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HC for Waterbug

Weather: Who cares?

F3Hartsville took a gut punch this past weekend. One of our Redwoods, a warrior, known and respected by all, ran his last mile. His finish line came up before any of us expected it to. In retrospect, I can't think of a more fitting way for Waterbug to pass away. He was running with a couple of fellow pax, both of whom came into F3 out of shape and needing encouragement to step up as leaders of men. Both Paula Dean and Skinny Pete have been transformed by their participation in F3 in general and by their relationship with Waterbug specifically. The light shines brightest when the night is darkest.

To honor Waterbug's legacy, everyone agreed that this special Tuesday Convergence should feature some classic Waterbug tortures.

LoveBug led us out.

All pax gathered up and planked in a moment of silence around the flag.

SSH IC x 20

Reach Thrus IC x 20

GroundBlind took over.

Count off in 4's. Everybody got it right until some guy from Revo showed up late and said "FIVE!" We have to give Revo pax a pass, because they chose to stay up from last night's HH and walked over from Mac's. #Respect.

Station 1

Spartan bucket carry and spear throw. Lawn darts in the dark with a flashy hula-hoop while pax run close by is a thing. This ain't no place for sissies. Speaking of sissies, YHC pulled up lame with a busted groin thanks to whuppin' Southern Belle's rump in the NFL Combine queue. The bucket finished YHC off. Judge Judy did my burpees.

Station 2

March Madness. WB was renowned for his work with balls. He loved his balls, especially sharing them with other pax. Only in F3 would that sentence be OK.

10 Merkins right hand on ball

5 Bball burpees/10 leg raises with ball

10 Merkins left hand on ball

5 Bball burpees/10 leg raises with ball

10 Diamond merkins on ball

5 Bball burpees/10 leg raises with ball

10 Elf on the shelf to the right/10 to the left

5 Bball burpees/10 leg raises with ball

10 Squat thrusters with the ball

5 Bball burpees/10 leg raises with ball

Station 3

Plank-o-rama

Waterbug was known for his yoga affinity. Many new pax would snicker until they started doing the workout.

High plank

Floyd Mayweathers (from plank position, reach through and punch, IC)

Catalina wine mixers IC

Superman/canoe

Low plank

Various planks till time is called

Station 4

12 Days of Christmas, Waterbug Style

It's not the loud talkers that you need to fear. Eisenhower, Barfly and Judge Judy are harmless. It's the quiet pax that scare me. Waterbug sat up late every night thinking of new ways to punish pax. Evidently Christmas time was especially hard for Waterbug, as he chose to take out all his anger and frustration from growing up in Goldilock's shadow on the poor innocent pax who showed up for 12 Days of Christmas.

Perform Day 1 and run to cones and back.

Perform Day 2, then day 1 and run to cones and back.

Repeat and keep adding another day until you get to Day 12, Day 11, etc. etc.

1 x Diamond Merkin

2 x Jump Lunges (2 ct)

3 x Plyo or Hand release merkin

4 x Carolina Dry dock

5 x Burpees

6 x Plank Jacks

7 x Jump Squats

8 x Inchworms

9 x Ranger Merkins

10 x Mountain climbers (2 ct)

11 x Rollups

12 x Groiners

 

All pax gathered back up around the flag. YHC, aka Blue Falcon, requested a round of Banjo Bear Crawl, but the pax beat me down. Thunderbird came into the center and led the pax in some Jane Fonda/Richard Simmons inspired plank leg thrust twist thingy. Audit pretty much just laid on his side and tried to look like Hugh Hefner. Not sure why he would do that in front of a bunch of men. Judgement Free Zone.

Count-off

All pax counted off. Revo dudes evidently were fully awake as we got it right all the way around the circle.

Name-O-Rama

In a beautiful display of solidarity, memory and respect, each pax said, "Farrell Talbert. 45. Waterbug" one at a time. It took a while, because we had so many pax, which made it even more powerful. Waterbug's name resonated across the field. His name will not be forgotten. His legacy is written on our lives.

