CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Chad Duffy.

Sidedressing nitrogen and small grains diseases were topics of discussion on the June 4, University of Minnesota Extension Strategic Farming: Field Notes program. Nitrogen sidedressing tips If you haven’t applied all your N needs yet, corn will be growing very quickly once temperatures warm up.

By Arnold Krusemark The year is already nearly half over. We hadn’t realized it until two calendars appeared in the mail.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. - William James The Greek philosopher Socrates claimed that “The unexamined life is not worth living.” It appears from Plato’s dialogues, in which Socrates is the main character and protagonist, that he lived up to this claim, as he went around Athens questioning the leading men of the city about their virtues.

By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener Prune spring flowering shrubs, like lilacs, once they are done blooming to encourage development of young shoots that will bear flowers next year. Mow lawns to a height of 2-3 inches.

By John Stenen The New Testament reveals to us over and over how Jesus rebuked His disciples for their unbelief. On the other hand we see quite often that Jesus commended many others for having faith in Him. He says to many of them, “Your faith has made you whole.” In Mt. 8: Jesus said to the Jewish people after hearing what the Roman centurion said, “I have not seen such great faith in all of Israel.” Then, in Mark 6: when Jesus comes to His hometown, scripture tells us that there He could do no mighty works because of their unbelief; only a few with minor illness were healed. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder to them who diligently seek Him. Isn’t it possible that we seldom see the power of God in operation because many are taught that God can heal today if He wants to, but He usually doesn’t want to. We seem to have far more faith in pills even with all the negative side effects, than we do in the many promises that God has given to us concerning healing. Scripture still tells us that all things are possible to them that believe. Mark 9:23. God bless.

Monday, June 23: Spaghetti Meat Sauce, Spaghetti Noodles, Italian Vegetable Blend, Applesauce, Wheat Dinner Roll, Margarine, 1% Milk. Tuesday, June 24: Chicken Baked Herb, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Green Peas, Granny Smith Apple, Wheat Dinner Roll, Margarine, 1% milk.

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MCC’s girls golf team performed very well at the 2025 Class A State Tournament. The Rebel lineup included Ava Johnson (Senior), Theran Mannon (Senior), Rachael Huso (Junior), Lizzie Daniels (Junior), Elysia Korver (Junior) and Natalie Einck (Freshman). The girls had an early morning practice round on Monday to prepare for the challenging rounds ahead. The tournament had girls teeing off in the morning and boys in the afternoon this year. The golfers had a perfect day for their round on Tuesday, while Wednesday brought cooler and stormier weather for the boys in the afternoon.

Early League Team Name Points Mark Zinnel & Bob Veenhuis 47.5 Steve Haugen & Terry Schmidt 47.0 Tom Keller and Larry Hafner 43.0 Dean Ackerman & Jeff Boerboom 42.5 Mark Haupert & Jeff Wolfswinkel 41.5 Brad Bergerson & Neal Everson 39.0 Larry Meyer & Larry Plantz 39.0 Tom Pryor & Bill Bryan 37.0 Dick Davidson and Jerry Braun 34.0 Don Hansen and Bob Schoenbaum 33.5 Mike Groen & Mark Gauer 33.0 Chris Davis & Gary Kellen 23.0