BTLN ALUMNI - THE WRAP

 

This is a couple days late, but this is due to the recovery time required after such an amazing(and late)night! Alumni Night has always been one of those nights that I wish I could make time stand still.(Remember the story about Joshua? He commanded the sun to stand still, so that Israel could finish off their enemies.)
Anyways, the night started with with the guys hanging out in the locker room and then to the gym for some Murderball. The Murderball at Alumni is always so intense, I look forward to it all year. (One night were I am not holding back.) We must have played at least eleven or twelve games, not sure but most were pretty quick. The team that got the early advantage usually finished the other team off. The final total was around 7-5 my team losing.(There is always next year!)
Next on the agenda was Bulldog and last year Sam Schiesser was the winner of Bulldog so this year it was Sam's turn to start in the middle. It took a couple of rounds but once a few guys had fallen it didn't take long for the the game to end. Geoff Martens(Sergeant 89) took the win and the Yorkie! Congrats Geoff! Winning Bulldog at Alumni is huge!
This year Ben Jepsen(Sergeant 06)was the Sergeant receiving his Jersey from our "One Forward and One Back" Sergeant Jersey program. Jason Hayashi(Sergeant 07) and Devin Chursinoff(Sergeant 08) both presented Ben with his Jersey. Congrats Bent! Next year we will be going two back because Zach will be Sergeant for two years in a row. Calvin Peters(Sergeant 05) and Justin Thompson(Sergeant 04) are next in line to receive their Jerseys.
After a picture it was time to move the party to Jepsen's. Once again thanks to Bruce and Katie for their hospitality! More visiting, hot tubbing, pizza and games. Finally at around three in the morning Ben kicked us out and told us to go home.(Well ... not really but he probably should have.)
Can't wait until next year!

THE CAPTAIN

2010 BATTALION ALUMNI NIGHT!

 

 

 

 

Another amazing Alumni night!(Only 364 days until next year!) Just some pics before I go to bed, enjoy!

THE CAPTAIN

2010 BTLN ALUMNI INVITE

 

This is year five for the Battalion 3739 Alumni Night! The picture posted is from five years ago! It is hard to believe that it has already been five years! If you are a part of the Battalion 3739 Alumni or are in grade eleven or twelve then consider yourself invited! We will be meeting tonight(December 27th) at 7:00 p.m. at the church gym for murderball and bulldog! After we are finished at the church we will be going over to Jepsen's to continue the party! See you there!

THE CAPTAIN

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

It is amazing that the nation Israel(And the whole world for that matter.)didn't come running to Bethlehem after the shepherds spread the word concerning what had been told them about the child(Jesus).(Luke 2:15-18) Israel had been waiting for the Messiah for generations and had the prophecies of the Old Testament. They should have been expecting Jesus but didn't respond even when the shepherds came with the good news.
Actually there were two the Bible tells us about that did respond and had been waiting for many years. This is their story.

Luke 2:25-38 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."
The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."
There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Jesus is coming again! Will we be like Simeon and Anna who the Bible calls righteous and devout? Will we be like Paul who longed for his appearing?(2 Timothy 4:8) May we not be like the majority of Bethlehem, who when they heard what the shepherds had said were amazed but did nothing about it. Israel had the Old Testament prophecies and we have Paul's words from the New Testament!

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.

Be encouraged! Christ is coming again!

Merry Christmas!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN ALUMNI

 

Christmas is only a two days away and Btln Alumni is four days away! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! So who is invited? If you are a part of the Btln Alumni or are in grade eleven or twelve then you are invited. I thought that I would share the names on my Alumni list, it is by no means complete, but we had to start somewhere.(Let me know if I forgot anyone.) The list starts with the grads from 1996.(I didn't think that I had the authority to come up with a list before 1996.)Apologies to those before 1996.

