LAST NIGHT OF 07/08

 

Come out for Murderball, the 9 foot Partysub and of course some B-dog! See yah tonight!

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BTLN 08 GRADS

 

Congratulations to our Btln grads! It has been fun watching you guys grow up! The hard part about Last Night is knowing that the Grads will be moving on, starting a new chapter of their lives. Hopefully we have helped prepare you for life. Congratulations to Nathan Ball, Devin Chursinoff and Cam Thompson!

2Timothy 2:1-3 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others. Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

1Peter 2:17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the King.

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WINSTON 07/08

 

After thirty weeks of battling for Winston we still don't know who the Champion is. With one week to go there are only a handfull of guys left that can take Winston. Drew Brown has the the lead with four wins, followed by Devin Chursinoff, Nathan Ball and Cam Thompson, all with three wins each. Can Drew hang on for the win, or will one of these other guys come up with a big win to steal it away from him? All of this will be decided Wednesday night! I can't wait it is going to be a great night. The nine foot party-sub has been ordered! For all those guys in grade eleven and twelve,(and Alumni)don't forget that we are going to Boston Pizza afterwards!(I am preordering the pizza tomorrow so if you have a favourite let me know in the comments)

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P.O.D.

 

Time again for Passage Of Dah week. I have been thinking of verses that I could share this week, and I kept thinking of God's creation, then I went for a hike with Stockade and the view from rattlesnake mountain made me think of this verse.

Psalm 121:1-8 I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip-he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber or sleep. The Lord watches over you-the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from harm- he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Quite often in life we forget where our help comes from. If we would just remember that our help comes from our Maker we would be so much better off. What better place to get help than from our Maker? Who knows us better than God, the one who created us? If you bought something and had a problem with it you would likely want to bring it back to the one that designed and built that product. And God didn't just create us he created everything, so he understands everything! I have heard it said that the Bible is our manual for life, this is very true! The manual that came with my new paintball gun had a warning on it. The warning in the manual says that I should carefully read all of the directions before I use the gun. Of course like every other guy I tried using the gun before I had read the instructions, and you geussed it I had a couple problems. Is this any different than any of us when it comes to life? We try going through life without reading the Bible.(our directions for life) The manual that came with my gun really wasn't very good, but the manual that we have for life is perfect and will never let us down! If we read the manual we will have all the help that we need!

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LAST NIGHT 07/08

 

Last Night is one of my favourite nights of the whole year.(Things that I like about Last Night) The Grads learn what the Hebrew saying is on the back of our shirts, watching the grads eat the paper, the grads also get their Bibles and Btln Medallions, Alumni come home, new recruits from Stockade, 9 foot party sub, murderball, bulldog, Winston, road trip, Boston Pizza and potholes(just to name a few).

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BTLN MASTERS /08

 

 

 

 

Somewhere Mark Stuart from Audio Adrenaline is singing Underdog! Congratulations to Parker Steadman on his first Masters win! Parker finished with 38, Nathan Ball finished in second with 41 and Drew Brown finished in third with 46. Jeremy won the first ever Leaders tourney with 32, back to back Masters champ Jordon Walsh finished in second with 33. (sorry I don't know all of the last names)

Final Scores

Parker Steadman 38
Nathan Ball 41
Drew Brown 46
Cam Thompson 47
Kevin Hayashi 48
Dalton Shore 48
Yash 49
Mitchell Bekker 50
Aarron 51
Devin Chursinoff 52
Sam Schiesser 52
Justin 52
David Podovinikoff 54
Jake Hachey 54
Owen Knopp 56
Zac Wheaton 56
Steven Feenstra 57
Styles Sadler 57
Sammy Jepsen 58
Brian Burdikin 59
Spencer Novokshonoff 59
Dan Dimock 59
Sage 60
Jair Gobbett 62
Zach Gobbett 66
Steven Lawrence 73
Cody Harp 74
Chris Henderson 121

Leaders Scores

Jeremy Martens 32
Jordon Walsh 33
Ryley Heppner 40
Joel Feenstra 40
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Dylan Zorn 47
Dalton Erixon 47
Jason Hayashi 52
Evan Podovinikoff 57

It was a good night considering the fact that the day started with snow. On the last hole I noticed the stars so God was definitely looking out for us! Next week is last night so make sure that you come out for the Party sub! Grade elevens, twelves and Alumni will be going to Boston Pizza in Castlegar after the night is over, can't wait it is going to be sweet!