Announcements

1pm Visitation at the Lakeview Baptist Church Family Life Center (Gym)

2pm Funeral service. All pax are requested by Waterbug's M to sit together and wear an F3 armband.

Graveside memorial with F3 participation. Details to follow

5:30pm Revolution Waterbug Q

BOM and Devo by Divac

One of Waterbug's last Q's was a Convergence Christmas Q, where he opened up about his battle with depression. It was tough for him to get through it, but he did it. The pax stepped up and showed great support for him. Waterbug was excellent at all things, including his Devo's.

Transparency vs. Vulnerability

I thought about telling a highlight reel of stories of Waterbug.  But there have been a lot of stories shared already and I know later today and in the days and weeks to come more and more will be told.  All of these stories are great and true.  But the gloom is meant to get better, to sharpen each other.  That’s what Waterbug did every chance he had so that’s what we’ll do this morning.

A few weeks ago, at the anniversary convergence we spoke about living more out of our true selves.  In the COT we regularly see brothers be transparent.  This is something few men in our society do.  Few men get up in front of others and share what is going on in their lives.  But guys, I’m here to tell you it’s not enough. What we need is not transparency but vulnerability.

"Transparency" means, by definition, the ability to see through something. So when someone's being transparent with you, they're letting you see into their lives. They'll let you know what's going on and even inform you about how they've been feeling. But while people who are transparent will share openly, they do so in a self-conscious, controlled way. In other words, they're presenting a processed, polished version of themselves.

"Vulnerability" though is a little different. When someone's being vulnerable, they're making themselves susceptible to the judgment of others. Vulnerability means they don't just let you know what's going on in their lives - they let you actually see how everything is affecting them. This involves them letting their guard down and relinquishing control. In other words, they're presenting an unprocessed, unpolished version of themselves.

The tricky thing about "transparency" is that it makes us think we know a person. After all, they're opening and sharing about themselves. But that's the thing - people who are only transparent tend to only share about themselves. We know a lot of facts about them, but we don't really know them.

For example, if a friend told me that he lost his job, I'd feel sad and hope he finds a new one soon. However, if he told me he lost his job and now he feels completely lost - I'd feel strangely closer with him. Why? Well when someone loses their job, that tells me about his circumstances. But when he tells me how he's handling his circumstances, that tells me a lot about him.

And that's why it's probably difficult for us to be vulnerable with others because when doing so, we're letting people get to know the real us. And we don't want people to know the real us because if they do, then they now have the power to reject us. And we don't want that. That's why it's easier to put people at arms-length and tell them just enough so that they don't have to really know us.

We can’t be vulnerable with everyone.  We can’t be vulnerable with our entire AO.  We can be transparent, and that’s a good thing.  But the hard thing, which is what we do in F3, is intentionally cultivating those relationships with a few people where we can be vulnerable.

We love you Waterbug.

 

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It Will Be a Shuckin’ Good Time!

3/30/19 – F3 Hartsville 4 Year Anniversary Shindig

 

Location: Last Rites’ House

Come one, come all!  Those who attended last year remember fellowship and Stallion winning not one but two awards.  Those of you who weren’t a part of this crazy thing we call F3 Hartsville last year, come get some great 2nd F with us this year.

What:

A party for all of F3 Hartsville AND the families of F3 Hartsville

This year we are back to shuckin’ oysters!  We will have other stuff to eat as long as you bring it (that means bring an appetizer to share).  Also, we will be taking monetary donations to apply to service projects in our community (3rdF).  That’s what F3 is all about!

Awards.  I did mention awards.  Divac will be sending out ballots shortly for your voting pleasure.  Don’t feel too bad if you don’t win one.  I know it’s hard for some, but be a man about it.  Did I mention Stallion won two last year?  Don’t let that happen again.

When:

Saturday, March 30 6:00pm. Come early to help set up if you can.

Where:

1121 Pine Lake Drive, Hartsville

How:

RSVP here by 3/23: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MooOZrey4WZZp-WGqrPBDRKnifmQMltl_2lPRIVgkAc/edit?usp=sharing  so we can know how many oysters to buy

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Groundhog Day–All Over Again

Weather–35 degrees. Sunny. Perfect

YHC came in on two wheels after a last minute rendezvous with the toilet, but I was encouraged by the number of cars and all the pax standing around, just waiting for a supreme leader to arrive. YHC was happy to accommodate.

