BTLN OLYMPIC PREVIEW

 

 

 

 

This is a look back at last years results(2010/11), just to give you an idea who might be the favourites for this years Battalion Olympics. Dalton and Chris are both gone but Zach(2009/10 Btln Olympic Champion) and Jordan are both still here. This year we have added a new event, bringing the number of events up to five. The new event is Bench Wrestling, it is a Btln 3739 classic that goes back to the Perley school days and possibly even back to when Battalion was at Hutton.(Not many guys can remember that far back!) A fifth event could change the strategy of winning the Battalion Olympics! A new chapter in the Battalion Olympics begins!

Good luck to all!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

Congrats Nathan! This is Nathan's second Helmet of year!
This week we played S*A*M, it is optically trippy.(I love it!) Murderballs that glow, glow sticks on the center and back lines and every guy in the gym wearing a glow stick, it is awesome!(Thanks Sam!) Ben's team took it to Joe and Owen's team beating them 3-1.(It was an old fashioned beat down!)(Thanks to Jeremy who was rotating the balls in and out of the game charging them up with the black light.)
In our continuing series "Entrust to reliable men" We shifted our focus to David and the story of David and Goliath.
(1 Samuel 17:1-51) It is amazing to think that even though Goliath was over nine feet tall and was carrying a spear with a spear head that weighed fifteen pounds that David was not afraid!(David was a teenager!) David did not challenge Goliath because he wanted the King's reward, he challenged Goliath because he had defied God.(1 Samuel 17:45) David's confidence came not because he had killed lions and bears but because he had God on his side.

1 Samuel 17:36,37 - "Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."

Our confidence should always come from knowing that we have God on our side!

Philippians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

1 John 4:4 - You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

We also read Psalm 51, David's response to God's rebuke after David sinned with Bathsheba. We are all sinners saved by grace, it is how we respond after we have made a mistake that determines what kind of man we are.

Psalm 51:4 - Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Psalm 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

David knew that he had not lost his salvation, he had lost the joy that came from God's salvation because of the sin in his life. He needed God to restore that joy!

GeRRald was in the middle for Bulldog and he had this attack strategy. GeRRald didn't wait for the guys to run to him, he ran at them and took them down.(It worked well!) In the end it was Zach and Nathan. Zach was trying to take his fourth Helmet of the season and a three Helmet lead into the Btln Olympics but Nathan prevailed taking his second Helmet of the season! Again congrats Nathan!

Next week is the 17th Battalion Olympics! Make sure that you are early!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN PREVIEW - S*A*M

 

That's right we will be playing S*A*M at Battalion this week! S*A*M is visually amazing and a whole lot of fun to play! S*A*M, that's entertainment!

Btln 3739 more fun than you can handle all on your own!(So share it with a friend!)

THE CAPTAIN

CREATION 2004 PICS!

 

Both Owen and Ben found pictures from Creation 2004 and brought them to me on Sunday! These pictures are Golden! I love finding pictures that we figured were lost! We had some of these pics but others I have never seen before. Creation 2004 was the beginning for Btln 3739 at Creationfest. I count myself fortunate to have been a part of that trip, good music, good friends and good memories!

Creation 2012 is only 209 days away!

Just went to the new Creation web site and they haven't announced any artists but they have videos from some artists. It is an interesting list. (They may be adding Third Day and losing Switchfoot.)

Skillet - Hero
TobyMac - Tonight
Third Day - Lift up your face
Newsboys - Born again
Chris Tomlin - I will rise
Red - Death of Me
Tenth Avenue North - Love is here
Family Force 5 - Dance or die
Brandon Heath - Give me your eyes

Creation East has the same list only it also has Owl City - Fireflies

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

 

Week eleven of the 2011/12 Btln season is in the books! First off, Congrats to GeRRald on his first Helmet of the season!
This week we started the night with a game of fumble, it is always good for a few laughs. George had a couple Red Bulls to start the evening and let me tell you, it did not help his reflexes, he fumbled the ball more than anyone.(Not that I can say much, I was nearly as bad as George!)
Later in the evening we played a game of Handball. We were going to play the Btln Trifecta but Handball took so long that we decided to leave the Trifecta for another night. Joe's team had a 6-4 lead but let Ben's team come back and win 7-6! (I was playing on Joe's team and Jeremy was on Ben's team. The score is Jeremy 5 and The Captain 4.)(We also played a round of Fire-Fever-Flood)

Joe had the Bible study this week and he had us looking at Moses in our year long series "Entrust to Reliable Men".(All of these O.T. characters that we have been looking at are right up Joe's alley!) (Exodus 2:1-25, Exodus 3:1-22, Exodus 4:1-31)(Where do you stop with the story of Moses?)

Joe pointed out how God had a plan for Moses' life beginning when he preserved his life as a baby right through to the end of his life when God buried his body! Joe told us that God also has a plan for our lives! Who else would you want to plan your life? He will never make a mistake or forget anything in his planning!