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BTLN MASTERS

 

Remember guys, it's the Btln Masters tomorrow. We will meet at the church at 7:00 P.M. and then drive out to the par three. Bring your ten dollars, we should be home around 9:30-10:00. See yah tomorrow!

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P-DUB

 

It's time again for Passage of the Week. I saw Joe today and it got me thinking about friends, we haven't seen each other for a couple months but when we do it seems like he never left. This made me think of a verse.

Proverbs 18:24b there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

To think that I have a friend that will stick closer than Jeremy, now that is amazing! One of the goals of Battalion is to create a brotherhood, guys with a common goal(following Jesus)that can be friends for life. These guys are good friends but Jesus is a far better friend than this.

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

That is amazing to think that someone would lay down his life for his friends! But Jesus love is greater than this!

Romans 5:6-10 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Jesus died for us while we were ungodly, sinners and his enemies! Now that is amazing!
I found one more verse that I wanted to share.

1Peter 2:17 Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the King.(Btln verse?)

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3rd ANNUAL BTLN MASTERS

 

Jordon's two year reign as Btln Masters Champion is coming to a close. With back to back wins Jordon is the only winner that we have ever had. It is somebody elses turn to wear the green jacket! Who will it be? No predictions here, I will leave that up to you. Remember we are meeting at the church at 7:00 P.M., and will probably be home around 9:30-10:00. Bring ten dollars and if you have clubs bring those as well. If you can't bring the money or the clubs come anyway, they will be provided for you. Can't wait to get out there, see yah Wednesday.

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BTLN UPDATE

 

Time again for another Battalion update. It was the last football of the year and again the weather did not disappoint. I don't ever remember having rain on Battalion football, I geuss God saves it all for The May Long. Once again we had Alumni making the trip from Kelowna to play some football, this time Owen and Dan made the trek! Thanks to Owen and Dan for coming out, it is very encouraging. Once again the game was a little lopsided but it doesn't matter, it was fun just being outside. We went back to the church after football and had our last Bible study of the year. We went over our theme for the year. This year we were looking at the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11. Hebrews 12:1,2 talks about throwing off the sin that entangles us and that we should fix our eyes on Jesus, if we do these things then I believe when we get to heaven God is going to finish the list of heroes and we can be on that list.(If you are not sure of what do for devotions why don't you read Hebrews 11) The night is never complete until we play some B-DOG and Cam outlasted everyone and took home his third win of the year! Cam is back in the race for Winston, he is only one win behind Drew. Next week we are meeting at the church at 7:00 P.M. and will be going out to Cascade par three for the Btln Masters!

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BTLN FOOTBALL

 

This is the last football game of the year so get out there and make it a good one! Again we are at the school at 6:30 and will end at the church with some B-DOG! See you at the school.

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MEET THE NATION - DAN TRITHARDT

 

Once again it is time for Meet the Btln Nation, this time with Dan Trithardt! Dan graduated in 1998, and in the 02/03 season when I had to go to Toronto for a month Dan filled in for me as the Captain of Btln 3739. Dan married Tiffany a couple years ago in Winnipeg. Now Dan and Tiffany live in Kelowna where Dan is the Captain of Battalion 3445.