YHC is not much on warming up. Working out is its own warmup. Instructions were simple enough for even the dullest pax to understand. Merkins, Squats, Box Cutters IC. All x 20. After a nice little training session, we got to work.

4 Corners

20 reps at each corner

Merkins

Squats low and slow

Box Cutters IC

We did Round 1 five times.

We finished off with a little bear crawl across the park then circled up for announcements and devo.

Announcements

Feb 21 FCA will be having a fund-raising banquet. YHC has reserved 16 seats and is looking for willing pax to fill them. FCA literally saved my life. Prior to making a commitment to Jesus Christ, I was on a path of self-destruction fueled by alcohol and drugs. FCA will always hold a place in my heart, and I look forward to sharing that with you. Please join me in supporting this cause. Come to the banquet or just give. I promise you the reward will be far beyond whatever you donate.

February is the run challenge. Pax are encouraged to run 100 miles during the month. Find a running buddy and make it happen. Aye!

The Fox is coming back. Looks like May is the month. Stay tuned for details.

Devo

James is one of my favorite books of the Bible. He doesn't putz around with frivolous details and meaningless chit chat. James gets right down to it in the second verse. "Consider it all joy, brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, because you know the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-3)

James didn't have time or energy for stinking thinking. Every challenge he faced, and he faced a lot of them, was an opportunity to get better. James made an important choice, right up front. He chose joy, regardless of circumstances. We can even say he chose joy BECAUSE of his circumstances. How many times do we allow ourselves to wallow in self-pity and quit before we see the end? James nailed it. He knew the fruit of sticking it out is perseverance, and the result of perseverance is becoming a better version of yourself.

We faced a grinding Q today. All of us knew what was coming at the next corner. All of us knew how it was going to feel in those last few merkins. All of us knew we were getting better together. I'm proud to call you my pax, my brothers. Aye!

Respectfully submitted,

Wall-e

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WarZone 01312019

Weather– A nippy 25 degrees & clear as a bell

Due to Eisenhower being called to be 3rd for his family he had to bail on his Q. I’m sure it was going to be filled with lots of running, block sliders, pullups, and monkey humpers. Instead the 3 musketeers threw 1 together.

Warmup

20 SSH IC

20 LoveMe's IC

20 Frankensteins IC

20 Reach Throughs IC

5 Merkins

High Knees to flag pole

Butt Kickers to walkway

The Thang

Run to opposite end and back

3 Inchworms

6 Burpees

12 V-Ups

24 Squats

Repeat for AMRAP in 30 Minutes

Mary

25 LBC IC

25 Left Side Crunch IC

25 Right Side Crunch IC

Count Off/ Name-o-rama/ Announcements

  1. coats or money to SouthernBelle
  2. WarZone has Q Saturday(hope more than just LoveBug posts)
  3. DWTS tonight, move tables tomorrow morning back down

Devo---

You never know when someone is going to call on you for help. Are you willing to step up? Eisenhower put it out on the chat that he needed a Q replacement. No one officially said " I'll take it" but we (3) showed up and had all the workout we wanted.

Yesterday YHC was up to my eyeballs in a computer program when the phone rang.  it was a random number from Pageland. I thought " great more insurance BS" but answered it anyway.  After I said hello I hear "Dump, what  you doing?" Not recognizing the voice I hear "Man I'm bogged down out in Lydia on Una Rd. Can you come pull me out?" I really needed to stay at the office, debated in my head for a minute or 2 then told him I was on the way. Still no clue who I was actually going to meet. I thought it was  a buddy that used to work with HFD and now works for a timber company. I pull up on Una Rd, find him in the back of a cotton field, and low and behold it's Flounder (F3Darlington). He was rather glad I came. We got his truck out, shook hands, and went on our ways.

If someone calls you are you willing to  help?

