WINSTON UPDATE

After 25 weeks and four Btln Majors it was time again for a Winston Update! Since the last update Jakob and Dylan have both won two Helmets and a Major and have now moved into a tie for second place! With four weeks left, Noah still holds a two Helmet lead in the race for Winston! Can Jakob or Dylan catch Noah in the race for Winston? Will there be any first time Helmet winners in the last four weeks? Can't wait to find out!


WINSTON STANDINGS

NOAH MAKORTOFF - 5 Helmets and 1 Major
JAKOB BOSCHMANN - 3 Helmets and 1 Major
DYLAN WARWARUK - 3 Helmets and 1 Major
MITCH BRON - 2 Helmets
NATE KLASSEN - 2 Helmets
NATHAN MCKENNY - 2 Helmets
JAMES PODMOROFF - 2 Helmets
ZACH DONOVAN - 1 Helmet and 1 Major
BEN NICOLSON - 1 Helmet
TYSON TILLER - 1 Helmet
STEPHAN KALNIN - 1 Helmet
PHOENIX THOMSON - 1 Helmet
DANE VOIKEN - 1 Helmet


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BTLN UPDATE - 21ST ANNUAL BTLN PING PONG TOURNEY

Congrats to Jakob Boschmann! Jakob is the Btln Ping Pong Champion for the fourth year in a row! (Insert the Andy Mineo song "You can't stop me" right here!) Jakob has now tied Calvin Peters with four consecutive Btln Ping Pong titles! This year Isaac Holitzki joined Jakob in the final. Jakob and Isaac were both very good in the final, pushing each other to play some very entertaining Ping Pong! Congrats to both Jakob and Isaac, it was a classic Ping Pong final!

We had 33 guys competing in the 21st Btln Ping Pong Tourney! This was the second most guys we have ever had at Ping Pong! This year was the first time in twenty years that we had the Ping Pong finals on a Wednesday at Btln. In the past we had the finals on Brigade Sunday. It was so much fun to have forty guys watching and cheering on both competitors! We will definitely be doing that again!

Thanks to all the guys that came out and competed in the 21st Btln Ping Pong Tourney!

Thanks to Ben Jepsen and Noah Makortoff for refereeing the two tables!


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BTLN PREVIEW - 21ST BTLN PING PONG TOURNEY

The Ping Pong Tourney is Battalion 3739's oldest Major. This week we will be having our 21st Ping Pong Tourney! Can Jakob Boschmann win his fourth Ping Pong Tourney? If Jakob wins he would tie Calvin Peters for most Ping Pong Tourneys won! Is there someone out there that can beat Jakob? Can't wait to find out!

Btln 3739 Ping Pong Champions

1995/96 - Courtney Friesen
1996/97 - Courtney Friesen
1997/98 - Aaron Friesen
1998/99 - Nathan Klassen
1999/00 - Justin Bekker
2000/01 - Ryley Heppner
2001/02 - Calvin Peters
2002/03 - Calvin Peters
2003/04 - Calvin Peters
2004/05 - Calvin Peters
2005/06 - Parker Steadman
2006/07 - Nathan Ball
2007/08 - Nathan Ball
2008/09 - Parker Steadman
2009/10 - Parker Steadman
2010/11 - Zane Lawson
2011/12 - Zach Gobbett
2012/13 - Jakob Boschmann
2013/14 - Jakob Boschmann
2014/15 - Jakob Boschmann


Make sure that you are early! Wednesday, March 16 at 6:45 p.m.


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BTLN UPDATE - DOUBLE POINT VERSE NIGHT

Congrats Noah! This was Noah's fifth Helmet of the Btln Season! On the last round of Bulldog it was Luke and Noah gunning for the Helmet. Noah outgained Luke, winning the Helmet and increasing his lead in the race for Winston!

In the past we have always had Double Point Verse Night on Brigade Sunday. This year we decided to try something different. Instead of quoting Memory Work in front of parents and other people from the church, we decided to do it on a Wednesday night at Battalion in front of their peers. I was not sure how this would work out, but it was an amazing experience! We will definitely be doing this again! I am so proud of everyone that said a passage! Good work guys!

Noah Makortoff - 2 Timothy 2:1-3
Ben Nicolson - Hebrews 1:3-12
Tyson Tiller - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Jakob Boschmann - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Stephan Kalnin - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Luke Martens - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Josh Martens - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

The game of the week was Murderball! We will only play Murderball one more time this year and that will be on Last Night of Btln! The energy level was high and the guys were playing hard which made for two fantastic games! Both games were long and had several momentum swings in them, making them a lot of fun! My team won both games giving us the 2-0 win! We might have played more, but because we needed more time for the Memory Work and because the games were so long we ended the series after only playing two games.

Ben prepared the squad meetings this week and had us looking at the Jesus' death and resurrection. (Read Matthew 27:32-56)

Romans 5:6-8   You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

While we were powerless, ungodly and still sinners Christ died for us! God didn't wait for us to get it together, because we couldn't! God's grace is so amazing!

1 Corinthians 15:3-11   For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

1 Timothy 1:15-16   Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.

Paul life was a perfect example of how God's grace can change people! Paul persecuted the church of God and even calls himself the worst of sinners! If God can change the "worst of sinners" then he can change you and me!


Thanks to Howard Pike (C.S.B. rep.) for taking time to be with us this Wednesday!


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BTLN BIRTHDAYS - MARCH

After being late on the last two birthday posts I was determined not to be late this month! There are some crazy guys having birthdays this month! I am so happy to be able to call these guys my friends!

Happy Birthday and may God bless you again this year!

2 Thessalonians 3:5   May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

David Barney - March 4

Tyler Francis - March 8

Phoenix Thomson - March 11

Dane Voiken - March 11
Josh Ridsdale - March 14
Evan Podovinikoff - March 28

 

 

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BTLN UPDATE

Congrats Dane! This was Dane's first Helmet ever! I love it when one of the guys wins the Helmet for the first time! So exciting! Congrats again Dane!

This week we played Handball for what will probably be the last time this year. When I first saw the teams I was not sure what the game would be like. It was a very close, evenly matched game. Even when Devin arrived late and was added to Ben's team and then traded to mine, the game remained close throughout. With the score tied at 16 we went to overtime, Ben's team scoring the last goal and taking the win!


In Bible study our topic was love the brotherhood.

Romans 12:10-13   Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Galatians 6:10   Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

1 Peter 2:17   Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 Thessalonians 5:17   Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

These passages tell us that we need to love and encourage all men, especially those that belong to the family of God!

Romans 12:4-5   For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

If we are one body in Christ, then we desperately need Christ and each other. Not one part of the body can survive on its own, and neither can we!

Hebrews 10:23-25   Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

This last passage summarizes what we were trying to learn. We need to spend more time together so that we can encourage each other to love and serve God!



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