RANDOM QUESTIONS
(1)Who is your favourite band?
(A)MXPX
(2)What is your Favourite song?
(A)Bass so low
(3)Do you shave with an electric razor or a stick?
(A)Neither
(4)What would you rather grow? A beard or a moustache?
(A)A Beard
(5)What is more important before you go to bed? Brushing your teeth or watching the sports highlights?
(A)Watching the sports highlights.
(6)What would you rather drive? A big truck or a fast car?
(A)A crotch rocket.
(7)What would you rather wear? A ball cap or a toque?
(A)A ball cap.
(8)What is your favourite G.F. summer activity? Bridge jumping or tubing down the river?
(A)Bridge jumping
(9)What was your favourite class in school? Shop or P.E.?
(A)P.E.
(10)What would you rather watch live? Your favourite band or your favourite sports team?
(A)Favourite sports team.
(11)Who is your favourite superhero?
(A)Batman
(12)What is your dream job?
(A)Playing hockey in the N.H.L.
(13)If I had a million dollars....
(A)I'd start a foundation to fund missions work in Africa.(Kenya?)
(14)Any nicknames?
(A)Turbo, Big Red, Danimal, Dennis.

BTLN QUESTIONS
(15)What is your M.M.M. from Battalion?
(A)Losing Olympics to Aaron Friesen.
(16)What is your favourite Battalion event?
(A)The Olympics.
(17)What is your favourite Battalion shirt?
(A)Everlast
(18)What do you like better? Mike to the Extreme or Bulldog to the Extreme?
(A)Mike to the Extreme
(19)What do you miss most about Battalion?
(A)Football
(20)You get to the boat launch on your way out to the May long when you realize the boat doesn't have enough room for both your tarp and your food. Do you leave behind your tarp or your food?
(A)I would leave my tarp.
(21)How long have you been a part of the Btln Nation?
(A)15 years
(22)If I were Captain for a day.
(A)I would change the unit number to 3445.

FOOD QUESTIONS
(23)What is your favourite restaurant?
(A)Boston Pizza
(24)What is your favourite menu item?
(A)Szechuan Pizza
(25)How do you like your steak?
(A)Bloody
(26)What is your favourite vegetable? Beans or potatoes?
(A)Mixture of both.
(27)What do you like better? Chips or cheezies?
(A)Cheezies
(28)What do you like better? Burgers or pizza?
(A)Pizza
(29)What is your favourite flavour of chips?
(A)B.B.Q.
(30)What do you like better? Coke or Pepsi?
(A)If you have to ask you must drink Coke.

G.S.F. QUESTIONS
(31)When you were in high school what would you have chosen? Phone the girl that you liked or climb in a cage with a hungry bear?
(A)Well since everyone else lied on this question........The Bear.
(32)Have you ever been shafted by a girl?
(A)Does a bear have hair?
(33)When do you plan on being married? Five, ten or fifteen years?
(A)For the rest of my life!
(34)What do you like better? Short or long hair?
(A)Long hair
(35)What would you rather do on a date? Dinner and a movie or 4x4ing up motto?
(A)4x4ing up motto.

SERIOUS QUESTIONS
(36)What is your favourite verse?
(A)Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(37)What is your favourite book of the Bible?
(A)Exodus
(38)Who is your favourite Bible character?
(A)Joseph
(39)What are your plans for the future?
(A)Food

Thanks to Dan for taking the time to answer all these questions! Who should get interviewed next? Can you think of any questions that we should ask? Leave them in the comments.

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OVER 10,000 PEOPLE SERVED

 

This is a pretty big milestone for the blog, thanks to everyone who visits the blog! Don't forget to drop us a line,(leave comments)it's nice to hear from you. Let us know what else that you would like to see on the blog. We are planning on having a sign at the G.F.I. on the outfield fence with Battalion written on it with the blog's address. Maybe we can use the blog as an outreach. Even if it stays the same it can keep us all connected(Alumni). Meet the Nation with Dan T. tomorrow.

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10,000

well i am not sure if i am stepping on anyones toes here but i thought i would help out a bit and announce that since sept 20 2006 the battalion headquarters ha snow hit 10,000 views! ha ha i promise i wasnt refreshing over and over i went to check out the blog as i do daily and found that i was the 10,000th i actually wanted someone else to win but i guess ill keep my winning streak alive from battalion in 06 ha ha ya im that cool..........anyway i think it would be cool if all viewers of the blog left a comment on this post or on one that lance does kinda signing the brotherhood book in a way if that makes sense ha ha! well its 1 am so give me a break im not making any sense! anyway its awesome to see the blog continue to fly and hopefully be useful for all! lovin where its been going Lance keep it up man! keep the dream alive! have a great week guys sign the book (comment)

