BTLN UPDATE - WINTERSLAM

Congrats to Austin, Winterslam 8 Champion! Congrats also to Nate winner of the Lightweight Division! What a night! We started with the Lightweight Division. We had four groups in the first round of the Lightweight division and four winners. The winners from the first round were ...

Nate K.

Jakob B.

Alex S.

Curtis

In the second and final round of the Lightweight Division Nate cleaned up. It is now (painfully) obvious that Nate belongs in the Heavyweight Division. Congrats Nate!

In the Heavyweight Division we had three groups in the first round. Like in the Royal Rumble the luck of the draw can either help your chances or end your chances of winning the Belt. The guys all battled hard, one group had five guys!(group of death anyone?) The winners in the first round in the Heavyweight Division were ...

Austin S.

Cody H.

Tyler C.

Cody and Tyler were working together trying to take out Austin but Austin would not to be denied. Austin fought hard and took down Cody first and then finished off Tyler taking the title!

Again Congrats Austin and Nate!

Thanks to Ben and Jason for all their help setting up and tearing down!

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WINTERSLAM 8

 

Grade twelves have dominated Winterslam in the past, winning five out of seven Winterslams. Devin Chursinoff and Steven Feenstra (2008) were the exception to the rule when they won Winterslam in grade eleven. Will this trend continue? Or will one of the grade elevens surprise? This is the last time in the ring for GeRRald, Cody, Dan D, Dart, Jordan and Austin. Who will win the belt? Good luck to all!

Don't forget that there are two divisions. Heavyweight(grade 10-12) and Lightweight(grade 7-9).

Make sure that you are early! (6:45 p.m.)

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WINTERSLAM CHAMPIONS

It is Winterslam 8 this week so I figured it was time to honor the Champions from the past!

 

WINTERSLAM CHAMPIONS

 

NATHAN KLASSEN - 2012

KALEB HORKOFF - 2011

SAM SCHIESSER - 2010

STEVEN FEENSTRA - 2009

STEVEN FEENSTRA - 2008

DEVIN CHURSINOFF - 2007

BEN JEPSEN - 2006

 

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BTLN UPDATE

Congrats Austin! 2nd Helmet of the year for Austin! Austin was second last week but this week he would not be denied!(I still owe you a shirt!)

This week we tried Stickball. We first came up with Stickball in 2009 but it didn't work very well. We tried it again six months later and again it didn't work. After four years and some rule changes we tried it again. The guys caught on quickly and were figuring out different strategies to gain an advantage! It was amazing! We have been looking for another game to mix things up a little more often and I think we have finally found it! I am sure that Stickball will become a Btln 3739 classic like Murderball, Handball, Bulldog, Mike, Mike 23 and S*A*M! After playing it for the first time, Noah declared Stickball his favourite Btln game!

Stickball is a four team game like Mike and Mike 23. The final scores were

Jason's Team - 11

Jake's Team - 10

Ben's Team - 7

Zach's Team - 6

Jason's Team wins the first ever Stickball 2.0 game!

This week Ben led us all in our continuing series "The History of the World" or "His Story". Solomon was our focus this week. (1 Kings chapters 1-11)

1 Kings 3:4-14  The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”

Solomon starts so well! He is humble and is doing his best to follow God.

1 Kings 11:1-4  King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Solomon had everything. He had God given wisdom, wealth, peace from his enemies, honor and a promise of long life if he follows God! But this is not enough for him! Solomon still searched for happiness without God!

Ecclesiastes 12:13  Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

After all of his searching Solomon realized that happiness can only be found when we fear God and keep his commandments! The key is to learn from Solomon's mistakes!

Next week it is Winterslam 8!

Battalion 3739, more fun than you can handle on your own, so share it with a friend!

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BTLN UPDATE

Congrats Max! The Nicholson's are taking turns winning the Helmet! Austin was there at the end but Max was able to outlast Austin!

This week we played Handball and the teams were even but once again my team came up short! (I am starting to doubt my abilities! Not going to give up though!) Bent had his team firing on all cylinders! Final score was 15-12 for Bent's team!

 

In Bible study this week we took another look at David in our continuing series "The History of the World" or "His Story". 2 Samuel 11:1-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-14

 

2 Samuel 11:2-5  One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

 

Instead of confessing his sin, David tries to cover it up.

