CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Darby Lawrence. Office hours: 8am to 4:30pm. Phone 507-836-8291. Sunday: 9am Sun. School; 10am Worship. 7pm Lenten Services on Wed. Mar. 16, 23, 30, and Apr. 6.

As mentioned in last week’s column, its time to make some plans for this years’ garden. Several Slayton stores have their seed displays out.

Monday, March 14: Chicken Chow Mein, Brown Rice, Oriental Vegetables, Mandarin Oranges, Pudding w/Whip Topping, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, March 15: Meatloaf, Au Gratin Potatoes, Corn, Bread/Margarine, Dessert, Lowfat Milk.

The Christian Church has been accused of being the only army that shoots its wounded. For example: A Church member yielded to temptation and committed a terrible sin. The minister wanted to see the man restored back into fellowship with the other members and of course his Lord. He went to each of the board members individually to ask them, “If it had been you who were tempted instead of our brother, what would you have done?” Each replied, “I would have never given into that sin, he should be ashamed of himself.”

One Night’s Stay Turned into Two “Can you help me make a hotel reservation?” said I to the tech guru in the family. “Just call to the hotel directly,” was the prompt given.

Monday, March 14: Breakfast: BeneFit Breakfast Bar, Assorted Fruit & Juice Choices, Milk. Lunch: Meatball Sub, Baked Potato Chips, Bean Medley, Chilled Pears.

MCC is blessed to have so many great parents who care about their child’s education. What happens in the home environment has tremendous impact on a child’s ability to reach their academic potential. Here are some small but important changes you can make at home which can have a positive impact on your child’s school success.

The Fulda/MCC Warriors Traveled to Wabasso Minnesota for the Section 3A individual championship tournament where the top two places would travel on to the state tournament a week later. The Warriors made an excellent showing placing 7 of 14 weights.

The MCC Rebel Girls played on Thursday night against the Adrian Ellsworth Dragons to open the Sub-Section 3A South playoffs. The Rebels came into the game as the 9th seed with just 2 wins on the year while the Dragons were the 8 seed with 5. The two teams had split in the regular season with the Dragons winning the first game of the year on January 21st 52 to 44. The Rebels won the second game of the season in Slayton 58 to 34. This would be the rubber match between the two teams this season and the winner would get to move on to play the top-seeded Panthers of Tracy Milroy Balaton on Saturday.

The Rebels A and B teams took on the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen Tuesday night, in their second Red Rock Conference match-up of the season. In the first meeting in Edgerton both the A and B teams walked away with victories as both squads would hope to do the same tonight.