You can help tomorrow(Friday 2/1) by hauling tables back down stairs at the Center Theater. ;-)

LoveBug closed us out in prayer

 

Dump

 

 

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Visit to the G School

Conditions: 48 and cloudy – a little drizzly but the showers held off

Commentary:  YHC volunteered for a last minute WarZone Q as we have lately struggled to fill the Q sheet.  Happily, YHC has been feeling stronger by the week after 11 months from surgery.  Time to push a little harder – we need to run, mosey, get out and around town.   While pondering plans for the beatdown, YHC hit up the F3hartsville BB database and searched for some of his favorite beatdowns over the last four years.   We have an extensive library of BB’s now with many great ideas.   Take time and look them up.

Disclaimer:  Reminded the Pax to work at their own risk, that I am not a professional and we are here to get better

Warm-up:  

Side Straddle Hop IC X 20

Windmills IC X 15

Copperhead squat IC X 15

Flutter Kicks IC X 15

Imperial Walkers IC X 15

5 Burpees  OYO

The Thang

Merkin Pyramid

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1   Rep sequence. 5 seconds at the top of plank after each sequence.

Looks like: 1 Merkin, 5 second count then 2 Merkins 5 second count….grunts and groans a plenty by the time we got to 8. 9-10-11-10-9 sequence was rough as usual. 100 Merkins total.  This was tougher than expected...

Mosey to the Vista Lake

Bear Crawl to light pole and Lunge walk to next – get to corner of RR and Coker Ave and Karaoke to Gov’s School Entrance

Governor’s School

  1. All you got to circle – bear crawl around circle - All you got back – rinse and repeat
  2. All you got to circle – lunge walk around circle - All you got back– rinse and repeat
  3. All you got to circle – crab walk around circle - All you got back– rinse and repeat

Mosey to field and partner up

Wheelbarrow to tree – partner A does 12 leg lifts – Partner B pushes legs down

Flap Jack

Rinse and repeat

Governor’s school planters:    Pyramid:  Step Ups – Dips - Decline Merkins – from 1 rep to 5 reps IC then back down to 1 rep IC

Indian Run to Vista Lake

Flutter Kicks X 10 IC

Box Cutters X10 IC

LBC’s X 10 IC

Indian Run to WarZone

Lap around Warzone – 12 dips at each bench

M-o-M

  1. Flutter Kicks IC X 15
  2. Rosalita IC X 15
  3. Inappropriate Bridges IC X 15
  4. Pickle pounders IC X 10
  5. Catalina Wine Mixers IC X 10

Announcements:

  1. P200 is coming up, Pax need to be training. The masters team still needs a couple more runners.  Who will step up?

Devotion

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr Day.  YHC decided to read up on MLK and learn about his speeches and writings.  Three quotes resonated with me as I prepared for this devotion:

 

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”

“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the Good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’

How often do we think just of ourselves?  Maybe it’s self-pity or self-interest.  Maybe it’s fear or unwillingness to think beyond our own selves.  YHC shared with the Pax that he frequently fails to think of others first and that F3, over the past nearly 4 years has help strengthen and emphasize the need to put yourself third and realize that one’s strength, happiness and reward comes from putting others first.

Moleskin

Today was fun!  YHC has found that when he takes the Q, he feels energized and stronger.  Hopefully, more Pax will start posting soon for Saturday convergence.  But YHC can tell you that for himself, it doesn’t matter if 25 pax post or one pax posts.  It is always a blast to share a beatdown with fellow F3 brothers.  They push you, challenge you, make you better and make it fun!   Let’s EH some sad clowns, post more this year and get better!

Lovebug - sighted running on hos own and at Coffeteria, Fudger strolled by while rucking 4 miles...  And - Wall-E Starsky'd coffeeteria.

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When Sally met Block Sliders

Weather: a warm 31 degrees and slightly frosted

YHC signed up to Q WarZone today in an attempt to force himself out of bed. This method hasn't always worked, but today it did. As i was planning last night, i was reminded of how much Eisenhower loves curls, in which case, i left them out of the workout. 7 PAX showed up to get better this morning:

Eisenhower, Wall-E, Mutt, Lovebug, Money Ball, Flopper, and YHC.