 

2 Samuel 11:14-15  In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”

 

David murders Uriah, adding to his sin.

 

2 Samuel 11:26-27  When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.  After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.

 

God sends Nathan to David to let him know that he is not happy with his choices.

 

2 Samuel 12:11-14  “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’” Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die.”

 

What can we learn from David's mistakes? God is always ready to forgive! (Like John Van said, "It is never a bad time to ask for God's forgiveness!") This does not mean that there will not be consequences for our sins! Four of David's sons would die because of his sin! One of his sons (Absalom) would try to kill David and steal his throne!

 

God could forgive David because of what Christ was going to do for him and for us!

 

Romans 5:8  But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

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BTLN BIRTHDAYS - JANUARY

 

 

We are already two weeks into the new year! January abounds with Btln Legends! Memory Work Legends, Sergeants and a former Captain! I am so blessed to be able to call these men my friends! Happy Birthday and may God bless you again this year!

 

Psalm 18:1-2  I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

JEREMY FEDDERSON - January 2
COURTNEY FRIESEN - January 4
JASON HAYASHI - January 10
MAXWELL NICHOLSON - January 10
TRISTAN HARVEY - January
OWEN SPISAK - January 23
GEOFF MARTENS - January 31

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BTLN UPDATE

 

 

 

 

We're back! Let the second half begin! No Second Half slump here! The First Half is so busy that it is hard to comprehend that we could keep it going in the Second Half but we are up to the challenge!

First off Congrats to GeRRald! GeRRald has won two out of the last three Helmets! Max and Jordan were there at the end of Bulldog but GeRRald would not be denied! Props to Jake B. (grade 7) who had to start in the middle for Bulldog, never an easy task!

After being down for month (that is besides Alumni Night) it feels good to throw balls again at each other! I don't think I will ever get tired of  Murderball! The first game was one of the longer games we have played in a while. I could feel the momentum slipping away even though we pulled out the victory in the first game. Bent's team came back and beat us (literally) the next five games. Even though it was never close again it was still Murderball, so much fun!

This week we got back into our year long series, "The History of the World" or "His Story". Saul and David, the first two kings of Israel were the focus this week.

1 Samuel 8:4-7  So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

Why would the nation of Israel want to be like all the other nations?  Why would they reject God as their king? The question is are we any different? No matter how many good things God has done for us we still want to be like "all the other nations".

Samuel warns the people that a king would bring all kinds of the problems but they don't care.

1 Samuel 8:19-20  But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

Why would they want a king to fight their battles when they had God?

God's response?

1 Samuel 10:17-19  Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your calamities and distresses. And you have said, ‘No, set a king over us.’ 

God picks a king for the people and where is he? Hiding in the baggage! This is the one that will save them?

1 Samuel 10:21-24  Finally Saul son of Kish was chosen. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. So they inquired further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?” And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the baggage.” they ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others. Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

The people were not worried that Saul was hiding because they were so impressed by his size!

Saul is a failure as a king and his replacement is picked this time by God's standards and not by what the people will be looking for!

1 Samuel 16:6-7  When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

God does not pick Eliab (David's older brother.) he picks David the youngest of eight brothers.

Acts 13:22  After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’


We would be so much better off if we would leave God in charge!

Next week we are back at the gym! Where else would we go? Bring a friend!

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WINSTON STANDINGS - THE FIRST HALF

 

 

 

The Second Half is about to begin so I figured it was time to update the Winston Standings! This is the sixth year that we have had The Btln 3739 Winston Championship and I don't think that we have ever had a race that is this close at the end of the First Half! It looks right now like we will probably need a tiebreaker at the end of the 2012/13 Btln 3739 season! With only a two Helmet lead everyone in Btln is still in this race! Good luck to all!

 

WINSTON STANDINGS

GERRALD NICHOLSON - 2 Helmets and 1 Major
MAXWELL NICHOLSON - 2 Helmets and 1 Major
NATE KLASSEN - 2 Helmets
DARTAGNAN BUTCHER - 1 Helmet
CODY HARP - 1 Helmet
JORDAN HAMMETT - 1 Helmet
AUSTIN SCOW - 1 Helmet
SPENCER HENDERSON - 1 Helmet
JOHN VAN - 1 Helmet
LUKE BOSCHMAN - 1 Helmet
JAKOB BOSCHMAN - 1 Helmet

 

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