-bent ;)

P-DUB

 

It's time again for the Passage of the Week and I figured that we shouldn't do to many of these without doing our verse.
2 Timothy 2:1-3 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
We have had this verse as our motto since the 00/01 season. It hasn't always appeared on our merch, but has always been our motto. Paul tells us to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus and the things that he(Paul)has said. How can we be strong in this grace or the things that Paul has said if we don't read our Bibles to find out what it is that Paul has said? He wants us to entrust this treasure to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others, hopefully this is what we are doing at Battalion. This is why it is so exciting to see so many of our Btln Alumni going to Bible School, they are learning about this grace and will be qualified to teach others. All the Alumni that come back and help at Battalion are an encouragemeant because it proves that what God is doing here(and in Kelowna) is working. Finally Paul tells us to endure hardship, living for God is not going to be easy, we will have struggles, but if we study God's grace and apply it to our lives we will be able to endure any hardship that comes our way.(With God's help!)
Meet the Nation with Dan T. coming soon!

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TEN GRAND!

 

We are getting close to ten thousand visitors on the blog! If you see 10,000 on the site meter on the bottom of the blog, and can prove it (take a picture or print the bottom page) we here at the blog will give you a free meal from Dairy Queen! This offer is available to those who are members of the Btln Nation. Yah this includes the Alumni.

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BTLN UPDATE

 

 

 

 

First of all congratulations to Andrew Novokshonoff on his first helmet win! We started the night with a suprise visit from Dan Trithardt. Dan came from Kelowna to play some football, now thats dedication! The teams where a little lopsided, the team I was playing on seemed to have most of the bigger guys(we should probably make sure that Ryley, Devin and Jason are not on the same team.)(I remember the days when Ryley didn't play, he would just do handstands and goof around with Mike Hughes. Now Ryley is a force out there.) Needless to say we beat them up pretty bad(no overtime tonight). Next we went to the church and had the Bible study. We looked at Davids life and how he was patient, he waited for a long time to be King. David had a couple of different chances to kill Saul and take his throne but he waited for God. God's timing is always perfect! After Bible study we played B-dog and then finished the night off at A&W. Dan ordered a Double Grandpa Burger, six patties! And for dessert a Mozza! Another good night at BTLN3739! Three more weeks, football next week, The Masters(night golf)the week after and Last night on April 30. Meet the Nation with Dan T. coming soon!

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BTLN FOOTBALL 2

 

Another week of football at the high school! Come early, like around 6:30. The sooner that you come, the sooner that we can start. We will again finish the night at the church with some B-DOG! See you at the field!

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CREATION 08!

 

It it only 107 days until Creationfest 08! Those of you that are planning on going with Btln 3739 keep working hard on those verses! 107 days away, thats really not that long. I can't wait!

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THE P.O.W.

 

Welcome to the P.O.W.(Passage or Passages Of the Week). Jeremy and I were talking and he mentioned a passage that he had recently read and was excited about, so I thought that I would share it with you.
Exodus 33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.
That is an exciting verse, Moses was able to speak to God(The Creator of the universe and the Saviour of the world) just like you would speak to your friends. Wouldn't it be sweet to be able to talk to God like that? That must have been encouraging for Moses to be able to speak to God in that way. Is it really any different for us?
Hebrews 4:16 Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
So God wants us to approach him at anytime with confidence.
1Thessalonians 5:17 pray continually;
God wants us to always be thinking about him and talking to him, he wants us to approach him at anytime or anyplace. Of course we can't hear God out loud but his word is available to us at anytime. In some ways we have it better than Moses, he could only talk to God in the Holy of Holies(with a few exceptions). We can talk to God wherever we are. As the verse in Exodus says, we can speak to God as a man speaks to his friend.

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BTLN BIRTHDAYS-APRIL

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday guys, hope you have a good year!
Kaleb Horkoff April 4
Justin Thompson April 7
Chris Henderson April 13
Dan Dimock April 29

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