WARM UP:

15 SSH IC

15 Reach Thru's IC (Wall-E always asks for a partner for this one, get denied every time)

15 Love Me's IC

15 LBAC IC (front and back) As we finished the last set of LBAC's, Lovebug ran onto the field. Must've spent the night with Cowgirl (who didn't post).

We did 15 more Love Me's so that he wouldn't feel left out. When we finished, PAX moseyed over to the block pile and met at the parking lot in front of the YMCA.

THE THANG: temple style

Round 1: 10 OHP's - 10 Big Boys (with blocks) / 9 OHP's - 9 Big Boys / down to 1 each

Round 2: 10 LBC's (with blocks) - 10 Burpees (some did this with and some without the blocks)

When we finished both rounds, we gathered at the end of the parking lot and did our last burst of the beatdown. This included 5 burpees, block slide to the end of the parking lot, to 15 curls. Rinse and repeat until time was called.

MARY:

15 Flutter Kicks IC / Hold 6" for 15 seconds

15 Flutter Kicks IC / Hold 6" for 20 seconds

When the PAX saw me with my bluetooth speaker, they knew it was going to bring pain.

Bring Sally Up (in plank position, each "down" is down and each "up" is up and hold until it's repeated. Had to clarify this as we had a few people just lying around. Lovebug decided to take a few laps instead.

Count-off/Name-o-rama

Announcements:

We have plenty of AO's available throughout the week. Encourage each other to get out and post so that we can start moving forward together.

Man2Man breakfast is tomorrow morning (2nd friday of every month) at Lakeview Baptist Church in the FLC. This is similar to ALM, but we should ALL be seeking to better our spiritual walks more than once a week. Why not do it together?

Prayer requests:

Multiple people dealing with health issues and some are finally moving forward through the hardship that comes hand in hand with the illnesses.

DEVO:

In John 13, Jesus does the lowliest of menial tasks and washes the disciples feet. When He got to Simon Peter, Peter tried to tell Him no. Jesus replied with something that he wasn't expecting: If I don't do this, you do not belong to me.

Peter then told Jesus to wash him head to toe. Peter knew Jesus and wanted nothing more than to be completely His. Jesus also gave us a CLEAR example of what His heart is: SERVICE. We should be seeking to serve others instead of ourselves.

I posed the question for us to think about this year: If Jesus' heart is service, how close is ours to His?

Wall-E closed in prayer.

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2018 B.C.

Weather: 55° and wet, slight drizzle

YHC hasn’t posted in a long time and saw that the Q was open for Brick City, so I signed up for it knowing I’d get flack for not posting for my last Q at WZ. Little Jack and Wall-E HC’d, so I figured we’d at least have 3 Pax for the last BC workout of 2018.

Pax started filtering in around 5:20am and began the smack talk to YHC and briefly discussed a new name for me as an FNG. At 5:30, BA and BarFly forgot how to circle up and BA had a hard time getting his gloves on.

WARM UP:

15 SSH IC / 15 Reach Thru’s IC / 10 Pennington’s (front and back)

We attempted an Indian Run to the block pile, but evidently everyone forgot how that worked. Halfway there, the first person showed up at the front.

THE THANG:

We began with partners for some DORA 123’s

Round 1: Pax 1 began Merkins while Pax 2 Dairy Carried hugs to the last light pole and back. Flap jacked until team reached 100 Merkins

Round 2: Pax 1 began LBC’s while Pax 2 ran down to last light pole and back while holding a block extension. Flap jacked until team reached 200 LBC’s

Round 3: Pax 1 began Squats while Pax 2 ran down to last light pole and back with the block. This method was explained to YHC’s partner Wall-E at LEAST 3 times. He couldn’t see what we were doing through his foggy glasses. Flap jacked until team reached 300 Squats

Time was called and we began our second exercise.

Temple Style (evidently the Clinic boys count down by twos??)

10 Overhead Presses, run to third light pole and do 10 Big Boys

10 LBC’s, run to third light pole and do 10 Big Boys (only a few teams began this one)

Time was called again and we began the most confusing Mary known.

