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Million Burpee Challenge + Millipede = The MilliBurpeed

QIC:  Skitch

Date: 06/13/2020

PAX: Nemo, Ole Mess, Iron Butt, Back Pew, Rocketman, Al Borland (Orlando), Free Candy, U-turn, Fabio, Candu, Pink Panther, White Glove, Twitch, Coverup, Flop, Money Ball, Fissure

AO: The Landfill

Conditions

No gloom, no rain, cooler than normal, but wet shirts by the end.

COP

SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold, Imperial Walkers, Smurf Jacks, LBAC’s, Morrocan Night Club, Cherry Pickers.

The Thang

Thang One: Jonas Lunges
PAX begins lunging as a group. Whenever you become the 6, you mosey to the front of the PAX and then resume lunging. PAX lunged and moseyed all the way down to the lower gate.

Thang Two: The MilliBurpeed
Each PAX does 5 burpees on a sidewalk square all lined up, then moseys to the front of the line of PAX and does 5 burpees in whatever sidewalk square is immediately ahead of the PAX first in line doing burpees. All the way up the sidewalk. 401+ sidewalk squares completed. 2005+ burpees completed by PAX.

Thang Three: The Big Thank You x 4
Mosey around and past the little thank you hill and down to the base of the Big Thank You. Bernie Sanders up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Rinse and repeat. Bernie Sanders and/or Bear Crawl up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Jail break up, Big Boy Situps until 6, mosey down. Jail break across field to start. Low plank until time.

COT

Unity is based on trust. You don’t need to understand the other person’s position fully in order to be united with them. Don’t assume you know what the other is going to say; listen. Assume that what the other is saying is true and that there are no hidden messages. Unity is a reality & unity is something to work on and uphold. Excerpts taken from Wim Codington’s book United We Stand.
BALL OF MAN: we took and knee and prayed.

Moleskin

Q was saved by a few well-timed 10-counts as he heard muttered threats of mutiny during the MilliBurpeed. PAX completed 0.2% of the Million burpee challenge. All before breakfast. Jonas Lunges are named after Skitch’s many-times-great-grandfather Jonas Cattell who was the “Paul Revere on foot” who saved American troops in a NJ town during the Revolutionary War by running 10 miles through the woods to warn them of a surprise British attack. Jonas was half Leni Lenape (Delaware) Indian, and Jonas Lunges are like half an Indian Run, just a lot harder, a bit slower and the PAX stay together. More info on Jonas here: https://www.haddonfield.njdar.org/jonas_cattell.html

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July 4 convergence at the Battlefield AO.

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    BearCrawl-Burpee-BigBoy-Broad Jumps

    QIC:  Skitch

    Date: 06/11/2020

    PAX: Back Pew, Money Ball, Candu, Flop, Doodles, Sunshine, Ohms, Chief, Pebbles, Hansen, Blindside, Coverup, Cowbell, Red Tees

    AO: Hill City

    Conditions

    Cooler than summer.

    COP

    SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold, Willie Mays Hays, Calf Stretch, Imperial Walkers

    The Thang

    Mosey to first field and line up toward the field
    Bear Crawl-Burpee-Big Boy-Broad Jumps

    PAX Bear Crawl in cadence to Q’s count to 10, then 20 burpees on your own, then 30ish big boy situps until Q calls halt/recover, then 40ish broad jumps. First field completed, rinse and repeat across the circle field toward the coupon collection at the base of the Great Hall.

    Select coupon(s) and alternate between lunging and mosey with coupon(s) until reach the bottom of Mt. Midoriyama by way of the dip circle where dips were done in cadence.

    10 burpees, Bernie up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6. 10 burpees, bear crawl up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6. 10 burpees, backwards bear crawl 1/3 way up Mt. Midoriyama, mosey down, big boy situps until 6.

    Pick up coupons and mosey back to return coupons. Mosey sans coupons to side of first field. Line up and lunge to parking lot. Time.

    COT

    Psalm 84. Q shared and meditated on the psalm and expressed how much he longed to get back together with others in house of worship.
    BALL OF MAN: Took a knee and prayed it out.

