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[the-pulpit] Playin’ In The Snow

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AO: the-pulpit
Q: Rougarou
PAX: Voodoo, Trojan, Betty, Sawdust, Ike, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Jesse Denton, Charlie Echo
FNGs: 1 Charlie Echo
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
– 101 SSHs
– Tempo Merkins
– Tie-Fighters

THE THANG:
– Running
– Kicking
– Skipping
– Teamwork (Battle Buddies Split Reps):
– Set 1:
– Run to the Top of the Hill
– Merkins
– Squats
– Set 2:
– Run to the Porte Coche of the Church
– Flutter Kicks
– Dips
– Set 3:
– BBS
– Hello Dollies
– Run Back to the AO

MARY: A BBQ Squat & a Burpee

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge

COT: Discussed Biblical Fruit Bearing.

Hearts and Farts

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette), Crawlspace, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Squatter, Voodoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Grady Corns
Hairy Rockettes
Hallelujahs
SSH
Mountain Climbers
20 Merkins

THE THANG:
Mosey to Coupon pile. Grab a CMU.

25 Curls
25 OHP
25 Dips
50 Bench press
REPEAT

Mosey to the football field.

25 Mountain Climbers
25 Shoulder Taps
25 2 Ct Freddy Mercury’s
50 LBCs
REPEAT

Last 15 mins – 50 yd line Ultimate LED Frisbee. Team 1 (Stitch, Slappy, Swimmies, Crawlspace) takes the victory 6-4.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 7th – New AO launch in Clinton.
March 28 – Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
I recently discovered this devotional book called The New City Catechism which is introduced by Tim Keller. If you know me, you know that I have a thirst for truth and knowledge, especially when it comes to the things of God and reality. Also, you know that I’m 50 and in order to pay respect to this old brain of mine, I have to keep it in working condition. That brings me to…

Catechisms. What are they?

Catechisms are statements of faith written in the form of questions and answers. Derived from the greek word katechein which means ‘to teach orally or to instruct by word of mouth”.

This book has 52 questions and answers, for 52 weeks of the year. It’s based on and adapted from some old reformation-era catechisms, which used to be very common to practice for Christian growth and training. They are divided into 3 parts: 1) God, creation and fall, law, 2) Christ, redemption, grace and 3) Spirit, restoration, growing in grace.

For example:

Q: What is our only hope in life and death?
A: That we are not our own but belong, body and soul, both in life and death, to God and to our Savior Jesus Christ.

Q: How can we be saved?
A: Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

So, if you are a believer why not memorize some truths and solidify the foundations of your beliefs today? Memorize the new catechisms!

[the-pulpit] Bootcamp

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Ike
PAX: Betty, Fetch, Ike, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Smoked Pickle, Voodoo, Chuck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:Motivator, Cherry Picker, etc

THE THANG:Run from station to station, at each station start with 10 Burpees, with a mixture of Tempo Merkins and squats, flutter kicks, hello dollys, Freddie mercury’s, heels to heaven, and monkey humpers. While running would add in knee taps, butt kickers, karaoke’s, and jail breaks

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Reminder about Spartan Race

COT:Talk on Joy

[the-pulpit] Shakey Legs

AO: the-pulpit
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Betty, Voodoo, Ike, Leland Robbins (Geiger), Stitch, Kevin (Miss Piggie), Butterknife
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
SSH
WINDMILLS
8-CT MERKINS (aka BERKINS)
SQUATS
CHERRY :cherries: PICKERS
BEAR :bear: CRAWLS & CRAWL BEARS

THE THANG:
1 line w/ person in front falling off for 2 burpees to front parking lot

Fun with BOSU
Each person rotates through 10 Merkins, Squats, and 20 crunches while the rest of us do line drills.
Line drills: Jumping back and forth over a line. Jumping side to side, Walking Lunges, Side Shuffles, Karaoke, bear crawl, crab walk

1 line w/ person in back snaking there way to the front to side lot.

Stop for CORE exercises:
Flutter kicks
Side crunches
LBCs
Right heel on left knee left elbow to right knee
Crunchy frogs 🐸 x20
Superman/Swim

1 line person in back sprints to the front to the playground for Four Corners.

20 Merkins
Bernie to the next corner
Bear Crawl 5 spaces/crab walk back
20 Squats
10 Burpees

Rinse and Repeat x 3

Mosey back to the flag with a JAILBREAK at the end.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FORG3

COT:
At church we were encouraged to do a Personal Growth Plan and choose a word for the year. My church chose Power. It’s tied to Acts 1:8.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”” Acts of the Apostles‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Live in POWER in 2025
P – Prayer
O – Obedient
W – Worship
E – Evangelism
R – Rest

Our declaration is, “I declare I have received God’s power and it defines who I am.”

Let me know if you want me to send you the growth plan.

I chose Presence: the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing.

I encourage you to choose a word. Pray over it, Google Bible verses tied to the word, etc. I’ve found several verses and I’m trying to nail down the one I want to go with.

Let us know what word you choose:
Possible words:
Warrior
Champion
Love
Perceiver
Empowered
Happy
Elevate
Breakthrough
Prepared
Presence

Draw & Roll

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: slappy, Anchorman, Mermaid, Tinker, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Crawlspace, Voodoo, MacGruber
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH
Hillbilly Walkers
Cherry Pickers
Grady Corns
Shoulder Taps
Stretch on your own

THE THANG:
Mosey to the back lot

Every man draws an F3 workout card

Each player rolls the dice. Whatever number they roll, multiply by 2 for the reps and do the excercise on the card they hold.

If you roll snake eyes, we have to do the exercise with number of reps, but then we run a lap before the next exercise.

*Core Exercises are on a 4 count
*Sprints will be a landmark spot chosen by the player, down and back (no matter the roll)
*Planks are measured in 10 seconds (ex: roll of 8 = 80 secs)
*Jokers are player choice

Played 2 rounds of that.

MARY:
5 Burpees
Star Gazers
Scissor Kicks
Flutter Kicks
Merkins – Hand crawl down & back

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Waffle House after Beatdown on Monday 12/23
Leadership Retreat (Forg3) last weekend in January

COT:
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the Advent plan I’m reading in my Bible app. I wanted to highlight some of the good stuff. Hope was the subject. Today, I think about peace. Peace is defined as a state of wholeness, calm, and renewal between us, God, and others.

Here are 5 truths and reminders of how we obtain peace. Peace:

1. comes when we keep our attention and focus on God. He is a rock, never changing.

2. battles our fears. “in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” – Psalm 56:3-4

3. is a gift from God through the Holy Spirit. “The fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)

4. isn’t limited to our worldly circumstances. John 16:33, Jesus says “…in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Again, this peace goes back to where we place our focus.

5. does not always make sense, but it always connects us to God. My favorite passage is Philippians 4:4-7, “…The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

My prayer today and at this Christmas time is for the men and families of F3 to be at peace. Like the angels said to the shepherds, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”