Block Extensions until someone gave, them 3 Burpees

Overhead Block Hold until someone gave, them 3 Burpees

15 Flutterkicks with block overhead IC

Our second attempt at an Indian Run back to the parking lot was more successful. BarFly did indeed hold his lead to defeat BA.

COUNT OFF / NAME-O-RAMA

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Wall-E has a presentation on Jan. 8th at 7:30am arbor Coker. Come buy some life insurance or he’ll chase you down.

YHC has the Q for a New Year’s Day CONVERGENCE at WZ at 7am tomorrow.

DEVO:

spend time this new year being less busy and spending time on the ones and the things that matter most.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

Dylan Adams and a few others battling cancer, Lil’ Sweet’s daughter’s surgery/recovery, YHC’s M and pregnancy coming close to delivery time.

YHC closed with prayer.

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Call to Action

After Greenacres called out the PAX for not HC’ing to Marion or Convergence, YHC took the cue to Q convergence.   The only ones present at 6:55 were Daisy Dukes, Paperboy, and Coxswain, who remarked “Are they chicken s##t?” or something to that affect.  He said it, I didn’t.  As the warmup began, Lovebug shows up to pull the average age of the PAX down to 52.  Only 5 PAX heeded the call from our Nantan, but work was done.

Conditions

40's

Warmup

SSH, Clinic Arm Circles, Windmills, Merkins, Copperhead squats

The Main THANG

Pair up in the center of the field and face each other.  The PAX will move out away from each other and meet up somewhere in between depending on how fast your partner is.  Roughly 5 minutes per round.  Change partners each round.

  • Round 1 (x2):  Bear crawl out, 10 BBS, Bear crawl back, 10 burpees, 10 booyah merkins
  • Round 2 (x2):  Lungewalk out, 10 BBS, Lungewalk back, 10 jump squats, 10 booyah merkins
  • Round 3 (x2):  Crabwalk out, 10 BBS, Crabwalk back, 10 monkey humpers, 10 booyah merkins
  • Round 4 (x2):  Burpee broadjump out, 10 BBS, Burpee BJ back, 10 burpees, 10 booyah merkins

Move to the end of the field and partner up on sidewalk.  Partners mosey opposite each other around the field, stopping at all 19 benches for:

  • Round 1:  10 stepups EL
  • Round 2:  10 bench dips
  • Round 3:  10 jump squats EL

More bench work.  3 sets each of the following:

  • Catalina wine mixers (with bench) x 10 OYO.  From plank position, hands to bench, back to plank, then a full pushup equals 1 rep.  3rd set was a crowd pleaser.
  • Decline mountain climbers x 10 4-count OYO.  Basically same as mtn climber, but feet on bench.

Circle up and plank up.

One at a time, a PAX hops up, runs and does 5 pullups and returns to plank.  2 rounds made for a long plank experience.

Mary-

Flutter kicks, dollies, v-ups, LBC’s

Announcements

  • Christmas gift signup.  Look for the spreadsheet and then cuss out Wall-E if you can’t get into the google doc.
  • T-claps for Schafer and Greenacres for q’ing F3 Marion,  Beast Light & YHC on deck for 12/8, Waterbug on 12/15.  Come join us and pay it forward
  • Farsight cleanup day on 12/8 at 9 am??? Lunch provided to those who HC.

Moleskin

George H. W. Bush passed away after a remarkable career.  Joined the navy on his 18th b-day and became an aviator.   Flew 58 missions, was shot down.  Graduate from Yale where he played in the College World Series.  Went into the oil business and became a millionaire.  Served in congress, led the CIA, UN ambassador, liaison to China, VP, 41st President.  Married for 73 years with 6 children.

A lot happened under his watch as President including the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Desert Storm.  However, one domestic initiative still resonates with us today:  His 1000 points of light program.  We are tasked with making the world a better place by volunteering our time, talents and resources.  This could be giving blood, reading to elementary school children, donating to charity, etc.  I encourage you to find ways to become a point of light in the world.

Aye!