    Moleskin

    40ish broad jumps in a row is a lot. 20 burpees in a row is a lot. It’s easy to run without a coupon. Thankful for the community of F3. Still missing gathering for worship. It was great to have Cowbell and Hansen back with us. Red Tees was in town. We maxed out Longhorns.

    News

    July 4 convergence at new Battlefield AO in Ft. Oglethorpe.

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      Building Up

      QIC:  Skitch

      Date: 06/03/2020

      PAX: Swingset, Early Bird, Iron Butt, Dolly, Tinkle, Free Candy

      AO: Ridgecut

      Conditions

      Gloomy at start, not at finish.

      COP

      SSH’s and other standards

      The Thangs

      Mosey to Front Lot 1st Island
      1st Thang: While Q considers how not to complicate the exercise, he calls early audible of 10 burpees OYO while he thinks. Then PAX split into 2 teams and each team does 10 reps of any exercise of choice in each parking space (or 5 burpees) and next PAX does same thing in next unoccupied parking space until each team works their way down the parking lot to the 2nd Island.

      2nd Thang: Mosey to wall. Wall sits until pain, with varieties thereof.

      3rd Thang: Mosey to base of hill. Pair off and 1 pair runs up the hill while the other 2 pairs do merkins. Pair 2 runs up when Pair 1 reaches top. Pair 3 runs up when Pair 1 returns. Rinse and repeat with big boy sit ups replacing merkins.

      4th Thang: Run to the top together. Lunge a long long way to start.

      COT

      We did a lot of 13 and 37 rep sets. Both are odd but when added together are a beautiful 50. My son turned 13 yesterday. I am 37. We had a long talk yesterday about speaking the truth in love and building others up according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen. It wasn’t an easy talk and it was a lot longer than I planned. Consequently, I ran out of time to prepare the workout like I had planned. As it turned out, I was preparing for the COT without knowing it. Speaking the truth in love and building other up according to their needs with our words is essential as we navigate these very unusual times.
      BALL OF MAN: We took a knee and prayed.

      Moleskin

      The early audible caused a bit of confusion, but the PAX were gracious with the Q. Free Candy was trying to work out the 13 and 37 combos. The flag was from Hill City, but I don’t think anyone noticed in the Gloom. The coffeeteria in the parking lot after the workout didn’t require coffee but was super sweet and we were applying the COT straightaway – Ridgecut excels at building others up with words – good 2nd F modeled.

      News

      Jazzy Jag was out of town.

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        1,135 Burpees and We Didn’t Even Notice

        QIC:  Skitch

        Date: 3/5/2020

        PAX: Kowbell, Fissure, Uncle Fester, Doghouse, Chum, Back Pew, Lassie, Jaywalk, Goose

        AO: Hill City

        Conditions

        The night before there was a 65% of rain. When we awoke there was a 0% chance of rain. The second forecast was correct. 3 layers was too much.

        COP

        SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Imperial Walkers x 15 IC, Willie Mays Hays x 10 IC, 5 burpees, 5 aquamen, 5 squats.

        Hiding the Burpees

        We moseyed to the big circle.
        ABS, SBA, BAS, BSA, ASB, SAB

        In 2 groups of 5, we worked our way around the big circle, sidewalk square by square. On each sidewalk square, a PAX did 5 Aquamen, 5 Squats, and/or 5 Burpees. You could do all 3 on one square or just one, but the square wasn’t complete until PAX jointly completed ABS, SBA, BAS, BSA, ASB, or SAB in chalk on the square indicating all the exercises had been completed. We completed the small circle on the stage as well. Mosey to the alley where 1’s wall sat while 2’s did 10 burpees; swap; rinse and repeat; rinse and repeat. Mosey back to parking lot for 10 more burpees, some low planks, and some big boy situps. Time.

        COT

        Ephesians 4:15-16 “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Whether it’s the 1 Million Burpee Challenge or giving an encouraging word, we daily have a small part to play to build up the body.

        BOM

        Moleskin

        It didn’t feel like 1,000+ burpees. Really.

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        Socks for 3rd F.

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          Tour de Elmo with Burpees

          QIC:  Skitch

          Date: 02/21/2020

          PAX: Candu, Pebbles

          AO: Boneyard

          Conditions

          I don’t think it was raining. But there was snow and ice on Lookout thereby trapping the mountain regulars from attending the beat down.

          COP

          Normal warm up exercises.

          The Thang

          We traveled.
          Tour de Elmo with Burpees

          We moseyed, lunged, and bear crawled to the Food City parking lot, out the entrance, around the backside of 1885 and to Clumpies. In between we did burpees, merkins, and wall sits. At Clumpies we did dips and incline merkins near the incline. On the way back with went up steps and on our hands and feet, shuffled a top the board walk. We did more burpees and lunges.

          COT

          Be faithful in the few things we control and trust God with all the things we do not. As I get older, the less I know (justified, true belief), but faith can fill the gap.
          BALL OF MAN.

          Moleskin

          Skitch gave the 1-minute warning to himself and the flag and thought he might start the workout alone. But he didn’t. We did 300 burpees. There was no snow or ice in the valley.

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            Gloom to Day (Landfill, 1/25/20)

            QIC:  Skitch

            Date: 01/25/2020

            PAX: Pink Panther, Care Bear, She Shed, Moneyball, Sunburn, Uncle Fester

            AO: Landfill

            Conditions

            Not as gloomy as last week.

            COP

            SSH x 20 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Toe merkins x 10 IC, 20 merkins OYO, Low Slow Squats x 10 IC, Burpees x 5 OYO. Group PAX mosey with the tire. Group PAX mosey with the tire with a PAX on top. Mosey with the tire + one coupon each. Deposit coupons. Deposit tire. Mosey back for coupons each. Deposit coupons. Mosey to Dog Park.

            The Thang

            A modification of prior Landfill games…

            Man Checkers

            Each PAX advance to the next black or red square. Do 10 merkins or 10 squats or 5 burpees on said square. If no coupon is on your square, advance to the next black or red square. If 1 coupon on square, advance 2 squares, depositing coupon on 1st square before advancing to 2nd square. If 2 coupons on square, advance 3 squares, depositing a coupon on the 1st and 2nd square before advancing to 3rd square. On your destination square do your 10 merkins or 10 squats or 5 burpees. If your destination square is occupied by another PAX, skip that square and advance to the next unoccupied square. At any point if you are the 6 and there are coupons on any square behind you, you may go back and collect those coupons and mosey all the way to the 1st unoccupied square ahead of the front PAX. First PAX to reach tire, carry or roll tire to the top of the Big Thank You and then roll it down the hill. From where it ends up, carry or roll tire to another PAX and swap places. PAX receiving tire carries or rolls tire up hill, etc. Rinse and repeat until all PAX reach pavilion. Return remaining coupons. Modify as necessary.

            Mosey to base of the Big Thank You. Bernie up the Big Thank You. Hold plank until 6. Karaoke and Bernie and bear crawl the field/ridge until pavilion. PAX take turns leading Mary (pickle pointers, bicycles, etc.) while Q retrieves flag from vehicle thereby rescuing PAX from burpee penalties. Low plank until analog time called.

            COT

            The Night and Day Paradigm (from The Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn):

            “Which comes first”, he asked, “the day or the night?”

            “The day,” I answered. “Night comes when the day is over.”

            “That’s what most people would say. And that’s how most people in the world see it. Day leads into night. But it’s not how God sees it.”

            “What do you mean?”

            “If the day leads to night, then everything goes from light to darkness. Everything gets darker. Everything is in the process of darkening. And so is the way of the world. We go from day to night, from youth to aging, from strength to weakness, and ultimately from life to death. From day to night. It’s the way of the world, but it’s not the way of God. When God created the universe, it was not day and night. It is written, ‘There was evening, and then there was morning.’ The day began with night. There was night and then there was day. In God, it is the night that comes first.”

            “…Each day begins at sunset. There is evening then morning. The world moves from day to night. But in God, it is the opposite. It goes from night to day…from darkness to light. The children of this world live from day to night. But the children of God live from night to day. They are born again in the darkness and move to the day. And if you belong to God, then that is the order of your life. You are to go from darkness to light, from weakness to strength, from despair to hope, from guilt to innocence, from tears to joy, and from death to life. And every night in your life will lead to the dawn. So live according to God’s sacred order of time…that your entire life be always moving away from the darkness and to the light.”

            We then noted briefly that F3 always begins in the gloom and moves toward the day — in fact, our HC the night before may mark the beginning of our day…

            Numberama, namearama. Prayer requests of gloom and dawn, ever moving toward the growing day.

            BOM.

            Moleskin

            Skitch fell again. This time no one saw it, so the only proof he had was that he was covered in mud. The rules to Man Checkers need to be simplified. We modified. There were many burpees done but we didn’t count them all. Tires coming down the Big Thank You are a force to be reckoned with and add mild peril appropriate to Man Checkers. No one stole any phones because no one left phones on the tables. We had no Friendly New Guys. Or Gals.

            News

            The million burpee challenge is growing…

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              Daily Deal in the City of Hills

              QIC:  Skitch

              Date: 1/16/2020

              PAX: Dirk, Goose, Hansen, Hobo, Kowbell, Oil Can, Sinai, Sunshine, Wort 

              AO: Hill City

              Conditions

              It didn’t rain. It was a fine day for January.

              COP

              Something like: SSH x 20 IC. Forward Fold x 10 IC. Imperial Walkers x 10 IC. SSH x 15 IC. You know, the normal. Mosey to Bridge Rocks.

              The Thang

              Skitch used one of his Christmas gifts
              Learning the Dexicon
              PAX took turns dealing from the F3 Workout Deck:

              17 Monkey Humpers; 18 backwards lunges; 20 Incline Merkins; 14 Heels to Heaven; 25 Squats; 15 Oblique crunches, each side; 100 Baby Arm Circles – 50 4-counts each direction; 19 Low, Slow Squats; 25 Plank Jacks; 25 Burpees; 17 Derkins; 25 Mountain Climbers; 100 SSHs (50 4-counts); Four sprints (half way from Bridge Rocks to end of lights, then the remainder, then half way back, then all the way back); 100 M (est) Lunge Walk; 14 Carolina Dry Docks; 60 sec low plank; 2 to 12 (varied by PAX) hand clap merkins; 17 LBCs; mosey to start. Time.

              COT

              We have very little control over the events in life and each day. Yet we have a lot of control over how we respond to them. Do we work with diligence, are we faithful to the task at hand? How do we respond to unexpected words or actions from our boss or our kids?


              BALL OF MAN.

              Moleskin

              There is an F3 deck of cards. There is a dexicon that explains the deck. We knew most of the ones we pulled. Heels to Heaven hurts the spine on concrete. 50 SSH’s is a lot. The HIM present responded well to what they were dealt.

              News

              Candu has a new puppy. There will be a convergence and a CSAUP in the future.

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                Who’s the HC For?

                QIC:  Skitch

                Date: 1/2/2020

                PAX: CareBear, Goose, Hobo, Red Tees, Sunshine, Uncle Fester

                AO: Hill City

                Conditions

                Before the rain came.

                COP

                SSH x 40 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC. Mosey to Bridge Rocks. Hold plank until 6. SSH x 30 IC. Imperial Walkers x 20 IC. Mosey to Dip Circle (Circle C). Hold low dip until 6. Dips x 30 OYO. Mosey to Bunker (Bunker H). Hold low plank until 6. 5 Burpees OYO. Mosey to Bridge Rocks. Big Boy Situps x 10 OYO.

                The Thang

                Who’s the HC For?
                Two teams. Team 1’s base is Circle C. Team 2’s base is Bunker H. Select 1 or 2 rocks and go to your base. Deposit rock(s) in your base. To exit your base, you must do 5 burpees or 10 Big Boy Situps per rock you deposited.

                Repeat until team has 25 rocks in their base. Return to Bridge Rocks and do Big Boy Situps until all return. Now teams swap bases and return all rocks to Bridge Rocks taking as many rocks per trip as they like and no “payment” to exit their new base. Then help the other team finish taking their rocks back. Time and over time.

