Date: 3/29/24 | Location: The Bell Tower | Start Time: 05:15 AM | Temp: 46
PAX Headcount: 15
Q: Uncle Jesse
At 04:45 several PAX went for a morning saunter of around 3 miles. Promptly at 05:15 I greeted the PAX and welcomed them to F3, which stands for Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. After that I covered the 5 core principles, Mission Statement, and Credo as well as covering the disclaimer that I am not a professional and to modify as necessary.
Warm-o-Rama
10 x Side Straddle Hops IC
10 x Forward Sun Gods while doing Johnny Dramas IC
10 x Backwards Sun Gods while doing Johnny Dramas IC
10 x Tappy Taps IC
10 x Big ones IC
From there the Pax moved to the field for a Stations of the Cross themed beatdown. Between each station the PAX were given 45 seconds to run a distance of their choice either carrying or not carrying a coupon. Fedex even brought a large tree limb to really get into the spirit of the stations!
Station 1 – Jesus condemned to death
Hydraulic Squats – 30 seconds
Station 2 – Jesus is given his cross
Werkins – 40 seconds
Station 3 – Jesus Falls the first time
Burpees – 50 seconds
Station 4 – Jesus meets his mother
Sarpy Slammers – 60 seconds
Station 5 – Simon helps Jesus carry his cross
Alternating single leg deadlifts – 70 seconds
Station 6 – Veronic wipes the face of Jesus
Heels to Heaven – 80 seconds
Station 7 – Jeus falls the second time
Groiners – 90 seconds
Station 8 – Jesus meets the daughters of Jersualem
Supermans – 100 seconds
Station 9 – Jesus falls the third time
Absolutions – 110 seconds
Station 10 – Jesus is stripped of his garmets
Merkins – 120 seconds
Station 11 – Jesus is nailed to the cross
Cherry Pickers – 130 seconds
Station 12 – Jesus Dies
Meditate in silence – 140 seconds
Station 13 – Jesus is removed from the cross
Bobby Hurley – 150 seconds
Station 14 – Jesus is laid in the tomb
Nolan Ryan right side – 60 seconds
Chillcut plank – 60 seconds
Nolan Ryan left side – 60 seconds
From there we returned to the shovel flags for a round of Sarpy Slammers, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer requests.
COT: Who do you say that I am?
To start with I acknowledged that F3 does not profess any faith, but it does profess that there is something higher. One of my favorite bible passage is Matthew 16: 13-20: Peter’s Declaration about Jesus. In the passage Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” Today the world has many opinions about who Jesus is. He’s a good man. A moral teacher. God? Jesus then makes it personal and asks them, “Who do you say that I am?”. That isn’t just a question that he was asking his disciples over 2,000 years ago. He is asking us that question today, now.
C.S. Lewis has a famous logical argument called the Trilema. In it he proposes that the one thing you cannot say about Jesus is that he was just a good man or a great moral teacher. He claimed to be God. Either he knew he wasn’t God, but said he was; which would make him a liar. He said he was God and believed it, but really wasn’t; which would make him a lunatic or madman. Or he said he was God and really was; which makes him the Lord.
Each of us is left to decide for ourselves who we say that Jesus is, but if you conclude that he was who he said he was then that has ramifications for our lives. When we struggle with a teaching or in life and begin to doubt; we have only to look to Jesus and his Passion. While we were still sinners, he died for us. God died for us. There is no greater love or sacrifice.
Have a blessed Good Friday and a Happy Easter!