BTLN ALUMNI 1996-2010

Cam Tyssen
Dylan Zorn
Jeremy Martens
Courtney Friesen
Dan Trithardt
Jeremy Feddersen
Nathan Klassen
Aaron Friesen
Tyler Hanson
Derek Taylor
Matt Tournemille
Dan Sorenson
Ryley Heppner
Justin Bekker
Joe Kraftchick
Owen Spisak
Devan England
Kenny Johnson
Justin Thompson
Brad Pauls
Tim Feenstra
Mike Hughes
Calvin Peters
Blake Chursinoff
Dan Neufeld
Derrick Taylor
Ben Jepsen
Dalton Erixon
Josh Trainer
Tyler Francis
Jason Hayashi
Charlie Langis
Mike Trainer
Jordon Walsh
Joel Feenstra
Evan Podovinikoff
Devin Chursinoff
Nathan Ball
Cam Thompson
Andrew Neufeld
Drew Brown
David Podovinikoff
Kevin Hayashi
Steven Feenstra
Sammy Jepsen
Sam Schiesser
Parker Steadman
Owen Knopp

GRADES 11 AND 12

Chris Henderson
Zane Lawson
Dalton Shore
Kaleb Horkoff
Zach Gobbett
Nathan Klassen
Stevie Lawrence

We will be meeting at the church at 7:00 p.m.on December 27th. Later in the evening we will be moving the party to Jepsen's! Merry Christmas and see you on the 27th!

THE CAPTAIN

WINSTON STANDINGS

 

 

Now that the first half is over it is time again for the Winston Standings update. There are fifteen weeks(Fifteen Helmets) and three Btln Majors(Winterslam, The Btln Ping Pong Tourney and The Btln Masters.) still left in the second half giving everyone a chance to catch Chris(The King).
Good luck to all in the second half!

Chris Henderson - 4 Helmets
Dalton Shore - 2 Helmets and 1 Major
Stephen Lawrence - 2 Helmets and 1 Major
Zane Lawson - 2 Helmets
Zach Gobbett - 2 Helmets
Jordan Hammett - 1 Helmet
Ben Nicholson - 1 Helmet

THE CAPTAIN

SUIT UP SUNDAY

 

 

This Sunday Joe Kraftchick(Btln 3739 Sergeant 2002/03)will be preaching at the Gospel Chapel! So make sure to show up and show your support by suiting up! (I think the Suit Up Sunday was Blake's idea.)(If you don't have a suit just show up anyways!)Apologies to Ryley and Ben and anyone else from the Battalion Alumni that have taken a turn at preaching at the Gospel Chapel.(I'm not sure why I haven't written about it until now, your Captain is a little slow at times.)
Anyways Suit Up and support Joe!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN VERSE LIST

 

 

 

It is only seven months until Creation 2011! That means that it is time to start memorizing verses! With the Christmas break there is plenty of down time giving you a chance to get a head start on the verses. Start on the verses now and it will be easy to get them done in time!
It was this time last year that Creation revealed the 2010 lineup. The new list of bands for 2011 should be out any day now! Can't wait for Creation 2011!

THE CAPTAIN

BATTALION 3739 SERGEANT PLAQUE

 

 

 

Battalion 3739 has new hardware on display in the Locker Room! I was talking to the owner of the trophy store when I noticed a large plaque in his store. I asked him about it and he told me that Dave Davies had made it. I had been dreaming about a Sergeant plaque so I went next door(Dave is a salesman at A.B.H. Car Sales.)and asked him about building us one. Dave was excited to build us a plaque and as you can see from the pictures he did an amazing job!(Far better than I had imagined.) Thanks goes out to Dave for this beautiful plaque! Thanks also goes out to Bruce Jepsen for taking the time to mount the plaque in the room for us!(If you look close at the pictures you will notice Bruce's name on the plaque.)