                COT

                Who’s the HC For?
                Yesterday WuzntMe talked about the difference between resolutions and commitments. What are your commitments (HCs) for the year? For today?

                Who’s the HC for? You? Others? Both. That’s the multiplying magic of the HC. If you give your HC, you give courage and hope to others. They trust you and come out. You have given away your HC, but you benefit because you come out. What is the HC? Your word. A call to action. A challenge. An encouragement. A habit. A way of life.

                To whom have you given your HC? Your wife? Kids? Boss? Clients? God? Yourself?

                Proverbs 20:6-7 “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity — blessed are his children after him!”

                I believe and rest in someone who gave His HC and kept it. Because He did, I can give my HC without fear and if I fail to deliver on my HC, I have grace.

                Counterama and Namarama.

                BALL OF MAN: Walking back to start together while communicating the Word since we were over time.

                Moleskin

                There may have been some rock thievery during the Thang. Team 1’s rock supply kept “losing rocks” and Team 2 magically “won”. Then Team 1 easily “won” on the return trip once bases were swapped…hmm. Carrying rocks takes time and is so fun that you lose track of time. This would have been less fun if it had rained, but the rain held off.

                News

                It’s a new year.

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                  Ball, Barrel, Tire, Man

                  QIC: Skitch

                  Date: 11/30/2019

                  PAX: She Shed, Moneyball, Countdown, Fly-by, Bumblebee, Back Pew, FNG-Hopalong, Peanuts, FNG-Falsetto

                  AO: Landfill

                  Conditions

                  Almost rained. Cleared up for the game.

                  COP

                  SSH x 20 IC, Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 x 2 IC, Willie Mays Hays x 10 IC, Imperial Walkers x 15 IC, Forward Fold x 10 IC, Plank Jacks x 15 IC, Toe Merkins x 20 OYO, SSH x 20 IC

                  The Thang

                  Beat down that walked and talked like a game.
                  Ball, Barrel, Tire, Man

                  Two teams of 5 men each. Team 1 “kicks off” to Team 2 by standing a top The Big Thank You, kicking the soccer ball down as far as possible, rolling the big blue barrel down the hill, and rolling the tire down hill until it stops. Then while Team 2 retrieves said items, Team 1 completes as many reps as possible of the following 5 exercises as a group dora: Burpees, Big Boy situps, Squats, Merkins, and Dips; Team 1 must complete 100 reps of each exercise before they can begin a 2nd set; for each rep completed (rounding down to the nearest 25) PAX takes $0.25 from Team 2’s coffee cup and puts it in Team 1’s coffee cup. Meanwhile, Team 2 must dribble ball up hill and shoot it in the soccer goal, carry the tire up the hill without it touching the ground, carry the blue barrel up the hill without it touching the ground, and carry up one of its teammates up the hill without him touching the ground. Once Team 2 accomplishes these tasks, Team 2 “kicks off” to Team 1. Rinse and Repeat for several rounds. Flutter kicks and Freddie Mercury for short Mary. Time.

                  COT

                  Psalm 18:34, 35 especially: “…your gentleness made me great.” What if we were gentle in our interactions and instructions with our children, our wives, and clients, etc.? If God who is the strongest can be gentle and this makes us great, can we do the same?


                  BALL OF MAN: 3 out of 10 PAX in attendance lost a loved one within the past month including 2 PAX losing their Mom. Tough but good BOM. Prayer.

                  Moleskin

                  One of the teams won significantly. We don’t have to remember which one it was. The hill is still big. The tire will always roll to essentially the same spot no matter what route it rolls. Dogs like to retrieve balls more than men do and are quicker.

                  News

                  Not a big news day.

