BTLN UPDATE - BTLN FOOTBALL AND "POP N DOGS"

 

 

 

I was unsure if the weather was going to cooperate but in the end we had blue sky and sunshine!(Not a drop of rain after 6:30!)George talked me into going back to the football field, he was convinced that the weather would get better! I should have known better, Btln Football has never been rained out!
We gave the guys a choice between Football and Soccer(English Football, The Beautiful game....)and the guys chose football.(Canadian that is.)
Ben's team struck first when Jake pulled down a pass in the end zone to take the lead 7-0. Jake continued to star as he intercepted the ball and knocked down a couple others. Unfortunately we were unable to convert the score still 7-0.
Zach tied the game with a bomb from Jeremy and then Joe helped to make the score 14-7 for Joe and Jeremy's team. Zach and Nathan caused havoc for me all night long with a pass rush that we couldn't handle. I was sacked at least 6 times, it was the game changer. Zach scored again on another long bomb to make the score 21-7. Max scored late to make the score 21-14 but it was too little and too late. The final score was 21-14.

Jeremy had the reins in the Bible study this week as we took a look at Gideon in our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men".(Judges 6, 7 and 8)
Gideon needed encouragement from God (like Moses and Jeremiah) to do what God asked him. I don't think that this is a sign of weakness, just a personality thing. These men had to learn to trust God more!

Judges 6:14-16 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
“But Lord,” Gideon asked, “how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”
The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together.”

"Go in the strength that you have", God had already equipped Gideon for the task at hand! He has also equipped us for his work!

"Am I not sending you?" God was sending Gideon to do his work and he is also sending you and me! God had a plan for Gideon and he also has one for us!

Judges 7:2-7 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, announce now to the people, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink.” Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place.”

God used 300 men to defeat 135,000 men! God wants to use us to do his work but he does not want us boasting, he wants us to know that it is him that is doing the work!

This is like God's salvation!

Ephesians 2:6-10 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

We finished the night with Bulldog(No Helmet! What's up T Square?) and because Tristan didn't show up we had Bent in the middle. It was dark so we had glow sticks for markers. It was a little sketchy in the dark but no big deal. In the end it was Nathan taking the Helmet and the Yorkie! Congrats Nathan!

Ben Nicholson completed the Memory Work so we gave him his Btln Medallion! One of the highlights of my year for sure! Btln Legends Ben Jepsen and Joe Kraftchick giving Ben his Medallion, it was awesome! Welcome to the world of gentlemen Ben!
We here at the blog salute you!

Btln football and "Pop N Dogs" again next week! Bring a friend! (We ate a lot of Menno and drank a lot of Gatorade this week!)

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN PREVIEW - BTLN FOOTBALL AND "POP N DOGS"

 

This Wednesday we will be playing football at the high school field. (touch football) We will also be having "Pop n Dogs"! Make sure to come out early!

Wednesday, March the 28th at 6:30 p.m.!

Remember, Battalion is like Heaven, there is always room for one more! So bring a friend!

THE CAPTAIN

MEMORY WORK UPDATE

 

There are 61 days until the end of the Memory Work! It is also only 119 days until Creation 2012!
It is spring break and this means that there is plenty of time to memorize, so get on it! Some of the guys are done or are very close to being done. Here are the numbers!

Two Hundred points required.

Memory Work Totals
Zach Gobbett - 342 points
Ben Nicholson - 200 points
GeRRald Nicholson - 197 points
Nathan Klassen - 147 points
Jonathan Fojt - 109 points
Maxwell Nicholson - 101 points
Cody Harp - 95 points
Luke Boschman - 45 points

Zach memorized the whole list and recited them all in one night!

Still plenty of time to get the Memory Work done!

No Battalion this week, I am already going through withdrawal!

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

 

Congrats T-Square! Tristan has his third Helmet of the 2011/12 Btln 3739 Season! Tristan is having a huge second half! Tristan has won all three of his Helmets in the Second Half!

This week we played the Btln Trifecta! We started with Extreme Bulldog. I have never won Bulldog to the Extreme... until Wednesday night! Ben's team had the early lead but Jere's and my team stormed back for the win! Next up was Handball. We built a big 6-2 lead over Ben's team but they returned the favour and also stormed back to win. The series was tied and we needed to play Murderball to settle the score. Jere's team had the early lead but Ben's team again came back and finished us off for the Btln Trifecta win!

In Bible study we continued our series "Entrust to Reliable Men" as we looked at Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 1:4-10, Jeremiah 20:1-6, Jeremiah 36:1-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13)

Jeremiah 36:1-3 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now. Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, each of them will turn from his wicked way; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

Jeremiah 36:22-24 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him. Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire. The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes.

King Jehoiakim's response to Jeremiah's and God's plea was indicative of the nation's(Judah)attitude towards God and Jeremiah.
Jeremiah followed God and persevered even though the people didn't respond. Jeremiah's ministry lasted thirty-nine years and Judah continued in their evil ways. We need to continue to do God's work even if we don't see results!

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

We need to run with perseverance(like Jeremiah)the race marked out for us! Even if we have to endure shame!(It will never be as bad as the shame that Jesus endured for us!)

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

God showed great patience with the nation Judah and he also does with us!

Nate was in the middle for Bulldog and he did an amazing job taking guys down! In the first round Nate took out Nathan! A few rounds later we were crowning Tristan with the Helmet! Congrats T-Square!

Only five weeks left in the 2011/12 Btln Season! Let's make the most of them!

THE CAPTAIN

The Expositors

So some BTLN alumni have started a sweet site about God, life, and pretty much anything we want to discuss! So please come by and join in the discussion! We REALLY want this to be a place where we can all join in on talks about God! The site is HERE and it is led by Ryley, Joe, and Ben Jepsen! Have a good one!