THE CAPTAIN

2010 BBB

 

 

 

We had Beans, Battalion Baconator, D.Q. cheeseBurgers, Mug rootBeer and Bonuts!(And yes the Bonuts were shaped like three's, seven's and nine's!) It didn't take very long for the pizza and burgers to disappear and the Bonuts were gone even quicker. We started the night with 72 cans of Mug and by the end of the night there were only 3 left.(We drank nearly 25 liters of Mug!)
After the food we moved upstairs to watch a video collage of pictures taken at Creationfest over the last seven years in hopes that we might convince a few more guys to do the Memory Work.
Next on the agenda was S*A*M and I think my team took two out of three, can't remember for sure. S*A*M is visually very cool and a lot of fun to play.(If you are wondering what it looks like think Tron. Seventy glow sticks and 15 glow in the dark Murderballs flying around the room.)
We ended the night like we always do, with Bulldog! The King started in the middle and after many rounds and a few bumps and bruises we were down to the final two. Dalton and Zach were there again at the end. One round later Zach was the last man standing, earning his second Helmet of the season and the last one of the first half! Congrats Zach!

Thanks to Ryley, Charlie and Devin for all your help in setting up and tearing down! Also thanks to Jeremy for the Bean pot!

THE CAPTAIN

S*A*M AT THE THREE B'S!

 

 

Sam will be making an appearance at the Three B's! Not Sam Jepsen, but the game that he invented.(If you invent a game and we play it, we will name it after you. Like Mike or S*A*M.) For the first time in years we will have access to the gym for the Three B's! Battalion Baconator pizza sandwiches, Bonuts and S*A*M! Can't wait for the Three B's!

THE CAPTAIN

BBB

 

He's baaaack! That's right, it is time again for the Three B's! Some of the guys were a little unsure of what the Three B's were so I thought that I would give you a list! The Three B's might include Burgers, the Battalion Baconator, Beans, Mug rootBeer and Bonuts.(Ya I said Bonuts. Anywhere else they would be donuts, but not at Battalion.)(So named by Landon.)

Bring your appetite and a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN BIRTHDAYS - DECEMBER

 

The Birthday post is a little late this month, sorry Mike! I guess if your birthday is in December you are used to everyone being a little distracted.
Anyways, we thank God for you and pray that he would bless you again this year. Happy Birthday!
I will finish this birthday post with the passage that H.P.K. finishes most Sunday services with.

Numbers 6:24-26 "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."

MIKE TRAINER - DECEMBER 4
KEVIN HAYASHI - DECEMBER 9
DEVIN CHURSINOFF - DECEMBER 10
DYLAN ZORN - DECEMBER 19
LUKE BOSCHMAN - DECEMBER 19
CALVIN PETERS - DECEMBER 21
STEPHEN LAWRENCE - DECEMBER 23
JEREMY MARTENS - DECEMBER 28
ZANE LAWSON - DECEMBER 31

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

The King has his fourth Helmet of the year! Congrats Chris! The question is can Chris actually be stopped? (He swats me away like I'm a fly!) Zach was there at the end again, but the problem is Chris is just too much for one person to handle.
It was five weeks ago that we last played Murderball at Battalion, needless to say we were long overdue! Jeremy made the teams and most guys thought that the Devin/Captain team was going to get destroyed. But we had Cody on our side! How could we lose? Problem was Cody was taking it easy on the other team this week. He said something about it being to close to Christmas to lay a beating on the other team. Unfortunately for Devin and myself(And the rest of the team.)we got our buts kicked! It was a perfect 6-0 for Jeremy/Ryley/Charlie/Chris/Zach.... waaaait a second.

It was Ryley's turn to share God's Word this week. Ryley guided us through the Christmas story.

Luke 2:8-11 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

We focused on verse eleven were the angel calls Jesus a Saviour, Christ and Lord. Ryley explained that if we understood these names given to Jesus that we would appreciate him more. When we see Jesus as our Saviour(From our sins.)as Christ(The fulfillment of all of the Old Testament Messianic Prophecies.)and as Lord(Supreme power and authority.)it would change how we viewed Christmas.(And life!)

"Christmas is truly a party when we realize who Jesus is!" - Ryley Heppner

Only one week left before the Christmas break, The Three B's! Remember to bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN