BTLN BIRTHDAYS - AUGUST

In August I am always looking forward to the new Btln year! I also look back to the past to get direction for the future. In August there are Btln Alumni having birthdays to remind us of the good times from our past and young guys to push us forward into an amazing future!

Colossians 3:15   Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Happy Birthday and may God bless you again this year!

Owen Knopp - August 1
Caleb Hiebert - August 1
Isaac Holitzki - August 10

Steven Feenstra - August 13

Ryan Floesser - August 22

Mike Hughes - August 25

Alan Martens - August 25

Logan Cunningham - August 28

Austin Scow - August 30

Caleb Tomlin - August 30

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CREATION 2015 - SATURDAY & SUNDAY

We probably spent more time playing Risk and swimming on Saturday than we did any other day. We invented our own version of water football that was awesome to play and very tiring! We didn't watch as many concerts on Saturday, because the guys were getting tired. Lincoln Brewster was first, and then it was time for Lecrae! Lecrae ended Creation 2015 with a long set, one of the longest I have ever seen! It was hard to take pictures during Lecrae because the crowd was super hyped, it was a blast!
Sunday we was a travel day that had a trip to the mall and Red Robin.

Creation 2015 was amazing! Can't wait for Creation 2016! Only 360 day away!

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CREATION 2015 - FRIDAY

On Friday hip hop/rap was front and center at Creation. There was Shonlock, NF, Tedashii, Capital Kings and Tobymac! Shonlock, NF and Tedashii all played back to back to back on the Fringe Stage! The one exception to the hip hop on Friday was Peter Furler. It was fun to hear Peter play some of the "Old Newsboys" songs again. Toby always brings his A game and never disappoints! Some Old school songs with Toby and a couple new ones as well. Toby ended his set with confetti, which is always a blast! Cross Trax made an appearance on Friday night, making for a very late night. (We ate five bags of fries as well as a block and a half of cheese!)

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CREATION 2015 - THURSDAY

 

 

On Thursday the music started and it did not disappoint! We watched Blanca, Red and Switchfoot on the Main Stage. Blanca was good, but was not at the same level as Red or Switchfoot. Thursday's highlights had to be having both Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) and Michael Barnes (Red) sing a song in the crowd! Just when we thought that the night couldn't get any better Jon Foreman took our "Where I Belong" flag with him on stage!

 

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CREATION 2015 - WEDNESDAY

It has already been more than a week since the end of Creation 2015! Wednesday was highlighted by a trip to Wal-Mart to buy food for the week and lunch at Red Robin. Not sure when the crazy pictures at Wal-Mart started, but they have become part of Btln Creation tradition. Grabbing products off of the shelves and posing with them never gets old. While we were at Red Robin, Ben and Noah told our waiter that it was GeRRald's birthday! Four workers from Red Robin came to our table with ice cream for GeRRald, singing Happy Birthday! (A surprise to everyone at the table other than Noah and Ben.)
A couple of hours later we were in Tri-Cities setting up camp. (The four hour drive is so much better than the seven hour drive to Enumclaw.) After setting up camp I showed the guys the new Btln Creation 2015 shirts. Jonathan was pumped because this year we added a pig to the shirt. (I wish that we had Jonathan's reaction on video.)
Later we went to the main venue and checked out the merch and then our first day was over!

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