Joe also talked about how even though Moses wasn't perfect God used him in a mighty way!(In the beginning Moses didn't think that God could or should use him. (Exodus 4:10 Moses said to the Lord, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.") God will use us even though we don't have it all together.(Just like Moses!) In the end after Moses' life was over God's word says this about Moses,

Deuteronomy 34:10 Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt-to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Hebrews 11:24-27 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

The night ended the way it always ends, with Bulldog! Luke started in the middle and he battled hard to take down the guys! After some help from the bigger guys everyone was down and out except GeRRald! Nice work GeRRald!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN MEMORY WORK

 

Traditionally we start the Memory work in the second half, but a couple of the younger guys have been anxious to get going, so I wasn't going to tell them that they couldn't start memorizing! So with this in mind, here is our Memory Work list and let's get started!

Creation 2012 is only 216 days away!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

Congrats to Luke on his first ever Helmet! How was that Yorkie? Chocolate never tasted better right? Earlier in the night Luke told me, "I'm going to win Bulldog one of these times" little did he realize it would be that night!
This week Mike 23 was on the agenda. Mike 23 is a blast to watch,(Thanks Mike!)(I wish that I had remembered to take some pictures.) there are balls flying everywhere! The scores jump around a lot, we use the larger murderballs(1 point), the large exercise balls(2 & 3 points) and a Zorb(10 points). Jeremy tried to get Joe's team and Aaron's team to help him defeat Ben's team.(Why are they all scared of Ben?) Ben's team was loosing bad until we introduced the Zorb to the game, then when the other three teams were fighting for the Zorb Ben got his team to collect all of the other balls! (It was brilliant!) By the time the other teams realized what was going on it was to late, the round was over. Ben's team battled back but it wasn't enough as the game ended. The final scores were,

Jeremy's team - 20
Ben's team - 19
Aaron's team - 10
Joe's team - 4

This week in the Bible study we had a look at Isaac in our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men".
(Genesis 26:1-6 & 26:12-30) Isaac was living in the land of the Philistines. The Philistines became jealous of Isaac's wealth and power. The Philistines filled in Isaac's wells and stole the other wells that he had dug. They also asked him to move away. Finally the Philistines came to him,

Genesis 26:26-30 Meanwhile, Abimelech had come to him(Isaac) from Gerar. Isaac asked him, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?" He answered, "We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, "There ought to be a sworn agreement between us" -between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away in peace. And now you are blessed by the Lord." Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

Can you imagine it? They said "We saw clearly that the Lord was with you." Will people say the same thing about us? It would be amazing if people would look at us and say "Clearly the Lord is with you!"
Because of the way Isaac treated the Philistines, his life became a witness that God was working in his life!

Bulldog was quick this week, Jordan was in the middle and he was picking off all of the bigger guys. It was impressive! In the end it was between Luke and Stevie. It looked like Stevie was going to win and then Luke got a final surge forward that moved him past Stevie's forward progress! Congrats Luke!

Battalion 3739, so much fun you can't handle it on your own! So share it with a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

WINSTON STANDINGS

 

After a Btln Major(The Royal Rumble) we usually update the Winston Standings. Things have been a little crazy so this is a week late. Last year Zach didn't get his first Helmet until the second week of November and he still ended the year with 5 Helmets!(Only one behind Chris who was the Winston Champion.) This year Zach has 3 Helmets and 1 Major going into the second week of November! Who will step it up and challenge Zach for the title?

WINSTON STANDINGS
ZACH GOBBETT - 3 Helmets and 1 Major
STEPHEN LAWRENCE - 1 Helmet
NATHAN KLASSEN - 1 Helmet
JORDAN HAMMETT - 1 Helmet
DARTAGNAN BUTCHER - 1 Helmet
JOHN VAN - 1 Helmet
DANIEL TRESHAM - 1 Helmet

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN BIRTHDAYS - NOVEMBER

 

Not many guys having birthdays in November, but the quality of men is certainly at a high level! Dan Trithardt, Devan England and Nathan Ball are three Legends of Battalion 3739!(Mitch is just starting his journey in 3739!)

Colossians 3:1-3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Our lives are now hidden with Christ in God! Where else would you want your life hidden! What a beautiful truth!
May God bless you again this year and Happy Birthday!

MITCH BRON - NOVEMBER 6
DAN TRITHARDT - NOVEMBER 9
DEVAN ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19
NATHAN BALL - NOVEMBER 20

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

 

Congrats to Jordan on his first Helmet of the Btln season!

This week we played Murderball, and after beating Jeremy and Joe's team in the first game, Ben's(I was also on this team.) team got beat the next five games. The last game was a marathon, it seemed like it wasn't going to end, but in the end the result was the same as the previous games, a loss for Ben's team. After this week the score is now The Captain 4 and Jeremy 4.
Ben led the Bible study this week and had us looking at Noah in our year long series "Entrust to Reliable Men".
(Genesis 6:9 - Genesis 9:17)

Genesis 6:9 - Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

What an amazing resume! Noah was righteous, blameless and he walked with God! If only these same things were said about us!

Hebrews 11:7 - By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

What a daunting task to build the ark!(The ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.) But Noah doesn't question God, he just believes and gets to work. If only we would believe God and get to work like Noah!

We missed Bulldog last week because of Wrestling so it was good to get back at it! With Zach in the middle the game didn't take long, Jordan outlasting everyone to take the Helmet and the Yorkie! Congrats Jordan!

Congrats again to Zach and Luke for their wins at the Rumble!(They are holding gift certificates from D.Q.)

THE CAPTAIN