BTLN UPDATE - 24TH ANNUAL BTLN PING PONG TOURNEY

Congrats Isaac! Isaac Holitzki is the 2019 Btln Ping Pong Champion and the first ever to have the Btln career Grand Slam! (Isaac has now won all five Btln Majors!) The Btln Ping Pong Tournament was the only Btln Major that Isaac had not won until this week! This was Isaac's third appearance in the Btln Ping Pong Final in the last four years. Joining Isaac in the final was Danny Macmaster, making his first appearance in the final. Isaac played Josh in the semi-final and Danny played Deshawn. In the final Isaac won three out of four games to take the Ping Pong Title! All four games were close and entertaining! Congrats to both Isaac and Danny!

Btln Ping Pong Final Four
Isaac Holitzki

Danny Macmaster
Deshawn Dennis
Josh Martens

We had 22 guys competing in the 24th Btln Ping Pong Tourney! There were a few new faces at Btln again, it is so good to see Battalion growing again!

The guys devoured the eight pizzas from Mama's Pizza while they were watching and waiting.

Thanks to all the guys that came out and competed in the 24th Btln Ping Pong Tourney!

Thanks to Ryley Heppner, Ben Jepsen, Jason Hayashi and Coady Walt for refereeing the two tables!


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BTLN PREVIEW - THE 24TH BTLN PING PONG TOURNEY

Last year Jakob won his sixth Btln Ping Pong Tourney! Jakob's reign of terror is finally over! Will Isaac win his fourth Btln Major of the year? Or will someone else surprise us? I 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
2015/16 - Jakob Boschmann
2016/17 - Jakob Boschmann

2017/18 - Jakob Boschmann

Make sure that you are early! Wednesday, March 13 at 6:45 p.m.


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BTLN UPDATE - DOUBLE POINT NIGHT

Congrats Dolan! This was Dolan's second Helmet of the Btln Season! Mike was there at the end with Dolan, but the guys were not going to let Mike win three out of the last six Helmets!

This week was Double Point Night for the Memory Work. Dolan and Josh each did a passage. Dolan for the fifth year in a row and Josh for the fourth year in a row! Luke also did a passage for the seventh year in a row! It is so good to have all the guys in the room listening as the guys quote Scripture. I am so proud of Dolan, Josh and Luke! Good work guys!

Dolan Weltz - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Josh Martens - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Luke Martens - Romans 8:28-39

The Captain - Romans 8:28-39

The game of the week was Murderball Defender! It was only the second time we have ever played Defender. We add the exercise balls from Mike 23 to the regular dodge balls for Defender. It is very distracting having the exercise balls in the mix. After winning the first two games my team traded Deshawn for Bryce. We lost the third game, but came back to win the fourth, winning the series 3-1!

In the Bible Study our topic was "Wisdom".

Psalm 110:10   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Proverbs 1:7   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

To fear God is to give him the respect and honour that the Creator of the universe deserves! Wisdom demands awe and wonder at God's magnificence. 

James 3:13    Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

James 3:17   But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

The wisdom that comes from God is very different from the wisdom of the world. The wisdom that comes from God is humble, pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, impartial and sincere.

Ephesians 1:17   I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

Colossians 1:9-10   For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

The wisdom that comes from God will help us to know God better and will help us to live life worthy of the Lord!

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BTLN UPDATE - MIKE NIGHT

Congrats Deshawn! This was Deshawn's third Helmet of the Btln Season! Riley was there at the end with Deshawn, each vying for their third Helmet of the season! In the end it was Deshawn gaining more yardage on the last round to take the win and the Helmet!

This week was the final Mike Night of the Btln year. There were quite a few Mike Night rookies this time around. It is so funny to see the reaction of the rookies, they are almost always overwhelmed.

This time around it was Isaac's Team that was the winner.

Mike Night Final Scores

Isaac's Team - 74

Mike's Team - 63

Deshawn's Team - 61

Riley's Team - 54

Our Bible Study topic this week was "The power of God".

Romans 1:16   For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

1 Corinthians 1:18   For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Colossians 2:13-15   When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

The message of the cross that saves us, is the power of God!

Romans 1:20   For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Colossians 1:15-17   The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

God's power is clearly seen through everything that he has created. Not only did God create everything, he also sustains his creation.

Ephesians 3:20-21   Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 6:10-11   Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

2 Corinthians 12:8-10   Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it (a thorn in the flesh) away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Not only does God's power save us from our sins, it is also available to us to help us through the struggles of life.

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