins
– Tie-Fighters

THE THANG: This workout was a tour of the grounds with the 14 Stations of the Cross with Scripture, an AMRAP exercise, and taking turns carrying an 80-lb sand bag (in lieu of a cross)
1. Jesus is condemned to death – Peter Parkers
2. Jesus carries the cross – Merkins
3. Jesus falls for the first time – Burpees
4. Jesus meets his Mother – Big Boy Sit-Ups
5. Simon helps Jesus carry his cross – Sumo Squats
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus – V-Ups
7. Jesus falls a second time – Burpees
8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem – Hello Dolly
9. Jesus falls a third time – Burpees
10. Jesus is stripped of his garments – Froggy Squats
11. Jesus is nailed to the cross – T-Merkins
12. Jesus dies on the cross – Star Gazers
13. Jesus’ body is removed from the cross – Dips
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb – Low Plank

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Reviewed the worship calendar for this weekend at Grace
– Frozen Head CSAUSP 26-Apr-25
– Hardship Hill 17-May-25

COT: Essentially the whole workout was a BOM, but the final note to reflect on is that it is finished, but the story has not ended. Matthew 28:5-6 And the angel sed to the women, “Do not be afraid: for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come [and], see the place where he was lying.”