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Frosty Tour of Town

Conditions: 25 degrees with heavy frost

YHC had the Q and was kinda pissed after Tuesday's poor turnout.  After talking a little trash on GroupMe, I thought the numbers would be up.  I was right...sorta.  We increased Tuesday's numbers by 33%. That was only one more PAX bringing the grand total to 4.  We got better while the rest didn't so we can hold our heads high!

The Warmup:    (IC)

SSH X 20

Frankensteins x 20

Love Mes x 20

Wind Mill x 20

Toe hold Squat x 15

The Thang:

We toured the town with scheduled stops along the way.  At each stop the PAX had to perform the following:

Merkins x 10

Big Boy Sit ups x 10

Squats x 10

Burpees x 5

Oh, the sites we saw!  Railroad Ave., 2nd St., Coker Campus (several different places including each end of the promenade), the lights at Vintage.

All tolled, we had 12 stops and covered 2.02 miles.

Mary: (IC)

LBC x 25

Box cutters x 25

Devo: Daniel 1:1-21

A Person of Godly influence

Daniel had a great influence over those in Babylon, even though he was in captivity.  He didn't simply know God's law, he was convinced there was no other way to live.  His faith gave him courage.  He didn't let fear dominate his emotions.  He simply trusted the Lord and spoke out.

How can God use us to impact others for Christ as Daniel impact those in Babylon?  Shouldn't we as leaders in our community have the same kind of influence Daniel did?  You talk the talk, but do you walk the walk?

 

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Pre-Blast – North Hartsville Elementary Service Project

Pre-Blast – 2018 Service Project – F3 Hartsville

B.L.U.F. (Bottom Line Up Front) – We are doing a service project. Sign up below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a78rHgsDLRFlsCUb7DmUs8wyb7PGFX7HjSLB5K1eGAQ/edit?usp=sharing

Calling all PAX of F3 Hartsville! You are cordially invited to participate in a clean-up project at North Hartsville Elementary School on Saturday, December 8, 2018.  The schoolyard has served F3 well for several years as home of the Farsight AO and as one of the pain stations during the annual Fox.  Blood, sweat and tears have been left on those grounds in efforts to make ourselves and our fellow PAX better. Now we have an opportunity to pour some of that sweat into work that will make the schoolyard a better and safer place for the kids of NHE.

What is the project?

NHE has a large courtyard area that students are currently restricted from using because it is unsafe. The vision of Kristi Austin, Principal of NHE, is to turn the courtyard into a nice grassy area that is safe and easy to maintain.

The area currently has a fair amount of limbs and other organic debris that needs to be hauled away.  Additionally, there are concrete benches and tables that need to be removed as well as a multitude of bricks and paving stones.

A set of metal risers/bleachers needs to be taken apart and hauled away as well as some smaller wooden structures.

Lastly, some general landscaping work is needed, such as pruning branches and trimming hedges.

When is it?

We will start at 9:00 am on Saturday, December 8th.  This will give you a chance to attend Convergence and then go home to get your tools and or your 2.0’s.

If you are attending the Christmas parade that morning, no problem. Please come after the parade.

Who can participate?

All PAX of F3 Hartsville are invited, as well as their M’s and 2.0’s.  Bring friends along as well!  This is a big area with plenty of room for a multitude of workers.

This is a great opportunity for your high school student to pick up some community service hours!

Why should I do it?

Because we are leaders in our community and we have an opportunity to help fill a need that is not being met!  It is also a great fellowship opportunity. After all, that is what the 2nd F of F3 is all about!

Who are the Q’s?

Divac & Windows

What can I bring?

We will need the following items:

  • Wheelbarrows
  • Saw or Torch to cut metal
  • Hedge trimmers
  • Rakes
  • Shovels/Spades
  • Leaf Blower
  • Trash Bags
  • Pick-up trucks
  • Trailer (to haul pavers, concrete, yard waste, et al. to the dump)
  • Work gloves

How Long?

We’ll work till early afternoon (lunch and drinks will be provided!), but you are encouraged to come for however long you can.  This project will take more than one day to complete, so we expect to schedule a second work day at a later time.

We want the work we do on the 8th to noticeably improve the appearance of the site and to eliminate the areas posing the greatest safety risk to the children.

What next?

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