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                    A Thankful Co-Q Anniversary

                    QIC: Co-Q (Iron Butt & Skitch)

                    Date: 11/28/2019

                    PAX:  Lady Scot, Hobo, FNG-Peekaboo, Care Bear, Sunburn, Pink Panther, Katrina, Training Wheels, Whittler, Burrito, Lanyard, FNG-Root Canal, Woodchuck, Early Bird, Lord Lindsay, Jazzy Jag, Cowbell, Gru, Back Pew, Swingset, Snow White, Ringwald, Hansen, Sherlock, Moneyball, Vaccine, Venus, Deep Dish, Lutefisk, Sunshine, Bullpen, Pebbles, Iron Butt, Skitch

                    AO: Hill City

                    Conditions

                    Thankfully not raining.

                    COP

                    IB welcomes PAX, gives disclaimer, and leads 1st warmup in parking lot – SSHs + about 5 stretching exercises – to allow time for stragglers and holiday visitors.

                    Mosey to Great Hall. Skitch leads 2nd warmup in Great Hall – about 5 warmup exercises including SSHs, wallsits, wallsits + shoulder press.

                    The Thang

                    Climb steep hill next to Great Hall leading up to Market Street Bridge and help each other over railing/wall onto Bridge which begins the Path of Thankfulness.

                    Skitch says in honor of first Thanksgiving Indians, we will do Indian run mosey across bridge until wooden section. Thankful for their kindness to the Pilgrims.

                    IB says in thankfulness for Pilgrim’s faith and courage, we will lunge across the wood portion of the Bridge.

                    IB says in thankfulness for the freedoms we have in this country, easy group Mosey together across the remainder of the Bridge.

                    We walk down the Passage steps to the railings and Skitch explains the Trail of Tears Passage and that we are thankful for forgiveness and grace, and that we don’t have to pay for our sins or the sins of our forefathers. Lead PAX in 5 incline pullups at each railing level, while others do wall sits in the Passage while waiting for their turn.

                    Mosey over to base of Ross’ Landing steps and IB says thankful for resources and provision from God: 10 burpees OYO facing toward the Tennessee River.

                    Skitch says thankful for city of Chattanooga. Box jump up Ross’ Landing steps with 10 Merkins or 10 dips at each level going up OYO.

                    Mosey along street toward Walking Bridge, Riverwalk, and then underneath Walking Bridge to the base of the zig-zag path below Hunter’s Museum. Hold Al Gore until 6 in.

                    Skitch instructs PAX to form a line and then OYO alternate up the zig-zag path: Zig (lunge) & Zag (bear crawl) while silently thinking about the people and growth in their lives that they are thankful for from this past year. Once complete, walk up together to the metal bridge.

                    PAX get into groups of 5 (or 4, as needed) and take turns carrying each other across Bridge. The PAX being carried verbally shares about 1 or more person and/or growth he is thankful for from the past year. Once done sharing and once said PAX is carried at least 30 to 45 seconds, switch to carrying new PAX. Continue in such thankful/sharing/carrying pattern until all have shared, then mosey across the remainder of the bridge.

                    Any groups that finish bridge before others, go back and mosey alongside groups finishing up. Mosey to start in parking lot. Time.

                    COT

                    The Word was given throughout the workout in lieu of 10-counts, all centered on thankfulness. Final closing thought is that thankfulness components include: (1) something good has happened to you (2) you acknowledge the good (3) you acknowledge that you are not the source of the good & (4) you acknowledge you don’t deserve the good. Encouraged PAX to practice these components of thanks throughout the day and year.

                    CIRCLE OF TRUST: Ringwald announced that he is passing the AOQ Hill City baton to Skitch starting the first of the year. Ringwald has grown and encouraged and nourished Hill City PAX faithfully and is entering new season of leadership in his home with the arrival of firstborn in February. Ringwald will continue to serve and post in Hill City and across F3 Chattanooga region. Thankful for Ringwald’s faithful service. Skitch is looking forward to serving Hill City PAX in new role.
                    BALL OF MAN: Prayer.

                    Moleskin

                    We covered a lot of ground and burned nearly 34,000 calories as a group prior to Thanksgiving dinner. Burrito is addicted to F3 and completed 9th post in a row. Over 10% of the 34 PAX belonged to the Skitch & Hobo clan. Skitch and Iron Butt’s one year anniversary with F3. Thankful.

                    News

                    Thanksgiving.

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