3rd F meetups are service and faith related where faith is believing the world is bigger than just yourself
Nine PAX showed up with eight working speakers to participate in the 2nd 3rd F on Zoom. This thing still needs a name!
NMS: Disclaimer, The Thang, COT (well, the whole thing is a COT).
EF gave a positive report about his dad – he should be coming home soon. Great news!
The next 3rd F will occur on Zoom on Tuesday, June 23rd. Honeydo with the Q.
Eight faithful Pax connected last night in the dusky gloom to see what the Inaugural 3rd F Bible Study/Devotional/Testimony/Sermon from YHC was all about. Offshore had been wanting to start a Bible Study after the First Watch beat downs on Wednesday morning before Covid-19 arrived. He and YHC decided to not wait until things opened back up and agreed to begin the Bible Study virtually for the time being.
This will occur again in two weeks on Tuesday, June 9th and will run bi-weekly. Volunteers recommended to lead. Format is up to the Q. Offshore will lead on June 9th. What was discussed last night is reserved for the ones who were on Zoom 🙂
Amen!
Kubota
Gents – see below for a running/service opportunity on April 18 from 8-noon near the Dogpile/WDog AO. I did it last year with my dog in tow and had a great time. Burpees/5K The Hard Way optional.
If interested drop Stephanie Uzel (Va. Home Jr. board Member) a line at:
stephanieruzel@gmail.com
Pix from last year’s event are here:
Representative’s from three of F3RVA’s nano-regions, converged on Belt Blvd this beautiful evening to serve up some food and fellowship with our brothers. After Husky blessed the food, twelve Medical Respite patients were served:
Pork BBQ w/ buns
Beef BBQ w/ buns
Cole Slaw
Baked Beans
Cookies
Lemonade
Tea
The twelve were very appreciative and very hungry, but there was a somewhat somber mood with the TV blaring the news of Kobe Bryant’s passing (may he Rest in Peace).
If you have never participated and experienced Breaking Bread, please sign up on the Q sheet (every 4th Sunday of the month.) It is very rewarding and humbling. Any questions, please ask Lab Rat as he is the head of this great charity.
SYITG!
Kubota
A few of the newer PAX have asked about Breaking Bread and what it is and a few of the older PAX may need a refresher on what it is. The following is a short description of one of F3RVA’s service projects:
Breaking Bread is a program by the Daily Planet and is located at the Medical Respite of Richmond which is located on Belt Blvd in Richmond’s Southside. F3RVA has been signed up for years to serve a hot meal, on every 4th Sunday of the month, to a group of 5 to 20 homeless individuals who are recovering from a stay in the hospital for various reasons. The Medical Respite gives them time to recover in a home-like setting before being released to other housing or, more than likely, back on the streets 🙁
Here is the link to the program: https://dailyplanetva.org/get-involved/breaking-bread/
You can bring anything like pizza, BBQ, Fried Chicken, Lasagna, etc., etc. along with sides, drinks, and desserts. This is a great time to give your time to these more unfortunate people and show them you care. I have taken my 7 year old son with me a couple of times and other PAX have taken their whole families and friends to help. It usually takes about 4 to 5 people to serve this meal and to spend time with them in fellowship and prayer.
Breaking Bread is a great way for you and F3RVA to practice your 2nd and 3rd F’s! Sign up now on the Q sheet! Plus, this is extra credit for the Winter and Summer Tours!
YHC and my 2.0 Husky have signed up for January’s Breaking Bread, but we will need help. Please let me know if you would like to participate.
Thanks and SYITG!
Kubota
The first dawn of 2020 arose upon the shining faces of F3RVA, a hearty brotherhood gathered together to be Forged anew. According to the gaggle of local spectators, here’s how we embraced our fate, be it ever so foul…
The THANG:
Mosey down to culdesac for COP #1:
“No man is left behind, No man is left where you find him.”
Free of charge
Open to all men
Held outdoors – rain or shine, heat or cold
Peer-led in rotating fashion, no training or certification required
End with a Circle of Trust
Mosey to Handicap Rails for COP #2:
Mosey to base of Mount Chaplain for COP #3:
Mosey back up to Knollercoaster for COP #4:
Mosey to Amphitheater for COP #5:
Mosey to Soccer Field for COP #6:
Mosey BTTF for COT:
NMS:
Upon the anvil of life, God hammers us repeatedly, not to break us, but to mold us, and to force the impurities from our selfish flesh. He repeatedly holds us in the fiery Forge to become softened by the Holy Spirit, that His light may shine before the World through us.
“We are each God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do the works He has prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph 2:10)
What has God prepared for us today? This month? This year?! As iron sharpens iron, so God has placed us into one another’s lives to uphold His Forging process. Our F3 brotherhood in every way honors this process. We leave no man behind, and we leave no man where we find him. Let us be encouragers and accountability partners – we can not be influential without connection, so let us start 2020 strong by posting more and encouraging our F3 brothers and our sad clown neighbors to do the same! SYITG, ~DTH
F3RVA Brothers, Merry Christmas! Let’s start 2020 strong with a Convergence at The FORGE next Wednesday 1/1. We will start at 7am, so you have 1 week to headlock an FNG into coming out – save them the New Years resolution gym membership fee! SYITG – Aye! ~DTH
2-PACs sallied forth into the evening Gloom for some fellowship and a good meal.
COP (FYI: this means “Circle of Pain,” as in, the PAX has to circle up, which the PAX did – Vers thought this was weird.):
YHC failed to read all of the instructions while starting to cook bar-b-que. YHC asked for advice from a more experienced member of the PAX, who suggested that a quick flip of the Q to her (YHC’s M) would help, and things were quickly straightened out. With that and a ton of advice, she re-earned her FO3 designation. Someone give the lady a tassel.
Back to YHC…
Out and Back’s (Evolution 1):
Slow Mosey…to and from the car. YHC and Vers carried items in bags or crock pots. 3 rounds.
Slow Drive-sy:
Drive to 180 Belt. Blvd. Try to find as much traffic as possible at 5 p.m. on an RVA Sunday.
Back and In’s (Evolution 2):
Reverso the previous exercise with the following modifications:
3 rounds.
Serve-a-Ram-a
Vers and YHC heated and served bar-b-que, mac-and-cheese, and veggies. Self-serve on the beverages. Cookies for dessert.
A minor scuffle was avoided when the Medical Q (Nurse) executed a Search and Seizure (or perhaps Search and Seizure Avoidance) Order against a resident who had absconded with 3 chocolate-infused cookies against doctor’s orders. The names – even the F3 names – were changed to protect the innocent (and to avoid any HIPPA Violations).
Clean-a-Ram-a:
Vers crushed this, doing virtually all of the work OYO. Like when you and a partner do Dora 100-200-300 and the other guy has done all 100 merkins by the time you return from the first run. Well done.
Out and Back’s (Evolution 3):
Rinse, wash, and stack. Repeato. AYG.
PAX went down stairs with empty dishes, yet full hearts and full stomachs. 2 Rounds. Mission accomplished (no banners were flown).
NMS:
Another successful evening of food and fellowship. Vers continues to crush this, each time taking on more and more of the responsibilities on her own. YHC estimates he’s down to 25-30% of the on-site work. Basically, YHC is eye-candy at this point. Way to go, Vers!
For any PAX who have not had a chance to do this as well as for the handful of PAX who have told YHC they would do this, but have not yet signed up (and you know who you are…), there are plenty of spots on the Q-sheet.
3 PAX plus an FNG (Friendly New Gal) labored over a hot stove and a pair of hot slow cookers on Sunday. Temps were sunny and 72 (hey, the kitchen is a temperature controlled environment).
6 residents plus the center manager joined us for dinner. Beef or chicken? Hard or soft shell? Guac, salsa, sour cream, cheese? Good stuff, and YHC sends his thanks to Vers, Westminster, and Pencil (FNG) for doing the overwhelming portion of the prep. And to his M for doing most of the shopping.
Good chatter all around with the 3 kiddos making some new friends and sharing a bit about middle school with the residents. YHC chatted with a pair of guys, one from Gloucester and another from Washington (albeit a Cowboys fan). Topics included the Cowboys, old movies, and how the Redskins could somehow lose on Sunday despite not playing.
For those PAX who are considering doing this, but aren’t quite sure what’s involved, it’s a piece of cake.
RVA PAX – you have TWO WEEKS to get your orders in for an F3RVA shirt with YOUR F3 nickname on the back! Click HERE and follow the instructions carefully. To cut on cost, all shirts ordered will be shipped together to me for distributing. SYITG Aye! ~DTH
LINK: https://f3.mudgear.com/products/f3-rva-shirt-pre-order