-bent ;)

BTLN BIRTHDAYS - MARCH

 

Birthday time again on the blog! I am so thankful for all the guys that are in Battalion and for the guys that have gone before!(The Btln Alumni)

Proverbs 10:6a - Blessings crown the head of the righteous.

Proverbs 10:27a - The fear of the Lord adds length to life.

Happy Birthday and may God bless you again this year!

Tyler Francis - March 8
Josh Ridsdale - March 14
Evan Podovinikoff - March 28

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE

 

 

Nate took a ball to the face that left it's mark but that didn't stop him from winning his first ever Helmet! Congrats Nate!
The night started with the old man taking the boys to the cleaners in a game of American 21! (I don't beat these guys very often so I gotta brag while I can.)

Next up was the lineup and we had this weird clapping thing going on, there was an applause for just about everything we were announcing.(Until we announced that Battalion would be down one week during spring break. This was to a chorus of boos.)

In our continuing series "Entrust to Reliable Men" we took a closer look at Samson.(Judges chapter 13 to the end of Judges chapter 16.)

Judges 13:1-5 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

God had a plan for Samson's life. He was to be set apart to God! God has a plan for our lives as well! He also wants us to be set apart to him!

Samson did begin the deliverance of Israel but probably could have accomplished so much more for God if he had stayed away from Delilah.

In the end Samson does defeat the Philistines but what a tragic end! Samson dies along with his enemies!

Judges 16:23-30 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying,

“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”

While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.

When they stood him among the pillars, Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “O Sovereign Lord, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

I pray that we would follow God's plan for our lives and make the most of every opportunity!

Murderball was the game tonight and my team got worked over! (I even had Jeremy and Joe on my team.) We won the last game but that was small consolation. My team lost 3 games to 1.

Zach was in the middle for Bulldog and the leaders were some of the first to go. In the end it was Nate rising to the top to get the Helmet! Congrats again to Nate!

After almost everyone had gone home Zach quoted the entire Memory Work list in order! It was amazing! No one has ever recited every passage on the list! And Zach did it all on one night! Zach has done some amazing things at Battalion but this one tops them all! Congrats Zach! We here at the blog salute you!

The picture of Zach is with all of his Yorkie bar wrappers. (Seventeen of them!)

THE CAPTAIN

BTLN UPDATE - BRIGADE NIGHT EDITION

 

 

What a night! I am so proud of all the guys that came out! I am especially proud of the guys that got up on the stage and recited God's word! You couldn't have done better, it was amazing!

Zach Gobbett - Hebrews 1:3-12
GeRRald Nicholson - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Cody Harp - Colossians 2:8-10
Maxwell Nicholson - Romans 8:28-39
Jonathan Fojt - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Ben Nicholson - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

After the Memory Work it was time for the Btln Top Ten! (Thanks to Ben for getting it ready!)

Top Ten sayings at Battalion 3739

10)How many fingers am I holding up?

9)That's why I'm the Captain!

8)Ben you always take it too far!

7)We pray that no one will get hurt...too badly.

6)Where's Jonathan?

5)We gotta take out Zach!

4)Did you see that? I totally just threw a ball in that guys face!

3)But I don't want to be on Lance's team!

2)This isn't Pioneer Girls!

1)I don't see how this could be a bad idea!

Next up was the Ping Pong Tourney and as you can tell from the pictures Jordan wasn't able to make it. Zach was the runner up on the side of the bracket that Jordan had won so he had a second chance at another Btln Major! Zach took the first game. In the second the guys both had multiple game points before Zach finally took the game and a big lead. Zach finished off Spencer in the third game and took his third Btln Major of the year! Zach has won The Royal Rumble, The Btln Olympics and The Btln Ping Pong Tourney! Zach tied Ben as the only Btln Members to have won three Btln Majors in one season! Zach also achieved his seventh Helmet to beat the record of six set by Sam Schiesser and tied by Chris Henderson! What a year for Zach! Congrats Zach, you have earned it!

Thanks again to everyone that showed up tonight, it was a great night!

THE CAPTAIN

BRIGADE NIGHT TONIGHT!

 

 

These are some pictures from years past and last years Brigade Night. What will happen tonight you ask? Some of the guys will be saying Bible passages from the front of the church for bonus points, we will have our Ping Pong final(Good luck Spencer and Jordan), there will be a Btln 3739 Top Ten, the picture video and food, yes plenty of food! (And you get to hear Ben and Joe sing!)

Make sure to be early, around 6:15 p.m.!

THE CAPTAIN

BRIGADE NIGHT 2012 VIDEO

This is the video we will be playing Sunday night.

Make sure that you are at the church by 6:20 p.m.!

THE CAPTAIN

CREATION NEWS

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2012

Enjoy the eMag! Creation is only 137 days away!

THE CAPTAIN

XVII BTLN 3739 PING PONG TOURNEY

 

 

 

 

Congrats to Jordan Hammett and Spencer Henderson for making it to the Ping Pong final! The final will be played Sunday night after Battalion Night. 21 guys competed in then tourney now we are down to two!
The one bracket had Spencer, Nathan and Landon in the Semi's and the other side of the bracket had Zach, Max and Jordan. The Ping Pong was better this year, it looked as if guys had been practising. Both Max and Nathan nearly knocked out Jordan and Spencer, there was some good Ping Pong being played. It was a great night, we had snacks and Ping Pong for most of the night.(Pizza, chips, cookies, pop, and deep fried Mars bars! Thanks Sam!) Once we were done with Ping Pong we headed into the gym to play some Murderball. After a couple games of Murderball we had and impromptu game of free for all murderball it was awesome! Balls flying everywhere it was great! Anyways good night all around.

Congrats again to Jordan and Spencer and good luck to both of you!

THE CAPTAIN